One problem with all these debates about nutrition and exercise is that they mostly don’t take into account individual differences.
Exactly. The “Typical body fallacy”.
The only time I got into such a bad shape that I had to lose weight, I managed to devise a regime that enabled me to lose a pound a week with only a small expense of willpower, which was however completely unlike anything I’ve ever read from any side in the diet/exercise controversies
If you’re in the market for idiosyncratic weight-loss anecdotes: I lost 30 pounds in a month by having a stroke and spending that month in a rehab center with right-side hemiplegia, then another 20 over the next three months or so on a diet that was 90% homemade soup and roasted vegetables, with a scheduled Indulgence Night every few weeks where I went out and ate whatever the hell I wanted.
I’ve since then gained about half of that weight back by eating out more often.
Exactly. The “Typical body fallacy”.
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If you’re in the market for idiosyncratic weight-loss anecdotes: I lost 30 pounds in a month by having a stroke and spending that month in a rehab center with right-side hemiplegia, then another 20 over the next three months or so on a diet that was 90% homemade soup and roasted vegetables, with a scheduled Indulgence Night every few weeks where I went out and ate whatever the hell I wanted.
I’ve since then gained about half of that weight back by eating out more often.