re: Need advice to lose 40-50lbs

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I know this because I lost more than him

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Your sample size of 1 doesn’t qualify you to speak on this with any authority whatsoever. “Because I did it, you can do it” is a completely ignorant position to take intellectually, but it has been the old school mentality that has slowed progress with the stigma of this disease. Ignorant. Be better than that. You are clearly smarter than that. If you can swallow enough of your pride and evolve beyond it, you could be a legitimate force for good with the time you put into a public message forum like this. “I beat cancer by doing yoga so you can, too.” Right? “That single anastomosis duodeno–ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy worked for me so it will work for everyone else.” Also would be ignorant. Every patient is different. You try to shove everyone into a singular box based on a faulty premise.

You keep picking this hill to die on, but it’s not a debate. You are factually wrong. The AMA classified it as a disease a decade ago. A decade. You need to evolve.

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The issue here, sevens, is pride. You feel I am injuring yours somehow, and you get triggered. And then you react by attacking me. It’s sad, honestly. I’m not taking anything away from what you were able to accomplish with will power. Congrats. Truly happy for you and glad you are living a healthier life. Don’t take it personally. It’s not. Your position lacks a critical understanding of the part of human behavior that is(to varying degrees) driven by chemicals(or chemical imbalances) and not choices or free will. That is where you veer off the correct path and no longer align with science.

I respect that you are trying to help people. I really do. Nothing I have seen you suggest is harmful(also a very small sample size). It just will not work for the vast majority of patients. They’ve tried the traditional approaches that have been failing for decades. Suddenly now those exact same patients(approaching 10 million in the US over the last 12 months) that have been trying a million versions of “move more eat less” and fad diets are immediately having success when their chemical imbalance gets balanced with meds. Let’s compare your sample size of 1(one not one million) to my sample size of close to 10 million.

Go ahead and get triggered, verbal vomit, and attack me from your further injured pride. It won’t change the fact that you are wrong. I won’t respond to you again. Evolve.