Probably the biggest issue is compliance when it comes to fat loss - people convince themselves they are eating way fewer calories than they actually are, etc.
The issue with compliance is that you can't drive with an empty gas tank. I think most diets can't be complied with and then we blame the dieter when the body's feedback system activates.
Just go back in time 30 years, and people were much thinner. Were they driving around with an empty tank? I don't think so, and neither did they.
Now, weight loss is complex at the societal level, but very easy at the individual level. I am currently on a diet because I want to lose 10 or 15 pounds. Do I find it enjoyable? Not really. But I don't find it torture like I did when I had to have an urological exam. Good planning helps, choosing protein over carbs and fats helps, and after 3 weeks, more or less, the feeling of hunger decreases significantly.
And if you go back in time -- not that they were necessarily better times, I'm just talking about the contexts I write about -- many more men wore a suit and many more women wore a dress. Today, asking someone to wear a dress or a suit seems like asking a stallion to wear a saddle for the first time.
Were those who chose the attractiveness of certain more formal dresses over the comfort of sagging shorts and flip-flops foolish? It seems to me that when people are free from certain social expectations they tend, entropically, to choose maximum comfort, such as unlimited calorie consumption and sloppiness in self-presentation. And one could argue why this modern trend does not also see an explosion in the number of sexual relationships -- after all, sex should be one of our strongest urges. But it has just been replaced by pornography, just as physical performance -- showing one's muscles or strength, or sensitivity of soul and body -- has been replaced with watching professional sports played by others while gorging ourselves on chips and beer from the comfort of the couch.
1. dehydration (feels like you are hungry/dying)
2. insufficient electrolytes (feels like you are hungry/dying)
3. high ghrelin (feels like you are hungry/dying)
The trick is to stay on top of #1 and #2 and power through #3. Eventually #3 will go way down.
What it is not: instructive in how to persistently cause more calories to leave the body than to come in.
It's not 2009 anymore. We have these drugs now, GLP-1 agonists, which directly increase insulin secretion, yet they're known to also cause weight loss comparable to bariatric surgery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucagon-like_peptide-1
>Alongside glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP), GLP-1 is an incretin; thus, it has the ability to decrease blood sugar levels in a glucose-dependent manner by enhancing the secretion of insulin. Beside the insulinotropic effects, GLP-1 has been associated with numerous regulatory and protective effects. Unlike GIP, the action of GLP-1 is preserved in patients with type 2 diabetes and substantial pharmaceutical research has therefore been directed towards the development of GLP-1-based treatment
Your low-carb lunacy is long outdated. Go eat an apple.
The fact that this is even at all debated is bizarre. These people should stick to astrology.
I'm pretty sure, having seen that, that this is just a really elaborate troll. I stopped engaging after seeing this.
His chosen method of achieving caloric restriction is to get 70% of his nutrition from cream. The amount of cream isn't even defined; it's just "I have some amount of coffee a day and this one time I measured how much cream I happen to put in it". If for whatever reason one day Starbucks changes their coffee and he ends up having 8 instead of 5 the whole thing will change arbitrarily.
If this is real then the guy needs psychological help.
You ate in a surplus and gained some muscle and some fat.
You gained fat following a program that is notorious for making people fat. Google images for "starting strength meme" and see for yourself.
That's why people will get results doing such wildly different approaches.... All of them work to done extent; the big question is what you can stick to
