I read three or four books in 2023 on "health" (e.g., Exercised, Burn, and The Comfort Crisis) and my takeaway was: The best way to lose weight is to never put

I read three or four books in 2023 on "health" (e.g., Exercised, Burn, and The Comfort Crisis) and my takeaway was: The best way to lose weight is to never put it on in the first place. Else, the body is very reluctant to give up what might be life saving calories. Also, if you put on weight then - baring a medical condition - your diet + lifestyle has been abnormal. The idea that you can diet and exercise to lose weight and eventually go back to your "normal" diet + lifestyle is foolish at best. Dieting + exercise isn't the problem. The normalization or abnormal is.