"Obesity is a disease not a decision"

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Kerberos

For people that are fat and think they can take off here and there and eat what they want is recipe for failure. There are a handful of people that can eat what they want and exercise minimally and stay fit. Then there is EVERYONE else.

Once a person takes the time and EFFORT to get to their goal they can then take time off to eat a meal once in a while that is off daily healthy menu. But to do that all the time or after a week or two of dieting is a slippery slope that most don't recover from.

Main stream media keeps telling people that diets don't work.... eat what you want because it won't matter... that is a LIE and it is brought to you by every fastfood chain in the world as well as grocery stores that make more money on junk and crap food than they do on healthy food. Fad diets are nothing more than a money maker for the person that thought it up.

Watching what you eat and daily exercise are the only way for most people to lose and keep off weight. There is no substitute. Anyone that thinks differently are one of the handful that can eat anything and not gain a pound.

You're right, and you're wrong. At 6' 350, a 40 year old male can lose weight eating 2,800 calories a day with essentially no exercise.

There is really no reason that a person can't get by on 2,800 calories a day if he isn't exercising. Unless you're Michael Phelps during the Olympics, that's more than enough food.