Losing weight is hard. Here are things to keep in mind

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/health/weight-loss-hard-evolution-wellness/index.html

by paulpauper • 2 years ago

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never let a news entertainment company tell you what is hard. even if they are telling the truth, it isn’t for your sake.

paulpauper• 2 years ago

“Fat is especially important for humans,” Lieberman wrote in an email. “Even thin humans have between 15-25% body fat, which is three to four times more than most mammals.”

Even so, “we never evolved to store a lot of belly fat, which can lead to health problems,” Lieberman pointed out. “So having a lot of fat around the middle is a sign to do something.”

If you have 25+% body fat as male where do you think it's mostly gonna be stored?

daly• 2 years ago

Suppose you weigh 180.0 lbs. Suppose your target weight is 160.0

Week 1 at 180.0. Eat ONLY when you weigh less.

Week 2 at 179.9. Eat ONLY when you weigh less.

Week 3 at 179.8. Eat ONLY when you weigh less.

...

You get the pattern.

When you eat you can eat anything you want.

When you reach your target weight eat ONLY when you weigh less.

cglendenning• 2 years ago

Logically that makes sense. I did not lose 120# that way, but if it works for others, cool. I chose to target a different goal than weight loss, and weight loss came along as a side effect. My goal was to increase my fitness, which is defined as "work capacity across broad time and modal domains." (CrossFit definition). Choosing fitness as a goal was a forcing function that ensured that my HDL, triglycerides, A1C, fasting glucose, body fat %, bone density, lean muscle mass, and all the other important stuff all also went in the correct directions.

Losing weight is hard. Here are things to keep in mind

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