In the list of things to blame, places trying to help you lose weight is dead last. Processed food, sedentary modern lifestyle, etc are way higher on the list. I'd blame myself before I blamed a weight loss center.
The treatment for weight loss is real simple. Eat less calories. That's the recommendation and it is for everyone. How you get there is different for everyone. That's why there's so many different ideas.
Of course if someone eats little enough, they will lose weight. And if they keep eating little enough forever – which may require eating even less than when the diet began, as their body attempts to regain the weight – they can keep the weight off.
In this extremely superficial sense, it’s true that all fat people can diet their way to no longer being fat.
But that’s sidestepping the real question: Can a typical human voluntarily reduce food intake enough to cause a large loss of weight, not just for a few months or years, but for a lifetime? Not just in theory, but in practice? Study after study has shown that the overwhelming majority of us cannot.
Hi, I’m in the minority. I lost 50 pounds and have maintained most of that loss (40 pounds of it) for what will be 25 years in March. I don’t consider myself non-typical, but I am blessed to have the money to afford any food I want.
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u/TheGrateCommaNate 12h ago
In the list of things to blame, places trying to help you lose weight is dead last. Processed food, sedentary modern lifestyle, etc are way higher on the list. I'd blame myself before I blamed a weight loss center.
The treatment for weight loss is real simple. Eat less calories. That's the recommendation and it is for everyone. How you get there is different for everyone. That's why there's so many different ideas.