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Anonymous Sun Nov 25 00:19:25 2012 No.10117227 [Reply] [Original]

>>10117130
Please stop spreading myths. Weight loss is a lot easier than popular culture lead you to believe.

If you actually accurately count your calories and accurately gauge your base metabolic rate, you will have no problem finding a diet on which you will lose weight. If you observe that, over time, you are not losing much at all, and you are sure you count your calories correctly, then your output is indeed lower than you think it is, but to attribute this to "metabolism" is a popular myth. Simply lower your intake further and you will see results, as it is impossible for you to maintain weight on a certain diet, then fail to lose weight when you consume even less calories, if your activity levels remain the same.

Why? Your body is not magic. People starve when they don't eat enough, they do not gain weight. The body needs energy. It cannot enter a "starvation mode" where it magically retains or puts on weight when it does not have the energy to do so, according to the laws of physics.

What is observed in some studies as a reduced "metabolism" is actually is that in order to compensate for reduced intake, you have subconsciously limited the amount of movements you make and opt for precision, thus wasting less energy. People can also in to the myth as everyone has anecdotal experience to draw from that they don't consider correctly. Short people think that they have "slow metabolism" because they can't eat as much as tall people and maintain weight. People with small appetites think they have a "fast metabolism" because they are unable to put on weight even when trying to, because what they view in their minds as a lot of food is inaccurate. They never counted.

If you are NOT losing weight, you should NEVER eat even more in order to lose, regardless of what people on yahoo answers will tell you. You should only eat even less, or else exercise more.

Stay thin, /jp/.

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