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The repackaging of the diet and fitness industry
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One thing that seems to always come up is that it is a clear industry; people are making money. And people who need to lose weight are often desperate because there are clear health concerns from being overweight. And desperation drives people to pay money for all sorts of things that likely don't work.
Unfortunately for those people, the industry makes money because people stay fat. So, there is no incentive to produce products/plans that work. Instead, they feed people the idea that they need a specific product or way of eating or diet plan, and the one they sell is the best. And it works for a time, but often is expensive or not sustainable, so people stop. Or it doesn't teach people to adapt their own lives and food prep/intake to maintain losses.
And so weight goes up, and the industry gets more money.
All of this is independent of the fact that weight loss is hard, usually due to mental roadblocks, but all the products, plans, and garbage just make it even worse.1 -
They also bank that if people lose weight, that they will fall back into old habits and end up becoming a repeat purchaser because they lost weight on the product previously, why not again?One thing that seems to always come up is that it is a clear industry; people are making money. And people who need to lose weight are often desperate because there are clear health concerns from being overweight. And desperation drives people to pay money for all sorts of things that likely don't work.
Unfortunately for those people, the industry makes money because people stay fat. So, there is no incentive to produce products/plans that work. Instead, they feed people the idea that they need a specific product or way of eating or diet plan, and the one they sell is the best. And it works for a time, but often is expensive or not sustainable, so people stop. Or it doesn't teach people to adapt their own lives and food prep/intake to maintain losses.
And so weight goes up, and the industry gets more money.
All of this is independent of the fact that weight loss is hard, usually due to mental roadblocks, but all the products, plans, and garbage just make it even worse.
And it's so funny how they come up with "New formula" or "Newest scientific approach". Unfortunately, people will still keep gaining weight and they will stay in business due to lack of knowledge by the consumers.
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Wow- $2200-$3500. Is that for just ONE wheel or the set?NorthCascades wrote: »Sounds like fun. Sounds expensive too, but many people who enjoy an activity or sport will pay to make it more enjoyable.
Enve just released a new set of wheels they've spent the year working on. Might as well have put my name on them. This is the only wide, aero wheelset out there. It costs a pretty penny, though.
When you use the rim as a braking surface, it has to: be shaped for the brake pads, dissipate heat really well, have the right friction characteristics, and be massively strong at the edge to stand up to the clamping force of the brakes. Moving the brake surface to a rotor at the hub removes all of those constraints. Now the shape and carbon makeup can be optimized for aerodynamics and overall wheel strength instead. Plus hookless beads work much better and save weight, right where it counts the most.
This is pretty revolutionary.
I have a serious case of the wants.
They come with a pretty liberal 5 year warranty and lifetime crash replacement.
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Lol if you have to ask, probably not in the budget.1 -
It feels about like this...quiltlovinlisa wrote: »The last month I've been getting a lot of "You've lost a LOT of weight, what have you been doing?" When I respond "Counting calories," their eyes glaze over and they often mumble that they can't (or won't) do that.
Okay then.
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The_Enginerd wrote: »
It feels about like this...quiltlovinlisa wrote: »The last month I've been getting a lot of "You've lost a LOT of weight, what have you been doing?" When I respond "Counting calories," their eyes glaze over and they often mumble that they can't (or won't) do that.
Okay then.
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lol!
Yes, that!0 -
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sugaraddict4321 wrote: »
Well it's definitely true, if 1 consumes; the sugar free gummy bears!1 -
DeficitDuchess wrote: »sugaraddict4321 wrote: »
Well it's definitely true, if 1 consumes; the sugar free gummy bears!
Sadly they discontinued them. Which is a shame because now I have to find something else to hand out to the teenagers who come trick or treating.1 -
They wouldn't sell magazines if every week they had the same diet plan of "eat less calories than you burn", now would they?
Of course not. I wouldn't spend $10 on a magazine to gain that knowledge. Neither would anybody in this thread - would you? We all already know you lose weight with a calorie deficit.0 -
jillybeansalad wrote: »BreezeDoveal wrote: »1,000 years ago, tehre wasn't even a concept of temperature, let alone calories to go in or out.
There also wasn't chemical additives, yet all the processed food peopel here want to insist they're fine.
Nor was there medication, vaccines, and refrigeration. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And people lived to the ripe old age of "Died of dysentery."1
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