Weightloss is complicated.

for *most* people, it's fairly simple. Calories in/calories out. When people have issues, it's typically due to counting. They're either underestimating how much they eat, or overestimating how much they burn.

Get a food scale. Go by weight and not measure (ALWAYS!). Get an HRM if you're going to eat back your exercise calories. Be as accurate as you can, even though you'll never be completely accurate.

It's worked well for me over the last 21 months. And I do have medical difficulties: PCOS and hypothyroidism. But even for me, it's calories in/calories out.

It is simple consume less calories than you burn and you will lose weight. The trick with everything else is trying to make your calorie choices as healthy as possible. The short answer is focus on eating at a deficit and learn how to improve the quality of the calories that you eat as you drop the weight. This isn't a sprint to the weight you want this is about producing a body that will be healthy when you are 80+ years old. Start with the weight loss. Read, study, apply what you learn. Feel free to add me. Anyone can.

No, weightloss is SIMPLE. It's SO simple in fact, that people can't help but try to over-complicate it.

It's not the weightloss that is complicated. It's the emotional issues behind the weight gain. That is why many find it so hard.

It IS as simple as healthful eating and exercise. But we live in a culture that wants us to do exactly the opposite. We live in a culture that puts bacon on french fries and burger patties between two donuts, a culture where chefs become celebrities and the more butter-soaked their cuisine, the more popular (I am looking at you, Paula Deen). We live in a culture that elevates those who sit at a desk all day and demeans those who do physical work. We live in a culture where four cheeseburgers cost less than a pound of apples. Almost everything about our culture sets us up to fail.

Whatever happened to taking responsibility for your actions? I am sorry but this is pure nonsense.

No, weightloss is SIMPLE. It's SO simple in fact, that people can't help but try to over-complicate it.

This.

It's not the weightloss that is complicated. It's the emotional issues behind the weight gain. That is why many find it so hard.

Absolutely. Lots of people have a very complicated relationship with food. You don't have to have a full blown eating disorder to have issues with food.

No, weightloss is SIMPLE. It's SO simple in fact, that people can't help but try to over-complicate it.

Yup.

I ate less, I ate things like Subway, cereals, salads, etc. I didn't count my calories I just ate considerably less than what I was eating before. The weight came off so easy. I think you should just eat less and move more. .

Well, in a nutshell, thats what MFP recomends too - eat less (and healthier food) and move more - the system just refines it into a method of counting how much you eat and how much excercise you do - but its still just a 'Eat less calories, Move more' equation.

MFP, Weight watcher and all other reputable weight loss programs are just variations on how you measure and acheive 'Eat less, Move more'

I ate well. worked out everyday!!! Lost a few inches but very little weight. Its frustrating but I gained 50 lbs from taking an anti depressant. Would love people to inbox me if they have every had success losing weight while on them!!!

I'm so overwhelmed by all the different advice I receive daily lol but I take everything in. Thank u all.

Stick to something and remove yourself from the forums. I am dead serious. Too many opinions will kill your progress.

It's not, at all. You're even overcomplicating it with the clean stuff and exercise. Clean- debatable, but the idea goes towards your health, not necessary for weight loss. Exercise? Also unnecessary, but it certainly makes it easier to a degree- but the purpose of exercise is fitness and health- weight loss is achieved ONLY by eating less calories than your TDEE.

If everyone took a couple weeks at the beginning to figure out their own actual TDEEs- meaning the # of calories necessary to maintain weight, and ate a moderate deficit less than that number, it would work for everyone (with a few exceptions of peopel with metabolic diseases).

^^^this.

IF IT WAS EASY 95% OF PEOPLE WOULDNT GAIN IT BACK AND EVERY ONE WOULD BE THIN!!!! YES I'M SHOUTING BECAUSE I WANT THE PEOPLE WHO THINK ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE WILL POWER TO HEAR ME!!!!

For a normal, healthy person, weightloss is a simple concept. The problem is that we live in a society that has complicated "food" and what we put into our bodies. Not only that, by we have our own shortcomings and addictions to deal with.

I hate generalizations though, and people constantly telling you that "no, no you must be doing it wrong" if the pounds aren't melting off can be extremely frustrating to deal with. I'm one of those individuals who does everything right and still has an incredibly difficult time losing weight. I'm not normal or healthy though, as my metabolism has been put through the ringer thanks to 4+ years of disordered eating.....it took a long time to screw my body up, so it will take time to heal it as well.

It IS as simple as healthful eating and exercise. But we live in a culture that wants us to do exactly the opposite. We live in a culture that puts bacon on french fries and burger patties between two donuts, a culture where chefs become celebrities and the more butter-soaked their cuisine, the more popular (I am looking at you, Paula Deen). We live in a culture that elevates those who sit at a desk all day and demeans those who do physical work. We live in a culture where four cheeseburgers cost less than a pound of apples. Almost everything about our culture sets us up to fail.

Whatever happened to taking responsibility for your actions? I am sorry but this is pure nonsense.

Interesting. I read back through my original post and don't see anywhere I suggested people not take personal responsibility. On the contrary, my first sentence pointed out the fact that it IS simple. I think your negativity is pure nonsense.

Actually you didn't. You described a world in which none of us live in. Your comment on demeaning physical work is comical.