I’m not arguing that every (or any) particular diet is perfect for everyone. I’m objecting to your claim that ‘if you’ve tried a couple of diets and failed then you probably can’t lose weight’. That’s a hell of a strong factual claim, and if it’s wrong then it’s incredibly unhelpful. So what’s the evidence? From what I can make out the case is
1) you believe there’s strong evidence that it’s nigh-impossible for a few people (mostly yourself?)
2) lots of people try fail
3) lots of different methods are put forward and lots of crap is talked about it.
I imagine that the same points are true for plenty of things that lots of people set out to do but which are difficult: learning a language, becoming a good cook, proficiency at an instrument, stopping procrastinating, getting a well-paying job… The last place I’d expect to see a counsel of despair would be here, tbh.
If there is stronger evidence that I’m missing, I’d be massively interested… and obviously you can ignore all the above!
I’m not arguing that every (or any) particular diet is perfect for everyone. I’m objecting to your claim that ‘if you’ve tried a couple of diets and failed then you probably can’t lose weight’. That’s a hell of a strong factual claim, and if it’s wrong then it’s incredibly unhelpful. So what’s the evidence? From what I can make out the case is 1) you believe there’s strong evidence that it’s nigh-impossible for a few people (mostly yourself?) 2) lots of people try fail 3) lots of different methods are put forward and lots of crap is talked about it.
I imagine that the same points are true for plenty of things that lots of people set out to do but which are difficult: learning a language, becoming a good cook, proficiency at an instrument, stopping procrastinating, getting a well-paying job… The last place I’d expect to see a counsel of despair would be here, tbh.
If there is stronger evidence that I’m missing, I’d be massively interested… and obviously you can ignore all the above!