As a person who recalls every bite and gains weight at one meal a day with no snacking at all, this is not helpful. I'm still looking for advice on why I'm being told to count my food intake in a lisp discussion.
As an aside, obesity is a disease that hormonally and mentally encourages self deception. The point of writing everything down and (most importantly) translating this list into objective calorie counts (usually looked up from a third party reference) is to remove this self deception. It is one of the most effective ways to leverage logic and willpower over habits and hormones. There are other ways of course.
Of course I’m welcome to ignore everything that makes me feel bad for gaining weight but it’s shitty to be gaining weight and told it’s my fault for eating too much when I barely eat.
Regarding Obesity, I am not assigning blame or trying to make you feel bad. I’m calling the situation (that I too suffer from) a disease. There are various practices, with varying effectiveness for individuals, to approach the management of this disease. There is no fault in disease, there are only victims of it.
Portion control is one practice, as is writing down consumption. They might not be effective for you. I have been most successful with protein sparing modified fasts such as Lyle McDonald’s rapid fat loss and/or flexible dieting. He takes a very scientific approach to body composition and realistic food intake without shame.
> it doesn’t matter how little they eat they gain weight
A few thoughts in no particular order:
* Weight gain (of the adipose sort) is quite literally your body storing energy.
* Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. [citation needed]
* Unless your gut is performing nuclear physics, your energy intake is directly equivalent to the food you consume.
* Obesity is primarily a hunger problem - you're feeling hungry when you don't require additional calories.
* Some foods (ex broccoli, leafy greens) are nearly physically impossible to consume too many calories from.
* Some foods (ex macadamia nuts) are _incredibly easy_ to consume too many calories from.
Result? Not what any of the “calories in calories out” calculators claimed. About a pound down. Should have been more like seven to ten.
What works for me: weight lifting, swimming. Both wildly more effective than they “should” be. Dieting and aerobic exercise do about dick-all to take fat off my frame. Try various things in various combinations.
The thread was about Lisp, Johnny Cash, and Peter Norvig, the last of whom I was quoting. It seemed perfectly relevant.