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Your body is also not designed to lose weight. And will quickly adapt to the reduced calorie count and halt weight loss.

I’ve done a lot of self work in this area and honestly glp-1 drugs and metformin provide a pretty serious ability to make weight loss manageable.

Intermittent fasting is also an effective way to deal with insulin sensitivity but it does involve a large lifestyle switch.

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>Your body is also not designed to lose weight. And will quickly adapt to the reduced calorie count and halt weight loss.

thermodynamics be damned

Can you explain how it conflicts with thermodynamics if the body reacts to a lower energy intake by spending less energy?

They can't because some people have a block in their thinking process that prevents them from rationally contemplating any thought that goes against their own prejudices.

They'll scream CALORIES IN CALORIES OUT until they die from apoplectic rage rather than accept any concept that considers that there are more fine-grained factors at play in weight loss.

Saying CICO is the only thing that matters is like saying "Apples fall from trees because of gravity" is the grand unified theory of the universe.

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