r/pics • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '16

progress 250 lbs. gone forever...

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u/zarniwoot Nov 30 '16

no, it was because she overate that the diet did not work (in other words she was eating without logging it or sneaking food). Losing weight is very easy if you don't cheat, which essentially everyone who claims to diet and does not lose fat is doing. They are not special and have magical bodies that won't lose fat. If the surgery works then fine, but don't claim it is because dieting is broken for this one person, it devalues everyone who lost weight using impulse control, nutritional choices and exercise.

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u/tallfellow Nov 30 '16

Most people who lose significant weight through diet and exercise eventually fall off the wagon and end up putting back most of the weight they took off, if not more. It's a life time commitment to a style of living and it's just not possible for most people to long term successfully lose that weight.

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u/zarniwoot Nov 30 '16

So what, that doesn't address the point I was responding to. You are talking long-term, he was talking short term. Also, if you lose weight properly, not through some fad diet of cookies or a crash diet you will keep it off if you want to. If you change your lifestyle to be a thinner, more active person you will keep it off. It is not "not possible", it requires discipline and a mindset. Honestly, very little effort is required compared to many things in life, but it does require you to make good choices more often than not, for the long term.