Metabolism plays a role. I have a stoner buddy that eats 4500 calories per day and is rail thin. He's something like 105 pounds. He tries gaining weight and can't.
Hint, he doesn't eat 4500 calories per day, he eats 1 meal probably resulting in 500 calories at most.
Metabolism will only take you so far, in the end it's calories in calories out, you may luck out and have a high metabolism but it's the same rule, just more leeway.
This was done intentionally around 1965. The 4 food groups came out and "breakfast is the most important meal of the day," being carbs carbs and more carbs. OJ, cereal, toast, pancakes or waffles with HFCS instead of maple syrup, margarine instead of butter.
This was deliberate. It took decades to take effect, but here we are ...
Actually it's just our incredibly easy access to food. Huge refrigerators full of food is the norm. Our restaurants serve huge portions, and we don't walk because everything was built after the invention of the automobile, so our villages are not walking friendly. And we're rich.
All this is true, and I think a lot of other things are contributing too. We do eat huge amounts, especially of carbs and sugar, which is not good as our lifestyle got more and more sedentary - jobs and housework generally require far less activity now.
We pay a lot less for food too. Historically, I've seen budget recommendations of 25-40% for food. I believe we average maybe 11% of our monthly budgets on food these days?
Then there's all our bad eating habits: continually snacking, enormous plates compared to vintage, children given favorites to stop them whining, gulping down food on the go or in front of the TV, no family meals. If we started eating three home-cooked meals a day, on vintage (smaller) plates, sitting at the table chatting with family, and no snacks to spoil supper, a lot of people would start losing weight.
I live on meat with either broccoli, cauliflower, or green beans. I'm rarely hungry. When I do have a rare carb heavy meal, I'm hungry a few hours later.
Hormonal imbalanced caused by lack of exersice, improper diet, and too much screen/ couch potato time... Yes indeed. Lifestyle has a direct impact on your hormones...
Hormonal imbalances can override all that, but certainly doesn't apply to the numbers weve got now
Muh glandular disorder!!
nomnomnom..
Medications do it too y'know. Check out the explosion of weight gain and SSRI use.
They're just big boned!
Like a fat skeleton...
What's with the fat shaming here?
We covered that in Chapter 3 of the Wokeness Handbook.
REEEEEEEE
Cool, the .1% of the population with that get a pass, the rest needs to get off their ass
Exactly. The .1% does too, they just won't see results you'd expect. They'd still get a lot healthier.
Does moving from wheelchair to bed count as getting off your ass?
If you do it back and forth 100x, maybe.
No, it's math. Calories in calories out.
It's not as simple as that. You need to min and max your macros too.
1 kcal of protein =/= 1kcal of ethanol =/= 1kcal of fat =/= 1kcal carbohydrates
For weight-loss it's simply calories.
Simplified further, eat less, put down the fucking fork.
Yes, the quickest way to lose weight is to stop eating. You're missing the long term point though.
Metabolism plays a role. I have a stoner buddy that eats 4500 calories per day and is rail thin. He's something like 105 pounds. He tries gaining weight and can't.
Hint, he doesn't eat 4500 calories per day, he eats 1 meal probably resulting in 500 calories at most.
Metabolism will only take you so far, in the end it's calories in calories out, you may luck out and have a high metabolism but it's the same rule, just more leeway.
I'll get his diet info. His trainer has him on several meals and shakes.
The American diet is shit. All sugar and carbs. Great at packing on weight and keeping people hungry
This was done intentionally around 1965. The 4 food groups came out and "breakfast is the most important meal of the day," being carbs carbs and more carbs. OJ, cereal, toast, pancakes or waffles with HFCS instead of maple syrup, margarine instead of butter.
This was deliberate. It took decades to take effect, but here we are ...
Actually it's just our incredibly easy access to food. Huge refrigerators full of food is the norm. Our restaurants serve huge portions, and we don't walk because everything was built after the invention of the automobile, so our villages are not walking friendly. And we're rich.
All this is true, and I think a lot of other things are contributing too. We do eat huge amounts, especially of carbs and sugar, which is not good as our lifestyle got more and more sedentary - jobs and housework generally require far less activity now.
We pay a lot less for food too. Historically, I've seen budget recommendations of 25-40% for food. I believe we average maybe 11% of our monthly budgets on food these days?
Then there's all our bad eating habits: continually snacking, enormous plates compared to vintage, children given favorites to stop them whining, gulping down food on the go or in front of the TV, no family meals. If we started eating three home-cooked meals a day, on vintage (smaller) plates, sitting at the table chatting with family, and no snacks to spoil supper, a lot of people would start losing weight.
Yes, self control is hard when surrounded by delicious food everywhere. I love delicious food. I love delicious beer too.
I live on meat with either broccoli, cauliflower, or green beans. I'm rarely hungry. When I do have a rare carb heavy meal, I'm hungry a few hours later.
Hormonal imbalanced caused by lack of exersice, improper diet, and too much screen/ couch potato time... Yes indeed. Lifestyle has a direct impact on your hormones...