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Partially true, it is more complex than that though. Within the parameters of lifestyle it is not as easy since not everyone will burn off fat the same way in a
by ehnto 3y ago
Partially true, it is more complex than that though. Within the parameters of lifestyle it is not as easy since not everyone will burn off fat the same way in a caloric deficit that also allows them to keep functioning in your day to day life. Some people's resting metabolic is simply not that high either and so dieting alone is a slow and unhelpful process.
Someone in that position will find it really hard to make progress if they treat it like a thermodynamics problem. They need a metamorphic change to their body to increase their energy usage; they will need to get fitter as well as diet. Not just excercise but actual fitness progress that changes their body.
- tekla 3y ago> it is more complex than that though No its not. Eat less and you will lose weight, humans do not ignore the laws of physics.
- ehnto 3y agoDismissive and reductionist advice that was obsolete years ago. Equal amounts true and useless. If it were that simple, we would just stop eating until we were thin, but since we would first get sick and then die before meeting our targets there must be more to it. Unless the entropy of a decaying corpose satisfies your fitness goals? The human body has a number of separate energy systems, both creation of and consumption of fat only happens in certain circumstances. If those circumstances aren't met, you don't burn fat at a rate that is sufficient for progress in a timeframe that satisfies most people's goals. This is just physiology, stuff we do understand not fitness psuedoscience. If you don't treat the problem like a human problem, instead of a physics problem, you will have an inefficient weightloss program that makes the human sad and then they quit.
- tekla 3y ago> If those circumstances aren't met, you don't burn fat at a rate that is sufficient for progress in a timeframe that satisfies most people's goals Irrelevant. Humans obey the laws of physics. An entire post of excuses. Eat less and you WILL lose weight. You can do it by eating nothing but sugar, Twinkies, or Big Macs. It doesn't matter. Many people have done this to disprove the bullshit that its more complicated than Calories In < Calories Out.
- ehnto 3y ago> Humans obey the laws of physics. We agree. > Eat less and you WILL lose weight. Over a long enough time period, inevitably yes. > You can do it by eating nothing but sugar, Twinkies, or Big Macs. Great I'll eat it all before bed each day. Should feel great. In the space between your advice, and actually losing weight, is the entirety of the rest of the task. Your advice is not helpful to anyone trying to lose weight. I see it countless times online. It's a pithy one liner people use as a morale high ground, but it's shallow and unhelpful.
- tekla 3y ago> Your advice is not helpful to anyone trying to lose weight Stop making excuses. Stop eating and you will lose weight. It works pretty well because physics is real.
- ehnto 3y agoSee what your advicd boils dowm to? "Stop eating". Yeah, no shit. Everyone understands calories in calories out, it's such a basic concept, it's the base fact almost all diets start from. You are adding nothing to the discussion and yet you think you've cracked the code. This is why seeing this advice touted is so frustrating. I have been training myself and others for 12 years, there are no excuses here.