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This is an interesting issue. If you're morbidly obese, a 5-10% reduction in weight could add up to significant LBs/KGs lost. So it would seem to me like this w
by brianbreslin 13y ago
This is an interesting issue. If you're morbidly obese, a 5-10% reduction in weight could add up to significant LBs/KGs lost. So it would seem to me like this would be a great way to jumpstart and re-enforce the other aspects of weight loss. Many people give up because they don't see results fast enough.
So much of weight loss is mis-understood, but a lot of it boils down to convenience, will power (choosing to resist going through McDonalds drive thru), food choices (i.e. I don't know how to cook, and no healthy options are affordable and quick).
I am a firm believer that weight loss is 75+% diet, and the rest exercise (disclaimer: I lost 30lbs [17% bodyweight] doing the 4 hour body diet).
- bryanlarsen 13y agoA major point of the article is that obesity is not a single disease, it is many different diseases. It might be one of various neurological, psychological, endocrinological or digestive problems, or a combination of several. Not surprisingly, cure or mitigation will differ from individual to individual based on the underlying problem. IOW, what works for you may or may not work for others.
- cLeEOGPw 13y agoI have the opposite problem - can't gain weight. Doesn't matter if I eat more or less, what kind of food, how many times a day and if I am training or not - it just stays the same no matter what. Recently it's been even worse - a simple 2 hour exercise would leave me with -1 kg and I had to wait like 4 days to gain back that 1 kg lost in one exercise. I think the hormones almost singlehandedly decides what you look like. I knew people that were obese and gained weight simply by drinking water and not eating anything. I thought maybe "survival instinct" would help me gain at least fat, where it supposedly activates when you are eating very little, and that is supposed to be the reason why not eating does not help fat people lose weight, but my weight even then just stays the same. I occasionally go for a whole day without eating (not intentionally) and never start to gain fat. It's really frustrating. Sometimes I just wish I could be fat and just go to gym.
- johnward 13y agoHonestly most people I know who say they have this problem aren't eating as much as they believe. We call these people "hard gainers". If you have that much trouble gaining weight then try eating 6000 calories a day and tell me you don't put on any weight.
- cLeEOGPw 13y agoHonestly the problem is I don't have time to eat that much. I'd have to devote all the time to this single one activity - eating, making food and thinking what to eat next. Others just live eating same as me and gain weight no problem. Besides, if there's not enough growth hormones in the blood, you can eat as much as you want, nothing will stay in your body.
- brianbreslin 13y agoI'm curious what you're eating and when. Even my skinniest friends I've seen them gain weight when they started changing their diets. Lot of it is they may eat ice cream and other fatty foods, but not very much. Look into why we get fat by gary taube. Talks about the science of weight a lot. Insulin response being a key factor.
- cLeEOGPw 13y agoCurrently I barely eat at all tbh. Because I found out it doesn't seem to matter anyway. Only difference is when I eat much I shit unproportionally more often.
- johnward 13y agoWeight loss is all diet. Exercise just helps the process.