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re: Study of Biggest Losers finds that the body wants and will fight to be Fat

Posted on 5/3/16 at 2:21 pm to
Posted by McLemore
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Posted on 5/3/16 at 2:21 pm to
yep and yep, to both replies.

i just joined the putdownthefork thread on FDB.

things the OP article (i mean the NYT Biggest Loser piece) doesn't discuss much if at all are: food and nutrition eduction (beyond just BS click-bait) and support from friends and family (even online "friends").
This post was edited on 5/3/16 at 2:28 pm
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 5/3/16 at 2:24 pm to
yea support is defiantly needed in some form. Even most bodybuilders go online to the forums because it helps to talk to others going through the same thing or they find people in the gym to talk to.

and god yes to the nutrition education part. man if people would only lol. Its so frustrating that the normal person doesn't even know what a macro nutrient is. I honestly don't understand how somebody can take biology and health in HS and not know that.
Posted by Kujo
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Posted on 5/3/16 at 3:11 pm to
So there's no basis on genetic pre-disposition or anything related that makes the body want to be a certain "non-optimal" BMI?

Maybe I'm not saying it correctly, but is the idea that some people have bodies that fight any weight-loss by lowering metabolism until it reaches some an arbitrary "optimal"....is horse-shite and only applies to Biggest Loser type weight loss and not to any other weight loss?

Not an excuse, just is it reality that (all else being equal age,sex,height) certain people naturally burn 400-800 less calories/day than a peer, and furthermore they retain a higher % of calories that they consume?

(meaning, two people eat a 1,000 calorie meal, 1 person's digestive efficiency absorbs 950cal, and the other absorbs 800 cal, with the remainder passing through without absorption)

Just for due diligence, are there ANY other internal variables that determine outcome...save cal in/out?

Also, why do you not need to count calories under Keto..and people say to smother everything in cheese and crap like that....why does cal in/out not apply when there's no carbs?
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