Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?
VeganBtw@piefed.social 11 hours agoWhat is the “calories in calories out” shit?
Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?
VeganBtw@piefed.social 11 hours agoWhat is the “calories in calories out” shit?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Ignoring metabolism and focusing solely on food calories consumed and exercise calories burned.
While calories are basic physics/chemistry/biology, they say nothing about the health of the individual. Not eating anything for a month to burn through your fat reserves isn’t going to leave you thin and trim.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
That is metabolism. CICO will make literally anyone gain or lose weight. Nothing in the universe violates thermodynamics.
Not eating anything for a month is an eating disorder.
gdog05@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The big difference is the effect of a calorie for each person differs. How the body chooses to burn a calorie differs. If person A reduces their diet by 3000 calories in a week they might lose a pound. Person B might not. CICO is literally thermodynamics, you’re very right. How our bodies react to thermodynamics varies quite a bit.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
What you’re describing is basically your metabolic rate. Everyone has a different one. If yours is super efficient, you need to eat less than other people.
That’s the whole story. You can still reduce calories to lose weight. It’s literally the only way.
If it’s impossible to lose weight and still eat sufficient nutrients to survive, then you are one in a million and go see a doctor. Everyone else, start adding vegetables and fiber to your meals.