Everyone Is Different.

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  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,611 Member
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    We can agree that we're all the same species, right? Right. We're not THAT different, physiologically.

    I am not a cat.
  • w_i_n_d_y
    w_i_n_d_y Posts: 216 Member
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    We can agree that we're all the same species, right? Right. We're not THAT different, physiologically.

    Yes. You're right.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    And every thread has it's nice share of smart-*kitten*.
    So pleasant.

    Every thread has a nice share of over emotional babies too it seems. My favorite.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
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    We can agree that we're all the same species, right? Right. We're not THAT different, physiologically.

    I am not a cat.

    Oh.

    Never mind.
  • seventwenty
    seventwenty Posts: 565 Member
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    We can agree that we're all the same species, right? Right. We're not THAT different, physiologically.

    I am not a cat.

    Oh.

    Never mind.

    Cats are evil anyways.
  • LizKurz
    LizKurz Posts: 340 Member
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    I'm so glad I found this thread, this right here made my night. Lol
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
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    And every thread has it's nice share of smart-*kitten*.
    So pleasant.

    Every thread has a nice share of over emotional babies too it seems. My favorite.

    +100000

    I know I've hurt people's feelings on the internet today, how bout you?
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
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    We can agree that we're all the same species, right? Right. We're not THAT different, physiologically.

    I am not a cat.

    Oh.

    Never mind.

    Cats are evil anyways.

    How hurtful...
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
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    All over the internet, on forums dedicated to everything from weight loss to muscle gain, people will loudly argue that they are different. “My metabolism is different.”, “My nervous system is different”, “My muscles are different”, things of that sort. Everyone is a unique and delicate flower, just like their mom told them.

    This usually follows them explaining why the good advice that others have used can’t possibly work for them. They are also usually the ones making no progress who won’t even consider trying something else. THEY. ARE. DIFFERENT.

    Individuals who have a lot of fat to lose either think that they can magically gain weight eating only a few hundred calories per day, or that they can lose weight just by rearranging their food in some special way. Because their metabolism is different.

    Diets play on this of course, hiding the simple fact that they are causing you to eat less in a complicated pseudoscience of macronutrient ratios and such. But there is never any magic to be had when you look at these books critically: it all comes down to making the person eat less, exercise more, or both. It’s just hidden in complex schemes and pseudo-physiology.

    Before you think I’m just coming down on overweight individuals, let me say that bodybuilders and athletes want to magically gain muscle and lose fat with a similar rearrangement of nutrients. That by adding some magical nutrient (usually an overpriced supplement) will make them start gaining muscle (or losing fat) without changing the dynamics of the energy balance equation. In the same way diet books play on the frailties of overweight individuals, supplement companies play on the frailties of the athletes telling them to “Use this product if you aren’t gaining” when the real problem lies with the diet or training program.

    In short: you can’t beat thermodynamics anymore than anything else in the universe. You. Are. Not. Different. You can’t gain bodymass unless your energy intake exceeds your energy output because you can’t make something out of nothing (muscle or fat). And you can’t lose bodymass unless your energy intake is less than your energy ouput. These are rules that every system in the universe has to follow, including the human body. Nature’s rules, not mine to quote the all-knowing Mr. Miyagi. We may not like them, but we have to live by them anyway.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html
  • gleechick609
    gleechick609 Posts: 551
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    And every thread has it's nice share of smart-*kitten*.
    So pleasant.

    Every thread has a nice share of over emotional babies too it seems. My favorite.

    :laugh:
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
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    All over the internet, on forums dedicated to everything from weight loss to muscle gain, people will loudly argue that they are different. “My metabolism is different.”, “My nervous system is different”, “My muscles are different”, things of that sort. Everyone is a unique and delicate flower, just like their mom told them.

    This usually follows them explaining why the good advice that others have used can’t possibly work for them. They are also usually the ones making no progress who won’t even consider trying something else. THEY. ARE. DIFFERENT.

    Individuals who have a lot of fat to lose either think that they can magically gain weight eating only a few hundred calories per day, or that they can lose weight just by rearranging their food in some special way. Because their metabolism is different.

    Diets play on this of course, hiding the simple fact that they are causing you to eat less in a complicated pseudoscience of macronutrient ratios and such. But there is never any magic to be had when you look at these books critically: it all comes down to making the person eat less, exercise more, or both. It’s just hidden in complex schemes and pseudo-physiology.

    Before you think I’m just coming down on overweight individuals, let me say that bodybuilders and athletes want to magically gain muscle and lose fat with a similar rearrangement of nutrients. That by adding some magical nutrient (usually an overpriced supplement) will make them start gaining muscle (or losing fat) without changing the dynamics of the energy balance equation. In the same way diet books play on the frailties of overweight individuals, supplement companies play on the frailties of the athletes telling them to “Use this product if you aren’t gaining” when the real problem lies with the diet or training program.

    In short: you can’t beat thermodynamics anymore than anything else in the universe. You. Are. Not. Different. You can’t gain bodymass unless your energy intake exceeds your energy output because you can’t make something out of nothing (muscle or fat). And you can’t lose bodymass unless your energy intake is less than your energy ouput. These are rules that every system in the universe has to follow, including the human body. Nature’s rules, not mine to quote the all-knowing Mr. Miyagi. We may not like them, but we have to live by them anyway.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html

    I was just about to post this. You win this one Acg, You win.
  • w_i_n_d_y
    w_i_n_d_y Posts: 216 Member
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    All over the internet, on forums dedicated to everything from weight loss to muscle gain, people will loudly argue that they are different. “My metabolism is different.”, “My nervous system is different”, “My muscles are different”, things of that sort. Everyone is a unique and delicate flower, just like their mom told them.

    This usually follows them explaining why the good advice that others have used can’t possibly work for them. They are also usually the ones making no progress who won’t even consider trying something else. THEY. ARE. DIFFERENT.

    Individuals who have a lot of fat to lose either think that they can magically gain weight eating only a few hundred calories per day, or that they can lose weight just by rearranging their food in some special way. Because their metabolism is different.

    Diets play on this of course, hiding the simple fact that they are causing you to eat less in a complicated pseudoscience of macronutrient ratios and such. But there is never any magic to be had when you look at these books critically: it all comes down to making the person eat less, exercise more, or both. It’s just hidden in complex schemes and pseudo-physiology.

    Before you think I’m just coming down on overweight individuals, let me say that bodybuilders and athletes want to magically gain muscle and lose fat with a similar rearrangement of nutrients. That by adding some magical nutrient (usually an overpriced supplement) will make them start gaining muscle (or losing fat) without changing the dynamics of the energy balance equation. In the same way diet books play on the frailties of overweight individuals, supplement companies play on the frailties of the athletes telling them to “Use this product if you aren’t gaining” when the real problem lies with the diet or training program.

    In short: you can’t beat thermodynamics anymore than anything else in the universe. You. Are. Not. Different. You can’t gain bodymass unless your energy intake exceeds your energy output because you can’t make something out of nothing (muscle or fat). And you can’t lose bodymass unless your energy intake is less than your energy ouput. These are rules that every system in the universe has to follow, including the human body. Nature’s rules, not mine to quote the all-knowing Mr. Miyagi. We may not like them, but we have to live by them anyway.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html

    Oh snap.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
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    All over the internet, on forums dedicated to everything from weight loss to muscle gain, people will loudly argue that they are different. “My metabolism is different.”, “My nervous system is different”, “My muscles are different”, things of that sort. Everyone is a unique and delicate flower, just like their mom told them.

    This usually follows them explaining why the good advice that others have used can’t possibly work for them. They are also usually the ones making no progress who won’t even consider trying something else. THEY. ARE. DIFFERENT.

    Individuals who have a lot of fat to lose either think that they can magically gain weight eating only a few hundred calories per day, or that they can lose weight just by rearranging their food in some special way. Because their metabolism is different.

    Diets play on this of course, hiding the simple fact that they are causing you to eat less in a complicated pseudoscience of macronutrient ratios and such. But there is never any magic to be had when you look at these books critically: it all comes down to making the person eat less, exercise more, or both. It’s just hidden in complex schemes and pseudo-physiology.

    Before you think I’m just coming down on overweight individuals, let me say that bodybuilders and athletes want to magically gain muscle and lose fat with a similar rearrangement of nutrients. That by adding some magical nutrient (usually an overpriced supplement) will make them start gaining muscle (or losing fat) without changing the dynamics of the energy balance equation. In the same way diet books play on the frailties of overweight individuals, supplement companies play on the frailties of the athletes telling them to “Use this product if you aren’t gaining” when the real problem lies with the diet or training program.

    In short: you can’t beat thermodynamics anymore than anything else in the universe. You. Are. Not. Different. You can’t gain bodymass unless your energy intake exceeds your energy output because you can’t make something out of nothing (muscle or fat). And you can’t lose bodymass unless your energy intake is less than your energy ouput. These are rules that every system in the universe has to follow, including the human body. Nature’s rules, not mine to quote the all-knowing Mr. Miyagi. We may not like them, but we have to live by them anyway.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html

    ...but she said we were...

    SO confusing. :sad:
  • veganbaum
    veganbaum Posts: 1,865 Member
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    Yet ANOTHER snowflake thread. -sigh-
  • TitanGM
    TitanGM Posts: 1,161 Member
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    Hmm.. Myself I only believe in one truth. To loose weight you need calorie deficit.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    We are all the same species. Our bodies all operate in the exact same manner. Period.
  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
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    O man. Good times.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    Yet ANOTHER snowflake thread. -sigh-

    My mom always told me I was a special snowflake :brokenheart:
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
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    People lose weight all sorts of different ways. Yes, one way may be better than the other, maybe not. But there is not ONE SET WAY to lose weight.
    There is only one sane way to lose weight and that is to consume less than you are burning, without going to extremes, and while giving your body sufficient nutrients so it remains / becomes healthy.

    LOL @ Tigersword's sheeple. Love XKCD!
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
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    People lose weight all sorts of different ways. Yes, one way may be better than the other, maybe not. But there is not ONE SET WAY to lose weight. It is so unfair for some people to be belittled by someone else because his/her technique isn't the same as the other. That being said, no one is better than anyone, so let's all act like it, ok? :drinker:

    You are wrong. The best way to lose weight is to go full Paleo. I live in a cave and hunt and gather for my food. I live how man was meant to live, on a diet of dandelions, pigeons, and the occasional squirrel.

    dandelions are DELICIOUS

    So is squirrel. And that is why they always run away from me, because I look at them with hungry eyes.:devil:

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