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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's virtually all calories in and calories out. People might say that it's more complicated that that, but calories in/calories out IS complicated. There are many factors that affect your calorie intake and your movement. For example, what and how you eat has a huge effect on how much you eat. You're going to be less full after 1000 calories at McDonalds than 1000 calories of vegetables and whole grains. And calories out depends on movement, but if you exercise, you may subconsciously move less for the rest of the day. [/quote]

Thanks, I like that you've taken the time to spell some of this out. And I want to add that folks throw in hormones, metabolism, etc. My assumption is that they are part of the calories in calories out equation. If your hormones are making your body hold onto fat -- you need to take in fewer calories to make that equation work for you.

Anyway, I don't know really anything.[b] I know for me, if I go up a few pounds, the best way to lose them is to restrict my calories, because I've been over indulging.[/b]

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For me, that’s what it takes to stop the gain. But to actually lose, I’d need to cut to levels that I can’t sustain because I can’t lie in bed and wait to die, I have work that requires a sharp mind and young kids that require an attentive mother. I’m the PP with 35 pounds to lose. This is what happens after a lifetime of yo-yo dieting- your body gets very, very good at sustaining basic functions at the bare minimum. You definitely lose everything else that makes you a human, but yeah you can exist as a hunk of fat useless flesh on 1,000 calories pretty easily. It’s been proven that what would work for a normal person, I’d have to eat 30% less to match. See above about this not being sustainable.

Until you fix that part of the problem, you are not going to fix obesity. I couldn’t help that my parents fed me junk food crap for my formative years, but I can help what I eat now, and it’s still not enough.

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