Why do dieters succeed or fail? The answers have little to do with food
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Manual labor and being young was by far the easiest to stay thin. Age and a happily married software engineer doing side startups doesn't contribute to being thin.
The solution that has worked for me has been to make meal plans with my wife every Friday night. We shop Saturday morning (pre crowded) and we cook from home and take lunches while working in 10k steps and physical exercise with free weights (I also do stairs every hour at my regular job).
When I stick to my goals, weight comes off, muscle goes on. When I don't, weight gains are fast and the negative consequences are more irritating as I age.
tl;dr; Will power and a real desire to be healthy is what it takes.
For some people, this is simply not true. I don't think the problem space is as solved as a lot of people seem to imagine.
We can’t objectively measure either, so that doesn’t say anything. One can always answer “why doesn’t x lose weight” by “must not want to hard enough”.
Yet, I somewhat agree with that, but with the added remark that the amount of willpower needed can vary enormously, depending on one’s genetics, environment, etc.