One day, society will look back at this time of “Low Fat/high carb” and “a calorie is a calorie” like we do Global Climate Change.
I’ve know people who were on different Psych meds who would exercise to the point of being treated for OCD and go on MediSystem but still didn’t lose weight. My boss began to research it, but pitifully left and went out of practice.
One would be surprised at how little a human can eat and still remain alive. Studies are showing that one’s metabolism drops as starvation mode kicks in. And the funny thing is that tons of studies are being done on eating less calories for life extension.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/07/09/calorierestriction.php
If a calorie were a calorie, those on 1000 calories a day would not be able to live for years. Humans are known to need 2500 a day.
And if reducing what we eat didn’t result in 100% of people losing weight, if reduced enough, there would have been fat people in the concentration camps.
When I was in high school, I lost 50 lbs over 9 months. I was eating 1000-1200 calories a day and jogging...so yes, you WILL take the weight off, but at what cost? At 50, I lost 10 lbs over a couple of months, but had daily headaches doing it. It just wasn’t worth it to me.
Sometimes people need to look at their balance of exercise & eating and decide what is acceptable to them. They also need to think of lifestyle - you change weight by changing how you live, not by dieting. That may mean accepting some extra weight because you don’t want to live in a way to remove it.