re: Why is it so hard for most people to lose weight?

Genetics plays a huge role.

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Losing 1-2 pounds a week is good, but people feel like the results aren't fast enough so they don't stick with it.

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I'm surrounded by people at work that are constantly talking about their fad diets and stupid exercise routines and they just straight up fail or never lose weight.

I lost a significant amount of weight in the last year. People ask me how I did it, because they still see me eating things during lunch some days that aren't particularly healthy, and I say that I basically had to cut out snacking completely and I only eat lunch and dinner to maintain 1800 calories a day. The results were slow and steady, about a pound a week, but it's permanent because I've maintained eating similar types of foods to what I plan on eating long term when my weight loss is complete, and through the experience I've learned about portion control and moderation. I don't have all this bullshite false water weight loss that comes with fad diets. I've also learned and confirmed that diet is far more important than exercise to losing weight.

The next day, they're doing the same torturous diets, trying to take short cuts which will burn them out and cause them to go back to their old ways.

When I started, I counted calories for a week and it didn't take long to realize that I was eating 2700-3200 calories per day, easily, without thinking about it. Eating a bag of doritos 2 hours after dinner, sometimes cooking and eating cheetos while dinner was cooking. It's not hard for things to get out of control.

I work with a girl that doesn't lose weight at all, blames her thyroid, and she thinks that just because she goes to whole foods that the weight should just fall off. She snacks all fricking day. The food she eats isn't particularly unhealthy compared to some things, but she binges all day.

The poster that said weight loss is simple, but not easy, nailed it. You have to truly want it, and you have to take accountability.

Because usually a 3XL shirt cost the same as a L. One is getting more fabric for their money. Sorry the incredible cost savings triggers you.

No, I'm not lol. Very much female. I'm very shocked that I started dropping weight like I did. Once I had my youngest,which is 8 now, I had the hardest time losing weight. Not that I was huge by any means, but at 5'4 hovering around 155-145ish didn't bode well.

Now with three kids, two bio, and plus another adult kid in the house, you could imagine my diet was horrible, mostly because of the man child. Well a few months ago at 30, I was diagnosed with Diverculitis, most people don't get it until 40 or older.

I havnt been put on the special diet yet, but I have took control of my diet,which caused it to begin with. I pretty much told everyone deal with it or leave, best decision ever. Regardless, I was making the changes anyways, I'm not getting younger, but the diagnosis beat me to it.

Not as much a role as most people like to think.

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So you think never being able to eat bread, pasta, sugar, rice, beans, or dairy is sustainable?

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I don't eat any of these. Haven't had a sandwich or pasta or dairy in probably two years, have anything containing rice or beans maybe 3 or 4 times a year and don't have anything with added sugar. Will have a fruit as something sweet less than once a month and maybe something sweet with artificial sweetener at the same rate.

So yes, it's sustainable.

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For the record, ketogenic diets though well intentioned, are incredibly dumb.

1. They are impossible to maintain long term.

2. When people get on them they plan it as basically short term drastic weight loss not that dissimilar from a starvation diet. When they get off them, they often gorge on the worst carbs at the worst time when the body is not used to insulin and is overly sensitive too it. It's fine for the initial refeeding to restore glycogen after a ketogenic diet, but that period of time is very brief.

3. Its very hard to get what you need vitamin and mineral wise on a true ketogenic diet.

Just a dumb diet. Low carb and good carbs great, ketosis dumb.

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It's worked pretty good for me over the last year and a half. In Feb 2017 I finally got fed up. Went strict keto and lost 55lbs. I slowly off in Sept. and started running. Was able to keep it off for a few months and had a foot injury. Bought a peloton bike and kept going. The more I exercise the more I ate. Put 3-4 back on after keeping it off almost a year but still in way better health. Went back on 12 days ago. I know that I won't be able to never eat carbs again but I know I can use it as a tool when If and when I need to.

It wasn’t that bad because you could eat all the meat and seasoning you wanted.

I just can’t live without bread, rice and pasta.

Also, I like to drink a lot of beer.

Hell I'm trying to gain weight
I lost 40 lbs because of this cancer
I'm down to 175
Want to gain 30-35 more