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“It doesn’t work because they (the general public) are not serious or disciplined and don’t keep a daily food log. You have to know exactly, to the calorie, how much you are eating on a DAILY basis. Also, you must WEIGH YOURSELF EVERY DAY until you reach your target goal weight then weigh yourself once per week. Once you reach your goal then kick it up to 2,000 cal/day.”

So, I guess, people did that up to about 60 years ago, when this high-carb fad diet started...and then they stopped (thereby causing obesity to go through the roof)? Obviously there’s more at play here.

Nothing personal, but the argument kind of reminds me of how Big Education (led by teachers’ unions) keeps throwing back the blame of worse and worse student performance on parents going on strike and not wanting their kids to learn. All the while completely holding themselves BLAMELESS for the horrific curriculums they now use (such as Whole Language reading through 3rd grade, in lieu of phonics...and calculators in lieu of memorization for math).

Anyway, don’t get me wrong - I do enjoy the debate!

Well I gave up on "diets" and approached it like a math problem. I started at 240 pounds in Sept. and now I weigh 195. I eat anything I want which simplifies things. I just have to STOP at around 1,700 cal/day. I also walk a minimum of 2 miles a day sometimes as much as 5 miles/day. Walking burns around 100 cal/mile depending on your weight. So if you walk 5 miles ( which is a lot ) you expened 500 calories, so if your resting metabolism is say 2,000 cal per day and you eat say 1,700 calories then here is the math:

2,000 + 500 - 1,700 = 800 calorie/day deficit. At 800 cal/day deficit you should lose 1 pound every 3 or 4 days or 8-10 pounds a month. And it works like that perfectly.