Do you agree dieting is bad for health ?

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  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    People have different definitions of "diet".
    But if you mean "caloric deficit" , I disagree.
    If you are never in deficit, than all your life you would be only gaining. Imagine that

    Not necessarily, if you are really, really good at maintaining :tongue:
  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    diet is just the way you eat.

    everyone is on a diet.

    Some structured, some haphazard.

    Some thought out through research, some followed by ignorance.

    Some with good results, some with bad results.

    Some with immediate and delayed positive benefits, some with immediate and long term negative effects.

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    THANK YOU

    That's it. It's a shame the word "diet" has been so mutilated

    Also this ^^
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    IN for George Costanza Gifs!!!!

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  • OddballExtreme
    OddballExtreme Posts: 296 Member
    I don't even call it a diet anymore. I prefer calling it a "lifestyle change," and one I've been able to stick with for almost two full years now. :happy:
  • CharChary
    CharChary Posts: 220 Member
    An initial diet can be a great, motivator if that makes sense. For a person struggling with their relationship with food, being strict and in control/having rules for a while can really help a person get past the idea that they CAN'T do something. After being successful and maybe even seeing results, they can go from there making their own lifestyle and getting rid of the idea of dieting.

    this is all of my opinion though.
  • aakaakaak
    aakaakaak Posts: 1,240 Member
    diet is just the way you eat.

    everyone is on a diet.

    Some structured, some haphazard.

    Some thought out through research, some followed by ignorance.

    Some with good results, some with bad results.

    Some with immediate and delayed positive benefits, some with immediate and long term negative effects.

    570.gif

    THANK YOU

    That's it. It's a shame the word "diet" has been so mutilated

    Also this ^^

    More quoting of the correct answer is needed. Just doing my part.
  • KeViN_v2pt0
    KeViN_v2pt0 Posts: 375 Member
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  • KeViN_v2pt0
    KeViN_v2pt0 Posts: 375 Member
    IN for George Costanza Gifs!!!!

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  • bmqbonnie
    bmqbonnie Posts: 836 Member
    Actually there's some evidence that underweight women tend to live longer. There's a sure correlation in monkeys that eat a nutrient dense but low calorie diet, a bit less easy to prove in humans. But there is at least some evidence for it. No effect on men though.

    I have no plans on becoming underweight, but there is that. I have a feeling it's more the women that have high metabolisms and have trouble gaining weight, but then my GMIL barely eats and is near 100 years old...

    Again, just playing devil's advocate here. I do get a little weary of people acting like it's REALLY REALLY bad to undereat/be overweight. It beats overeating/being overweight. Obviously being anorexic is taking it too far but being classified as anorexic is a way more extreme category than people think.
  • abheshek
    abheshek Posts: 525 Member
    So...


    how did you lose 121 pounds?

    swim 2.5 miles freestyle every day along with strength training
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
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    Definition of DIET
    1
    a : food and drink regularly provided or consumed
    b : habitual nourishment
    c : the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason
    d : a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight <going on a diet>

    ETA: Maybe you should have been more transparent with the title of your thread or were you just looking to incite a all out flamewar...If you look at definition a) and b) you are on a diet.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Wut?

    I'm guessing this thread is going to implode.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Wut?

    I'm guessing this thread is going to implode.

    Wut? is right.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,909 Member
    So...


    how did you lose 121 pounds?

    swim 2.5 miles freestyle every day along with strength training
    And you didn't change your eating habits that made you gain 121lbs? Meaning you ate the same way?

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  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    So...


    how did you lose 121 pounds?

    swim 2.5 miles freestyle every day along with strength training

    To be fair to you if people can create their deficit through exercise alone meaning they are eating a much higher intake than your standard dieter I think that probably gets the best gains overall in terms of performance and body composition. It is essentially what professional athletes do.

    The problem with that approach is it requires a lot of free time which people don't generally have as well as motivation as well as not getting injured.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    none of that makes any sense cuz

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  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    Are you referring to yourself?

    There are a lot of studies going around showing that food insecurity, that people who often face the prospect of not having enough to eat have the highest rates of obesity. The eating patterns of people who run low on food stamps resemble those dieting for weight loss. When food becomes available they binge, when it's not they eat very little. Over time, their bodies adapt by converting more of what they eat to body fat. Think fat cells. :)

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