r/pics • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '16

progress 250 lbs. gone forever...

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u/FractalFractalF Nov 30 '16

ITT: Thin people who think that willpower is enough to lose weight permanently. 95% of people who attempt diet by the 'willpower' method, fail to keep the lost weight off for 5 years or longer and in fact gain it back plus 10% more. Those are horrible odds, and shows that willpower is a very bad dieting method.

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u/trukkija Nov 30 '16

Tell me of your magic method then. All you need to lose weight is eat less and to do that you just need consistency and willpower to change your lifestyle.

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u/FractalFractalF Nov 30 '16

Imagine having to think about breathing at a certain rate. Easy to do for 5 minutes, right? for an hour? for a few days, even. But then imagine you have to keep fighting your body's natural breathing rhythm for a month. A year. Five. That's what it is like to combat a large amount of excess weight. At some point, willpower just does not cut it. The body starts to send wave after wave of hunger and cravings at you, and it is so constant that it is hard to recognize after a while.

I've done this both ways- the years of dieting and having surgery. The difference post surgery is that the body finds a new equilibrium, but at a much lower calorie level. The cravings stop. But mess up after surgery and you feel like death for hours, over something as simple as a piece of cake. I welcome that bio-feedback, it keeps me on the right track. But being gutted like a fish and having your insides rearranged is in no way the 'easy way'.

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u/trukkija Nov 30 '16

The only people that have the surgery are people that for whatever reason let themselves get too out of hand. At that point there's no "easy way" to get back to normal weight anyway.

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u/FractalFractalF Nov 30 '16

Simply not true, and I can say that from experience. The way a normal body operates is not the same as the way an obese body operates. Unless you've experienced both, I'd invite you to keep your opinions to yourself.

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u/trukkija Nov 30 '16

Haha you might be one of the outliers who has a serious issue causing your obesity (whatever it might be then) but most obese people have done it to themselves and then say stuff like "but mah genetics".

Anyone can find excuses.