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I agree with their take. I have lost a significant amount of weight and the mechanics was certainly calories in < calories out. What makes it difficult for obe

I agree with their take. I have lost a significant amount of weight and the mechanics was certainly calories in < calories out. What makes it difficult for obese people is that you need a sustained caloric deficit for a long period and your body makes it really difficult to do that. I was successful using a high fat low carb (keto) diet only because the calories I ate from fat helped activate my satiety feelings better than other diets and that helped me control my caloric intake for 2 years. Other diets I had tried failed to trigger that satiety level and made them unsustainable.

prmph 3y ago
But is anyone claiming otherwise? I’m not sure there is anyone on the face of the planet that will claim that a person will continue to be fat in perpetuity if they stop eating
- kcplate 3y ago
  I think the controversy around the opinion is twofold. Some people don’t believe that it’s difficult to lose weight because “all you need need to do is eat less” without realizing or understanding how hard it is. With the direct opposite controversial opinion being that some people believe that it’s much more than just CICO because of how hard it is to eat less to lose weight with long periods of little to no weight loss despite a caloric deficit. I heard how easy it was for decades and generally it was from people who have never had a weight issue in their life. Frankly, they are clueless idiots. I also know from my own journey that your body definitely will fuck with you in some extraordinary ways that over the short term can make you suspicious that there is more to it than a calorie deficit. I went for 3 months with a definite calculable calorie deficit and lost nearly nothing. My body just decided to retain some fluid for a time and that threw off the scale. I powered through the frustration with the lack of progress and dropped double digits in a week and then weight loss gradually fell appropriately after whatever biological/metabolic box got ticked.

prmph 3y ago

But is anyone claiming otherwise? I’m not sure there is anyone on the face of the planet that will claim that a person will continue to be fat in perpetuity if they stop eating

kcplate 3y ago
I think the controversy around the opinion is twofold. Some people don’t believe that it’s difficult to lose weight because “all you need need to do is eat less” without realizing or understanding how hard it is. With the direct opposite controversial opinion being that some people believe that it’s much more than just CICO because of how hard it is to eat less to lose weight with long periods of little to no weight loss despite a caloric deficit. I heard how easy it was for decades and generally it was from people who have never had a weight issue in their life. Frankly, they are clueless idiots. I also know from my own journey that your body definitely will fuck with you in some extraordinary ways that over the short term can make you suspicious that there is more to it than a calorie deficit. I went for 3 months with a definite calculable calorie deficit and lost nearly nothing. My body just decided to retain some fluid for a time and that threw off the scale. I powered through the frustration with the lack of progress and dropped double digits in a week and then weight loss gradually fell appropriately after whatever biological/metabolic box got ticked.