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I think the real point is that CICO ends up just boiling away into a trivial statement yet people fling it around as some actionable mantra. For example you can
by hombre_fatal 4y ago
I think the real point is that CICO ends up just boiling away into a trivial statement yet people fling it around as some actionable mantra. For example you can’t actually calculate CI and especially not CO. You can just try to approximate them which is just “eat less to lose weight” yet people throw around CICO as if it illuminates anything interesting, especially when it seems to be brought up as a counter to eating healthier. Turns out can’t actually eat all that much of something like broccoli, so “eat healthy” remains good advice.
- tekla 4y agoIt doesnt illuminate anything interesting because weight loss is inherently uninteresting. There are TV shows that show people who claim they have trouble losing weight even though they diet and eat healthy, and when you see what you eat, its some ungodly amount of calorie dense food. There are athletes who plan their diets and workouts based around trying to make weight for competitions which involve planned amounts of weight drop for a target date. People who dont lose weight simply are LYING to themselves. They claim they track calories, but usually its eyed and not measured calories, they simply "forget" about the snack they had, or they "treat themselves" frequently for "good diet behavior" As a former extremely obese person, seeing people continually lie to themselves about a literal physical law about matter creation pisses me off. Losing 150 pounds was EASY the moment I realized I had to stop LYING to myself.
- DougN7 4y agoCICO is true, and it’s the same as saying being an excellent driver is merely controlling friction and inertia. Factually true, but almost meaningless in and of itself.