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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin.


Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin. There are many good reasons to exercise, but losing weight is not one of them. Metabolisms adjust to keep us near our set weight, which is nearly impossible to change.

Once you are obese it becomes a hormonal disorder. But no one can go from heathy weight to obese eating a heathy diet of 1500 calories. Fat is the byproduct of excess energy not being utilized. Your body HAS to burn energy for your to live and have basic organ function. Beyond that, it burns energy with everything you do. What’s left gets stored as fat. Your body cannot just make 50+ pounds fat if the extra unused calories aren’t available.

Why We Get Fat does a good job of explaining this. They think obesity comes first as hormonal issue. He uses the example of teenagers eating. They don’t grow taller because they’re eating, they’re eating because they’re growing taller.

But this is going to blow the angry little minds of the fat shamers.

Hormone issue or not- you need to EAT MORE to get obese. You cannot get obese from not eating. Maybe the hormones make you want to eat more, but if you’ve noticed you are gaining weight, you stop

The existence of diseases like Cushings disprove the idea that it’s all CICO. I’m not claiming that every obese person has something like that, but come on. It’s not always that simple.

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin.


Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin. There are many good reasons to exercise, but losing weight is not one of them. Metabolisms adjust to keep us near our set weight, which is nearly impossible to change.

Once you are obese it becomes a hormonal disorder. But no one can go from heathy weight to obese eating a heathy diet of 1500 calories. Fat is the byproduct of excess energy not being utilized. Your body HAS to burn energy for your to live and have basic organ function. Beyond that, it burns energy with everything you do. What’s left gets stored as fat. Your body cannot just make 50+ pounds fat if the extra unused calories aren’t available.

Why We Get Fat does a good job of explaining this. They think obesity comes first as hormonal issue. He uses the example of teenagers eating. They don’t grow taller because they’re eating, they’re eating because they’re growing taller.

But this is going to blow the angry little minds of the fat shamers.

Hormone issue or not- you need to EAT MORE to get obese. You cannot get obese from not eating. Maybe the hormones make you want to eat more, but if you’ve noticed you are gaining weight, you stop

Is this the same troll who keeps spamming all of these threads with name-calling of anyone who posts basic, research supported, scientific facts? Yet they can never be bothered to explain the mechanism by which human grow fat from breathing (or whatever they think is going on). It’s so tiresome.

NP. Wow. You are proudly science-illiterate.

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin.


Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin. There are many good reasons to exercise, but losing weight is not one of them. Metabolisms adjust to keep us near our set weight, which is nearly impossible to change.

Once you are obese it becomes a hormonal disorder. But no one can go from heathy weight to obese eating a heathy diet of 1500 calories. Fat is the byproduct of excess energy not being utilized. Your body HAS to burn energy for your to live and have basic organ function. Beyond that, it burns energy with everything you do. What’s left gets stored as fat. Your body cannot just make 50+ pounds fat if the extra unused calories aren’t available.

Why We Get Fat does a good job of explaining this. They think obesity comes first as hormonal issue. He uses the example of teenagers eating. They don’t grow taller because they’re eating, they’re eating because they’re growing taller.

But this is going to blow the angry little minds of the fat shamers.

Hormone issue or not- you need to EAT MORE to get obese. You cannot get obese from not eating. Maybe the hormones make you want to eat more, but if you’ve noticed you are gaining weight, you stop

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin.


Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin. There are many good reasons to exercise, but losing weight is not one of them. Metabolisms adjust to keep us near our set weight, which is nearly impossible to change.

Once you are obese it becomes a hormonal disorder. But no one can go from heathy weight to obese eating a heathy diet of 1500 calories. Fat is the byproduct of excess energy not being utilized. Your body HAS to burn energy for your to live and have basic organ function. Beyond that, it burns energy with everything you do. What’s left gets stored as fat. Your body cannot just make 50+ pounds fat if the extra unused calories aren’t available.

Why We Get Fat does a good job of explaining this. They think obesity comes first as hormonal issue. He uses the example of teenagers eating. They don’t grow taller because they’re eating, they’re eating because they’re growing taller.

But this is going to blow the angry little minds of the fat shamers.

Hormone issue or not- you need to EAT MORE to get obese. You cannot get obese from not eating. Maybe the hormones make you want to eat more, but if you’ve noticed you are gaining weight, you stop

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin.


Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin. There are many good reasons to exercise, but losing weight is not one of them. Metabolisms adjust to keep us near our set weight, which is nearly impossible to change.

Once you are obese it becomes a hormonal disorder. But no one can go from heathy weight to obese eating a heathy diet of 1500 calories. Fat is the byproduct of excess energy not being utilized. Your body HAS to burn energy for your to live and have basic organ function. Beyond that, it burns energy with everything you do. What’s left gets stored as fat. Your body cannot just make 50+ pounds fat if the extra unused calories aren’t available.

Why We Get Fat does a good job of explaining this. They think obesity comes first as hormonal issue. He uses the example of teenagers eating. They don’t grow taller because they’re eating, they’re eating because they’re growing taller.

But this is going to blow the angry little minds of the fat shamers.

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin.


Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin. There are many good reasons to exercise, but losing weight is not one of them. Metabolisms adjust to keep us near our set weight, which is nearly impossible to change.

Once you are obese it becomes a hormonal disorder. But no one can go from heathy weight to obese eating a heathy diet of 1500 calories. Fat is the byproduct of excess energy not being utilized. Your body HAS to burn energy for your to live and have basic organ function. Beyond that, it burns energy with everything you do. What’s left gets stored as fat. Your body cannot just make 50+ pounds fat if the extra unused calories aren’t available.

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin.


Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin. There are many good reasons to exercise, but losing weight is not one of them. Metabolisms adjust to keep us near our set weight, which is nearly impossible to change.

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

In The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung explains exactly how this can happen to a person who is eating normally. He argues that obesity is a hormonal disorder driven by excess insulin.


Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

Maybe now you do. But but it is impossible to get obese if when you weren’t obese, and started gaining 10 lbs, you cut back what you were eating. I don’t believe you ate a heathy 1500 calorie diet all your adult life and ended up obese.

Same. No way unless OP has a serious illness or metabolic disorder. In this case, she’ll never lose weight.

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Anonymous wrote:Change your thought process so you only ever think of the word diet as a noun meaning "the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats." Never think of it as a verb or as a noun meaning "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons."

You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

I agree that minimally processed food is better, but you can literally lose weight on a diet of twinkies and protein powder if you consume fewer calories than you burn.

Less processed foods make this easier because you can eat higher volumes, but it’s not a requirement.

And anything other than eating real food is a recipe for long term failure. All these threads are the same. If people would stop eating shelf stable garbage and stuff in boxes they wouldn’t have had an obesity problem in the first place

Lots of people like me who are very lean and muscular eat lots of highly processed food. I live on impossible burgers and protein bars and I’ve been eating this way for 30 years. Glad you found something that works for you, but you should tone down the self righteous preachy tone. I’m certain I have lower body fat than you, can run faster, swim further, and lift heavier. And, again, I’ve been eating this way for 30 years.

Well it turns out protein bars and impossible burgers aren’t the same thing as chips, too much processed pasta, and other things that are making most Americans fat. Also weird flex. I’m not female so if your body fat is around 11 that would be very unhealthy. I also wouldn’t try to flex on random internet people but you likely can’t out perform me in any of those.

Also, I’ve been obese, you haven’t. So given that common refrain, what exact observations or advice would you have that would be relevant anyhow?

Wow, you’re also a middle aged guy with a total for the big 3 lifts over 1200, a 5K close to 19:00, and the ability to regularly do several mile open water swims? I’m surprised, considering I don’t meet a lot of guys my age like me, but good for you. We are both statistically pretty rare. The point was not a “flex” but rather to point out that eating highly processed foods is not a “recipe for failure” as you claim. The question is how many calories you consume, how many you burn, and how well you meet your micro and macro nutrient needs. Period. You don’t magically get extra points for less processed food.

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You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

I agree that minimally processed food is better, but you can literally lose weight on a diet of twinkies and protein powder if you consume fewer calories than you burn.

Less processed foods make this easier because you can eat higher volumes, but it’s not a requirement.

And anything other than eating real food is a recipe for long term failure. All these threads are the same. If people would stop eating shelf stable garbage and stuff in boxes they wouldn’t have had an obesity problem in the first place

Lots of people like me who are very lean and muscular eat lots of highly processed food. I live on impossible burgers and protein bars and I’ve been eating this way for 30 years. Glad you found something that works for you, but you should tone down the self righteous preachy tone. I’m certain I have lower body fat than you, can run faster, swim further, and lift heavier. And, again, I’ve been eating this way for 30 years.

Well it turns out protein bars and impossible burgers aren’t the same thing as chips, too much processed pasta, and other things that are making most Americans fat. Also weird flex. I’m not female so if your body fat is around 11 that would be very unhealthy. I also wouldn’t try to flex on random internet people but you likely can’t out perform me in any of those.

Also, I’ve been obese, you haven’t. So given that common refrain, what exact observations or advice would you have that would be relevant anyhow?

Wow, you’re also a middle aged guy with a total for the big 3 lifts over 1200, a 5K close to 19:00, and the ability to regularly do several mile open water swims? I’m surprised, considering I don’t meet a lot of guys my age like me, but good for you. We are both statistically pretty rare. The point was not a “flex” but rather to point out that eating highly processed foods is not a “recipe for failure” as you claim. The question is how many calories you consume, how many you burn, and how well you meet your micro and macro nutrient needs. Period. You don’t magically get extra points for less processed food.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. So I'm going to start Mounjaro. Fingers crossed.

any updates?

I've been on Mounjaro 3 months (just finished the 7.5mg does, moving to the 10mg dose next week). I've lost 13 pounds. A little disappointing, considering some of the other stories I've heard of dramatic weight loss. But about a lb per week, which is decent. I'll be curious to see what the next dose does. The appetite suppression is real and I do forget to eat some times. I never was a big eater to begin with though (I know, I know ... I'm fat, so I must gorge myself ... hardly). One surprising side effect that does appear to be fairly common is I don't want alcohol hardly at all. I have not had any of the nausea that some do. Worst side effects are tiredness and I'm a little achy.

Not a miracle drug for me (yet!) but I'm excited to see the scale go down at least! But this medicine is a major PITA to get every month. I question every month if it's worth it for slower weight loss.

OP update … well the 10mg dose must be what I needed, because halfway through week 3 on 10mg and I’m now down 25 lbs! Still plan to move up to the 12.5mg for the next month.

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You cannot go "on" a diet and succeed long term. You can change your diet to healthy food that will fuel your body and provide sustenance.

Eat real, minimally processed food, ideally fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, and grains. That immediately eliminates almost all of the foods that lead to being obesity.

Tell me you've never been obese without telling me you've never been obese. I eat like this now 95% of the time, barely eat over 1500 calories. I'm 150 lbs overweight. It's not that easy for everyone.

How did you become obese in the first place?

Age, primarily sedentary desk jobs, screwed up hormones, hypothyroidism that doesn’t respond much to medicine, having children, most lately perimenopause is doing a real number.

I know it’s apparently just so hard to believe that not every fat person is an overeating, lazy slob. I eat healthily, in a calorie deficit the vast majority of the time. Drink 80-100 oz of water a day. I used to exercise a ton, but it made no real difference in losing weight, so now I just try to walk when I have time.

Maybe now you do. But but it is impossible to get obese if when you weren’t obese, and started gaining 10 lbs, you cut back what you were eating. I don’t believe you ate a heathy 1500 calorie diet all your adult life and ended up obese.