Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 9 hours agoIgnoring 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 9 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 8 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 8 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.
gdog05@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
What I’m talking about but maybe didn’t do a very good job of explaining is metabolic adaptation. It can take months before your body adjusts, before you figure out what calorie deficit is needed and it varies wildly from person to person. Our brains can burn calories to be more creative or slow down to preserve ideal body weight. Which can negate a wide amount of calorie usage. …edu.au/…/its-time-to-bust-the-calories-in-calori…