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Eating less does not result in weight loss
On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 01:49:55 GMT, "Cat" wrote:
Eating less does not result in weight loss? Duhhhh.....I'll tell that to the 75 lbs. I've lost so far. They'll be surprised to hear it. G Cat (snickering) Snickers are fattening. Eating less doesn't necessarily GUARANTEE weight loss. There are other factors to consider, too. |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
Snickers are fattening.
Eating less doesn't necessarily GUARANTEE weight loss. There are other factors to consider, too. I beg to differ. If you eat less calories than you use on a daily basis, you will lose weight. It's a very simple formula. You say that there are other factors - and there are other factors to consider if you want to stay healthy, but if it is purely weight loss you are looking for, eating less will make you lose weight. MadJock 204/191/165 |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
MadJock wrote in message ... Snickers are fattening. Eating less doesn't necessarily GUARANTEE weight loss. There are other factors to consider, too. I beg to differ. If you eat less calories than you use on a daily basis, you will lose weight. It's a very simple formula. And like most such, it has very little relation to reality. Over-simplifications such as these serve no one -- least of all people who would like to lose weight. If you eat less calories on a daily basis, the amount of calories you USE will very likely change. |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
Bob Ward writes:
Eating less doesn't necessarily GUARANTEE weight loss. It does if it results in consuming fewer calories than you burn. Otherwise it does not. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
Michael Snyder writes:
And like most such, it has very little relation to reality. It is the one and only basis of all weight loss. All successful diets work by creating a caloric deficit. All unsuccessful diets have in common that they fail to create a caloric deficit. There are no exceptions to this rule. Over-simplifications such as these serve no one -- least of all people who would like to lose weight. They serve those people best of all. However, they are unpleasantly difficult to deny for people who don't want to face the necessity of eating less in order to lose weight. If you eat less calories on a daily basis, the amount of calories you USE will very likely change. No, it will not. The number of calories you burn is based on your weight, sex, body composition, and the amount of exercise you get. None of this suddenly changes just because you decide to eat less, which is why you lose weight if you significantly reduce your intake of food. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
"Michael Snyder" wrote in message ...
MadJock wrote in message ... Snickers are fattening. Eating less doesn't necessarily GUARANTEE weight loss. There are other factors to consider, too. I beg to differ. If you eat less calories than you use on a daily basis, you will lose weight. It's a very simple formula. And like most such, it has very little relation to reality. Over-simplifications such as these serve no one -- least of all people who would like to lose weight. If you eat less calories on a daily basis, the amount of calories you USE will very likely change. Basal etabolism is the only type that really can change and it can change (decrease) only a small amount before you would die of hypothermia. Calorie comsumption from muscle activity does not and cannot vary that much per unit of exercise. A 10 mile walk is a 10 mile walk and doing it requires fuel. "X" number of calories are required to get there. Actually, fat people must use more calories to get there. The real difference between "naturally" thin people and the easy-to-be-fat variety is in the difference in the amount of spontaneous, unconscious activity that is carried out. Fat people just sit there. Thin people squirm, fidget, climb around in their chair. Exercise per se may not burn huge amounts of calories but it increases muscle tone and makes it more likely that a person will be more mobile and active in every area of life. Being as active as possible is the key because nobody is really going to eat the tiny number of calories needed to balance with a low activity lifesyle. |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 09:54:22 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
-Michael Snyder writes: - - And like most such, it has very little relation to reality. - -It is the one and only basis of all weight loss. All successful diets -work by creating a caloric deficit. All unsuccessful diets have in -common that they fail to create a caloric deficit. There are no -exceptions to this rule. True. - - Over-simplifications such as these serve no one -- - least of all people who would like to lose weight. - -They serve those people best of all. However, they are unpleasantly -difficult to deny for people who don't want to face the necessity of -eating less in order to lose weight. - - If you eat less calories on a daily basis, the amount - of calories you USE will very likely change. - -No, it will not. The number of calories you burn is based on your -weight, sex, body composition, and the amount of exercise you get. None -of this suddenly changes just because you decide to eat less, which is -why you lose weight if you significantly reduce your intake of food. Actually one's metabolism does change when calorie intake changes. Lower calorie intake - lower metabolism. For example: "However, the major factor affecting resting metabolic rate is decreased food intake with age." http://www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics/sec8/ch62.htm |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
Mr. F. Le Mur writes:
Actually one's metabolism does change when calorie intake changes. Lower calorie intake - lower metabolism. The change is slight and largely temporary. For example: "However, the major factor affecting resting metabolic rate is decreased food intake with age." BMR stays mostly the same to the extent that health is maintained. In any case, falling BMR is not an excuse for obesity, nor is it an excuse for failing to lose weight. These minor changes in metabolic rate are never enough to make much difference in a diet program--their importance is routinely exaggerated by those who are grasping for any way to avoid responsibility for their own obesity. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
Ralph DuBose writes:
The real difference between "naturally" thin people and the easy-to-be-fat variety is in the difference in the amount of spontaneous, unconscious activity that is carried out. Fat people just sit there. Thin people squirm, fidget, climb around in their chair. The real difference is that thin people eat less food than fat people. Fat people claim that thin people "eat all they want" and never gain weight. Well, thin people don't want to eat very much. If you actually observe what thin people eat during the course of a single day, and what fat people eat during the course of a day, it's very easy to see why the thin people stay thin, and the fat people stay fat. Exercise per se may not burn huge amounts of calories but it increases muscle tone and makes it more likely that a person will be more mobile and active in every area of life. Exercise is always a good thing. However, one should not assume (as fat people often do) that increasing exercise makes eating restrictions unnecessary. To lose weight, you really _must_ eat less; most fat people cannot afford to exercise enough to burn off all the calories they consume by overeating, and often they are in such poor shape that exercising to that extreme might be dangerous. So cutting calories is necessary whether you exercise or not, and fat people who think that they can just exercise a bit more and become thin, while still eating double portions at every meal, are dreaming. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Eating less does not result in weight loss
On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 15:15:31 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
-Mr. F. Le Mur writes: - - Actually one's metabolism does change when calorie intake changes. - Lower calorie intake - lower metabolism. - -The change is slight and largely temporary. - - For example: "However, the major factor affecting resting metabolic - rate is decreased food intake with age." - -BMR stays mostly the same to the extent that health is maintained. In -any case, falling BMR is not an excuse for obesity, nor is it an excuse -for failing to lose weight. These minor changes in metabolic rate are -never enough to make much difference in a diet program--their importance -is routinely exaggerated by those who are grasping for any way to avoid -responsibility for their own obesity. I wonder about that though, since I never get fat no matter how much I eat. Back in my younger days the only way I could vary my weight was either by running a lot (10-15 miles/day = lose weight, including muscle weight) or lifting weights (= gain weight). I haven't done either for quite a while and I still weigh about the same as 20 years, if not slightly less. FWIW, I eat whatever I feel like eating, and it's usually high in fat and sugar. (So I think there might be something to recent theory that low-fat diets tend to make people fat.) |
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