re: Miracle weight loss shots hyped by Hollywood linked to deadly bowel obstructions

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Maybe so

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No. Not maybe. You need to. Especially after taking these drugs.

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but my job is physically demanding at times and so is my son. I don’t sit on the couch 19 hours a day.

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I'm not saying you do.

You lost the weight. You recognized a need there and you accomplished it. Good for you.

Now recognize the need to build and maintain lean muscle mass.

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Both will become somewhat healthier from weight loss but one will have the long term discipline and lifestyle to maintain the results.

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This is proven to be false. For those with the disease of obesity, diet and exercise is not only largely ineffective long term but also causes constant feelings of starvation and mental impact.

The science is all there at this point. There are still questions that need to be answered, but we KNOW better than the perspective most still take on this.

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For those with the disease of obesity, diet and exercise is not only largely ineffective long term but also causes constant feelings of starvation and mental impact.

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Youre not defeating it with magic shots.

That may kicks start you to success but your body will adjust over time if you don't ratchet up your physical activity.

Those guys all walk around 12-15 lbs heavier than their fighting weight, so that's a silly comparison. Regular joes aren't cutting weight to weigh themselves on a random weeknight.

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For those with the disease of obesity

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You are joking right. I am too heavy. I dont have a disease, I have a serious lack of activity and eat like shite. A disease? shite.

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diet and exercise is not only largely ineffective long term

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History of man will tell you that it was effective. As we became more sedentary and had access to processed foods with little nutritional value, we all got fat. Take away crap food, and make people work for a living and everyone will lose weight.

It is hard to accept that it is, with rare exception, a persons lifestyle and nutrition choices that make them too fat.

Raises hand.

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I’m still sweet. I just cannot stand our cultural rot and the laziness of Americans.

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Yea buddy! You're getting old and crotchety like the rest of us.
I remember the 70s show when it came out(I was at LSU). Rewatching it with the gf now and I so closely identify with Red.

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Those guys all walk around 12-15 lbs heavier than their fighting weight, so that's a silly comparison

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Ok great

So they are 5’9” 160 lbs with considerable muscle mass. So I’m pretty sure mr TD poster wouldn’t be an unhealthy beanpole at 170 lbs

You’re talking to a former yo yo dieter who has had three kids and struggled with weight for years of my life. I’ve always been extremely athletic, but my genetics had me predispositioned to carry some weight anytime I wasn’t at peak eating and physical fitness in my sports. It took me a long time and a lot of mental anguish (some of which was a result of the ugliness that came from posters on this website) to force me into learning how to truly live a healthy lifestyle free from doing it for vanity but instead, doing it for long term wellness.

I work hard to be healthy but none of that came overnight. Most of my friends are always commenting on my fitness, how it comes easy to me and that I always bounce back after a baby. I do not allow them to believe that I’m just genetically blessed, i happily share my eating and fitness routine so that if/when they are ready, they have a more realistic idea of what it takes. Spoiler alert: it ain’t a magic shot.

PS: I was diagnosed with PCOS/insulin resistance in college. I got with a trainer the minute I graduated and could afford it. I reversed my insulin resistance without metformin (I used it for a couple weeks and thought I was going to die) and have perfect blood work 15 years later.