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> they couldn’t eat less If they are gaining weight, why can't they eat less?

• y0eswddl 9mo ago
  metabolic slowing with increased calorie restriction means that eventually the body adapts to the point where youd be consuming too few calories to function and still barely losing any weight
  • magicalhippo 9mo ago
    Yes but they already lost weight. What I didn't understand is how the body decides to store fat, ie gain weight back, rather than function properly.
    • jamesgill 9mo ago
      There's a lot of info about this online, but here's a quick TL;DR example: https://www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/lessons-from-the-biggest-loser https://www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/lessons-... What most people don't understand is that weight loss and health is about a lot more than 'calories in/calories out', despite what we've been told for decades.