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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People aren’t looking for excuses.  They are looking for explanations so they can find an answer that works long term.  What is so difficult for people to accept about the fact that  everybody is unique?  What works for one person is not going to work exactly the same way for another person.  You can have two people eating exactly the same food, doing exactly the same exercise, and get drastically different results.[/quote]

I don't think anyone disputes that different people will have different experiences even eating the same foods.  The reactions we see in this thread are to posts declaring the utter preposterousness of CICO, despite CICO self-evidently not being preposterous (indeed, it's tautological).  A unifying position may be "CICO determine weight loss, but since both calories in and calories out depend to some extent on individual experiences, different people will have different experiences with similar foods and levels of activity."  [/quote]

Really? Because I see not a few posts deriding fat people for not having self control and daring to question why calorie restriction isn’t really giving them the long term results they want. [b] For some people the “self-control” needed to calorie restrict themselves to thinness looks like an eating disorder in a thin person. No one should live like that.  It’s just not an acceptable solution. We need to do better than that.[/b][/quote]

In my late 40s, I decided to get my 5K time under 19:00.  I had never run remotely that fast, and I'm not a genetically gifted runner. I ran a lot.  I experienced a lot... and I mean a LOT...  of discomfort, especially running 1000M intervals at 5K race pace.  I used programs designed to be as easy as humanly possible while achieving the desired results.

But.. it took what it took.  I could have said "this is not an acceptable solution!  No one should live like this!", but it would have been pointless.  Beyond a certain point, things take the level of effort that they take.  I hate losing weight because it's hard and I'm hungry and grumpy all the time.  But, it takes what it takes.
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Sometimes people augment their natural running ability by wearing shoes. Sometimes people augment their weight loss ability by taking semaglutide. Humans invent technology to supplement their natural abilities. That's why we rule the world and are at the top of the food chain! [/quote]

Super shoe running economy is like 2.5%. So not exactly the same thing. But your point is well taken.

I think people should use as much technology as possible. But it all has potential consequences. Lots of people get injured running in carbon plated shoes because of the lack of stability - for example. [/quote]

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