Interesting TED Talk about dieting

shmulyeng
shmulyeng Posts: 472 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
http://goo.gl/ibxlYO

I would love to hear people's thoughts on this talk.

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  • csk0018
    csk0018 Posts: 219 Member
    This is very interesting. For me -- it's more of a confirmation that once I get to the weight I am most comfortable with... I'll have to continuously work to maintain it. I am definitely NOT an intuitive eater! Thanks for sharing.
  • AwesomeGuy37
    AwesomeGuy37 Posts: 436 Member
    I don't follow a single thing she is saying. She lost 10 pounds and she is a diet expert now, or what?
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Intuitive eating rarely works for most people.
  • firelight4321
    firelight4321 Posts: 60 Member
    I found that interesting. I think dieting is good to lose the weight. Over time, your stomach will shrink and you become full with less food. At that point, yes, you could probably do okay with being an intuitive eater. But I also thik that most people find it hard to stay away from fattening/delicious unhealthy options that are available.

    For me, I think I could do it. I am naturally opposed to eating fried foods for example. I simply don't enjoy fried fish, chicken, or greasy french fries. I love baked fish, chicken and potatoes. I'm not a huge fan of red meat, so I can be okay only eating it sparingly. If I listen to my body, I think that once I'm back to a healthy weight I could trust it to keep me there.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    http://goo.gl/ibxlYO

    I would love to hear people's thoughts on this talk.
    Wow, her "solution" is that nobody should ever try.

    She says she lost 10 lbs. She says we have a set point (I agree with this) and that it's a range of about 10-15 lbs.

    But she has been dieting her whole life and always "gained it all back" and this was a whole ten pounds she said she lost. She's saying she has never been outside her body's desired range. So what exactly did intuitive eating do for her that "giving up and not caring about dieting" would not have done?
  • granolagirl
    granolagirl Posts: 45 Member
    What she says is similar to a documentary I watched (can't remember the name of the documentary) but it followed a few people in the United States who had lost weight and kept it off for over a year (I think, may have been longer than a year). I specifically remember 2 women and how they had to ALWAYS watch what they ate, exercise regularly AND how they had to eat LESS than the average woman their size in order to maintain their weight loss. Their bodies had adjusted just like in this TED talk where she said once you lose the weight you would have to eat 250 calories LESS. The documentary got some of it's information from The National Weight Loss Registry.

    The NWLR has a website with some good information that is NOT biased to a particular diet or program, just common sense.

    I am sorry wish I could remember the name of that documentary I had watched.

    I think that the speaker is right about people losing, gaining, losing, gaining. However, I think weight loss can be maintained. It just requires hyper- vigilance to maintain. Once you get to goal you can't go back to previous eating habits and stop exercising.

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