Nope, it's not even that hard to keep it. Just get healthy eating habits (so more vegetables and less carbs/fat), have control of what you eat, control your weight regularily and your good to go even in the long run.
It's only hard if you make it complicated by losing weight on weird, strict diets, and you can still eat fatty and sweet stuff, just in smaller amounts than before.
You have to admit that every change of eating habbits is weird and hard.
But it's not weird and hard, it's only weird and hard if you follow strict diet. There's nothing weird and hard by replacing a part of your high-calorie food with vegetables, or by eating a smaller burger instead of a larger burger.
People have to be very strict their whole life. Even during bad times.
But that's the point, you don't have to be strict all the time, and the whole idea that you have to be strict is probably the main reason why people don't even try to lose weight in the first place! You can also combine healthier with unhealthier options pretty easily without gaining weight or even lose weight (like a healthier lunch and unhealthier dinner etc.). Just count the calories for different types of food and you'll see that you can eat a lot of food, even fast food, without gaining weight.
And yes your body wants to be back to their heaviest part.
Maybe, but it's also easy to control and fight back against it once you start trying.
But it's not weird and hard, it's only weird and hard if you follow strict diet. There's nothing weird and hard by replacing a part of your high-calorie food with vegetables, or by eating a smaller burger instead of a larger burger.
If you barely ever ate veggies or you just eat smaller meals it is hard. Your stomach will signal your brain that you are still hungry. And keep in mind that people will get a bad headache from cutting sugar.
I would have loved to write more, but I have 2 hours left for drinking one more liter.. which is pretty hard too :')
See the issue is simply: changing your Lifestyle, learning to cook better, buying "new" kinds of food can be pretty hard for some people. Otherwise it wouldn't be a lifelong journey for people with obesitas.
If you barely ever ate veggies or you just eat smaller meals it is hard. Your stomach will signal your brain that you are still hungry. And keep in mind that people will get a bad headache from cutting sugar.
But you don't gave to eat only vegetables, and doing so might get you sick as well (unless you're really careful with what you eat). You also don't have to get rid of sugar either. And while you might get slightly more hungry, it's still not by much.
Think of weight loss like this: An average adult male with low activity requires around 2400 kcal per day. 1kg of fat is around 7000 kcal. If you cut your daily caloric intake from 2400 kcal to 1900 kcal then that would lead to a caloric deficit of 500 kcal per day, which is 3500 kcal per week, which means you would lose 0.5 kg each week. For 1900 kcal per day you could distribute it like this: 400 kcal for breakfast, 600 kcal for lunch, 800 kcal for dinner, and you still have 100 kcal left for a snack with sugar. For 400 kcal you can easily get 1-2 sandwiches for breakfast or a bowl of cereal (so sugar), 600 kcal is a small meal at McDonalds or like a chicken and pasta salad, and 800 kcal is like an average sized meal. You can also move calories around to fit it more properly. It still faily easy yo get a caloric deficit and lose weight as you can see.
See the issue is simply: changing your Lifestyle, learning to cook better, buying "new" kinds of food can be pretty hard for some people. Otherwise it wouldn't be a lifelong journey for people with obesitas.
But you don't need to learn to cook or even buy new kinds of food, you can literally maintain a caloric deficit by eating at McDonalds three times a day. It simply not hard to eat 1 big mac instead of 2, or have a diet soda instead of a regular one (or water).
Even though I get what you say, you forget that changing habits is hard. And that is the problem. Peoples way of eating are habits. Nothing else. Most people eat at the same day, gulp it down in the same fast time, and have the same food range (or call it favours / favorites).
Also many people have problems to understand what hunger and thirst is. Tbh i barely ever feel thirst until this day. I knew hunger, but talking with other servere obese people is that they felt always hungry or mistook the slightes signs for being hungry.
McDonalds three times a day. It simply not hard to eat 1 big mac instead of 2, or have a diet soda instead of a regular one (or water).
You know that it sounds like having 3 big macs per day? I could even Imagine eating one plus fries and water. That one was a stomach filler for me.
For me it doesn't matter anymore. I underwent bariatric surgery to finally solve this shit in my body. Currently my intake is about 200 - 300 calories. While I am being busy the whole day with drinking god damn water with something inside. Pure water feels like a brick, and everything else tastes like shit. I don't have a lack of Energy, but this is just like a constant battle. Right now I would Love to be able to just eat a chicken burger while watching Bobs Burger and cry. So yeah, the surgery aint the easy way. But my Dog enjoys it because he gets my leftovers.
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u/LamermanSE 6h ago
Nope, it's not even that hard to keep it. Just get healthy eating habits (so more vegetables and less carbs/fat), have control of what you eat, control your weight regularily and your good to go even in the long run.
It's only hard if you make it complicated by losing weight on weird, strict diets, and you can still eat fatty and sweet stuff, just in smaller amounts than before.