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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!
It's possible. I've visited a dietitian in the past year, and she recommended it for me. On a personal experience level, when I was struggling (still am) and bought into the "eat less" mantra, for more than a month I ate between 500 and 800 calories a day, generally in one or two meals. And I was strictly weighing, measuring, and documenting every gram of food that I "stuffed" in my face. And over the course of that time, I lost 1 pound. The dietitian said my body was in starvation mode, so it was holding onto everything it could.
It's been very difficult. And when I talked with my doctor about it, frankly, he didn't believe me. He said "eat less."
So... I disagree that it isn't just as easy as calories in vs. calories out. Maybe it's just me, but that's my personal experience.  |
I watched a show from Britain online recently. They interviewed a man and a woman who couldn't lose weight. The subjects were logging their calories and only eating 700-1000 calories a day...sure enough, they were medical marvels and couldn't lose any weight despite eating like birds.
Then, the show revealed that they had hired private detectives to follow them around. Turns out that they were literally eating a thousand or more calories a day that they didn't even realize...especially when drinking.
People genuinely don't realize what we put into our bodies...even when we try to be aware of it. It's a bizarre sort of denial.