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Commentary: What Thin People Don't Get About Dieting
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GaleHawkins wrote: »That fact however does not answer the question of WHY we eat too much.
It doesn't seem very difficult to understand.
Food tastes good, we have evolved to enjoy food (if someone did not that would have been evolutionarily disadvantageous) and to eat when it is available, and especially to enjoy high cal foods (full of sugar and fat). We spent most of our time on this planet (um, I don't mean humans used to live on another planet, for the record) in situations where food was scarce and we had to work really hard to get it. Now we barely have to move to live (some might even walk less than a mile a day, many have sedentary jobs, everything is automated, even kids often spend a lot of time in inactive play), and food -- very high cal foods that we have to do no work to get, in many cases -- is all around us, marketed to us, we use food as an excuse to socialize or take a break and consume it when doing other things.
Gosh, I wonder why people are overweight?
In this odd situation of plenty, most humans seem to need to come up with restrictions that limit how much they eat in some way. Some are good at that and seem to do it naturally (a few seem not to be that interested in food or really easily able to tell they need no more -- but that seems rare and would NOT have been evolutionarily advantageous). One example of someone who kind of naturally developed ways to live that limited her eating is my sister, who has always watched portions, eating low cal foods if she wanted to snack between meals, been active, and immediately cut back if she started putting on a few lbs. Common sense, but common sense I had to learn rather than just intuit, like she did.
Other ways people place restrictions that prevent them from overeating include some of the things I do (don't snack, cook most of my own foods most days), some things I don't do, but know others do (IF, limiting foods they are especially prone to overeating, cutting out major types of foods and therefore making the choices smaller or impulse eating less possible, focusing on bland foods, thinking of food as just fuel and not for fun, etc.). Counting calories is yet another. I'm sure there are more, I'm sure different things work for different people.
I think cultural restrictions on food (these are the foods we eat for this meal, this is how much and how often we eat) also can be helpful when they exist, they really don't in our culture now.
You have figured out a form of restriction, that's nice, many of us have found other ways to limit what we eat. Nor does this make obesity the result of some sort of disorder rather than normal humans acting normally. Not ideally for the situation, but normally.14 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »If over weight/obesity is not a metabolic disorder why are MD's telling people to lose weight? Are they all quacks now?
A metabolic disorder would mean that something isn't working right...ie you have something going on which is resulting in metabolic issues like hypo or hyperthyroidism...those are metabolic disorders.
Being overweight can be unhealthy and lead to any number of health issues and increase one's risk of health issues...but being overweight isn't a metabolic disorder...for most people it is a result of eating well beyond what is necessary, not something wrong with their metabolism.
Bingo. We become obese because something isn't working right so at least obesity is due to a metabolic disorder. I agree with that.
It amazes me that you can take a post that literally says being overweight is not a metabolic disorder, and somehow read it as saying the opposite.
For the most part, people become obese because they eat too much. That's it, end of story.Nony_Mouse wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »If over weight/obesity is not a metabolic disorder why are MD's telling people to lose weight? Are they all quacks now?
A metabolic disorder would mean that something isn't working right...ie you have something going on which is resulting in metabolic issues like hypo or hyperthyroidism...those are metabolic disorders.
Being overweight can be unhealthy and lead to any number of health issues and increase one's risk of health issues...but being overweight isn't a metabolic disorder...for most people it is a result of eating well beyond what is necessary, not something wrong with their metabolism.
Bingo. We become obese because something isn't working right so at least obesity is due to a metabolic disorder. I agree with that.
It amazes me that you can take a post that literally says being overweight is not a metabolic disorder, and somehow read it as saying the opposite.
For the most part, people become obese because they eat too much. That's it, end of story.
We are all able to understand the eating too much part. That fact however does not answer the question of WHY we eat too much. The HOW we become obese is known and the least common denominator of weight loss it to learn WHY.
Sure counting calories is a good stop gap measure while we answer the WHY question.
It was when I realized I was a carb addict that did not want to give up the addiction that the WHY of my obesity and health wreck became clear in my mind. Addictions I learned are not easy to address but at age 63 I knew my time to change may be too late but I gave it a shoot starting Oct 2014 and now over three years I am reaping the health benefits and have maintained a 50 pound loss for nearly three years by just cutting out processed foods that resolved my processed carb cravings.
Everyone that is obese has a major WHY to answer. I did not have to learn what lead to my carb addiction forming sometime in the past. I just had to stop feeding the addiction Oct 2014 when I realized I was an addict. Staying out of my coffin as long as possible was my driving force. I decided to go for Life over a certain premature Death.
For 40 years of yo-yoing diets I knew HOW I kept having 100%+ regains after each weight loss. Long term success came only after I understood Why I had 100%+ regains for the past 40 years.
Most 8 year old kids understand CICO. Being slow I guess I was 63 and dying before I understood Why I was gorging out of control. Yes I got lucky because just cutting out processed foods contain sugar and any form of any grain fixed my over eating disorder.
Best of success to each in answerer his or her WHY do I overeat question.
Ok, you are conflating a couple things here, the weight controls vice understanding root causes, self-knowledge if you will, about why one becomes obese in the first place and tends to return to that state after the diet is done. I'm going to agree that it will help, but the key point isn't the journey to self-discovery but rather the behavioural change. We've already done this in psychology and we know that behaviours require behavioural changes independent of understanding, or believing we understand, the underlying cause. I can understand all my triggers that cause me to overeat, and all the foods I love to eat but that doesn't lose a single pound until I find a way to change the behaviours of overeating. In fact, I don't even have to know the reasons why because they are probably just stories I'm telling myself anyway.
Bottom line, you only need to address the behaviours, not get into the existential, to affect weight loss and maintenance thereof. Irrespective of your own experience, which certainly colours your views, the vast majority of people only need to understand the mechanism of proper diet and exercise and don't need to worry about why daddy didn't love them.
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I am at the higher side of a healthy BMI, and yet, when I’ve refused junk, carefully portioned out food, talked about the struggles of eating healthy, or worked out I’ve had people tell me that I didn’t need to because I wasn’t fat or was already skinny. I feel bad for misunderstood Nicky who chooses moderation when it comes to food. Nicky might notice those Hershey kisses and very much want ALL of them but realize that it would not be a healthy choice to do that so instead Nicky takes one and has some water and walks around a bit. A lot of the time people that are “naturally skinny” make the hard choices a lot of the time.14
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kayla25mfp wrote: »I am at the higher side of a healthy BMI, and yet, when I’ve refused junk, carefully portioned out food, talked about the struggles of eating healthy, or worked out I’ve had people tell me that I didn’t need to because I wasn’t fat or was already skinny. I feel bad for misunderstood Nicky who chooses moderation when it comes to food. Nicky might notice those Hershey kisses and very much want ALL of them but realize that it would not be a healthy choice to do that so instead Nicky takes one and has some water and walks around a bit. A lot of the time people that are “naturally skinny” make the hard choices a lot of the time.
It doesn't help that practically everyone has forgotten what skinny actually looks like these days. I have a BMI of 22 with ~10% body fat and people tell me all the time how skinny I am. Droid, I am smack-dab in the middle of the healthy weight range.6 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »If over weight/obesity is not a metabolic disorder why are MD's telling people to lose weight? Are they all quacks now?
A metabolic disorder would mean that something isn't working right...ie you have something going on which is resulting in metabolic issues like hypo or hyperthyroidism...those are metabolic disorders.
Being overweight can be unhealthy and lead to any number of health issues and increase one's risk of health issues...but being overweight isn't a metabolic disorder...for most people it is a result of eating well beyond what is necessary, not something wrong with their metabolism.
Bingo. We become obese because something isn't working right so at least obesity is due to a metabolic disorder. I agree with that.
It amazes me that you can take a post that literally says being overweight is not a metabolic disorder, and somehow read it as saying the opposite.
For the most part, people become obese because they eat too much. That's it, end of story.Nony_Mouse wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »If over weight/obesity is not a metabolic disorder why are MD's telling people to lose weight? Are they all quacks now?
A metabolic disorder would mean that something isn't working right...ie you have something going on which is resulting in metabolic issues like hypo or hyperthyroidism...those are metabolic disorders.
Being overweight can be unhealthy and lead to any number of health issues and increase one's risk of health issues...but being overweight isn't a metabolic disorder...for most people it is a result of eating well beyond what is necessary, not something wrong with their metabolism.
Bingo. We become obese because something isn't working right so at least obesity is due to a metabolic disorder. I agree with that.
It amazes me that you can take a post that literally says being overweight is not a metabolic disorder, and somehow read it as saying the opposite.
For the most part, people become obese because they eat too much. That's it, end of story.
We are all able to understand the eating too much part. That fact however does not answer the question of WHY we eat too much. The HOW we become obese is known and the least common denominator of weight loss it to learn WHY.
Sure counting calories is a good stop gap measure while we answer the WHY question.
It was when I realized I was a carb addict that did not want to give up the addiction that the WHY of my obesity and health wreck became clear in my mind. Addictions I learned are not easy to address but at age 63 I knew my time to change may be too late but I gave it a shoot starting Oct 2014 and now over three years I am reaping the health benefits and have maintained a 50 pound loss for nearly three years by just cutting out processed foods that resolved my processed carb cravings.
Everyone that is obese has a major WHY to answer. I did not have to learn what lead to my carb addiction forming sometime in the past. I just had to stop feeding the addiction Oct 2014 when I realized I was an addict. Staying out of my coffin as long as possible was my driving force. I decided to go for Life over a certain premature Death.
For 40 years of yo-yoing diets I knew HOW I kept having 100%+ regains after each weight loss. Long term success came only after I understood Why I had 100%+ regains for the past 40 years.
Most 8 year old kids understand CICO. Being slow I guess I was 63 and dying before I understood Why I was gorging out of control. Yes I got lucky because just cutting out processed foods contain sugar and any form of any grain fixed my over eating disorder.
Best of success to each in answerer his or her WHY do I overeat question.
Ok, you are conflating a couple things here, the weight controls vice understanding root causes, self-knowledge if you will, about why one becomes obese in the first place and tends to return to that state after the diet is done. I'm going to agree that it will help, but the key point isn't the journey to self-discovery but rather the behavioural change. We've already done this in psychology and we know that behaviours require behavioural changes independent of understanding, or believing we understand, the underlying cause. I can understand all my triggers that cause me to overeat, and all the foods I love to eat but that doesn't lose a single pound until I find a way to change the behaviours of overeating. In fact, I don't even have to know the reasons why because they are probably just stories I'm telling myself anyway.
Bottom line, you only need to address the behaviours, not get into the existential, to affect weight loss and maintenance thereof. Irrespective of your own experience, which certainly colours your views, the vast majority of people only need to understand the mechanism of proper diet and exercise and don't need to worry about why daddy didn't love them.
Since you posted the same thoughts as I posted above I assume we are in agreement?
Some that have a slow leaking car tire go the band aid route and add some air daily. Others find the cause of the leak and address it and move on with life.
I find thinking about what food I am going to eat and how much of it I am going to eat as a form of bondage that gets in the way of longevity plans. Eating all that I want when I want it is my view of food freedom. Yes I did have to decide one time to address the cause of my overeating.
To cut out highly processed foods containing sugar and all forms of all grains came in the way of a hunch so I can not personally claim I fixed my overeating issue on my own. I just acted on this hunch that came to me. Actually the hunch was if I wanted to avoid starting Enbrel injections for pain management then to just act on the hunch. Weight control was not even part of the hunch. I am thankful my mind came up with the solution that worked to start improving my health/health markers.
What thin people people do not get about dieting is not a concern of mine because I gave up dieting as of Oct 2014 for life but I do try to walk at least a quarter of a mile daily but due to the continuing ice and snow I have been off track on walking. As you understand by now when I stopped dieting I also stopped thinking exercise was not the best for long term weight. At my age I understand my ability to exercise may become less and less over the next 40-50 years. I am pro exercise for health reasons but just not to lose excess weight because it is just a band aid for true overeating issues. Controlling CI in a more automated fashion is possible in my view and personal experience. Controlling CO can be more of a roll of the dice.
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brendanwhite84 wrote: »kayla25mfp wrote: »I am at the higher side of a healthy BMI, and yet, when I’ve refused junk, carefully portioned out food, talked about the struggles of eating healthy, or worked out I’ve had people tell me that I didn’t need to because I wasn’t fat or was already skinny. I feel bad for misunderstood Nicky who chooses moderation when it comes to food. Nicky might notice those Hershey kisses and very much want ALL of them but realize that it would not be a healthy choice to do that so instead Nicky takes one and has some water and walks around a bit. A lot of the time people that are “naturally skinny” make the hard choices a lot of the time.
It doesn't help that practically everyone has forgotten what skinny actually looks like these days. I have a BMI of 22 with ~10% body fat and people tell me all the time how skinny I am. Droid, I am smack-dab in the middle of the healthy weight range.
I think you might be right, I did a tour of Bosnia years ago and there was no fast food there and people were thin. A typical woman would be around 5'6" 115lbs and a typical man about 5'9" a 155lbs I would hazard to guess. When I came back to Canada I was struck by the difference right away.4 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »If over weight/obesity is not a metabolic disorder why are MD's telling people to lose weight? Are they all quacks now?
A metabolic disorder would mean that something isn't working right...ie you have something going on which is resulting in metabolic issues like hypo or hyperthyroidism...those are metabolic disorders.
Being overweight can be unhealthy and lead to any number of health issues and increase one's risk of health issues...but being overweight isn't a metabolic disorder...for most people it is a result of eating well beyond what is necessary, not something wrong with their metabolism.
Bingo. We become obese because something isn't working right so at least obesity is due to a metabolic disorder. I agree with that.
It amazes me that you can take a post that literally says being overweight is not a metabolic disorder, and somehow read it as saying the opposite.
For the most part, people become obese because they eat too much. That's it, end of story.Nony_Mouse wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »If over weight/obesity is not a metabolic disorder why are MD's telling people to lose weight? Are they all quacks now?
A metabolic disorder would mean that something isn't working right...ie you have something going on which is resulting in metabolic issues like hypo or hyperthyroidism...those are metabolic disorders.
Being overweight can be unhealthy and lead to any number of health issues and increase one's risk of health issues...but being overweight isn't a metabolic disorder...for most people it is a result of eating well beyond what is necessary, not something wrong with their metabolism.
Bingo. We become obese because something isn't working right so at least obesity is due to a metabolic disorder. I agree with that.
It amazes me that you can take a post that literally says being overweight is not a metabolic disorder, and somehow read it as saying the opposite.
For the most part, people become obese because they eat too much. That's it, end of story.
We are all able to understand the eating too much part. That fact however does not answer the question of WHY we eat too much. The HOW we become obese is known and the least common denominator of weight loss it to learn WHY.
Sure counting calories is a good stop gap measure while we answer the WHY question.
It was when I realized I was a carb addict that did not want to give up the addiction that the WHY of my obesity and health wreck became clear in my mind. Addictions I learned are not easy to address but at age 63 I knew my time to change may be too late but I gave it a shoot starting Oct 2014 and now over three years I am reaping the health benefits and have maintained a 50 pound loss for nearly three years by just cutting out processed foods that resolved my processed carb cravings.
Everyone that is obese has a major WHY to answer. I did not have to learn what lead to my carb addiction forming sometime in the past. I just had to stop feeding the addiction Oct 2014 when I realized I was an addict. Staying out of my coffin as long as possible was my driving force. I decided to go for Life over a certain premature Death.
For 40 years of yo-yoing diets I knew HOW I kept having 100%+ regains after each weight loss. Long term success came only after I understood Why I had 100%+ regains for the past 40 years.
Most 8 year old kids understand CICO. Being slow I guess I was 63 and dying before I understood Why I was gorging out of control. Yes I got lucky because just cutting out processed foods contain sugar and any form of any grain fixed my over eating disorder.
Best of success to each in answerer his or her WHY do I overeat question.
Ok, you are conflating a couple things here, the weight controls vice understanding root causes, self-knowledge if you will, about why one becomes obese in the first place and tends to return to that state after the diet is done. I'm going to agree that it will help, but the key point isn't the journey to self-discovery but rather the behavioural change. We've already done this in psychology and we know that behaviours require behavioural changes independent of understanding, or believing we understand, the underlying cause. I can understand all my triggers that cause me to overeat, and all the foods I love to eat but that doesn't lose a single pound until I find a way to change the behaviours of overeating. In fact, I don't even have to know the reasons why because they are probably just stories I'm telling myself anyway.
Bottom line, you only need to address the behaviours, not get into the existential, to affect weight loss and maintenance thereof. Irrespective of your own experience, which certainly colours your views, the vast majority of people only need to understand the mechanism of proper diet and exercise and don't need to worry about why daddy didn't love them.
Since you posted the same thoughts as I posted above I assume we are in agreement?
Some that have a slow leaking car tire go the band aid route and add some air daily. Others find the cause of the leak and address it and move on with life.
I find thinking about what food I am going to eat and how much of it I am going to eat as a form of bondage that gets in the way of longevity plans. Eating all that I want when I want it is my view of food freedom. Yes I did have to decide one time to address the cause of my overeating.
To cut out highly processed foods containing sugar and all forms of all grains came in the way of a hunch so I can not personally claim I fixed my overeating issue on my own. I just acted on this hunch that came to me. Actually the hunch was if I wanted to avoid starting Enbrel injections for pain management then to just act on the hunch. Weight control was not even part of the hunch. I am thankful my mind came up with the solution that worked to start improving my health/health markers.
What thin people people do not get about dieting is not a concern of mine because I gave up dieting as of Oct 2014 for life but I do try to walk at least a quarter of a mile daily but due to the continuing ice and snow I have been off track on walking. As you understand by now when I stopped dieting I also stopped thinking exercise was not the best for long term weight. At my age I understand my ability to exercise may become less and less over the next 40-50 years. I am pro exercise for health reasons but just not to lose excess weight because it is just a band aid for true overeating issues. Controlling CI in a more automated fashion is possible in my view and personal experience. Controlling CO can be more of a roll of the dice.
We are in agreement for the most part on this point, yes. However, I just don't believe that most people require any special knowledge of their underlying reasons, although it could help in some situations. Your case is somewhat different, as well, due to your underlying medical condition.
In the end, education is always the best thing but behavioural change is the most immediate for most.3 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thin-people-dieting-weight-food-resolutions-0101-20171227-story.html
I am not sure what made me more mad when I saw this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune this morning....
The statement that "cutting calories alone doesn't lead to long-term weight loss".
The myth that there are "naturally thin" people who just have good genetics and high metabolism.
Or, the conclusion that if you are overweight, you do not have any chance of losing weight long term so you shouldn't even try.
So angry right now....
I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this dreary op-ed article.
Not sure there are 'skinny' genes but it is true in a functional sense that cutting calories does not lead to long term weight loss for most people that I have ever known including myself.
Finally at the age of 63 I decided to NEVER go on another diet to lose weight just to have another 100%+ regain. Now turning 67 I have lost 50 pounds and maintained that loss for over two and half years by changing the kind of calories that I eat.
Cutting calories can be a short term fix in an emergency but it is not likely to fix the cause of the wrong way of thinking, eating and moving that lead to the need to go on a "diet" in the first place.
For over three years now I have eaten only to improve my health and health markers. When I did that the weight started to normalize (decrease) after the first 45 days without any dieting effort yet staying stuffed most of the time.
Thinking about losing weight seems to be a good way to gain weight for many people it seems perhaps.
And do you know why your weight decreased? Because you were taking in less calories than you were burning. Whether you viewed what you were doing as cutting calories or not, that is exactly what you were doing if you lost weight. I'm sure you will spout all sorts of nonsense to try to explain otherwise, because that is what you do best around here, but the simple fact is your weight is directly affected by CICO.
Do you know why I was taking in less calories when starting Oct 2014 (and still continue to eat that way today) cold turkey I cut add sugars and all forms of all grains that over time has resolved my binging, pain, IBS, limited health in general, etc?
Did I know going LCHF Oct 2014 would functionally give me hope for a future? NO I did not but I was willing to try anything to avoid the medical side effects of starting on Enbrel injections Nov 2014. I did not even know what I was doing but just acting to a hunch that cutting out the sugar and grain that I might be able to dodge the Enbrel bullet coming my way. I added about a 1000 calories daily at the same time from coconut products trying to prevent Alzheimer's.
That is how out of ignorance I accidently started the LCHF WOE. As noted before I had to leave sugar and grains cold turkey after trying to taper off of them for 60 days and failing. I learned I was a carb addict then I realized I was going to have to stop eat food containing added sugar and any form of any grain instead of just reducing these highly processed carb food sources.
As I have stated for years how one eats is their own business and how I eat is my business. At the age of 63 I willfully decided to eat for longer life instead of eating for a premature death.
Yep, there's the long, drawn out, nonsense explanation I was expecting and forgive me, but I am having trouble following. You say you were taking in less calories, but then say you added about 1000 calories a day at the same time. So which is it? Were you taking in less calories or more? Were the 1000 calories of coconut products included in your daily total which was less than before? If so, then it I have some news for you: it wasn't the fact that you were taking coconut products that helped you lose weight, it is the fact that you were taking in less calories overall. You could have been ingesting 1000 calories of pure sugar instead of coconut, and as long as your CI were less than your CO you would lose weight. You found something that worked for you which is great, but it blows my mind how you still try to argue that your weight loss was somehow not attributed to a caloric deficit. The fact of the matter is, what worked for you was eating at a deficit, and just because you don't view it that way, it doesn't make it any less true.
CICO will never medically explain why some people overeat.
Medicine will never explain why some people overeat.
You're asking the wrong questions.
CICO does not address the why.9 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thin-people-dieting-weight-food-resolutions-0101-20171227-story.html
I am not sure what made me more mad when I saw this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune this morning....
The statement that "cutting calories alone doesn't lead to long-term weight loss".
The myth that there are "naturally thin" people who just have good genetics and high metabolism.
Or, the conclusion that if you are overweight, you do not have any chance of losing weight long term so you shouldn't even try.
So angry right now....
I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this dreary op-ed article.
Not sure there are 'skinny' genes but it is true in a functional sense that cutting calories does not lead to long term weight loss for most people that I have ever known including myself.
Finally at the age of 63 I decided to NEVER go on another diet to lose weight just to have another 100%+ regain. Now turning 67 I have lost 50 pounds and maintained that loss for over two and half years by changing the kind of calories that I eat.
Cutting calories can be a short term fix in an emergency but it is not likely to fix the cause of the wrong way of thinking, eating and moving that lead to the need to go on a "diet" in the first place.
For over three years now I have eaten only to improve my health and health markers. When I did that the weight started to normalize (decrease) after the first 45 days without any dieting effort yet staying stuffed most of the time.
Thinking about losing weight seems to be a good way to gain weight for many people it seems perhaps.
And do you know why your weight decreased? Because you were taking in less calories than you were burning. Whether you viewed what you were doing as cutting calories or not, that is exactly what you were doing if you lost weight. I'm sure you will spout all sorts of nonsense to try to explain otherwise, because that is what you do best around here, but the simple fact is your weight is directly affected by CICO.
Do you know why I was taking in less calories when starting Oct 2014 (and still continue to eat that way today) cold turkey I cut add sugars and all forms of all grains that over time has resolved my binging, pain, IBS, limited health in general, etc?
Did I know going LCHF Oct 2014 would functionally give me hope for a future? NO I did not but I was willing to try anything to avoid the medical side effects of starting on Enbrel injections Nov 2014. I did not even know what I was doing but just acting to a hunch that cutting out the sugar and grain that I might be able to dodge the Enbrel bullet coming my way. I added about a 1000 calories daily at the same time from coconut products trying to prevent Alzheimer's.
That is how out of ignorance I accidently started the LCHF WOE. As noted before I had to leave sugar and grains cold turkey after trying to taper off of them for 60 days and failing. I learned I was a carb addict then I realized I was going to have to stop eat food containing added sugar and any form of any grain instead of just reducing these highly processed carb food sources.
As I have stated for years how one eats is their own business and how I eat is my business. At the age of 63 I willfully decided to eat for longer life instead of eating for a premature death.
Yep, there's the long, drawn out, nonsense explanation I was expecting and forgive me, but I am having trouble following. You say you were taking in less calories, but then say you added about 1000 calories a day at the same time. So which is it? Were you taking in less calories or more? Were the 1000 calories of coconut products included in your daily total which was less than before? If so, then it I have some news for you: it wasn't the fact that you were taking coconut products that helped you lose weight, it is the fact that you were taking in less calories overall. You could have been ingesting 1000 calories of pure sugar instead of coconut, and as long as your CI were less than your CO you would lose weight. You found something that worked for you which is great, but it blows my mind how you still try to argue that your weight loss was somehow not attributed to a caloric deficit. The fact of the matter is, what worked for you was eating at a deficit, and just because you don't view it that way, it doesn't make it any less true.
CICO will never medically explain why some people overeat.
No, but it will explain why they gain/lose weight. Lack of willpower and CICO are 2 completely different things.
Would you agree 100% of people who legally log into these MFP forums already know it is calories or lack of calories from the food they eat that causes them to gain/lose weight?
People need to know WHY they under/over eat and it has nothing to do with willpower long term. People that use willpower to lose weight are called yo-yo dieters.
Are we really back to the 'everyone who is overweight has a physical or mental disorder' argument?
No. It is a metabolic disorder medically speaking.
No it clearly is not.
I'm beginning to suspect your credentials, despite repeated claims of a terminal degree.6 -
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GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thin-people-dieting-weight-food-resolutions-0101-20171227-story.html
I am not sure what made me more mad when I saw this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune this morning....
The statement that "cutting calories alone doesn't lead to long-term weight loss".
The myth that there are "naturally thin" people who just have good genetics and high metabolism.
Or, the conclusion that if you are overweight, you do not have any chance of losing weight long term so you shouldn't even try.
So angry right now....
I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this dreary op-ed article.
Not sure there are 'skinny' genes but it is true in a functional sense that cutting calories does not lead to long term weight loss for most people that I have ever known including myself.
Finally at the age of 63 I decided to NEVER go on another diet to lose weight just to have another 100%+ regain. Now turning 67 I have lost 50 pounds and maintained that loss for over two and half years by changing the kind of calories that I eat.
Cutting calories can be a short term fix in an emergency but it is not likely to fix the cause of the wrong way of thinking, eating and moving that lead to the need to go on a "diet" in the first place.
For over three years now I have eaten only to improve my health and health markers. When I did that the weight started to normalize (decrease) after the first 45 days without any dieting effort yet staying stuffed most of the time.
Thinking about losing weight seems to be a good way to gain weight for many people it seems perhaps.
And do you know why your weight decreased? Because you were taking in less calories than you were burning. Whether you viewed what you were doing as cutting calories or not, that is exactly what you were doing if you lost weight. I'm sure you will spout all sorts of nonsense to try to explain otherwise, because that is what you do best around here, but the simple fact is your weight is directly affected by CICO.
Do you know why I was taking in less calories when starting Oct 2014 (and still continue to eat that way today) cold turkey I cut add sugars and all forms of all grains that over time has resolved my binging, pain, IBS, limited health in general, etc?
Did I know going LCHF Oct 2014 would functionally give me hope for a future? NO I did not but I was willing to try anything to avoid the medical side effects of starting on Enbrel injections Nov 2014. I did not even know what I was doing but just acting to a hunch that cutting out the sugar and grain that I might be able to dodge the Enbrel bullet coming my way. I added about a 1000 calories daily at the same time from coconut products trying to prevent Alzheimer's.
That is how out of ignorance I accidently started the LCHF WOE. As noted before I had to leave sugar and grains cold turkey after trying to taper off of them for 60 days and failing. I learned I was a carb addict then I realized I was going to have to stop eat food containing added sugar and any form of any grain instead of just reducing these highly processed carb food sources.
As I have stated for years how one eats is their own business and how I eat is my business. At the age of 63 I willfully decided to eat for longer life instead of eating for a premature death.
Yep, there's the long, drawn out, nonsense explanation I was expecting and forgive me, but I am having trouble following. You say you were taking in less calories, but then say you added about 1000 calories a day at the same time. So which is it? Were you taking in less calories or more? Were the 1000 calories of coconut products included in your daily total which was less than before? If so, then it I have some news for you: it wasn't the fact that you were taking coconut products that helped you lose weight, it is the fact that you were taking in less calories overall. You could have been ingesting 1000 calories of pure sugar instead of coconut, and as long as your CI were less than your CO you would lose weight. You found something that worked for you which is great, but it blows my mind how you still try to argue that your weight loss was somehow not attributed to a caloric deficit. The fact of the matter is, what worked for you was eating at a deficit, and just because you don't view it that way, it doesn't make it any less true.
CICO will never medically explain why some people overeat.
No, but it will explain why they gain/lose weight. Lack of willpower and CICO are 2 completely different things.
Would you agree 100% of people who legally log into these MFP forums already know it is calories or lack of calories from the food they eat that causes them to gain/lose weight?
People need to know WHY they under/over eat and it has nothing to do with willpower long term. People that use willpower to lose weight are called yo-yo dieters.
Are we really back to the 'everyone who is overweight has a physical or mental disorder' argument?
No. It is a metabolic disorder medically speaking.
No it clearly is not.
I'm beginning to suspect your credentials, despite repeated claims of a terminal degree.
In Gale's defense, he isn't a medic and he has never claimed that to my knowledge; he is a non-practising optometrist from what I've seen in his posts.0 -
Just read through this and wow...
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Well that article sounds very bitter! But the writer is right- 'diets' don't work. When people overly restrict or do strange things to try and lose weight, they mess up their body. I don't think 'Naturally Thin Nicky' has not confused her body by years of yo-yo dieting, and I also think she's probably fairly active and, as the article says, eats sensibly with the occasional junk! The key being consistency and the junk being a rarity, rather than periods of consuming very little food followed by 'giving up' or 'giving in' and eating a lot of junk.
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Well that article sounds very bitter! But the writer is right- 'diets' don't work. When people overly restrict or do strange things to try and lose weight, they mess up their body. I don't think 'Naturally Thin Nicky' has not confused her body by years of yo-yo dieting, and I also think she's probably fairly active and, as the article says, eats sensibly with the occasional junk! The key being consistency and the junk being a rarity, rather than periods of consuming very little food followed by 'giving up' or 'giving in' and eating a lot of junk.
There is no way to know what she does because we have no context and she's just a metaphor that doesn't exist anyway. Ask around all the "naturally" thin people you know how they maintain their weight and you'll get a ton of different answers and many will actually have lost weight to boot.
By the looks of it you would probably be considered "naturally thin" by others but have you always been "naturally thin", did you get to eat whatever you wanted? This is what I find offensive in the article as a person who was "naturally thin" for a long period of my life. I worked hard, yes people would see me eating pizza and ice cream, but I was always burning off my food because I was always on the go. I wasn't a genetic marvel just someone who could eat a lot because I burned a lot.8 -
I did not have to learn what lead to my carb addiction forming sometime in the past. I just had to stop feeding the addiction Oct 2014 when I realized I was an addict.
I'm surprised at this remark.
Anything I know about addictions (and I'm not saying it is extensive) indicates understanding the trigger is key.
"Breaking psychological addiction requires a commitment to understanding the root causes of one’s personal addictive behavior and getting free from the destructive cycle."
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Well that article sounds very bitter! But the writer is right- 'diets' don't work. When people overly restrict or do strange things to try and lose weight, they mess up their body. I don't think 'Naturally Thin Nicky' has not confused her body by years of yo-yo dieting, and I also think she's probably fairly active and, as the article says, eats sensibly with the occasional junk! The key being consistency and the junk being a rarity, rather than periods of consuming very little food followed by 'giving up' or 'giving in' and eating a lot of junk.
There is no way to know what she does because we have no context and she's just a metaphor that doesn't exist anyway. Ask around all the "naturally" thin people you know how they maintain their weight and you'll get a ton of different answers and many will actually have lost weight to boot.
By the looks of it you would probably be considered "naturally thin" by others but have you always been "naturally thin", did you get to eat whatever you wanted? This is what I find offensive in the article as a person who was "naturally thin" for a long period of my life. I worked hard, yes people would see me eating pizza and ice cream, but I was always burning off my food because I was always on the go. I wasn't a genetic marvel just someone who could eat a lot because I burned a lot.
I understand what you're saying, and agree.
But, expanding on that, I think the misunderstanding of the role of "metabolism" (for lack of a more accurate word) is broader. (Here, I'm using fast/slow "metabolism" as shorthand for "having a statistically unusual calorie consumption for one's weight and/or rate of weight trend", where we're talking about medically normal people).
For example, I've seen people here implicitly assuming that if they had a "faster metabolism", they'd be like their "naturally thin" friends, and be thin while eating all the foods, too ("slow metabolism" as excuse, basically).
I've countered that on occasion by my n=1: I easily got fat then obese over a period of years, despite being well out on the happy end of the population stats, able to lose/maintain on 30%+ more than MFP or other calculators estimate. I get pushback: People argue with and "woo" that.
Even to the extent that there's calorie-need variability among superficially similar people - and there definitely is - it's not that significant. It's a few hundred daily calories. It's a candy bar, or a sandwich. A higher "natural" calorie level is not a guarantee of penalty-free unconstrained consumption - not even close.
I'm not saying it's a trivial thing if one is on the unhappy side of the averages. That makes things harder, sometimes much harder, no question. But it's not fully an an explanation. Even the lucky few don't get to pound down the pizza, soda, big macs, beer, candy and donuts (or steak, potatoes Anna, and crème brulé - whatever) all day every day.3 -
Even to the extent that there's calorie-need variability among superficially similar people - and there definitely is - it's not that significant. It's a few hundred daily calories. It's a candy bar, or a sandwich. A higher "natural" calorie level is not a guarantee of penalty-free unconstrained consumption - not even close.
And there are still NEAT differences that have nothing to do with your job so people discount them - i.e. being a fidgeter, living on the 6th floor of an apartment building with no elevator, etc - despite the fact that they could easily account for a small difference in TDEE in otherwise identical people.
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I love chiming in on the "naturally thin" posts, just to say that after being "naturally thin" for years, and having folks tell me "you'll be fat some day when you [get old/have kids/blah blah blah]," "you can't eat that way forever," and (accurately) "you have no idea what you're eating." Since "they" were right on that last one, I started tracking and continued because, honestly, I love playing with numbers and spreadsheets. The big take home after years of tracking is that......
......It turns out I eat an appropriate amount of food for my size and activity level.
I've posted all that before. The new info that I have to add to this one in particular addresses this claim from the article: "Nicky thinks she’s thin because of the way she eats, but actually, genetics play a huge role in making her thin. Nicky gets all the credit, though, because people see the way she eats and they can’t see her genes."
I just got the results back from one of the genetics tests that you can do. According to the report on genetic weight, of the DNA variants they tested for, I had 379 variants associated with lower weight and 347 variants associated with higher weight. 23andme's conclusion on this was that I was "genetically predisposed to weigh about average."
I weigh 117 lbs at the moment (currently working on a slow bulk).
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GaleHawkins wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »If over weight/obesity is not a metabolic disorder why are MD's telling people to lose weight? Are they all quacks now?
A metabolic disorder would mean that something isn't working right...ie you have something going on which is resulting in metabolic issues like hypo or hyperthyroidism...those are metabolic disorders.
Being overweight can be unhealthy and lead to any number of health issues and increase one's risk of health issues...but being overweight isn't a metabolic disorder...for most people it is a result of eating well beyond what is necessary, not something wrong with their metabolism.
Bingo. We become obese because something isn't working right so at least obesity is due to a metabolic disorder. I agree with that.
It amazes me that you can take a post that literally says being overweight is not a metabolic disorder, and somehow read it as saying the opposite.
For the most part, people become obese because they eat too much. That's it, end of story.Nony_Mouse wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »If over weight/obesity is not a metabolic disorder why are MD's telling people to lose weight? Are they all quacks now?
A metabolic disorder would mean that something isn't working right...ie you have something going on which is resulting in metabolic issues like hypo or hyperthyroidism...those are metabolic disorders.
Being overweight can be unhealthy and lead to any number of health issues and increase one's risk of health issues...but being overweight isn't a metabolic disorder...for most people it is a result of eating well beyond what is necessary, not something wrong with their metabolism.
Bingo. We become obese because something isn't working right so at least obesity is due to a metabolic disorder. I agree with that.
It amazes me that you can take a post that literally says being overweight is not a metabolic disorder, and somehow read it as saying the opposite.
For the most part, people become obese because they eat too much. That's it, end of story.
We are all able to understand the eating too much part. That fact however does not answer the question of WHY we eat too much. The HOW we become obese is known and the least common denominator of weight loss it to learn WHY.
Sure counting calories is a good stop gap measure while we answer the WHY question.
It was when I realized I was a carb addict that did not want to give up the addiction that the WHY of my obesity and health wreck became clear in my mind. Addictions I learned are not easy to address but at age 63 I knew my time to change may be too late but I gave it a shoot starting Oct 2014 and now over three years I am reaping the health benefits and have maintained a 50 pound loss for nearly three years by just cutting out processed foods that resolved my processed carb cravings.
Everyone that is obese has a major WHY to answer. I did not have to learn what lead to my carb addiction forming sometime in the past. I just had to stop feeding the addiction Oct 2014 when I realized I was an addict. Staying out of my coffin as long as possible was my driving force. I decided to go for Life over a certain premature Death.
For 40 years of yo-yoing diets I knew HOW I kept having 100%+ regains after each weight loss. Long term success came only after I understood Why I had 100%+ regains for the past 40 years.
Most 8 year old kids understand CICO. Being slow I guess I was 63 and dying before I understood Why I was gorging out of control. Yes I got lucky because just cutting out processed foods contain sugar and any form of any grain fixed my over eating disorder.
Best of success to each in answerer his or her WHY do I overeat question.
I don't think there's always a major WHY to answer. It was pretty easy for me...I've been lean and fit my entire life...took a desk job when I was 30 that also required me to get a car and basically went from being a very active individual to being very sedentary. I continued to eat how I'd always eaten because that's how I'd always eaten. There wasn't some kind of "disorder" going on...I just went from being active to inactive...I wasn't gorging out of control...I was eating pretty much the same as I eat now...but now I exercise most days.
My weight crept on slowly over about 8 years...it was not something I was particularly concerned with at the time as my priorities were building my career and had just started a new family...priorities eventually changed as my weight gain caused some health issues...the easy fix was to make exercise and eating a little better a priority.
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Well that article sounds very bitter! But the writer is right- 'diets' don't work. When people overly restrict or do strange things to try and lose weight, they mess up their body. I don't think 'Naturally Thin Nicky' has not confused her body by years of yo-yo dieting, and I also think she's probably fairly active and, as the article says, eats sensibly with the occasional junk! The key being consistency and the junk being a rarity, rather than periods of consuming very little food followed by 'giving up' or 'giving in' and eating a lot of junk.
There is no way to know what she does because we have no context and she's just a metaphor that doesn't exist anyway. Ask around all the "naturally" thin people you know how they maintain their weight and you'll get a ton of different answers and many will actually have lost weight to boot.
By the looks of it you would probably be considered "naturally thin" by others but have you always been "naturally thin", did you get to eat whatever you wanted? This is what I find offensive in the article as a person who was "naturally thin" for a long period of my life. I worked hard, yes people would see me eating pizza and ice cream, but I was always burning off my food because I was always on the go. I wasn't a genetic marvel just someone who could eat a lot because I burned a lot.
I understand what you're saying, and agree.
But, expanding on that, I think the misunderstanding of the role of "metabolism" (for lack of a more accurate word) is broader. (Here, I'm using fast/slow "metabolism" as shorthand for "having a statistically unusual calorie consumption for one's weight and/or rate of weight trend", where we're talking about medically normal people).
For example, I've seen people here implicitly assuming that if they had a "faster metabolism", they'd be like their "naturally thin" friends, and be thin while eating all the foods, too ("slow metabolism" as excuse, basically).
I've countered that on occasion by my n=1: I easily got fat then obese over a period of years, despite being well out on the happy end of the population stats, able to lose/maintain on 30%+ more than MFP or other calculators estimate. I get pushback: People argue with and "woo" that.
Even to the extent that there's calorie-need variability among superficially similar people - and there definitely is - it's not that significant. It's a few hundred daily calories. It's a candy bar, or a sandwich. A higher "natural" calorie level is not a guarantee of penalty-free unconstrained consumption - not even close.
I'm not saying it's a trivial thing if one is on the unhappy side of the averages. That makes things harder, sometimes much harder, no question. But it's not fully an an explanation. Even the lucky few don't get to pound down the pizza, soda, big macs, beer, candy and donuts (or steak, potatoes Anna, and crème brulé - whatever) all day every day.
Most people think thin people have faster metabolisms, but in fact the heavier person will have the faster metabolism under normal conditions. I say normal because there are people with metabolic conditions and there are some perfectly healthy people that have either unusually fast or unusually slow metabolic rates for their size, age and sex. Metabolic rates, that we use for the calculators are pretty narrow in range but there are outliers and there are some people that might have some other condition that shows up in metabolism but are otherwise benign.
So you might be one of those outliers who have an unusually slow metabolism and Nicky might have an unusually fast metabolism, but this is far from the normal case because outliers are very rare by their very nature. The best way to determine this is to have your metabolism measured to be sure. If you suspect it's either very low or very high finding this out might also be a marker of a condition that you didn't even know you had.0 -
HealthyBodySickMind wrote: »I love chiming in on the "naturally thin" posts, just to say that after being "naturally thin" for years, and having folks tell me "you'll be fat some day when you [get old/have kids/blah blah blah]," "you can't eat that way forever," and (accurately) "you have no idea what you're eating." Since "they" were right on that last one, I started tracking and continued because, honestly, I love playing with numbers and spreadsheets. The big take home after years of tracking is that......
......It turns out I eat an appropriate amount of food for my size and activity level.
I've posted all that before. The new info that I have to add to this one in particular addresses this claim from the article: "Nicky thinks she’s thin because of the way she eats, but actually, genetics play a huge role in making her thin. Nicky gets all the credit, though, because people see the way she eats and they can’t see her genes."
I just got the results back from one of the genetics tests that you can do. According to the report on genetic weight, of the DNA variants they tested for, I had 379 variants associated with lower weight and 347 variants associated with higher weight. 23andme's conclusion on this was that I was "genetically predisposed to weigh about average."
I weigh 117 lbs at the moment (currently working on a slow bulk).
But, but, but...you...you are NATURALLY thin...you are GENETICALLY BLESSED!
I hate when science shows up and spoils my party!
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Well that article sounds very bitter! But the writer is right- 'diets' don't work. When people overly restrict or do strange things to try and lose weight, they mess up their body. I don't think 'Naturally Thin Nicky' has not confused her body by years of yo-yo dieting, and I also think she's probably fairly active and, as the article says, eats sensibly with the occasional junk! The key being consistency and the junk being a rarity, rather than periods of consuming very little food followed by 'giving up' or 'giving in' and eating a lot of junk.
There is no way to know what she does because we have no context and she's just a metaphor that doesn't exist anyway. Ask around all the "naturally" thin people you know how they maintain their weight and you'll get a ton of different answers and many will actually have lost weight to boot.
By the looks of it you would probably be considered "naturally thin" by others but have you always been "naturally thin", did you get to eat whatever you wanted? This is what I find offensive in the article as a person who was "naturally thin" for a long period of my life. I worked hard, yes people would see me eating pizza and ice cream, but I was always burning off my food because I was always on the go. I wasn't a genetic marvel just someone who could eat a lot because I burned a lot.
I understand what you're saying, and agree.
But, expanding on that, I think the misunderstanding of the role of "metabolism" (for lack of a more accurate word) is broader. (Here, I'm using fast/slow "metabolism" as shorthand for "having a statistically unusual calorie consumption for one's weight and/or rate of weight trend", where we're talking about medically normal people).
For example, I've seen people here implicitly assuming that if they had a "faster metabolism", they'd be like their "naturally thin" friends, and be thin while eating all the foods, too ("slow metabolism" as excuse, basically).
I've countered that on occasion by my n=1: I easily got fat then obese over a period of years, despite being well out on the happy end of the population stats, able to lose/maintain on 30%+ more than MFP or other calculators estimate. I get pushback: People argue with and "woo" that.
Even to the extent that there's calorie-need variability among superficially similar people - and there definitely is - it's not that significant. It's a few hundred daily calories. It's a candy bar, or a sandwich. A higher "natural" calorie level is not a guarantee of penalty-free unconstrained consumption - not even close.
I'm not saying it's a trivial thing if one is on the unhappy side of the averages. That makes things harder, sometimes much harder, no question. But it's not fully an an explanation. Even the lucky few don't get to pound down the pizza, soda, big macs, beer, candy and donuts (or steak, potatoes Anna, and crème brulé - whatever) all day every day.
And, from my perspective it is not merely non-trivial it is EVERYTHING. A few hundred calories is 1/5 to 1/4 my TOTAL daily calories. If I could eat 17xx calories a day and not gain weight I’d not have been overweight at all. I call strawman, no reasonable person on this side thinks anyone who is in the normal range “get to pound down the pizza, soda, big macs, beer, candy and donuts (or steak, potatoes Anna, and crème brulé - whatever) all day every day.”
But one extra sandwich a day every day (or a glass of wine, or a potato with dinner, or two cookies after dinner) would be a HUGE change in my quality of life.
At the the high end (which you say you are) a few hundred calories is what, 1/10 or 1/x of your daily calories. Yeah, if I were that lucky, maybe I could call it trivial or “not significant” too. But as a relative proportion of the calories you or I have to work with? It is a huge proportion of mine and a “not significant” proportion of yours.
But saying so invites the extreme types of arguments here, so that what I’m really saying will be strawmanized and illogically “restated”.3 -
I have a genetic disorder and I have been thin most of my life up until my mid 30s. I never went over 140-145 lbs. I maintained my weight. I was active and on a medication that will speed up metabolism a bit. I was taken off that medication, stopped moving as much but ate the same amount I was before. I was always told as a kid that if your parents were thin you would be thin. that IS not the case.I gained 70 lbs over the years because I got sedentary and didnt change my calorie intake. I didnt think I had to.I thought genetics would keep me thin.
my genetic disorder causes my body to store excess DIETARY fat and cholesterol if I eat too much ,I ended up with fat pads on some of my joints. I started eating less and moving more about 6 years ago and lost weight. first "diet" I have ever been on. I gained a little back but thats because my metabolism is wonky for some reason and now I have to eat even less calories than MFP is telling me.
Im starting to lose weight again where I was maintaining and gaining a little on more calories. but Im not blaming my genetic disorder.I blame it on eating more than my body needs at the time. Im still active but its slowed down a bit because of less energy due to a different health issue. so yeah I had to adjust my calories accordingly for that.
if genetic disorders made you fat then I would have never lost weight doing CICO. same with all my sisters. everyone of them were thin like me as well. but we all gained weight over the years because we stopped being as active and eating the same or more. and none of them have the genetic defect I have as far as I know.3 -
HealthyBodySickMind wrote: »I love chiming in on the "naturally thin" posts, just to say that after being "naturally thin" for years, and having folks tell me "you'll be fat some day when you [get old/have kids/blah blah blah]," "you can't eat that way forever," and (accurately) "you have no idea what you're eating." Since "they" were right on that last one, I started tracking and continued because, honestly, I love playing with numbers and spreadsheets. The big take home after years of tracking is that......
......It turns out I eat an appropriate amount of food for my size and activity level.
I've posted all that before. The new info that I have to add to this one in particular addresses this claim from the article: "Nicky thinks she’s thin because of the way she eats, but actually, genetics play a huge role in making her thin. Nicky gets all the credit, though, because people see the way she eats and they can’t see her genes."
I just got the results back from one of the genetics tests that you can do. According to the report on genetic weight, of the DNA variants they tested for, I had 379 variants associated with lower weight and 347 variants associated with higher weight. 23andme's conclusion on this was that I was "genetically predisposed to weigh about average."
I weigh 117 lbs at the moment (currently working on a slow bulk).
I would take that test with a grain of salt though. I've heard a lot of negativity about those tests and that they are not accurate,to the fact where its telling some they are not predisposed to things like cancer and yet end up with it..if you really want genetic testing see a professional who tests for genetic issues and defects3 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thin-people-dieting-weight-food-resolutions-0101-20171227-story.html
I am not sure what made me more mad when I saw this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune this morning....
The statement that "cutting calories alone doesn't lead to long-term weight loss".
The myth that there are "naturally thin" people who just have good genetics and high metabolism.
Or, the conclusion that if you are overweight, you do not have any chance of losing weight long term so you shouldn't even try.
So angry right now....
I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this dreary op-ed article.
Not sure there are 'skinny' genes but it is true in a functional sense that cutting calories does not lead to long term weight loss for most people that I have ever known including myself.
Finally at the age of 63 I decided to NEVER go on another diet to lose weight just to have another 100%+ regain. Now turning 67 I have lost 50 pounds and maintained that loss for over two and half years by changing the kind of calories that I eat.
Cutting calories can be a short term fix in an emergency but it is not likely to fix the cause of the wrong way of thinking, eating and moving that lead to the need to go on a "diet" in the first place.
For over three years now I have eaten only to improve my health and health markers. When I did that the weight started to normalize (decrease) after the first 45 days without any dieting effort yet staying stuffed most of the time.
Thinking about losing weight seems to be a good way to gain weight for many people it seems perhaps.
And do you know why your weight decreased? Because you were taking in less calories than you were burning. Whether you viewed what you were doing as cutting calories or not, that is exactly what you were doing if you lost weight. I'm sure you will spout all sorts of nonsense to try to explain otherwise, because that is what you do best around here, but the simple fact is your weight is directly affected by CICO.
Do you know why I was taking in less calories when starting Oct 2014 (and still continue to eat that way today) cold turkey I cut add sugars and all forms of all grains that over time has resolved my binging, pain, IBS, limited health in general, etc?
Did I know going LCHF Oct 2014 would functionally give me hope for a future? NO I did not but I was willing to try anything to avoid the medical side effects of starting on Enbrel injections Nov 2014. I did not even know what I was doing but just acting to a hunch that cutting out the sugar and grain that I might be able to dodge the Enbrel bullet coming my way. I added about a 1000 calories daily at the same time from coconut products trying to prevent Alzheimer's.
That is how out of ignorance I accidently started the LCHF WOE. As noted before I had to leave sugar and grains cold turkey after trying to taper off of them for 60 days and failing. I learned I was a carb addict then I realized I was going to have to stop eat food containing added sugar and any form of any grain instead of just reducing these highly processed carb food sources.
As I have stated for years how one eats is their own business and how I eat is my business. At the age of 63 I willfully decided to eat for longer life instead of eating for a premature death.
Yep, there's the long, drawn out, nonsense explanation I was expecting and forgive me, but I am having trouble following. You say you were taking in less calories, but then say you added about 1000 calories a day at the same time. So which is it? Were you taking in less calories or more? Were the 1000 calories of coconut products included in your daily total which was less than before? If so, then it I have some news for you: it wasn't the fact that you were taking coconut products that helped you lose weight, it is the fact that you were taking in less calories overall. You could have been ingesting 1000 calories of pure sugar instead of coconut, and as long as your CI were less than your CO you would lose weight. You found something that worked for you which is great, but it blows my mind how you still try to argue that your weight loss was somehow not attributed to a caloric deficit. The fact of the matter is, what worked for you was eating at a deficit, and just because you don't view it that way, it doesn't make it any less true.
CICO will never medically explain why some people overeat.
No, but it will explain why they gain/lose weight. Lack of willpower and CICO are 2 completely different things.
Would you agree 100% of people who legally log into these MFP forums already know it is calories or lack of calories from the food they eat that causes them to gain/lose weight?
People need to know WHY they under/over eat and it has nothing to do with willpower long term. People that use willpower to lose weight are called yo-yo dieters.
Are we really back to the 'everyone who is overweight has a physical or mental disorder' argument?
No. It is a metabolic disorder medically speaking.
No it clearly is not.
I'm beginning to suspect your credentials, despite repeated claims of a terminal degree.
Is it my real photo, real name and real profile data that confuses you or is my willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required?
I am not into fake medical dieting info from fake profiles. I could care less about fake profiles but I draw the line on harmful eating advice from any source. There are hurting people coming to MFP for real info and to give them fake advice is just plain wrong. Not all of them have the background to filter out the fake stuff.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thin-people-dieting-weight-food-resolutions-0101-20171227-story.html
I am not sure what made me more mad when I saw this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune this morning....
The statement that "cutting calories alone doesn't lead to long-term weight loss".
The myth that there are "naturally thin" people who just have good genetics and high metabolism.
Or, the conclusion that if you are overweight, you do not have any chance of losing weight long term so you shouldn't even try.
So angry right now....
I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this dreary op-ed article.
Not sure there are 'skinny' genes but it is true in a functional sense that cutting calories does not lead to long term weight loss for most people that I have ever known including myself.
Finally at the age of 63 I decided to NEVER go on another diet to lose weight just to have another 100%+ regain. Now turning 67 I have lost 50 pounds and maintained that loss for over two and half years by changing the kind of calories that I eat.
Cutting calories can be a short term fix in an emergency but it is not likely to fix the cause of the wrong way of thinking, eating and moving that lead to the need to go on a "diet" in the first place.
For over three years now I have eaten only to improve my health and health markers. When I did that the weight started to normalize (decrease) after the first 45 days without any dieting effort yet staying stuffed most of the time.
Thinking about losing weight seems to be a good way to gain weight for many people it seems perhaps.
And do you know why your weight decreased? Because you were taking in less calories than you were burning. Whether you viewed what you were doing as cutting calories or not, that is exactly what you were doing if you lost weight. I'm sure you will spout all sorts of nonsense to try to explain otherwise, because that is what you do best around here, but the simple fact is your weight is directly affected by CICO.
Do you know why I was taking in less calories when starting Oct 2014 (and still continue to eat that way today) cold turkey I cut add sugars and all forms of all grains that over time has resolved my binging, pain, IBS, limited health in general, etc?
Did I know going LCHF Oct 2014 would functionally give me hope for a future? NO I did not but I was willing to try anything to avoid the medical side effects of starting on Enbrel injections Nov 2014. I did not even know what I was doing but just acting to a hunch that cutting out the sugar and grain that I might be able to dodge the Enbrel bullet coming my way. I added about a 1000 calories daily at the same time from coconut products trying to prevent Alzheimer's.
That is how out of ignorance I accidently started the LCHF WOE. As noted before I had to leave sugar and grains cold turkey after trying to taper off of them for 60 days and failing. I learned I was a carb addict then I realized I was going to have to stop eat food containing added sugar and any form of any grain instead of just reducing these highly processed carb food sources.
As I have stated for years how one eats is their own business and how I eat is my business. At the age of 63 I willfully decided to eat for longer life instead of eating for a premature death.
Yep, there's the long, drawn out, nonsense explanation I was expecting and forgive me, but I am having trouble following. You say you were taking in less calories, but then say you added about 1000 calories a day at the same time. So which is it? Were you taking in less calories or more? Were the 1000 calories of coconut products included in your daily total which was less than before? If so, then it I have some news for you: it wasn't the fact that you were taking coconut products that helped you lose weight, it is the fact that you were taking in less calories overall. You could have been ingesting 1000 calories of pure sugar instead of coconut, and as long as your CI were less than your CO you would lose weight. You found something that worked for you which is great, but it blows my mind how you still try to argue that your weight loss was somehow not attributed to a caloric deficit. The fact of the matter is, what worked for you was eating at a deficit, and just because you don't view it that way, it doesn't make it any less true.
CICO will never medically explain why some people overeat.
No, but it will explain why they gain/lose weight. Lack of willpower and CICO are 2 completely different things.
Would you agree 100% of people who legally log into these MFP forums already know it is calories or lack of calories from the food they eat that causes them to gain/lose weight?
People need to know WHY they under/over eat and it has nothing to do with willpower long term. People that use willpower to lose weight are called yo-yo dieters.
Are we really back to the 'everyone who is overweight has a physical or mental disorder' argument?
No. It is a metabolic disorder medically speaking.
No it clearly is not.
I'm beginning to suspect your credentials, despite repeated claims of a terminal degree.
Is it my real photo, real name and real profile data that confuses you or is my willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required?
I am not into fake medical dieting info from fake profiles. I could care less about fake profiles but I draw the line on harmful eating advice from any source. There are hurting people coming to MFP for real info and to give them fake advice is just plain wrong. Not all of them have the background to filter out the fake stuff.
What does "willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required" even mean? Seriously -- what scenario are you picturing here?
I consider the theory that every single overweight person has a metabolic disorder to be "fake stuff," by the way. Isn't that one of your pet ideas?15 -
janejellyroll wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thin-people-dieting-weight-food-resolutions-0101-20171227-story.html
I am not sure what made me more mad when I saw this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune this morning....
The statement that "cutting calories alone doesn't lead to long-term weight loss".
The myth that there are "naturally thin" people who just have good genetics and high metabolism.
Or, the conclusion that if you are overweight, you do not have any chance of losing weight long term so you shouldn't even try.
So angry right now....
I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this dreary op-ed article.
Not sure there are 'skinny' genes but it is true in a functional sense that cutting calories does not lead to long term weight loss for most people that I have ever known including myself.
Finally at the age of 63 I decided to NEVER go on another diet to lose weight just to have another 100%+ regain. Now turning 67 I have lost 50 pounds and maintained that loss for over two and half years by changing the kind of calories that I eat.
Cutting calories can be a short term fix in an emergency but it is not likely to fix the cause of the wrong way of thinking, eating and moving that lead to the need to go on a "diet" in the first place.
For over three years now I have eaten only to improve my health and health markers. When I did that the weight started to normalize (decrease) after the first 45 days without any dieting effort yet staying stuffed most of the time.
Thinking about losing weight seems to be a good way to gain weight for many people it seems perhaps.
And do you know why your weight decreased? Because you were taking in less calories than you were burning. Whether you viewed what you were doing as cutting calories or not, that is exactly what you were doing if you lost weight. I'm sure you will spout all sorts of nonsense to try to explain otherwise, because that is what you do best around here, but the simple fact is your weight is directly affected by CICO.
Do you know why I was taking in less calories when starting Oct 2014 (and still continue to eat that way today) cold turkey I cut add sugars and all forms of all grains that over time has resolved my binging, pain, IBS, limited health in general, etc?
Did I know going LCHF Oct 2014 would functionally give me hope for a future? NO I did not but I was willing to try anything to avoid the medical side effects of starting on Enbrel injections Nov 2014. I did not even know what I was doing but just acting to a hunch that cutting out the sugar and grain that I might be able to dodge the Enbrel bullet coming my way. I added about a 1000 calories daily at the same time from coconut products trying to prevent Alzheimer's.
That is how out of ignorance I accidently started the LCHF WOE. As noted before I had to leave sugar and grains cold turkey after trying to taper off of them for 60 days and failing. I learned I was a carb addict then I realized I was going to have to stop eat food containing added sugar and any form of any grain instead of just reducing these highly processed carb food sources.
As I have stated for years how one eats is their own business and how I eat is my business. At the age of 63 I willfully decided to eat for longer life instead of eating for a premature death.
Yep, there's the long, drawn out, nonsense explanation I was expecting and forgive me, but I am having trouble following. You say you were taking in less calories, but then say you added about 1000 calories a day at the same time. So which is it? Were you taking in less calories or more? Were the 1000 calories of coconut products included in your daily total which was less than before? If so, then it I have some news for you: it wasn't the fact that you were taking coconut products that helped you lose weight, it is the fact that you were taking in less calories overall. You could have been ingesting 1000 calories of pure sugar instead of coconut, and as long as your CI were less than your CO you would lose weight. You found something that worked for you which is great, but it blows my mind how you still try to argue that your weight loss was somehow not attributed to a caloric deficit. The fact of the matter is, what worked for you was eating at a deficit, and just because you don't view it that way, it doesn't make it any less true.
CICO will never medically explain why some people overeat.
No, but it will explain why they gain/lose weight. Lack of willpower and CICO are 2 completely different things.
Would you agree 100% of people who legally log into these MFP forums already know it is calories or lack of calories from the food they eat that causes them to gain/lose weight?
People need to know WHY they under/over eat and it has nothing to do with willpower long term. People that use willpower to lose weight are called yo-yo dieters.
Are we really back to the 'everyone who is overweight has a physical or mental disorder' argument?
No. It is a metabolic disorder medically speaking.
No it clearly is not.
I'm beginning to suspect your credentials, despite repeated claims of a terminal degree.
Is it my real photo, real name and real profile data that confuses you or is my willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required?
I am not into fake medical dieting info from fake profiles. I could care less about fake profiles but I draw the line on harmful eating advice from any source. There are hurting people coming to MFP for real info and to give them fake advice is just plain wrong. Not all of them have the background to filter out the fake stuff.
What does "willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required" even mean? Seriously -- what scenario are you picturing here?
The court does not recognize you yet. Please state your name for the record. 9 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Well that article sounds very bitter! But the writer is right- 'diets' don't work. When people overly restrict or do strange things to try and lose weight, they mess up their body. I don't think 'Naturally Thin Nicky' has not confused her body by years of yo-yo dieting, and I also think she's probably fairly active and, as the article says, eats sensibly with the occasional junk! The key being consistency and the junk being a rarity, rather than periods of consuming very little food followed by 'giving up' or 'giving in' and eating a lot of junk.
There is no way to know what she does because we have no context and she's just a metaphor that doesn't exist anyway. Ask around all the "naturally" thin people you know how they maintain their weight and you'll get a ton of different answers and many will actually have lost weight to boot.
By the looks of it you would probably be considered "naturally thin" by others but have you always been "naturally thin", did you get to eat whatever you wanted? This is what I find offensive in the article as a person who was "naturally thin" for a long period of my life. I worked hard, yes people would see me eating pizza and ice cream, but I was always burning off my food because I was always on the go. I wasn't a genetic marvel just someone who could eat a lot because I burned a lot.
I understand what you're saying, and agree.
But, expanding on that, I think the misunderstanding of the role of "metabolism" (for lack of a more accurate word) is broader. (Here, I'm using fast/slow "metabolism" as shorthand for "having a statistically unusual calorie consumption for one's weight and/or rate of weight trend", where we're talking about medically normal people).
For example, I've seen people here implicitly assuming that if they had a "faster metabolism", they'd be like their "naturally thin" friends, and be thin while eating all the foods, too ("slow metabolism" as excuse, basically).
I've countered that on occasion by my n=1: I easily got fat then obese over a period of years, despite being well out on the happy end of the population stats, able to lose/maintain on 30%+ more than MFP or other calculators estimate. I get pushback: People argue with and "woo" that.
Even to the extent that there's calorie-need variability among superficially similar people - and there definitely is - it's not that significant. It's a few hundred daily calories. It's a candy bar, or a sandwich. A higher "natural" calorie level is not a guarantee of penalty-free unconstrained consumption - not even close.
I'm not saying it's a trivial thing if one is on the unhappy side of the averages. That makes things harder, sometimes much harder, no question. But it's not fully an an explanation. Even the lucky few don't get to pound down the pizza, soda, big macs, beer, candy and donuts (or steak, potatoes Anna, and crème brulé - whatever) all day every day.
Most people think thin people have faster metabolisms, but in fact the heavier person will have the faster metabolism under normal conditions. I say normal because there are people with metabolic conditions and there are some perfectly healthy people that have either unusually fast or unusually slow metabolic rates for their size, age and sex. Metabolic rates, that we use for the calculators are pretty narrow in range but there are outliers and there are some people that might have some other condition that shows up in metabolism but are otherwise benign.
So you might be one of those outliers who have an unusually slow metabolism and Nicky might have an unusually fast metabolism, but this is far from the normal case because outliers are very rare by their very nature. The best way to determine this is to have your metabolism measured to be sure. If you suspect it's either very low or very high finding this out might also be a marker of a condition that you didn't even know you had.
Standard deviation for RMR is somewhere around 5-8% of the mean. About 68% of the population will be within plus or minus 5-8% of the mean, and about 96% within plus or minus 10-16%, by definition. Which, of course, leaves about 4% out in the tails somewhere.
Someday, I'll get around to having my RMR tested. Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure I'm healthy - docs keep a very close eye on us cancer survivors, especially when we lose weight faster than expected. And I'm not "heavier" these days, at BMI 22 this morning. Theory would suggest that I might even be likely to be "metabolically" suppressed after losing around 1/3 of my body weight in less than a year. So: Yeah, probably statistically an outlier (possibly partly because modern lifestyles distort the population stats for my older age group, I suspect).
But that's not the point: The point is that being an outlier really changes very little, when it comes to becoming obese. Even at an extreme degree of outlier-hood in the lucky direction, there's no ability to eat whatever, whenever. It's not an automatic "naturally thin" outcome. Outlier-hood is a few hundred calories, making around the same difference as most people can achieve with a little more exercise, or improving their non-exercise daily activity.
Even the best possible (though still statistically improbable) healthy "metabolic" advantage is not a magic ticket. People who assume it is, aren't thinking through the numbers.4 -
janejellyroll wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thin-people-dieting-weight-food-resolutions-0101-20171227-story.html
I am not sure what made me more mad when I saw this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune this morning....
The statement that "cutting calories alone doesn't lead to long-term weight loss".
The myth that there are "naturally thin" people who just have good genetics and high metabolism.
Or, the conclusion that if you are overweight, you do not have any chance of losing weight long term so you shouldn't even try.
So angry right now....
I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this dreary op-ed article.
Not sure there are 'skinny' genes but it is true in a functional sense that cutting calories does not lead to long term weight loss for most people that I have ever known including myself.
Finally at the age of 63 I decided to NEVER go on another diet to lose weight just to have another 100%+ regain. Now turning 67 I have lost 50 pounds and maintained that loss for over two and half years by changing the kind of calories that I eat.
Cutting calories can be a short term fix in an emergency but it is not likely to fix the cause of the wrong way of thinking, eating and moving that lead to the need to go on a "diet" in the first place.
For over three years now I have eaten only to improve my health and health markers. When I did that the weight started to normalize (decrease) after the first 45 days without any dieting effort yet staying stuffed most of the time.
Thinking about losing weight seems to be a good way to gain weight for many people it seems perhaps.
And do you know why your weight decreased? Because you were taking in less calories than you were burning. Whether you viewed what you were doing as cutting calories or not, that is exactly what you were doing if you lost weight. I'm sure you will spout all sorts of nonsense to try to explain otherwise, because that is what you do best around here, but the simple fact is your weight is directly affected by CICO.
Do you know why I was taking in less calories when starting Oct 2014 (and still continue to eat that way today) cold turkey I cut add sugars and all forms of all grains that over time has resolved my binging, pain, IBS, limited health in general, etc?
Did I know going LCHF Oct 2014 would functionally give me hope for a future? NO I did not but I was willing to try anything to avoid the medical side effects of starting on Enbrel injections Nov 2014. I did not even know what I was doing but just acting to a hunch that cutting out the sugar and grain that I might be able to dodge the Enbrel bullet coming my way. I added about a 1000 calories daily at the same time from coconut products trying to prevent Alzheimer's.
That is how out of ignorance I accidently started the LCHF WOE. As noted before I had to leave sugar and grains cold turkey after trying to taper off of them for 60 days and failing. I learned I was a carb addict then I realized I was going to have to stop eat food containing added sugar and any form of any grain instead of just reducing these highly processed carb food sources.
As I have stated for years how one eats is their own business and how I eat is my business. At the age of 63 I willfully decided to eat for longer life instead of eating for a premature death.
Yep, there's the long, drawn out, nonsense explanation I was expecting and forgive me, but I am having trouble following. You say you were taking in less calories, but then say you added about 1000 calories a day at the same time. So which is it? Were you taking in less calories or more? Were the 1000 calories of coconut products included in your daily total which was less than before? If so, then it I have some news for you: it wasn't the fact that you were taking coconut products that helped you lose weight, it is the fact that you were taking in less calories overall. You could have been ingesting 1000 calories of pure sugar instead of coconut, and as long as your CI were less than your CO you would lose weight. You found something that worked for you which is great, but it blows my mind how you still try to argue that your weight loss was somehow not attributed to a caloric deficit. The fact of the matter is, what worked for you was eating at a deficit, and just because you don't view it that way, it doesn't make it any less true.
CICO will never medically explain why some people overeat.
No, but it will explain why they gain/lose weight. Lack of willpower and CICO are 2 completely different things.
Would you agree 100% of people who legally log into these MFP forums already know it is calories or lack of calories from the food they eat that causes them to gain/lose weight?
People need to know WHY they under/over eat and it has nothing to do with willpower long term. People that use willpower to lose weight are called yo-yo dieters.
Are we really back to the 'everyone who is overweight has a physical or mental disorder' argument?
No. It is a metabolic disorder medically speaking.
No it clearly is not.
I'm beginning to suspect your credentials, despite repeated claims of a terminal degree.
Is it my real photo, real name and real profile data that confuses you or is my willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required?
I am not into fake medical dieting info from fake profiles. I could care less about fake profiles but I draw the line on harmful eating advice from any source. There are hurting people coming to MFP for real info and to give them fake advice is just plain wrong. Not all of them have the background to filter out the fake stuff.
What does "willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required" even mean? Seriously -- what scenario are you picturing here?
I consider the theory that every single overweight person has a metabolic disorder to be "fake stuff," by the way. Isn't that one of your pet ideas?
Now I am imagining @lemurcat invoking Daubert and tearing him up on the stand six ways from Sunday.
https://definitions.uslegal.com/d/daubert-challenge/
edit: added an "and" and corrected idiom3 -
French_Peasant wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-thin-people-dieting-weight-food-resolutions-0101-20171227-story.html
I am not sure what made me more mad when I saw this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune this morning....
The statement that "cutting calories alone doesn't lead to long-term weight loss".
The myth that there are "naturally thin" people who just have good genetics and high metabolism.
Or, the conclusion that if you are overweight, you do not have any chance of losing weight long term so you shouldn't even try.
So angry right now....
I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this dreary op-ed article.
Not sure there are 'skinny' genes but it is true in a functional sense that cutting calories does not lead to long term weight loss for most people that I have ever known including myself.
Finally at the age of 63 I decided to NEVER go on another diet to lose weight just to have another 100%+ regain. Now turning 67 I have lost 50 pounds and maintained that loss for over two and half years by changing the kind of calories that I eat.
Cutting calories can be a short term fix in an emergency but it is not likely to fix the cause of the wrong way of thinking, eating and moving that lead to the need to go on a "diet" in the first place.
For over three years now I have eaten only to improve my health and health markers. When I did that the weight started to normalize (decrease) after the first 45 days without any dieting effort yet staying stuffed most of the time.
Thinking about losing weight seems to be a good way to gain weight for many people it seems perhaps.
And do you know why your weight decreased? Because you were taking in less calories than you were burning. Whether you viewed what you were doing as cutting calories or not, that is exactly what you were doing if you lost weight. I'm sure you will spout all sorts of nonsense to try to explain otherwise, because that is what you do best around here, but the simple fact is your weight is directly affected by CICO.
Do you know why I was taking in less calories when starting Oct 2014 (and still continue to eat that way today) cold turkey I cut add sugars and all forms of all grains that over time has resolved my binging, pain, IBS, limited health in general, etc?
Did I know going LCHF Oct 2014 would functionally give me hope for a future? NO I did not but I was willing to try anything to avoid the medical side effects of starting on Enbrel injections Nov 2014. I did not even know what I was doing but just acting to a hunch that cutting out the sugar and grain that I might be able to dodge the Enbrel bullet coming my way. I added about a 1000 calories daily at the same time from coconut products trying to prevent Alzheimer's.
That is how out of ignorance I accidently started the LCHF WOE. As noted before I had to leave sugar and grains cold turkey after trying to taper off of them for 60 days and failing. I learned I was a carb addict then I realized I was going to have to stop eat food containing added sugar and any form of any grain instead of just reducing these highly processed carb food sources.
As I have stated for years how one eats is their own business and how I eat is my business. At the age of 63 I willfully decided to eat for longer life instead of eating for a premature death.
Yep, there's the long, drawn out, nonsense explanation I was expecting and forgive me, but I am having trouble following. You say you were taking in less calories, but then say you added about 1000 calories a day at the same time. So which is it? Were you taking in less calories or more? Were the 1000 calories of coconut products included in your daily total which was less than before? If so, then it I have some news for you: it wasn't the fact that you were taking coconut products that helped you lose weight, it is the fact that you were taking in less calories overall. You could have been ingesting 1000 calories of pure sugar instead of coconut, and as long as your CI were less than your CO you would lose weight. You found something that worked for you which is great, but it blows my mind how you still try to argue that your weight loss was somehow not attributed to a caloric deficit. The fact of the matter is, what worked for you was eating at a deficit, and just because you don't view it that way, it doesn't make it any less true.
CICO will never medically explain why some people overeat.
No, but it will explain why they gain/lose weight. Lack of willpower and CICO are 2 completely different things.
Would you agree 100% of people who legally log into these MFP forums already know it is calories or lack of calories from the food they eat that causes them to gain/lose weight?
People need to know WHY they under/over eat and it has nothing to do with willpower long term. People that use willpower to lose weight are called yo-yo dieters.
Are we really back to the 'everyone who is overweight has a physical or mental disorder' argument?
No. It is a metabolic disorder medically speaking.
No it clearly is not.
I'm beginning to suspect your credentials, despite repeated claims of a terminal degree.
Is it my real photo, real name and real profile data that confuses you or is my willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required?
I am not into fake medical dieting info from fake profiles. I could care less about fake profiles but I draw the line on harmful eating advice from any source. There are hurting people coming to MFP for real info and to give them fake advice is just plain wrong. Not all of them have the background to filter out the fake stuff.
What does "willingness to support my posts in a court of law if required" even mean? Seriously -- what scenario are you picturing here?
I consider the theory that every single overweight person has a metabolic disorder to be "fake stuff," by the way. Isn't that one of your pet ideas?
Now I am imagining @lemurcat invoking Daubert and tearing him up on the stand five ways to Sunday.
https://definitions.uslegal.com/d/daubert-challenge/
edit: added an "and"
Oh my gosh, internet court would be entertaining in so many ways!4
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