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Anonymous wrote:I don't know. I really think once you get significantly overweight, it is really hard to lose fat. As in, you need a super large deficit for a loong time plus heavy weight training to not lose lean muscle. 99% of people just don't have the time and discipline for the gym time and diet this requires.

I say this as someone who has been a regular at the gym several days a week for years. I see the same people there year after year, and yep, they are all still overweight and look the same.

Imagine what they'd look like if they didn't work out!

With all the weight lifting, they are stronger, less likely to fall and break a bone and have more muscle mass that burns calories faster than fat. Please don't discourage regular weight training. There is more to good health than being svelte.

Anonymous wrote:What everyone else said; she is eating too much. Fat is lost in the kitchen and you can not out train a bad diet.

If she is just a little chubby and not significantly overweight then maybe she is fine with that and not trying to be super cut. Being cut/having a low enough bodyfat percentage to see muscle requires pretty strict diet and not everyone is willing to give up all that it requires.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What everyone else said; she is eating too much. Fat is lost in the kitchen and you can not out train a bad diet.

If she is just a little chubby and not significantly overweight then maybe she is fine with that and not trying to be super cut. Being cut/having a low enough bodyfat percentage to see muscle requires pretty strict diet and not everyone is willing to give up all that it requires.

Not really. It does require some form of disciplined eating but not starving. Just need to eat a balanced diet in a calorie deficit.

Second is most people tend to do too much cardio which burns muscle along with fat. Which may cause weight loss, but it doesn't change the shape of your body. The only way to look cut is through lifting heavy in combination with the right nutrition so you retain muscle mass while burning fat. Thats what gives people the athletic look.

It requires discipline that is not very compatible with everyday living. Actor David Bautista is ripped and in phenomenal shape but he says he doesn’t want to do it anymore. He complains that it’s extremely difficult to enjoy life.

Anonymous wrote:PCOS, thyroid problems, on antidepressants. Could be a number of reasons.

I have all three and I am lucky if I can lose on pound a month on a restricted diet. When I exercise I am ravenous.

Have a friend who never exercises and gorges herself when she goes out to eat; at home, she eats junk and preprocessed food almost exclusively. She is as thin as a rail.

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Anonymous wrote:What everyone else said; she is eating too much. Fat is lost in the kitchen and you can not out train a bad diet.

If she is just a little chubby and not significantly overweight then maybe she is fine with that and not trying to be super cut. Being cut/having a low enough bodyfat percentage to see muscle requires pretty strict diet and not everyone is willing to give up all that it requires.

Not really. It does require some form of disciplined eating but not starving. Just need to eat a balanced diet in a calorie deficit.

Second is most people tend to do too much cardio which burns muscle along with fat. Which may cause weight loss, but it doesn't change the shape of your body. The only way to look cut is through lifting heavy in combination with the right nutrition so you retain muscle mass while burning fat. Thats what gives people the athletic look.

Anonymous wrote:There is a 27 yr old woman on Instagram who makes videos and posts pictures of her working out with weights and her health food dinners which are small but she is still chubby. She's been doing this 2 yrs now but has stayed the same.