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Originally Posted by Rochard
You were exactly who I was talking about above. (You and another person.) You are a bit ignorant.
I'm not fat because I'm lazy; In fact, just the opposite. Combined with my work schedule and being a parent, I'm a bit busy - yet somehow I managed to go the gym every morning, five days a week. At the same time, I gained weight. One work out is not going to change anyone's life.
I used to think like you fifteen years ago. Then suddenly I gained weight and I couldn't stop it. I was in a downward spiral where I gained forty pounds in six or seven years. The more weight you gain the harder it gets; It's not like you can just start going to the gym or change your eating habits and you will magically shed the pounds - It just doesn't work that way. If it was that easy, everyone would do it, and no one would be fat.
Some people are lucky, have a high metabolism, and combined with some good practices will always be skinny. Pray you never gain weight.
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Diet is 80%-90% of the battle. You and anyone could have stay slim without stepping foot into a gym. Its a simple matter of changing your diet and eating habits a week or two of consistent eating will make all the difference. Calories in vs calories out. Its a very simple concept that most people seem to overlook. If you are still gaining weight while in a caloric deficit then you have other underlying issues, most likely hormonal (testosterone or Thyroid). If you go to the gym 5 days a week and look the same week after week then chances are youre doing something wrong and chances are its your diet.
The more overweight a person is the faster they will drop those initial pounds. Especially in the first months of new diet and training. Someone already at a low BF percentage has a much tougher time burning that last bit of stubborn fat off.
You also have to take into consideration initial water loss...for every 1 gram of carbs you eat the body retains 2.7 grams of water. For example if you ate 1000 Grams of carbs today you'd also retain 6lbs of water with it.
And ill tell you one thing...no one is lucky. Everyone's metabolism takes a nose dive after a certain age. It's a matter of how much youre willing to prepare(cooking, weighing) and sacrifice (minimal alcohol/cheat meals) to get to your desired physique