The Secret to Weight Loss

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  • GigiAgape1981
    GigiAgape1981 Posts: 66 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »

    I feel a bit sorry for people who are armpit deep in keto, IF, or other challenging plans. It seems so much work to reach the same eventual goal.

    Me too.
  • wunderkindking
    wunderkindking Posts: 1,615 Member
    GigiAgape1981 wrote: »
    springlering62 wrote: »

    I feel a bit sorry for people who are armpit deep in keto, IF, or other challenging plans. It seems so much work to reach the same eventual goal.

    Me too.

    Same . That said lowering my carbs came along for the ride with CICO (I don't like most carbs all that much, so the calories aren't always worth it for me and my protein used to be really low), and IF is kind of much the same - I am not interested in food before noon most days. So basically not eating things I didn't care for and when not hungry just sort of happened, anyway.

    But neither one of those was or is a hard and fast rule. They were just easy adaptations for me, personally, to cut out calories.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    psychod787 wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    CICO has been medical advice forever. Success rate, not so good, 99% or there about failure rate. Reason? You did it wrong. >:)

    Not always. There are some people that di have Issues. Some psychological and some physical. The research shows us that there is a compensatory drive to over eat post weight loss. So,yes CICO is king, but controlling one's appetite is a close second. 99% failure rate? Probably closer to 65% failure rate. Many studies use someone's lowest weight and count any regain as failure. Is it though?

    Yes, I agree some people get advice other than eat less and move more. Considering weight gain is moving up and not down I suspect that most are in the failure category. most studies I looked at were over 10 years but I haven't investigated that in quite some time. Maybe weight lose boils down to a math equation but I suspect there's some biology thrown in. cheers.
  • xxzenabxx
    xxzenabxx Posts: 935 Member
    ryan_powerlifter wrote: »
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    If you clicked on this post I am assuming you want to know the number one secret to weight loss. Is it a magic pill? Is it a special kind of diet? Is it fasting? Is it a particular eating schedule? WHAT IS IT!?!?!

    ok ok ok. The secret...is....CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT

    You need to burn more calories per day than what you consume. Your fad diet doesn't matter, your fasting doesn't matter, there are no magic pills, and unfortunately a lot of you have been misinformed!

    I have been at this for years. I can tell you the only thing you need to focus on is calories. All of your macronutrients are important, your body needs them all. Dont be scared of carbs, fats, and eat enough protein.

    SIMPLE.

    Yes but that’s just the physical part of it. We also need to look at the environmental, social, mental and emotional sides to weight loss. It’s much more complex than that. What about cravings and food triggers? I think it’s easier for some and harder for others. Some people can create an environment for themselves where it’s easy but some can’t. A lot of people are emotional eaters, especially women. There’s a lot of psychology in weight loss that people don’t address. And people also overestimate there calories out so that’s another issue in its self.

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