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Anonymous wrote:You don’t need nearly as much protein to be healthy and strong as many people think you do.

Agree. Everyone has fallen for the protein overhype.

Another agree here. There are dozens of us!

Anonymous wrote:That research will eventually prove that calories in, calories out is nowhere near the full story.

I think different people process the calories differently. Some are really efficient at it and thus need to eat less and some bodies are less efficient and thus need to eat more. Same for how the body uses the energy from food - some bodies burn it faster and less effectively than others and end up needing more energy to function. It is also not static, if you feed your body less, it will get more efficient in the processing of food and in the burning of the fuel.

Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. Lunch is.

Friend of mine who is a GI said, few people are protein deficient in this country. But a majority are fiber deficient.

Fun fact, excess.protein is converted into glucose!

Anonymous wrote:You don’t need nearly as much protein to be healthy and strong as many people think you do.

Agree. Everyone has fallen for the protein overhype.

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Anonymous wrote:They key to losing weight and keeping it off, is regular exercise. No, you can't have a completely trashy diet, but you can have one that isn't restrictive and allows you to eat the things you like.

- lost 60 lbs, maintained it for 10 years

And I completely disagree with the above. A famous study showed that exercise is nearly worthless for losing weight (though great for health).

https://today.duke.edu/2019/01/living-caveman-won%E2%80%99t-make-you-thin-it-might-make-you-healthy

Exercise is important for health and maintaining muscle, strength, and mobility and as such is crucial to a healthy lifestyle. I would include manual labor (for pay or at your own home) as exercise.

But for weight loss, the key is what you are eating, and too many people are in denial about that.

Anonymous wrote:Peloton is really awful for your body long term.

Along the same lines, Crossfit is really awful for your body long term.

Anonymous wrote:I’m not convinced being overweight is all that unhealthy. -MD

Someone 25 pounds overweight who is very active is probably healthier in a number of ways than a skinny person who just does cardio (which is true of so many skinny people). That’s because the overweight person’s activity is providing better resistance work for their muscles and is effective cross training. The skinny person does probably get some health benefits of under eating though.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That research will eventually prove that calories in, calories out is nowhere near the full story.

Agree, metabolism plays a huge role

The real unpopular opinion here is that the people dieting by restricting calories and not losing weight aren’t restricting them far enough.

Might not be intentional. It's incredibly hard to log accurate calories for dishes with multiple ingredients, etc. I did it for a while with myfitnesspal for fitness reasons (not weight loss) and I gave up quickly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That research will eventually prove that calories in, calories out is nowhere near the full story.

Agree, metabolism plays a huge role

The real unpopular opinion here is that the people dieting by restricting calories and not losing weight aren’t restricting them far enough.

Ultraprocessed foods (upfs) are to be avoided or severely limited at all.costs. read the ingredients and if there is anything in there that you don't stock in your kitchen, avoid it. Seed oils are also upfs. Use extra virgin olive oil but watch out for your source so you don't buy adulterated oils. Limit white flour but ear whole grains. Don't eat anything from a box that has multiple ingredients. Processed food is in degrees.. I will eat cheddar cheese but you couldn't pay me to eat kraft cheese slices or cheesy spread (like jarred queso)or powdered cheese. I would eat ho.emadw queso though.

Whole milk, full fat, butter, vegetables etc are all good.

UPFs mess with our satiety signal and male us eat more.

Eating the right food can heal diseases, even those deemed irreversible/incurable.

I’m not convinced being overweight is all that unhealthy. -MD

Anonymous wrote:That the key to easy weight maintenance is only eating REAL food. No to artificial sweeteners, low fat products made with xanthan gum, etc. But YES to butter, bacon, whole milk alongside vegetables, lean meat, whole grains.

Agreed on real.food

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Anonymous wrote:That research will eventually prove that calories in, calories out is nowhere near the full story.

No it’s just basic physics. A calorie is a unit of energy. If you can’t lose weight with a calorie deficit, it’s because your body is slowing down calorie burn somewhere else — in other words, your math is off and you don’t actually have a deficit.

Our bodies are not bong calorimeters.