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Can't sleep tonight, so I'm going over some of Dr. Liebel's more current research: http://joe.endocrinology-journals.org/content/223/1/T83.long This means that you can raise your set point for body fat but so far there is no known means to lower it. Your body fighting to return to higher fat levels may be permanent.…

Here is an article by Dr. Jules Hirsch of Rockerfeller University Hospital: http://www.dana.org/Cerebrum/Default.aspx?id=39307 Here is an interesting passsage: The comparison to non-obese people is only to show the difference in metabolism, not to suggest that you need to be like other people. Let's say that you need to…

Not at all. It is not just one scientist, and this is not all new information, though the picture is only slowly coming together, as is always the case with research. The article from the medical journal The Lancet has four authors. The video is by Dr. Rudy Libel, who co-discovered the hormone Leptin with Dr. Jules Hirsch…

No, I'm saying that a person who is was obese and gets down to 180 pounds would have to eat 15-20% less than a person who was never obese and weight 180 pounds. Rather, that is what Dr. Rudy Libel, Dr. Christopher Ochneremail, et al say. That is exactly what I am doing! I'm taking appetite suppressants to mitigate the…

I think it's important to understand the science behind weight loss and the science behind what causes failures to maintain it. When you understand the body's physiological response to fat loss you can take steps to mitigate it. When you hit plateaus and you understand it is because your body now needs less calories to…

As I have said before, I cannot explain why so few succeed, other than most people cannot tolerate the discomfort of hunger long-term. Perhaps there is something biologically different about a small number of people such as yourself. Um, it said, "Evidence suggests that these biological adaptations often persist…

It's in the video. See the 35:12 mark. Most people who try to lose weight fail long term. I forget the exact numbers off the top of my head now, it's like 80%-95% failure rate. For people who succeed, it could be a couple of things. First, they may have larger stores of willpower. But another thing that is starting to…

I don't have to "believe" it, I can feel it. Just like in the video, I get cold. I can tell you when I am actively losing body fat without ever getting on a scale. If I'm hungry and cold, I'm losing fat. Typically hits me 5 days into a calorie deficit. I'm not stuck. I'm down 14 pounds since the last time I went to my…

Step 1: Log everything. Step 2: Ignore everyone who does not understand food addiction. Step 3: If certain foods trigger binge eating, avoid them. Your husband needs to be on board with this. There are medications available now that can help with appetite control, such as phentermine, Topomax, (Qysmia).

I don't understand when people say "you have to learn a new eating habit and the drug won't help you with that". New habits typically take, what, a month to form? If you are on the drug for a month and you aren't eating for a month you should have formed new eating habits. The reason why you go back to eating your old way…

I am currently taking phentermine and Topomax as appetite suppressants. I have been on them a week. My mother-in-law took them for a year and lost 60 pounds. This is essentially a generic equivalent of Qysmia, which is the same medication in a time-release formulation but is much, much more expensive. I take a single…

I typically hit it within 5 days of caloric reduction. Sorry, but you're wrong, and I have science to back me up. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587%2815%2900009-1/abstract http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=2993&bhcp=20

Yes, I did read the thread, and the "stuff" I "spouted" is directly relevant to his "problem". His weight loss has probably triggered a metabolic slow down which requires a further decrease in caloric intake to overcome. I don't know what is so difficult to understand about that. I provided citations from actual scientists…

Unfortunately, hunger is just part of weight loss. Hunger is generally triggered by lowered leptin levels, which are triggered by lower body fat levels. It doesn't really matter what you eat or how full your stomach is. It's all about the chemistry of losing body fat. If you have been obese, your body will fight to…

Diet composition has virtually no impact on body fat levels. It all comes down to calories in, calories out. You can eat only fruit if you like, in terms of weight loss, provided you eat fewer calories than you burn.

If you aren't losing weight, you are consuming too many calories. That's just the sad reality. You must eat less. The fact is that for most people when you start losing body fat your metabolism slows down as your body tries to protect fat stores. It may be that you have to be obese "for some period of time" to cause your…

Reality hasn't changed, my dear.

I swear none of you people read. The person clearly said: Obviously "junk" food is food that the poster cannot eat with self-control, or that will cause a loss of self-control. Yes, we are all in awe of those of you who eat ice cream or Oreos or whatever else whenever you want with perfect self-control and never over-eat.…

More and more doctors are coming to the conclusion that the traditional mantra of "eat less and exercise more" will probably not work for most people. Particularly if you are obese for some amount of time. It appears that if you are obese for some amount of time it may make permanent changes to your body such that it will…

What is the link to the facebook page on binge eating?

More and more doctors are coming to the conclusion that the mantra of "eat less, exercise more" is not going to be effective for most people: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587%2815%2900009-1/abstract You have to sign up to read the full text but it is free to do so. There is more and more…

Personally, I disagree with the folks who start off right away with the exercise advise. If you are severely overweight, diet is going to give you much more bang for the buck than exercise. If you have a limited pool of willpower to draw from, you will probably find the suffering of dieting is less than the suffering of…

Ah, I think I found it. You have to click on the little Bell icon, then "All Notifications".

Where is this menu option? Thanks, Steve

For many people, hunger and reduced metabolism is just part of weight loss. It is part of your body's defense mechanism to defend body fat stores. There is increasing evidence that once you are obese for some period of time this causes a permanent physiological change. Your body will from then on fight to maintain that…

Great video, SingRunTing! That really drives home how easy it is to overeat!

80 pounds would be pushing it in 10 months. You'd have to very aggressively hit 2 pounds per week for the remainder of the year. But 40-60 should be doable.

Unless you have consumed poisons or heavy metals, there is no such thing as detoxification.

I assume you are ignoring quantity here. Cheat days sap willpower. You're basically allowing yourself to get off the wagon. You better hope you have enough willpower to get back on it. I find that once I get off the wagon it's hard to get back on it.

Peanut butter is tasty, but fairly calorie dense so it's hard to eat your fill of it.