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I agree too and I am overweight.  There is so much garbage in this thread.  Unless you have a metabolic disorder, if you eat well (portion control is key) and exercise a reasonable amount, you probably won't be overweight.  I'm in the process of losing 30 lbs after baby #2 and it is just about discipline, bottom line.  For me wine is the main issue, and heavier dinners than I need to have.  I don't pretend it's sugar, or carbs, or any of that crap.  It's eating too much and moving too little.  I don't think pp's comment is that awful, though I'm sure if she looked like me she'd be miserable.  You have to really, really want to be thin and make the effort to do it.  I haven't thus far.[/quote]

Amen. It's true that carbs, sugar, processed foods, emotional eating, depression, and your own laziness contribute to being fat, but that's not why you're fat.  [b]We are fat because we eat more calories than we burn. [/b] That's it.  Nothing else.  Why you do that (and how to control it) could be wildly different for everyone, but there is no secret out there.  In the end, weight is determined more in the kitchen than on a treadmill or in a medicine bottle.  Most "clean" eaters are either eating crap and lying to themselves, eating far too much good food, or eating so little that they're a day away from (yet another) binge and psyche-destroying failure.  [b]And the idea that calories are different ("good calories" and "bad calories") is both correct and useless.[/b]  Sure, some calories don't fill you up and some are nutritionally useless, but they're still the same unit of energy.[/quote]

OMFG. More and more science and research is saying NO as emphatically as it can. Read the NYTimes link that was provided. Your advice is woefully out of date and laughably sad. You like it because it pats you on the back, when in reality, it reducing calories works well for you, your insulin sensitivity isn't all fucked up. Congrats. But don't tell people that you have all the answers. [/quote]

YOU are the one laughably sad.  Eat less, move more.  Stop making excuses.   And I'm not pp.

From the article you quote: [i] “I think the focus on particular nutrients doesn’t tell you the true story,” she said. “It really is about overall calorie consumption and reduced physical activity.” ... “if we’re just talking about body weight and obesity, the evidence seems to point in the direction that calories are calories.”[/i]

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