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Rants aren't good in any scientific category of study because they close the mind, and hinder rational processes. This is some terrible health advice, and won't work in the long term.

"If you consume less calories than you require every day, your body will pull the extra calories it needs from the stored fat on your body. Conversely, if you consume more calories than you need, your body stores those calories as fat. It really is that simple."

-Not it's not. Unfortunately eating less only works in the short term, and makes you fatter in the long term, unless eating less was arrived at by switching calories to whole foods entirely.

" A salad with lettuce, tomato, bell peppers, avacado, mushrooms, and topped with a grilled chicken breast is high in protein, fiber, and vitamins."

-That's a good meal if you want to lose weight, I won't deny that. But in the long term, it will have consequences on your metabolism, starting with less thyroid hormone, less T4 to T3 conversion. How many people out there are fat from eating clean foods? The only way I could get really fat eating 100% whole foods is if I ate a lot of fat and carbs with every single meal. I'd feel sick though very shortly.

"You may still be eating too much. Little snacks throughout the day can add up. Make sure you're not sabatoging yourself by eating high calorie snacks in between meals because you're hungry. If you need a snack, have something like celery with a little peanut butter, or an apple or other fruit."

-Again, starvation works in the short term, because of an adrenaline high. THe body will quickly become insensitive to adrenaline and start to feel terrible. Check out 180degreehealth.blogspot.com, Matt Stone has worked with a lot of people who have followed simple health advice like this, only to get fatter and less healthy.

Since I don't believe in the efficacy of ranting, I won't rant. But I will say the 2nd half of the article is better. Sticking with it is good advice, although somewhat obvious. Sticking with a low calorie diet though, is badd mainstream advice that should not be followed.

I know the author has good intentions, but this type of advice has truly destroyed many people's health. If you're weight lifting and training for VJ, the last thing you want to do is eat less. It's how I made no gains for like 2 years, and overtrained the whole time

People get fat in the long term from low calorie diets once exposed to food. These people probably have crushed metabolisms and may experience the same phenomenon once exposed to unlimited amounts of food. People with unhealthy metabolisms do not gain massive amounts of fat if exposed to unlimited amounts of food. This is what all the overfeeding studies have shown

Jimmy Moore of livin la vida low carb is a great example. Lost like hundred pounds form low carb dieting, gained 60 back after 2 years.

Bodybuilders are another great example. [http://scottabel.blogspot.com/2011/04/self-destructive-nature-of-willpower.html]http://scottabel.blogspot.com/2011/04/self-destructive-nature-of-willpower.html[/http://scottabel.blogspot.com/2011/04/self-destructive-nature-of-willpower.html]



Some science: http://www.cswd.org/docs/ltdietstudy.html

Quote from: Daballa100 on July 08, 2011, 03:12:29 pm

Quote from: Avishek on July 08, 2011, 02:06:25 pm

People get fat in the long term from low calorie diets once exposed to food. These people probably have crushed metabolisms and may experience the same phenomenon once exposed to unlimited amounts of food. People with unhealthy metabolisms do not gain massive amounts of fat if exposed to unlimited amounts of food. This is what all the overfeeding studies have shown

Jimmy Moore of livin la vida low carb is a great example. Lost like hundred pounds form low carb dieting, gained 60 back after 2 years.

Bodybuilders are another great example. [http://scottabel.blogspot.com/2011/04/self-destructive-nature-of-willpower.html]http://scottabel.blogspot.com/2011/04/self-destructive-nature-of-willpower.html[/http://scottabel.blogspot.com/2011/04/self-destructive-nature-of-willpower.html]



Some science: http://www.cswd.org/docs/ltdietstudy.html

You're over complicating things.  Weight loss and maintenance of weight loss is a matter of motivation vs discipline.  Motivation = a short fiery emotion that makes you want to do something.  Discipline = ability to stick to something, and not chicken out.  Americans satisfy themselves everyday ASAP, so how do you expect them to maintain a diet if they can't avoid satisfying themselves.  If you have discipline you will keep the weight off, if you don't, you don't deserve to keep the weight off.

I don't get the metabolism stuff.  Of course you will gain weight if you start eating more food than normal.  I think it's common sense.  People aren't fit in America because they're undisciplined, and stupid.

That's just what I think.

are you insinuating that most Americans are dumb and/or out of shape?

I'm not saying most would fail, but probably a large percentage.

It is very complicated. Simple people in the fitness industry believe in the simplicity of exercise more eat less. What I'm arguing is that it's terrible advice, which it is, since it fails to produce long term health or long term weight loss, simplest reason being stress. Discipline is irrelevant, it's about where to direct that discipline. Try getting people to lose weight with this bullshit then get back to me

Edit: There are plenty of people with discipline who get fat because they over-rationalize what to eat instead of listening to their body. Bodybuiders, and low carb dieters are the best example. Perhaps take a look at the links I sent, or remain stupid like the Americans you accuse of being.