Current Events > Why do people want to make losing weight so difficult

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most laziest way of losing weight ever

Step 1). Find your calorie intake

Step 2). invest in a good pair of running shoes, fit bit and air pods or something

Step 3). Eat anything within a deficit, if you don't want to do all the hard work, just do OMAD and eat out

Step 4). Get a combined hour minimum in your day and walk outside, treadmill, or whatever while listening to podcasts or watching GOT or something.

Step 5). LOSE weight

SEE you don't have to do any of this WHOLE 30 Keto bull **** to lose weight dear lord

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This is terrible advice.

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losing weights the easiest thing ive ever done
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just dont eat garbage food and move your body throughout the day

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Conflict posted...

Probably because losing weight actually is difficult

"Just stop eating lol" isn't quite the super-easy genius solution you think it is

then you have a mental issue that needs to be worked out with a doctor if you mentally cannot stop over indulging in food.

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Requires a life style change that most people aren't willing to do.

Plus it can be a real drag to not see immediate results, seen too many people quit after the first week because they're not seeing good results.

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Cobalt_Wasps posted...

just dont eat garbage food and move your body throughout the day

on OMAD, you can literally eat anything if followed properly

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inTaCtfuL posted...

Requires a life style change that most people aren't willing to do.

Plus it can be a real drag to not see immediate results, seen too many people quit after the first week because they're not seeing good results.

what's wrong with a positive lifestyle change

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idk what OMAD is but that statement is silly
you cant literally eat anything lol


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JBaLLEN66 posted...

what's wrong with a positive lifestyle change

Absolutely nothing, but people hate change even if it's for the betterment of them.

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I don't even how you can get fat. Majority of the time I don't even finish my food I just get full and stop.

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when i was large and in charge one day i just decided to stop being fat so i ate less and lost 50 lbs easy
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Cobalt_Wasps posted...

idk what OMAD is but that statement is silly
you cant literally eat anything lol

One Meal a Day, if I were to do this diet with my workout activity I would need 2300-2400 calories to lose weight. It is pretty hard to eat this in one meal let alone find this at a restaurant unless you are at the Cheesecake Factory killing it.

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Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakn' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation

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There is no profit to be made with the idea of "eat less of the foods you already do" (and hopefully be more physically active, even if it's just walking)

So people are instead inundated with advertisements instead of data. One does not need a "meal replacement" that costs just as much (if not more) than their normal meals, for example. If you're still hungry have some water and food low in caloric density (ie, most veggies)
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El Mexicano Texano posted...

I don't even how you can get fat. Majority of the time I don't even finish my food I just get full and stop.

some people have mental issues and eat as a vice, this is how people get morbid obese

Your typical overweight person is someone with a stretched stomach that doesn't understand the basics of calories in calories out and might just be snacking too much or not caring what they are eating

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You know, you'd really think it'd be that easy, and in many cases, you're right. Thing is, age. The older you are, the more your metabolism slows down. I used to be able to do the deficit thing. Now, 46, even when I follow it to the strictness, I barely see results, and if I barely stop, then it just comes back in spades.

Conflict posted...

Like lmao what do you think weight problems boil down to

You're always hungry or you're never hungry. It's difficult to not eat when you have a consistent appetite and it's difficult to eat when you don't

This is "if you're depressed just stop being sad" levels of stupid

You're always hungry because you aren't eating the right foods or have a mental issue that needs to be worked out with a doctor. It is way easier to plow thru a bag of potato chips and still be hungry than eat a whole bag of store apples.

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I need to gain weight. I stopped fasting, and taking in about 2800-3000 a day. Gained 0.5 pounds in about 2 weeks, and feeling better, with more energy. I need to gain about 20 pounds to hit my ideal weight. Oh boy.

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Cocytus posted...

You know, you'd really think it'd be that easy, and in many cases, you're right. Thing is, age. The older you are, the more your metabolism slows down. I used to be able to do the deficit thing. Now, 46, even when I follow it to the strictness, I barely see results, and if I barely stop, then it just comes back in spades.

at this point, you have to be honest with yourself and outright admit that you are properly following everything and not slacking off. 10 times out of 10 this is the reason lol.

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anything that takes willpower and consistency is hard

is TC having a fitness melty

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Slayerblade11 posted...

anything that takes willpower and consistency is hard

Shifting blame to yourself instead of everything around you is harder, and is what ends up holding many people back initially.

Your mental state is a reflection of your inner self that you project outward into reality. Remedy your inner self by purging toxic, negative thoughts and perceptions. Then imagine what healthy is. Ask yourself... what does a healthy person look like? What do they do? And then emulate that and manifest those thoughts and ideas into your reality by doing it.

The willpower and consistency then comes afterwards. Ask yourself if if's worth it to keep going forward and keep being healthy. If you give up, then you need to step back and further reflect on your mentality and approach to getting healthy. Ask yourself what you are doing wrong, make the changes and try again until you get it right... then keep going harder and harder.

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Xenozoa425 posted...

Ask yourself... what does a healthy person look like? What do they do? And then emulate that and manifest those thoughts and ideas into your reality by doing it.

The problem is there is almost no way to know that by looking at just anyone on an observation.

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Conflict posted...

"Just stop eating lol" isn't quite the super-easy genius solution you think it is

pretty sure it is.

sorry, but a fatty going from say 4000 calories a day to maybe 3500 is still gonna lose weight compared to his current weight. when that is under control then he can go from 3500 to 3000 etc.

Conflict posted...

This is "if you're depressed just stop being sad" levels of stupid

you literally can't measure depression so...

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RetsuZaiZen posted...

The problem is there is almost no way to know that by looking at just anyone on an observation.

I know what an unhealthy person looks like though

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If you have a bad relationship with food
"Eat Less" might as well be "hey smoker, stop smoking" or "hey, alcoholic, stop drinking"

Obviously, TC, losing weight IS easy for the people it isn't hard for. But that's self evident. If you have mental/emotional issues and food is your only crutch, then it's very very difficult.

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Conflict posted...

"Just stop eating lol"

4000 -> 3500 calories

-"STOP EATING NO FOOD NO NUTRITION OMNOMNOMMONOM!!!!

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RetsuZaiZen posted...

The problem is there is almost no way to know that by looking at just anyone on an observation.

You can make plenty of deductions and what not simply by observing.

Look at a any healthy person. Ask questions like what is a healthy person? What do they eat? How long do they sleep? What do they do for exercise? What do they do as hobbies? What do they shop for at the grocery store.

You can easily compare yourself and your lifestyle to that of a healthy person and a healthy lifestyle, weed out the bad habits and adopt good habits. But doing that requires you to shift your mentality from negative thoughts and ideas such as "I can't do it because it's hard" or "I'll never maintain it for long", to positive experiences and thoughts like "I can do it because it's worth it" or "I can maintain it and improve bit by bit every day.

Your mental state is a reflection of your physical state. Fix your body by fixing your mind. If you wanna go one step further, you can fix your spirit/soul by fixing your mind. If your mind is fucked up, your body will be fucked up because everything your body interacts with on this 3rd dimensional plane of reality is a reflection of your fucked up mind, whether it's the people you are with, the place you live, the place you work, the food you eat, the hobbies you do, etc.

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My advice wouldnt be stop eating, itd be eat 5-10% less.

If youve got a problem where you keep binging McDonalds every day, you do wanna get that under control
but stopping cold turkey is hard. Start by swapping to a Diet Coke (or better yet... water, but still), get a medium fry instead of a large, etc. Eventually, cut back to every other day. Go incrementally. Thats a much more sustainable way to approach it.

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I find it very easy.

Weigh yourself every day. If you're originally overweight, then you need to see that your weight is going down at least SOME every week. If it's not, decrease consumption.

If you're at a normal weight, weigh yourself every day and eat less if you gain any.

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Conflict posted...

Okay, so you understand that "just stop eating" is stupid and the process of weight loss is more complex than that. Why are you even posting

yeah, it's definitely stupid since there's only one or two people ITT who even remotely suggested something as idiotic as to "stop (insert anything here)" and then continue to trollishly parade it around as if that's the actual argument being debated.

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You need to burn more calories than you consume.

I keep telling people that.

By people, I mean my friends that want to lose weight and work out, but for some reason they keep gaining weight lol.

Its not easy, but i also don't think its the hardest thing in the world to do.

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Conflict posted...

Probably because losing weight actually is difficult

"Just stop eating lol" isn't quite the super-easy genius solution you think it is

My genius solution is to still eat like absolute shit, but start running more to the point I lost 100 pounds and can run half marathons. It is that easy honestly. Either exercise more or eat less. If you combine both I don't know what happens, the world probably explodes. I don't have the will power to eat less, just to exercise more.

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Conflict posted...

You're the one who initially agreed with it by saying "pretty sure it is", so...

i'm sorry i stumbled into your idiotic strawman.

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badjay posted...

Either exercise more or eat less. If you combine both I don't know what happens, the world probably explodes.

Not everyone has the willpower to destroy this planet
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Conflict posted...

And it's a not a strawman when it's actually being suggested unironically on this board on a regular basis

yeah, screw this topic, let's move the goalpost to include the whole board instead.

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Im convinced its more about genetics than anything. Ive seen members of my family eat the same amount of stuff that I do and balloon where Ive always stayed skinny even when being completely inactive.

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Blackstar110 posted...

My advice wouldnt be stop eating, itd be eat 5-10% less.

If youve got a problem where you keep binging McDonalds every day, you do wanna get that under control
but stopping cold turkey is hard. Start by swapping to a Diet Coke (or better yet... water, but still), get a medium fry instead of a large, etc. Eventually, cut back to every other day. Go incrementally. Thats a much more sustainable way to approach it.

exactly, it's a lifestyle change, not just something you suffer thru for 2 weeks and is magically fixed. You got fat over a unhealthy lifestyle so now it's time to get skinny again.

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Shablagoo posted...

Im convinced its more about genetics than anything. Ive seen members of my family eat the same amount of stuff that I do and balloon where Ive always stayed skinny even when being completely inactive.

There are factors that can influence genetics. Look up epigenetics.

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