alt Hacker NewsStudies have repeatedly shown that lifestyle modification does not result in sustained weight loss for most.
Not going to waste my time providing sources to remedy your ignorance. You are more than capable of doing this research yourself.
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Oh well, back to my unhealthy lifestyle because study of some thousand something in one country said it’s impossible to change!
Yeah the problem with providing a study is that proving a negative is so hard. Everyone assumes there exists a successful RCT with a 5-10 year time horizon for weight loss via lifestyle interventions. And there just isn't one, and the only way to know that is to search for one.
I didn't ask if lifestyle modification resulted in sustained weight loss. I asked in what ways is fitness not accessible to the majority of people.
How does "burning more calories than you consume" not result in weight loss for most people, lmao?
Nor will I waste time proving the opposite.
Until next time we meet on the internet. :salute:
Proving a negative is a hard and sometimes an annoying in itself ask plus you're probably frustrated with the general attitude to this kind of conversation (especially if your main expectation/experience is others don't like the pill answer out of spitefulness) but that doesn't make this kind of response any more okay here.
For others open to listening to why it's often out of reach: Outside the go-to "motivation" type discussion gravitation (and, keep in mind, not everyone can just 'motivate themselves past their addictions' in the first place or they wouldn't be addictions) it is also disproportionately hard for those struggling in other ways of life (financially, mentally, physically/genetically). Some of these can be cascaded effects, like support systems (e.g.not everyone's partner is willing or able to go all in on it like above). Others can be that it is medically not as easy for some people to lose weight at a given intake amount which makes it just that much harder.
Most people would like very VERY much to be fit. That most still aren't fit should be a good indicator it's out of most's reach to "just eat less" independently. All this said as a person who is not overweight themselves but has been around many people in different situations, abilities, and luck that have left them unable to be so as well.