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Originally Posted by Choopa Phil
Its impossible to lose 80lbs while being in a caloric surplus, low carb or not. Especially a consistent surplus...
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Ketogenic diet does help reduce caloric intake, but nobody in the diet actually cares about how many calories they take in.
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Originally Posted by Rob
The sad part is, most of them are way past that point and carrying around 400lbs is pretty tough. I can squat 400lbs, but I sure as hell couldn't imagine carrying that 400lbs around with me all day, every day.
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How much do you weigh? Now tack on 400lbs. Of course you can't carry that around. Because you're not carrying around 400lbs. You're carrying around 550+lbs.
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Originally Posted by Rob
I just wanted to know what goes through a person's mind when they reach that point. The point where they could either work and lose weight, or simply give up and keep getting fatter.  |
There's many things going on that causes people to become obese. It's not simply laziness and eating so much. But I wouldn't expect you to understand that.
Take Michael Phelps for example. Dude eats more in a single day than I have ever seen from an obese person. Yet look at him. Now lets say he gives up swimming, takes on a more sedentary lifestyle. Guess what, he's gonna probably put on some weight. He's used to eating so much, his body is expecting it, he'll forget that he's not being so active anymore, force of habit.
Sure his clothes will get tight, he'll realize it, but be like "oh maybe it just shrunk" ya know, try to ignore that he's putting on weight, because he hasn't changed much other than how much activity he does. Shit happens.
Depression, Thyroid, Diabetes, many things cause issues with people and they gain weight.
Good friend of mine was pretty active person, very good shape, got into a car accident, broke her back. She put on weight because of that. Of course if you saw her today, you'd think she's a fatass and be a judgmental prick. Couldn't expect you to understand anything, just that she's a lazy piece of shit who doesn't care about her body.