Weight loss is harder than rocket science.

[GromsDad]

Been running a lot and it is paying massive dividends. Down to 198, dropped 10 pounds in the couple months or so, and feeling damn good. Helps a lot to have much better weather up here (i.e., not already 75 degrees at 8 in the morning) and great places to run right out my door.

Pretty much just eat granola bar and some fruit (bananas, avocados) for breakfast/lunch, meat dish with salad for dinner, keeping the snacking to a bare minimum after dinner. Keep rice/noodles also to minimum (not easy in my house), keep the beer indulgence for the weekends and yeah, seems to be a decent formula. Hope so - Fall is Coming.

Went from 6'1 and 218 to 194 since Thanksgiving. Little bit of yogurt with granola in it for breakfast. 2 hard boiled eggs and a handful of dates for lunch. Light dinner (fish and rice most often). The main thing was eliminating stopping for fast food or convenience store food while on the road for work and no soda. Other than weight lifting, 5-mile walks or surfing 6 days a week.

 

[Autoprax]

The geneticist I mentioned above thinks that our lifespan is only 30% predetermined by our genes; whereas, our environment accounts for the other 70%. He cites the Okinawans as an example:
They are among the longest lived individuals only when they stay in Okinawa. Those that leave and live in Hawaii die much earlier.

The goal isn't a long life; it's compressed morbidity.

Genetics and lifestyle come into play.

It's better to be lucky than good.

 

[Autoprax]

Went from 6'1 and 218 to 194 since Thanksgiving. Little bit of yogurt with granola in it for breakfast. 2 hard boiled eggs and a handful of dates for lunch. Light dinner (fish and rice most often). The main thing was eliminating stopping for fast food or convenience store food while on the road for work and no soda. Other than weight lifting, 5-mile walks or surfing 6 days a week.

I hit 200 and lost my sh!t.

I wasn't that heaving when I was my most buffed.

Back to 189.

That weight is fine.

I just need to get my 8 pack back

I have a one pack now

 

[cstreet]

Diet quality is important.

But how much we eat is even more important.

This is clearly false. For one thing, the worse your diet is the harder it will be to not overeat. A natural diet is far more satiating because that's what we evolved consuming and our gut/microbiome sends signals to the brain that they're good with fewer calories than a modern diet. A modern diet tends to promote a gut/microbiome that's hard to satisfy. A modern diet is also far more calorie-rich.

 

[Subway]

The geneticist I mentioned above thinks that our lifespan is only 30% predetermined by our genes; whereas, our environment accounts for the other 70%. He cites the Okinawans as an example:
They are among the longest lived individuals only when they stay in Okinawa. Those that leave and live in Hawaii die much earlier.

I believe that. Get me to a wave rich blue zone post haste Mortimer

 

[Autoprax]

This is clearly false. For one thing, the worse your diet is the harder it will be to not overeat. A natural diet is far more satiating because that's what we evolved consuming and our gut/microbiome sends signals to the brain that they're good with fewer calories than a modern diet. A modern diet tends to promote a gut/microbiome that's hard to satisfy. A modern diet is also far more calorie-rich.

But it's the calories that kill

So we can agree it's multivariate

I'm not arguing for eating a shitty diet.

Common ground: eating a healthy diet will biases us away from over eating, which has many negative health consequences.

 

[cstreet]

But it's the calories that kill

I don't see how you can say this with a straight face (I'm assuming it is). A diet of candy bars vs roughly the same caloric intake of vegetables, for instance, will affect a person's health differently, don't you think?

I can't help it if people aint got no will power.

Why make a lifestyle harder than it needs to be?

 

[Autoprax]

I don't see how you can say this with a straight face (I'm assuming it is). A diet of candy bars vs roughly the same caloric intake of vegetables, for instance, will affect a person's health differently, don't you think?



Why make a lifestyle harder than it needs to be?

OVer consumption

If you don't over eat a candy bar won't hurt you.

You can get to fussy about diet.

And not fussy enough

 

[VonMeister]

Bullcrap. Generally speaking, we're only destined for hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and other common 'aging' issues because of what we eat. But if folks ate an actual healthy diet the food, medical, and pharmaceutical industries would take a huge hit, so rather than living more healthy, we change the definition of normal aging.

Generally you can change your cholesterol about +/- 10 with diet...that's it. Cholesterol has more to do with genetics than anything else. The good news is statins are safe, inexpensive and well tolerated by everyone. Far and away have saved more lives than any other medical intervention.

 

[VonMeister]

I don't see how you can say this with a straight face (I'm assuming it is). A diet of candy bars vs roughly the same caloric intake of vegetables, for instance, will affect a person's health differently, don't you think?



Why make a lifestyle harder than it needs to be?

As far as adipose tissue gain/loss goes very similar. The other health ramifications can differ greatly due to the lack of nutrition for both the candy bar eater and the vegan...with the former getting much less nutrition of course.

 

[cstreet]

Generally you can change your cholesterol about +/- 10 with diet...that's it. Cholesterol has more to do with genetics than anything else. The good news is statins are safe, inexpensive and well tolerated by everyone. Far and away have saved more lives than any other medical intervention.

There's a rare genetic condition called hypercholesterolemia, if that's what you're refering to.

 

[VonMeister]

There's a rare genetic condition called hypercholesterolemia, if that's what you're refering to.

No, I'm just taking about everybody being able to change their numbers by a remarkable amount with diet. You can't. Proper amount of sleep can have more of an effect than diet.

 

[grapedrink]

The geneticist I mentioned above thinks that our lifespan is only 30% predetermined by our genes; whereas, our environment accounts for the other 70%. He cites the Okinawans as an example:
They are among the longest lived individuals only when they stay in Okinawa. Those that leave and live in Hawaii die much earlier.

I would bet that the community and family connection aspect is a big part of that longevity and why it's not observed when they leave Okinawa, even if their activity and diet doesn't change.

 

[Autoprax]

Social engagement puts you in rest and repair mode.

That is trigger by among things, facial expression and vocal tone.

 

[ghostshaper]

The goal isn't a long life; it's compressed morbidity.

Genetics and lifestyle come into play.

It's better to be lucky than good.

If you slow aging, then a beneficial side effect is a long life.

If you aren't aging as quickly, you are less likely to die from diseases that affect old people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, etc. So one way to prevent these diseases is to slow aging. Then you die from something else like a car accident if you're unlucky, haha.

 

[freeride76]

Social engagement puts you in rest and repair mode.

Puts me in beer and blunts mode.

 

[SurfFuerteventura]

You know what's great for weight loss?

The old saying Spanish housewives have applied daily, "menos plato, mas zapato!".

Less plate, more shoe!

I know plenty of extreme athletes who eat crappy diets, drink and do drugs... yet somehow, they still perform.

Move, move, move, move.... even if it's walking around the house a few times a day... any movement is better than stagnation.

 

[Autoprax]

Puts me in beer and blunts mode.

Social drinking triggers the social engagement system.

Don't you notice how you feel better when you have drinks and BS session with good friends?

It's like medicine for me.

When people say any amount of alcohol is bad, they are talking out of their asses.

It's more complicated than that.

The poison is always in the dose (and the context)

 

[Autoprax]

If you slow aging, then a beneficial side effect is a long life.

If you aren't aging as quickly, you are less likely to die from diseases that affect old people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, etc. So one way to prevent these diseases is to slow aging. Then you die from something else like a car accident if you're unlucky, haha.

On way to do it is to go super low calorie.

But that makes life horrible.

To slow aging lift weights.

 

[Autoprax]

You know what's great for weight loss?

The old saying Spanish housewives have applied daily, "menos plato, mas zapato!".

Less plate, more shoe!

I know plenty of extreme athletes who eat crappy diets, drink and do drugs... yet somehow, they still perform.

Move, move, move, move.... even if it's walking around the house a few times a day... any movement is better than stagnation.

I think that is good advice for maintenance.

But if you are over weight and you need to loose you need to restrict calories.

When you get fat, you turn into a fat storage machine.

I've been that machine.

Those super fat people running around have turned into one of those.