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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure it’s as “simple” as calories in and calories out. But what the people screeching about refuse to acknowledge that the body will do everything it can to keep calories from going out and more calories coming in. Our bodies do not want to lose weight. While we might feel our best at a lower weight, are bodies aren’t programmed to lose weight and keep it off indefinitely. The vast majority of people do not have the Herculean willpower and constant vigilance to overpower a system that wants to get back up to the higher weight. [/quote]

Our bodies don’t “want” to do anything.  The system you need to overpower is not your own body but your environment, which you can do fairly easily with your own choices.

Yes, willpower is finite, so you need to take it out of the equation to the extent that you can.  That can be as simple as not having junk food or snacks in the house, not stopping by the break room at work, making your own breakfast/coffee/lunch, etc.

Developing new habits is difficult, but the willpower and extraordinary vigilance required is relatively short-term if you are actually committed to making lifestyle changes.

It’s incredibly simple, not necessarily easy, but certainly within your control.[/quote]

Yes, our bodies want to maintain our weight. I lost 70 pounds and kept it off for 5 years. I was hungry all day every day. When I could no longer tolerate the hunger and deprivation of eating only 1500 calories a day, and started eating according to my hunger cues again, I gained 50 back in a year. [/quote]

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