this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
1051 points (96.0% liked)
me_irl
4692 readers
361 users here now
All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You are not immune to the basic laws of thermophysics. Weight loss is literally calories in < calories out.
Except that the human body is way more complicated than that. Whenever you try to increase calories out by exercise, your body just finds somewhere else it can economize, because it wants to operate on a fixed budget. This can include pulling calories from your immune system, or making you subconsciously move less throughout the day, or even sleep more. You can only overcome this for a limited time. Kurzgesagt has a good video on this phenomenon. What you actually want to do is reduce calorie intake.
Exercise is good for lots of reasons, but it isn't a good way of losing weight long term.
Is that not the exact sentiment when people bring up CICO, though?
It's how I've always interpreted it. The oft-cited saying is "you can't outrun a bad diet"