I can say this approach turns off your appetite while practically never feeling hungry.
I think it was socratese that said man could live on just one meal a day- (I’ve only ever eaten 2 meals- a brunch, and dinner- no snacks- I’ve stayed the same weight for all my adult life- only fluctuating about 15 lbs in either direction all these years- Even though i drank like 6-8 sodas a day- how I’m still alive i have no idea lol)
Trigglypuff is gloating! “See Mom? I TOLD you it wasn’t the 3 dozen cream filled twinkies I ‘make disappear’ every week!”
There are a lot of things that can modulate metabolism. That said, in the end it is and has always been about balancing the calories you consume with the calories you burn. If your burn rate is slow, then you have to consume less calories and do whatever you can to increase your burn rate. It’s truly that fundamental.
Horseshit. More BS from those who need to justify their budgets and qualify their grants.
Not so long ago I had ‘thought’ I’d become healthy, having gone down a road which opened my eyes. I was working, active, exercising and things were stable.
One day - WITHOUT ANY CHANGE IN ACTIVITY, DIET OR HEALTH - I began literally gaining 5-6 pounds a week. That’s almost A POUND A DAY.
There’s no question that the quality of foods for most people is crap: Look at the belt in front AND behind you at the checkout. It’s sickening, literally.
Long story short, “what” I was eating had zero impact on my weight gain. “How much” was a component, but not panacea.
For many, it’s literally “how much”, and for some it’s literally “what”, but it’s a LOT more complicated than that.
This was validated in hundreds of hours of meetings with others as I was doing research and outreach. Frankly, there’s a significant segment of the population desperately seeking solutions to health problems that are not so simply resolved by these ‘scientists’ or, for that matter, doctors.
I hope to publish next year...if I can stop getting distracted.
Genetics is also important.
I just lost 60 lbs in 5 months on Keto/Paleo/Med regime
Cut out all processed food and almost all carbs, no rice, flour, pasta, potatoes, etc. Never skip meals, portion control, 4 smaller meals, cut out snacks.
Lean meats, fish, shellfish, lots of veg, eggs, fruits, nuts, berries.
Never get hungry or cravings, lots of nonfat Greek yogurt
Works for me, a new member of the Air Fryer master race, lol
Only morons believe in the energy balance model. Its all part of the lie of the “calorie”.
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>> overeating is not the primary cause of obesity
LOL, well it’s the material cause. So there’s that...
Rather than an either/or dichotomy, I think that eating when it is not needed for energy since you consumed calories, and eating foods high in fat calories, and empty carbs vs lean protein sources and whole grains and veggies, is behind most weight gain and lack of energy. And that it is still holds that if you consume more calories then you burn then you will gain weight, but while you could eat "junk food" and still lose weight if you still burn more than you expend (I overall did for many years), yet as one ages, the lack of energy due to fat and or empty calories being consumed (rather than lean protein sources, whole grains and veggies) will lead to weight gain as more of such food is consumed in the quest for energy which such food only provides a short term of energy for.
***Scientists claim . . .***
Don’t you just LOVE this phrase? How many scientists?? Two?? That’s all it takes to make the statement “Scientists claim . . .”.
If “scientists” are like any other field (and they are), any group of “scientists” will most certainly have their share of losers. Therefore, if we can find two losers among the “scientists” who say anything, we can then make the statement that “Scientists claim” in order to back up ANY bogus argument.
Prove me wrong.