#21 ·
Hey everyone, I'm 27 and definitely carrying some extra weight around—honestly, I've been thinking about making a change lately... I just have no clue what the price tag on all this looks like.
Emergency diet needed!
Started by Frank Hughes56 · · 👁 5 views · 24 replies
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#22 ·
Carol Hill66 said:I honestly meant well when I said that! I just wanted to motivate you or maybe spark some advice from others who could help. Just remember, at the end of the day, you're the only one who can truly make this happen for yourself. 🙂
I was reading up on the UN diet yesterday, so I totally missed that part 😬
If you're dealing with health issues—which it sounds like you are—please, please check in with your doctor first
You mentioned an endocrinologist told you that you need to drop 10 kg in just two months... why is that? What's the diagnosis?
Once you clear those details up, I bet you'll get much more helpful advice from everyone here! 🙂
#23 ·
Alright, I see you can't seem to function without me. 🙂
The UN diet is fundamentally flawed because it fails to provide the essential nutrients the body requires on a daily basis. Spending your entire day living off nothing but fruit or carbohydrates? It’s an absolute disaster.
Attempting to lose weight without any form of exercise is essentially inviting misfortune. Take that example mentioned above of the woman whose fat was supposedly "holding her bones up"—it wasn't her fat holding her bones up, it was her muscle mass. But that’s actually beside the point. Bones are supported by muscle, plain and simple. The real issue is that with any diet lacking physical activity, the body instinctively begins to burn through muscle tissue before it even touches the fat stores. So, while you think you're dieting, you're actually stripping away your muscle along with the fat, leaving you with no muscle left to support your frame.
That right there is the foundation of the so-called yo-yo effect, where the pounds drop off quickly at first, only to come rushing back even faster because you no longer have the muscle necessary to burn calories efficiently.
Let me walk you through the mechanics behind this yo-yo cycle.
A massive portion of your daily caloric expenditure comes from your muscles (your brain, heart, and lungs consume quite a bit too, but those needs stay relatively constant, so we treat them as a fixed baseline). The more muscle you carry, the more calories you burn in a single day; the less muscle you have, the lower your caloric burn becomes, regardless of how much you move. This is what we call your basal metabolic rate—the number of calories your body burns just staying alive while doing absolutely nothing. When you suddenly crash-diet, your body goes into a state of total panic because it doesn't know what's happening. Tens of thousands of years of evolution have taught the human body that fat stores are a lifeline; having more reserves means a better chance of surviving a harsh winter. So, what happens when you stop moving and start dieting? Your body faces a choice: burn fat or slow down its basal metabolism. Since you aren't being active, your body decides that muscle is an unnecessary luxury—it's just burning heaps of energy while you sit there. Consequently, instead of targeting fat, the body lowers its metabolic rate and starts consuming muscle tissue in tandem with fat. The end result is that you might lose a significant amount of weight, but you've also sacrificed precious muscle and, frankly, your overall health.
Then we hit the second phase of the yo-yo effect. Because your muscle mass has plummeted, your basal metabolism has been drastically slashed, yet you return to your old eating habits. The weight climbs back up much faster than it went down, and you find yourself facing yet another diet. However, you're starting this new attempt with a significantly lower metabolism than you had before because you have less muscle. You try to bring the weight down, but it happens much more slowly; you lose even more muscle and even more health, ending up with an even worse metabolism. It’s a downward spiral that continues until you eventually end up in a hospital bed.
The UN diet isn't healthy. Any weight loss exceeding about one pound a week isn't sustainable or healthy, because it almost inevitably drags your muscle mass down with it.
There is a top-tier thread over in the Recreation & Fitness section titled "how to lose belly fat." Anyone serious about losing weight should head over there and read the entire thread from start to finish; there is a wealth of genuinely useful information in there.
The UN diet is fundamentally flawed because it fails to provide the essential nutrients the body requires on a daily basis. Spending your entire day living off nothing but fruit or carbohydrates? It’s an absolute disaster.
Attempting to lose weight without any form of exercise is essentially inviting misfortune. Take that example mentioned above of the woman whose fat was supposedly "holding her bones up"—it wasn't her fat holding her bones up, it was her muscle mass. But that’s actually beside the point. Bones are supported by muscle, plain and simple. The real issue is that with any diet lacking physical activity, the body instinctively begins to burn through muscle tissue before it even touches the fat stores. So, while you think you're dieting, you're actually stripping away your muscle along with the fat, leaving you with no muscle left to support your frame.
That right there is the foundation of the so-called yo-yo effect, where the pounds drop off quickly at first, only to come rushing back even faster because you no longer have the muscle necessary to burn calories efficiently.
Let me walk you through the mechanics behind this yo-yo cycle.
A massive portion of your daily caloric expenditure comes from your muscles (your brain, heart, and lungs consume quite a bit too, but those needs stay relatively constant, so we treat them as a fixed baseline). The more muscle you carry, the more calories you burn in a single day; the less muscle you have, the lower your caloric burn becomes, regardless of how much you move. This is what we call your basal metabolic rate—the number of calories your body burns just staying alive while doing absolutely nothing. When you suddenly crash-diet, your body goes into a state of total panic because it doesn't know what's happening. Tens of thousands of years of evolution have taught the human body that fat stores are a lifeline; having more reserves means a better chance of surviving a harsh winter. So, what happens when you stop moving and start dieting? Your body faces a choice: burn fat or slow down its basal metabolism. Since you aren't being active, your body decides that muscle is an unnecessary luxury—it's just burning heaps of energy while you sit there. Consequently, instead of targeting fat, the body lowers its metabolic rate and starts consuming muscle tissue in tandem with fat. The end result is that you might lose a significant amount of weight, but you've also sacrificed precious muscle and, frankly, your overall health.
Then we hit the second phase of the yo-yo effect. Because your muscle mass has plummeted, your basal metabolism has been drastically slashed, yet you return to your old eating habits. The weight climbs back up much faster than it went down, and you find yourself facing yet another diet. However, you're starting this new attempt with a significantly lower metabolism than you had before because you have less muscle. You try to bring the weight down, but it happens much more slowly; you lose even more muscle and even more health, ending up with an even worse metabolism. It’s a downward spiral that continues until you eventually end up in a hospital bed.
The UN diet isn't healthy. Any weight loss exceeding about one pound a week isn't sustainable or healthy, because it almost inevitably drags your muscle mass down with it.
There is a top-tier thread over in the Recreation & Fitness section titled "how to lose belly fat." Anyone serious about losing weight should head over there and read the entire thread from start to finish; there is a wealth of genuinely useful information in there.
#24 ·
Ugh, honestly, I’m dealing with some major hormonal issues and PCOS right now... which basically means I'm struggling with extra weight, too.
#25 ·
You might want to take a closer look at this specific thread; it’s all about the Gastric Sleeve procedure.
The cost for the Gastric Sleeve usually hovers around $4667...but honestly, just dive into this discussion, and you'll find all the details you need.🙂
The cost for the Gastric Sleeve usually hovers around $4667...but honestly, just dive into this discussion, and you'll find all the details you need.🙂
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