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I don't know, it's not an easy path but it works more often than fasting for people around me. Or you're suggesting exercise but of different kind?

YZF 1y ago
I think he's saying you'll compensate by eating more. Walking might be a better choice but no matter what you do you still need to control the intake of calories.
- maccard 1y ago
  Yeah - walking solidly for an hour is going to max out at about 250 calories (unless you start hill walking or adding extra weight). A latte (not even a Starbucks-y sugary one) is about the same amount of calories. You should walk. It’s really good for you. But skipping the coffee break at the end will have more of an impact on your weight than the walk itself.
maccard 1y ago
It’s way easier to avoid eating the calories than it is to exercise them off in practice. For most people exercise will cause them to feel hungry, and to eat. I’d you don’t know how much to eat you’ll end up having the wrong effect and gaining weight. It’s also way easier to just not eat the calories in the first place. A bag of potato chips or a tbsp of nut butter on a rice cake is roughly the equivalent of 15 minutes of running. Everyone should exercise and move but if it’s for weight loss diet is the way
- alexey-salmin 1y ago
  This may be true for real obesity and overeating, but for normal people who just want to lose 5-10 kilos I never saw a diet alone work. They don't eat chips or rice cakes in the first place, their body is in a reasonably healthy equilibrium. But when you eat less, you just burn less. In the end you're constantly hungry and irritable, you go through all this crap to lose weight and lose none, which doesn't help with the mood either. At least sport makes you feel good. Dieting without exercise seems to me more like a shortcut into nuthouse.
  - maccard 1y ago
    5-10kg overweight is anywhere from 10-20% over - that’s actually a lot. And I used those as examples of snacks that people might have. For people who are looking to drop a few kg, portion control is the key thing. My parents idea of a serving of pasta is “what fits in the plate we’re serving it on” - people who eat healthy and think “I’ll have the avocado salad” and don’t realise the avocado itself is the same calories as the morning roll they skipped and that’s before you add the dressing. > In the end you're constantly hungry and irritable, you go through all this crap to lose weight and lose none, which doesn't help with the mood either. You need to eat less than you use to lose weight, whether that’s with or without exercise. Part of losing weight is getting used to what is actual hunger and what is “craving/hormone/comfort” eating. If you don’t do that, you’ll fail even harder when you start exercising because the feelings are mega intense.

YZF 1y ago

I think he's saying you'll compensate by eating more. Walking might be a better choice but no matter what you do you still need to control the intake of calories.

maccard 1y ago
Yeah - walking solidly for an hour is going to max out at about 250 calories (unless you start hill walking or adding extra weight). A latte (not even a Starbucks-y sugary one) is about the same amount of calories. You should walk. It’s really good for you. But skipping the coffee break at the end will have more of an impact on your weight than the walk itself.

maccard 1y ago

It’s way easier to avoid eating the calories than it is to exercise them off in practice. For most people exercise will cause them to feel hungry, and to eat. I’d you don’t know how much to eat you’ll end up having the wrong effect and gaining weight. It’s also way easier to just not eat the calories in the first place. A bag of potato chips or a tbsp of nut butter on a rice cake is roughly the equivalent of 15 minutes of running. Everyone should exercise and move but if it’s for weight loss diet is the way

alexey-salmin 1y ago
This may be true for real obesity and overeating, but for normal people who just want to lose 5-10 kilos I never saw a diet alone work. They don't eat chips or rice cakes in the first place, their body is in a reasonably healthy equilibrium. But when you eat less, you just burn less. In the end you're constantly hungry and irritable, you go through all this crap to lose weight and lose none, which doesn't help with the mood either. At least sport makes you feel good. Dieting without exercise seems to me more like a shortcut into nuthouse.
- maccard 1y ago
  5-10kg overweight is anywhere from 10-20% over - that’s actually a lot. And I used those as examples of snacks that people might have. For people who are looking to drop a few kg, portion control is the key thing. My parents idea of a serving of pasta is “what fits in the plate we’re serving it on” - people who eat healthy and think “I’ll have the avocado salad” and don’t realise the avocado itself is the same calories as the morning roll they skipped and that’s before you add the dressing. > In the end you're constantly hungry and irritable, you go through all this crap to lose weight and lose none, which doesn't help with the mood either. You need to eat less than you use to lose weight, whether that’s with or without exercise. Part of losing weight is getting used to what is actual hunger and what is “craving/hormone/comfort” eating. If you don’t do that, you’ll fail even harder when you start exercising because the feelings are mega intense.