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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not willing to starve myself via IF — I eat a healthy diet and stay a normal weight by making sure to incorporate weight training and cardio. [/quote]

Good for you.  The problem is, that I am overweight (lightly obese) and I need to actually create a calorie deficit in order to lose weight.  That means I need to remain in a state of constant under eating until I reach my goal weight.  I have extra pounds on my body right now so I've got to exercise appropriately.  Running, jumping around, squats, etc are terrible exercises for heavy people and those exercises are a great way to wind up with joint problems down the road.  Want to blow a knee?  Do burpees every day for 3 months straight - you'll be out walking one day and SNAP....

I am taking off the weight with diet first.  I have started to incorporate some fairly light exercise into my diet to maintain healthy blood glucose levels (I'm monitoring).  The more I stay in the healthy blood glucose range, as opposed to pre-diabetic range, the less likely I am to overeat. Intermittent fasting helps me to do just that. I've lost close to 40 pounds in a little over 4 months which I am thrilled with.

I went on starvation diets when I was much younger where I exercised and ate very low calorie or not at all for a stretch and took weight off fast - maybe I ate nothing more than a can of tuna every day for several weeks and jogged 3 miles every day.  That isn't the same thing as intermittent fasting where I concentrate on getting high quality nutrients into my meal window.[/quote]
And after you lose weight, you do know that you will have to create a calorie deficit compared to a person that was never overweight to maintain your weight once you achieve it?  Hence your weight loss program is catered to you and not by any means what you are presenting it as, rule for all. It might be much harder for person weighing 125lbs to lose 5 lbs in their 50s than for a very overweight person. That is why, for many, exercise is a solid advice.[/quote]

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