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Aqua Buddha

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  1. The follow through is the key. Results are far from immediate. In fact, I've seen people gain weight initially because they're adding muscle mass or eating more because their body needs it. This can be a long hard process and most people don't have the patience. Sure, my wife went from fat to a 3:45 marathon but that took literally six years. The real issue that these pills and surgeries can't fix is someone's relationship with food and that should be examined on a deeper level. (Drugs and alcohol are the same.) You can have a surgery or get a pill but if you don't examine that underlying cause, you'll be back where you started unless you plan on taking Ozympic the rest of your life. (They spend $100M/yr on advertising, so maybe that's part of the plan.) The Suplee article does a very good job on both of these and shows that yes, it can be done.
  2. Serious question. If it's genetics, then why are certain parts of the country more obese than others and why has obesity increased over time, especially in the last 3 years?
  3. I've read everything you've posted and you're right on all counts. I define obese as over 300 pounds. (Height and gender may vary.) While you're saying it's incredibly difficult, I know dozens of people who have done it so it's possible so to write it all off to biology discounts their work and achievement? Serious question. I don't know your area of practice but would you ever prescribe an exercise regimen to a patient? I know a neurologist and he does that. He also bitches out patients for being fat. Exercise is the key to the whole equation but what's the fun in that?
  4. One more thing to add and it's too late to edit my other post. While these conditions are legit, they do not excuse the no exercising. You will not lose weight and maintain weight without it. I'm only talking 30-60 minutes per day for a prolonged period of time.
  5. Yes, all of that is and it makes it harder for some people to lose weight than others but it doesn't make it impossible. Sure, there are the 2% cases but that's not what we're talking about. I spent this morning in a run group on a hurt foot and in that group are at least 25 people who have impressive weight loss stories and kept the weight off and yes, it's fucking hard. To say it's impossible is insulting to the people who have done it. Like I said, these are all conditions and it's the patients job to manage conditions. Being an alcoholic is no different. They have a medical condition that makes them predisposed to being an alcoholic. No one would suggest an alcoholic keep moderately drinking. They need to change their lifestyle. Same with the obese. My encouragement is to say quit making excuses and just do it and I'd say that to anybody. The whole excuse making and saying it's impossible encourages people to not even try.
  6. Solid takes all around. The silver lining to their collapse may them deciding not to sign Kyrie to a long term max deal. I figured he'd come in, they'd win some games, he'd sign for 4 years/$200M in the offseason and then miss half the games for various reasons. I didn't realize their draft situation but yes, a high pick to build around Luka would be better than Kyrie. As far as what to do with Luka, I have no idea. His mom is hot, though.
  7. Wulaw needs some tough love. He also needs to approach this subject with at least an ounce of humility. He's completely powerless. Instead, he's lectured everyone about how impossible it is to lose weight but he's somehow found the solution and no other solution works despite a mountain of evidence. The truth is, he's on his last solution and if this doesn't work, his next 10 years will end badly. He needs to accept where he is. He's at rock bottom. He needs to have an honest assessment of the place food takes in his life. He also needs to quit smoking. His diet leading up to his surgery was, quite frankly, pornographic. People on this site supported him but they shouldn't have. They weren't doing him any favors. But yes, I am an asshole. But like I said, I'm not wrong.
  8. Yes, I am an asshole. I have been for years. But I'm not wrong.
  9. And by the time he got to OKC, he was borderline awful. He was solid for about one season but he always had zero offensive skills. He'd get the ball 5 feet from the rim and teams still wouldn't guard him. Had he been born maybe five years later, he'd be in today's era and he likely wouldn't make any roster at all.
  10. Thanks for mentioning sleep. If you don't get enough sleep, your body will keep weight on. Also, the harder I work out, the better sleep I get. Nothing feels better than an afternoon nap on a long run Saturday.
  11. I'd have one in the morning for the caffeine, then another at lunch, and one for dinner. Then if I went out for dinner, I'd get refills. Now, it's been so long since I've had soda, it tastes like fucking swill and I have a visceral reaction to it. I ate like complete ass as a teenager and into my 20's and as I got older, I slowly gained weight. Lost 30-40 lbs twice, actually. Once in my mid 20's and again in my mid 30's and it was much harder my second time around. That's when I made a vow to keep it off because it would be harder in my 40's, 50's, etc. Truth be known, I hate working out. I just hate being fat more. (Kind of like working. I hate working but I hate poverty more.)
  12. Completely agree. I gradually weened myself off most sugar but it was gradual and took years. I would drink 3-4 cans of Dr Pepper per day. Sometimes more. (Looking back at it now below, it's like good hell.) Slowly got off that, went to sweet tea (lulz) and then unsweet tea. Now, it's earthier the unsweet tea or water. (I drink a lot of water.) Still get a little sugar from various foods and booze is my biggest offender. But I totally get how addictive sugar can be. You just need to manage it and ween yourself off as much as you can.
  13. Yes, sugar is addictive. No shit. Imagine going to an AA meeting, admitting that alcohol is addictive (no shit) but you were still going to drink all day and it's not your fault.
  14. If only it burned calories.... Another tip for anyone legitimately curious about not being fat is that lunch is the killer meal of the day. It's easy to go out with the office, pick up something because you're busy, eat bad while you're traveling, etc. It was one of my problems. It's easier to control breakfast and dinner but lunch is sneaky. It's an easy 1,500 calories if you're not careful. I've been fortunate enough over the past few years to live close enough to work where I can go home for lunch and eat something healthier. If not, I'd prolly be packing lunch every day, which can be a pain in the ass. Also, cut out the snacking but that's obvious.
  15. I'm not being a dickhead. I'm just treating you like an alcoholic would and you think that makes me a dickhead. You're just simply wrong about long term weight loss and it doesn't matter how you feel. Your opinion is like me telling an alcoholic at rock bottom what to do about it. I can give my opinion but I'm still wrong. And no, I wasn't in your situation because I stopped it before it got that bad. I was gaining 10 lbs per year. Had it gone another few years, I'd have been 300 lbs. But you clearly have an issue with food. You need to admit that as the first step. If you don't, that surgery will be a waste and you'll be back where you started. I love those people in that alcoholic thread and they'd treat you worse than me. I love them because they recognized where they were and the lack of power they had over it and took control. They also didn't blame anyone else and they hold people accountable. You may respond better to positive affirmation but you also need some tough love and someone to hold you accountable. I hope your surgery works out well in the long run but know that you have ownership in that outcome just like you have ownership as to why it got that way in the first place.
  16. I’m not disputing that but when people say they have a medical disposition to being fat, it’s fair to ask what they’re doing to manage that. My wife and her entire family has high cholesterol. (They’re also all fat.). Wife got put on meds in college. When she lost weight in her 30’s, her cholesterol dropped to normal levels and she’s off the meds. Also, with all due respect, surgery should be the last resort for any condition. Had a doctor once try to talk me into back surgery once. I went to PT for three months instead. Every so often, it slips back and I go back to PT. I’m managing my condition. No meds, no surgery. What’s the fun in that?
  17. I couldn’t have said it better. Thank you. The want to compare themselves to alcoholics but when you treat them like alcoholics, they turn into vagines.
  18. It's been my experience they put the weight back on because they go back to prior behavior. A good example is the Suplee story up thread. He'd always go back to what he did before until he realized it wasn't what he was eating but how much he was eating. The fat guy in my marathon story lost about 100 lbs but gained it all back because he went bo eating +5 Big Mac's at a time. The Big Macs had more to do with any sort of genetics.
  19. OKC lost last night and went from the #8 seed to being completely out. My guess is every night will be like that for all of these teams:
  20. Great point. It's why fad diets or harsh diets are bad. They're just not sustainable. If you have even a moderate workout regimen of 3-5 days a week of doing something (running, biking, lifting, etc.) you can a fairly normal diet within reason. I could probably drop another 20 if I stopped drinking and went on some strict diet but I just don't want to.
  21. It should be noted that these weight loss stories involving large amounts of weight don't happen overnight. I would imagine Suplee took years. The people I know personally that lost a large amount of weight and now run half marathons or something, it took on average 4-5 years with them. The key to any workout plan is the first 30 days. If you stick with it that long, it starts to become a habit.
  22. I hadn't head that story before. I loved this quote. Everyone on here should read that link. They won't, though. Even if they did, it wouldn't matter. Suplee was following a very low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet when he landed on Isratel’s TED Talk in 2018 and had a life-changing epiphany. It wasn't what he was eating, it was how much he was eating.
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