That’s part of the reason I’m asking—I didn’t come out of that discussion with a good answer. I would have expected otherwise.
Dieting is hard. You need to allocate resources to it to win. I’m going to start a calorie-deficit-creating diet on Monday. It will suck. I’ll be hungry. I’ll experience some fatigue. Crankiness, perhaps...
But I’m also going to lose some weight. If I stick to it. I’m going to start learning the guitar and playing chess regularly too. Maybe systematically reading through the LW sequences.
And I don’t understand how weight loss is fundamentally different that any of those pursuits. It will require an allocation of resources (time, focus, etc.) that I can’t use elsewhere—so it will be a sacrifice—but the pounds will come off if I just do the exercises and monitor my diet. My chess game? Not so sure. My guitar ability? I’m hopeful. Following and comprehending the sequences? We’ll see...
The weight loss, in contrast, will seem relatively predictable and automatic IF I follow the plan of regular exercise and diet control.
My assumption is that LW knows something I don’t—And I’d either like to (a) confirm that idea and understand what it is I’m wrong about so I’m no longer wrong, or (b) get rid of that wrong idea and try to share what I know bout being right.
I had hoped the Taubes discussion would help me clarify things, but it didn’t. It seemed to be complicating a simple thing. Without looking back, I believe I said so at the time.
I accept and understand (I think more than the average person) the idea of genetic metabolic privilege via increased BMR, etc… but I still don’t see any way losing weight can be attributed to much (if anything) apart from eat less, exercise more.
Can you point to something in the discussion you cited that you considered definitive? It seemed to be a contentious discussion with no resolution or consensus.
The weight loss, in contrast, will seem relatively predictable and automatic IF I follow the plan of regular exercise and diet control.
I agree.
Can you point to something in the discussion you cited that you considered definitive? It seemed to be a contentious discussion with no resolution or consensus.
I can’t. The discussion made me more open minded to the idea that dieting may be more complicated than I think. I personally find losing weight relatively easy.
I still don’t see any way losing weight can be attributed to much (if anything) apart from eat less, exercise more.
Me neither, in the sense that I’m sure if you control those two conditions with certainty the person will lose weight. What makes things complicated is that the metabolic and psychological responses to that energy deficit and weight loss can apparently make it very costly to some people.
That’s part of the reason I’m asking—I didn’t come out of that discussion with a good answer. I would have expected otherwise.
Dieting is hard. You need to allocate resources to it to win. I’m going to start a calorie-deficit-creating diet on Monday. It will suck. I’ll be hungry. I’ll experience some fatigue. Crankiness, perhaps...
But I’m also going to lose some weight. If I stick to it. I’m going to start learning the guitar and playing chess regularly too. Maybe systematically reading through the LW sequences.
And I don’t understand how weight loss is fundamentally different that any of those pursuits. It will require an allocation of resources (time, focus, etc.) that I can’t use elsewhere—so it will be a sacrifice—but the pounds will come off if I just do the exercises and monitor my diet. My chess game? Not so sure. My guitar ability? I’m hopeful. Following and comprehending the sequences? We’ll see...
The weight loss, in contrast, will seem relatively predictable and automatic IF I follow the plan of regular exercise and diet control.
My assumption is that LW knows something I don’t—And I’d either like to (a) confirm that idea and understand what it is I’m wrong about so I’m no longer wrong, or (b) get rid of that wrong idea and try to share what I know bout being right.
I had hoped the Taubes discussion would help me clarify things, but it didn’t. It seemed to be complicating a simple thing. Without looking back, I believe I said so at the time.
I accept and understand (I think more than the average person) the idea of genetic metabolic privilege via increased BMR, etc… but I still don’t see any way losing weight can be attributed to much (if anything) apart from eat less, exercise more.
Can you point to something in the discussion you cited that you considered definitive? It seemed to be a contentious discussion with no resolution or consensus.
Thanks for the clarification.
I agree.
I can’t. The discussion made me more open minded to the idea that dieting may be more complicated than I think. I personally find losing weight relatively easy.
Me neither, in the sense that I’m sure if you control those two conditions with certainty the person will lose weight. What makes things complicated is that the metabolic and psychological responses to that energy deficit and weight loss can apparently make it very costly to some people.