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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, you need to be on a diet.[b] Losing fat really is no rocket science.[/b] You just need to eat less than what you burn. The hard part is to accomplish that on a consistent basis as no one likes to be hungry. To make the diet less miserable focus on eating high volumes of low calorie foods (lean meats and fish,  high fiber veggies, low sugar watery fruits like melon or strawberries, zero fat Greek yoghurt etc.) and make sure you have plenty of fiber and protein in every meal. That will ensure you are not hungry all the time. And by all means track your calories. Just eating healthy is not enough. I used to CrossFit five times a week and eat super strict paleo with no sugar, bread or dairy and yet I gained about 10 pounds over a course of a year. With calorie  tracking and without restricting any foods, I lost those 10 pounds in 10 week. [/quote]

I don't know why people keep saying this.  If losing weight and keeping the weight off was so easy we would be a nation of thin people.  Your fighting against your body which wants to keep those ten pounds.  We aren't even sure op needs to lose those ten pounds.  I read a great article in the Washington post about losing weight.    People can look it up but, the title is called "what to know about detoxing from sugar" by Steven Petrow and it was in yesterday's paper ( 8/6/19)[/quote]

Losing weight is quite simple.  Simple is not the same as easy.  Overcoming addiction to alcohol or drugs is also simple (stop drinking or using drugs), but it's not easy.

PP's point was that this isn't really an issue of OP not knowing WHAT to do, it's an issue of OP (and everybody) needing to find a way to ADHERE to a plan that will result in weight loss.  Adherence is incredibly hard because nobody likes to be hungry.  For me, I tend to lose down to a healthy weight, stay there for a couple of years, stop paying attention and then gain back the 10 pounds or so that I lost.  Then I lose it again.  Most of the time I'm at a healthy weight, but I struggle with adherence when life gets in the way or I have a lot of stress.

PP's suggestion (low calorie/high volume foods) works for me, along with strict calorie counting.

With respect to "sugar detox", here's a good Scientific American article explaining the physiology of how sugar is metabolized, why studies on rats and mice are not applicable to humans specifically in this area (hint - we metabolize sugar completely differently) and what meta analyses of the effects of the average American's sugar consumption are on our bodies.  Bottom line -- sugar isn't toxic, but if you eat to much of it, you will get fat.  To lose weight, eat fewer calories.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/is-sugar-really-toxic-sifting-through-the-evidence/[/quote]

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