Well, if you’re doing it consistently for a long period of time, it literally is just a way of life and not a diet.
Posted Apr 5, 2023, 9:44 PM UTC
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If I just say everyone gains the weight back. I don’t have to take personal responsibility for my actions. Every time. They bathe in that idea that everyone fails. Citing a flawed study from 1950 or something.
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They also say it like it's something that happens that cant be stopped. No the weight doesn't magically come back, when it happens it's because people fall back into their old eating habits and put it all back on.
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But... That only happens because of other reasons. It's never your fault. It's the body. The body is in a huge stress as it's in a starvation mode all the time because It's not in It's set point and fights back just to get some food.
Or something like that. I am just too good in understanding people. :D
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This mindset is so weird to me. I lost 30lbs two years ago and I've kept it off while having pizza weekly. Like I still eat whatever I want, I'm just mindful about it and I exercise. This is such a defeatist mindset.
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Same. My boyfriend and I make pizza like twice a week. We just don't eat the whole thing in one sitting. I don't think they understand that when you are used to eating a normal amount of food, the thought of eating an entire pizza in one sitting is not appealing. I don't like to feel sickly full and bloated.
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or... you know, you can adapt to eating more satiating foods and moving more? it's really not terribly onerous.
this is like saying no one could be expected to work because they'll have to do it for the rest of their life. yes, and? we can do that. (there's definitely arguments to be made about how much work people have to do to survive in the US, or fair compensation, etc. though, of course).
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We as a society need to deconstruct the myth of intentional hygiene. The shower industry wants you to believe that showering can help you stay clean and hygienic for the rest of your life. In reality, studies show that 99% of showerers gain most if not all their dirt back within 1-5 days of showering. Some unlucky showerers actually experience the infamous "yo-yo shower" effect, wherein they shower themselves clean, and then a week later find themselves even dirtier than they were before they showered! Of course, these are the lucky few who can even access a shower. Shower access is in itself an economic privilege, making Shower Culture a fundamentally classist ideology.
My musky brothers and sisters, the truth is that intentional hygiene is but a myth. In reality, people who think they have made themselves clean through showering have in fact only signed themselves up for a lifetime of constant, grueling hygenic discipline. You may think you are clean today, but the war against dirt and grime never ends as long as you are breathing. And this is intentional; the patriarchy wants you to be so busy cleansing yourself that you have no time left or energy left to stand up to systemic oppression. They want you clean and submissive. They want you weak.
Liberate yourself. End Shower Culture.
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Anyone who eats is on a diet. They choose 5k calories a day of fast food. I choose home cooked, healthy meals with occasional treats. They're both diets.
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In their eyes, anything other than unrestrained gluttony is a diet, go figure.
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Yes, that’s the point of a lifestyle change. It’s permanent changes. Its good to see that FAs now know why so many diets fail.
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There's nothing factually incorrect here. But "I'll fail, so why bother?" is not the best response to unfavorable odds.
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Lots of things fail most of the time. You just keep trying.
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I saw a fitness/weight loss commercial the other day saying just that. The gist was "you might fail the 1st time, or even the 5th time, but you get back up and try again"). It surprised me because you usually don't see such sane takes from something advertising weight loss.
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Wow nice. Any change of habit is a long progress, often without immediate rewards.
Get more fit, quit smoking, quit drinking, be a better listener, show more empathy, control your temper, be more organized, etc..
None of those things are just going to succeed because you say so. You try. Fail. Learn. And try again.
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I haven't been on a diet in like 12 years, and I'm like 110 lbs. Stopping myself from gorging or being like "hey maybe this a moderation food" is not constantly dieting . It's called minimal self control.
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They do know that Diet doesn't exclusively mean calorie restrictions, right? A diet is just what you eat for the day. You can have a diet designed to gain weight instead of lose it.
These people are literally the Homer Simpson diet meme.
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this was posted yesterday
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Oh I didn’t see that, sorry. Saw it on another social media platform.
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Yes, adopt a lifestyle around your healthy diet. If your weightloss diet is abandoned when you lose the weight, you will regain the weight because you CEASED THE BEHAVIOR THAT MADE YOU LOSE THE WEIGHT
If you study and get A's, then stop studying and fail, it's not the fault of the curriculum
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It fails because people have no willpower and can’t stick to the script, not because the script does not work. It’s like saying doing your homework doesn’t result in high grades because most kids can’t stick to doing their homework every day.
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When your lifestyle causes you to gain weight, you need a lifestyle change to undo it. I don’t see why this is difficult to understand.
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The cold, hard reality that no FA wants to face is that diets fail because YOU fail. You have 100% control over what goes into your mouth. Some people might lose slower than others, some might need more regimented planning, macro breakdown, etc, but ultimately, the ONLY thing that matters is what you do and don't put into your mouth. And as long as you're not tied down and force feed or starved by someone else, your choices are the only thing that determines what does and doesn't go into your mouth.
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This is why I hate the word "diet" in this context to begin with, with a passion. How you eat is ALWAYS your diet. Changing it up to add healthier foods or healthier amounts is still just your diet, and this whole temporary mindset to it seems to be a big part of the problem, in my opinion at least. My diet isn't great currently, and if I change that up I'm not "dieting" I'm just improving the current way I eat, or in other words my diet.
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If it’s a lifestyle change, you’re aren’t “dieting,” that’s just your diet now. It’s just what you eat
Being conscious of your health is not a bad thing, and you don’t have to eat salad and grilled chicken for every meal. I lost 50 pounds eating whatever I want, just less of it
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I used to have a can of Coke in the morning. It was my an-hour-before-lunchtime energy boost. Around the age of 30 I realized it was not good for me so I dropped the habit. Boom, a permanent lifestyle change that more than likely prevented me from becoming overweight like so many other 30-somethings. I still love Coke! But it is just a special treat I enjoy every once and a while. I don't need a special treat every day.
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Call it whatever you want, just as long as you burn more calories than you consume.
Right? It’s so weird how they keep complaining about the term lifestyle change, when it’s literally just a way of saying “don’t just do something for 3 months and then go back to doing what you used to do; instead, make permanent changes”.
I read some self-awareness/motivation thing where they pointed out the distinction between "I want to do X" vs "I am a person who does X". Motivation only takes us so far. At some point things need to become part of our core self. I am someone who eats vegetables A LOT. It's a value of mine. It's second nature now. Traveling overseas recently I was thrilled to find a shitty salad in the Buenos Aires airport because it was hard to find while traveling for 2 full days. I eat vegetables multiple times a day. I am a person who values fitness so I take stairs whenever possible. It's just something I do, every time, it doesn't require motivation, it's who I am.
I am trying to instill this idea of values becoming part of our identity to my young kids. We are a family that cleans up our messes. We support each other and we don't leave a mess for someone else. We are a family that... etc
So true! I’ve run on and off about two decades now. In the past I never made much progress because I’d be getting better, then lose motivation and reduce mileage and frequency, and alongside that, start eating badly (healthy eating and exercise go hand in hand for me.) In the past year, my approach changed. It’s no longer an option. Motivation doesn’t matter. Even if I don’t feel like it, I run. It’s a non-negotiable part of my day, like going to work or brushing my teeth. It’s made a huge difference. I’m fitter than I’ve ever been before and I’ve lost weight and kept it off, something I’ve never been able to do before.
This is really interesting, thanks!
I'm the same! Both with adding vegetables and being active with and without my kids. I show them that it doesn't have to be crazy movement - walking is fine - but that using our bodies and eating vegetables is just what we do. Ditto with the cleaning up messes and not expecting others to do our responsibilities.
It's the basis of the Alan Carr stop smoking books too
Wow. I didn't realize. That's the book my husband used to stop smoking after 12 years! No cigarettes in 10 years. He wanted to be a parent who doesn't smoke, and he is.
Eating is their lifestyle.
Peter:"I am nothing without the food"
Tony:"If you're nothing without it, you don't deserve it"
Sorry. :D
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These are people who don’t want to make any changes. The fact that others are successfully making lifestyle changes is threatening to them. They need to believe it’s not their fault so they can continue the unhealthy behaviors.