Originally Posted by
KraneXL
This video popped up on my list today, and I thought it might be interesting to a few. In this interview, Joe and his guest talk about overweight people and the reason behind why some may have difficulty with losing weight. I personally don't believe that fat people can't lose weight, but what do you think?
They also discuss body fat vs body weight and the importance of hormones in regulating and balancing body weight. And of course, some brief connection with fasting and how it can affect all of this.
Joe Rogan - Why Obese People Can't Lose Weight
The main issue with the obese who can't lose weight isn't diet. That's a symptom. The problem is addiction to the hormones associated with eating large quantities of food in one sitting. We all know that we lose weight when we take in fewer calories than we use. While ad libitum dieters initially lose more weight on high fat/low carb diets, dieters participating in various equal-calorie diet studies lose exactly the same, no matter the percentage of macros in their diet. The presenter in the video has it backwards as far as inputs to fat cells goes. The process of storing eaten fat in our fat cells has a lower energy cost than the process of converting carbs to fat and storing that.
One of my female friends went around to her whole circle and confessed, Big Book style, that she knew she was addicted to food and that it was harming her life and had taken a vow to reform. She lost a little weight but now has gained back more than she lost. It's a tough fight, more like alcoholism than any thing else. And you don't have to be obese to have this problem. To some extent, it affects everyone. We all feel it. We all know someone who never buys cookies because they'll eat the whole package. The record fasting person referenced in the video essentially went to rehab. Took over a year. Wonder what he weighs now? The folks on the record loser TV shoe gained it all back after the show. Their problem had not been solved by diet.
I have a female friend who's been all over the place on the diet head-trip. Her solution was to view all food as fuel and nothing more. Cutting her emotional ties with food wound up getting her to Kona. It's a good plan: address the emotional and addictive problems first, then just eat a healthy diet, manipulating quantities to slowly change weight and/or body composition. The Mediterranean Diet keeps winning awards.
I had an overweight room mate in college who realized that fat people of college age aren't going to be dating. He thought about it and decided he'd rather reinforce his food addiction. Some choices are really hard to undo,.