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> walking ten miles a night…From my own hiking experience Is your plan sustainable through injury, and on vacation, and after being laid off and through holida

> walking ten miles a night…From my own hiking experience Is your plan sustainable through injury, and on vacation, and after being laid off and through holiday temptations, and through deep emotional turmoil, and just insidious calorie increases over time, and a million other real world scenarios that throw people off the wagon who have lifelong deep seated eating problems? This is so difficult for so many not because the obvious things work for everyone but because they don’t for a majority of people. We’ve tried all the obvious things!

tuatoru 2y ago
Yes, yes it is. If you're laid off you have more time to walk. If you're not walking that much quit your job and reduce your outgoings so that you can get a job that helps you survive past 45 without type 2 diabetes. Walking is very calming if you have emotional turmoil. You don't get to a BMI that was much greater than 40 without eating disorders. Walking helps calm that, too. I think people who say they have tried walking are lying to themselves. They're like the women who go to the gym and lift 2 lb dumbbells. Walk ten miles a day for a year before telling me you've tried it.
- KittenInABox 2y ago
  Is this backed by any science, btw? If it is just so simple there should be studies on it. Trying to make cheap and easy weight loss happen is one of the most well funded research arms.
- nyokodo 2y ago
  > Walk ten miles a day for a year before telling me you've tried it. Walking 10 miles a day isn't feasible for disabled and many injured people nor people who don't have 3+ hours spare to walk that far. If the principle is "do lots of exercise that you can do" yes we know about that, we've tried it many times, and the habit to sustain that didn't stick for the million and one reasons that they fail. Thankfully there are doctors and pharmaceutical companies that can understand recidivism statistics and don't just assume that obese people are morons or "lazy" or whatever ignorant and arrogant opinion you're espousing.

tuatoru 2y ago

Yes, yes it is. If you're laid off you have more time to walk. If you're not walking that much quit your job and reduce your outgoings so that you can get a job that helps you survive past 45 without type 2 diabetes. Walking is very calming if you have emotional turmoil. You don't get to a BMI that was much greater than 40 without eating disorders. Walking helps calm that, too. I think people who say they have tried walking are lying to themselves. They're like the women who go to the gym and lift 2 lb dumbbells. Walk ten miles a day for a year before telling me you've tried it.

KittenInABox 2y ago
Is this backed by any science, btw? If it is just so simple there should be studies on it. Trying to make cheap and easy weight loss happen is one of the most well funded research arms.
nyokodo 2y ago
> Walk ten miles a day for a year before telling me you've tried it. Walking 10 miles a day isn't feasible for disabled and many injured people nor people who don't have 3+ hours spare to walk that far. If the principle is "do lots of exercise that you can do" yes we know about that, we've tried it many times, and the habit to sustain that didn't stick for the million and one reasons that they fail. Thankfully there are doctors and pharmaceutical companies that can understand recidivism statistics and don't just assume that obese people are morons or "lazy" or whatever ignorant and arrogant opinion you're espousing.