Weight and Diet and Exercise

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@finley

Of course it bloody doesn’t. If someone goes on a “diet” of cabbage juice and keeps a baggie of rabbit poo in the fridge for when they get peckish, I can absolutely guarantee that it isn’t going to “work” in any sense whatsoever, however religiously they stick to it.

And I guarantee you someone on a cabbage and rabbit poo diet will lose weight if they stick to it!

@finley

I said that the theory makes no physical sense

You’ve literally said it ignores the laws of physics.

CICO with regards to weight and being healthy

If you feel hungry all the time, it’s almost certainly because you’re eating too little fat and too much of the starchy stuff. Your body is dependent upon starches for energy and has “forgotten” how to recycle fat effectively between meals. CICO is not just incompatible with what’s known about human physiology, it quite literally ignores the laws of physics. It’s a religion. Stop counting your calories, lose the oatmeal/sweet potato/etc and add more fat to your diet. Your appetite will recalibr…

@finley

Weightwatchers is designed to fail.

yet it works, when people stick to it (like everything else)
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30647-5/fulltext#seccestitle160

@finley

The “sensible amount” is whatever your appetite demands

So why is the qualifier needed? Why not just say eat as much as you want?

@OrangeOrganics

You also don’t have to count calories. Anything is fine

Yep, I’ve never counted calories. But I adjust the amount I eat when I’m trying to gain or lose weight.