Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
It's probably more likely that this "substantial portion of the population" that you say are unsuccessful at maintaining a healthy weight are not actually following said advice properly, not that it wouldn't work. There are a lot of factors holding people back from making real and lasting change. Likely what you did/do would work for most... if they actually did it.
Yes. The problem is not with the basic principles of weight loss. Once we adjust for physiological differences, it's that people have varying degrees of psychological attachments to food - beyond its purpose as fuel, that makes it easier/harder to follow those principles successfully.
That doesnt make light of those issues. They are real and need to be addressed but they don't invalidate physical reality. Unfortunately, many people avoid looking at that by saying this or that diet didn't work and there is a whole industry willing to sell the notion of an easier, softer way.
Hey, you can still eat as much as you want, have a pound of bacon for breakfast and put a stick of butter in your coffee AND still lose weight.
I exaggerate of course, but surprisingly, not that much for some.