Comment by Lagoon3384_SWE
15 hours ago
Very american thread and comments.
At most I was 24 BMI and I felt like a fat bastard during COVID. Work from home in sweatpants and I got up to 24 BMI. 77-78kg, 182cm. I just did not weigh myself so I actually did not notice I had gained! But I did and decided to do something about it.
But I lost the weight pretty quickly.
I grew up at 60-65kg and that is where I feel at home in my body. I feel like myself basically. I should add I am 35, so certainly no spring chicken.
"omg how did you lose it"
Very easy.
1. Weight loss is done through diet, not exercise. Exercise is great for the body, but not a primary weight loss.
2. If you work an office job you do not need 3 full meals a day. Eat a light breakfast, a full lunch and a light meal for dinner.
3. On the weekends, fast. If you are committed, this weekend, buy like 4-5 litre of sugar free/diet soda, flavoured water zero calories, and caffeine pills. To distract yourself, play a high dopamine grind game like Diablo IV, PoE, Borderlands, WoW/FFXIV, CS, Valorant etc.
Just drink, do not eat. Hunger is temporary and will last like 1h for me, then the body "gives up". Do a 24h or 48h water fast, you will drop 5kg easy and feel way less bloated. Repeat next weekend...
Set an alarm every 2-3h to get up and walk. Get your 10k steps in everyday by walking outside.
"omg that's unhealthy"
Yes, ofc but it is more healthy than being overweight or close to overweight, agreed?
"you can only do this because ur a Swedish chad and you have walkable cities!!"
I'm a degenerate gamer. lol
I used to be similarly judgemental and flippant when my BMI was 20~21 in my 20s and 30s.
My health took a few wrong turns and I now have a BMI of 30. My diet is just as good, if not better, than back when I was slim. But now my sleep is worse, I tire much more easily, recover much worse from exercise, and, crucially, I am much hungrier.
I no longer preach how simple it is to maintain a healthy weight. I should have known better back then and kept my mouth shut.
I should add I am 35 and male, so certainly no spring chicken!
I haven't slept a full night in years due to having to get up and pee or waking up for some reason. Maybe sleep apnea but I haven't bothered to get it checked.
My diet is like crap, I eat junk food, sandwiches and chips and zero calorie soda.
Still 19-21BMI now as I weigh myself daily to keep in check. And having been 24BMI back down to 19-20BMI, I know it can be done and how to do it.
Maybe if I am 55 it will get harder sure.
But I just dont get as much dopamine from eating as others I guess. As the thinspo girls on TikTok, Youtube say "Eating is not the main event."
Thank you for commenting as I notice a lot of people just downvote or think I am trolling, but I am honest here but I dont express myself very well.
I am cought between two worlds, I am not smart enough to be here really, but not dumb enough to start commenting on TikTok. I belong on 2009 Reddit but that Reddit is long gone... thanks for letting me ramble. Hope the mods dont come and get me again.. u.u
Yes, the world is very aware of how to lose weight.
Turns out knowledge doesn't work very well, or rather loses efficacy in certain environments. Individuals can vary in their ability to regulate the hunger response signal they feel, which is stronger with higher weight (as your body now needs more calories to maintain its larger size).
GLP-1s don't appear to have such an efficacy loss and do work well. Sometimes with minimal to no side effects.
Your arrogance shows you don't understand population level weight gain, or the biology of weight loss difficulty. Obviously calorie deficits lead to weight loss. But that isn't the hard part. It never was.
I like to compare weight to smoking.
Here in Sweden only 5% smoke now.
40-50% used to smoke in the 60s.
It's like we have forgotten how to change peoples behaviours? Even when the answer is right in front of us in the past.
Growing up in the 90s and 00s "never smoke" campaigns were relentless and it has born fruit. Thankfully, also my parents never smoked and instilled how bad it is. But the public campaigns, the smoke packet images, the price increases.
So yes a lot of it is global incentives.
But you can still be an individual.
Same with clothes, growing up everyone wanted to be black in 2005 or emo. I had to re-discover good menswear like OCBDs and chinos. It does take some effort.
So, I like to see it as a differentiatory. Yes most is environment. I grew up with a skinny and active family. In a Swedish city. Truly obese people are rare and something IS wrong with them. Mentally and/or physically. You cannot just give up and blame everything else.
Summary from you feels like: "aaah help the food is teleporting into my mouth heeelp!!"
I would honestly love to have a discord or phonecall with all disagreeers with my points.
Cheers!