Crude, effective post about dieting

not rocket science. go on a 1000-calorie diet -- i don't care who you are -- you'll lose weight. All this "carbs" "atkins" "paleo" "zone diet' etc etc yadda yadda -- needless gobbledegook. 1000 calories a day -- you will lose weight. What most people do though, is quit and cook up some reasons like "my metabolism" or "gluten intolerance" etc. etc. Sheesh. The pain of real, true dieting drives them to hallucinate excuses

...I then reworked it, but still didn't post it (because it didn't fit the situation of  the person I was replying to...

"Natural" has nothing to do with it.  Eating 1000 calories a day has everything to do with it. Not rocket science. Go on a 1000-calorie diet (net per day after exercise) -- I don't care who you are -- I guarantee you will lose weight. Are you serious about losing weight, or are you serious about being a whiner? All this BS -- "carbs" "natural" "sugar" "processed food" "no-GMO" "Atkins" "Paleo" "Zone diet" "the government" etc., etc., yadda yadda, barf -- it's ALL a cop out. 1000 calories a day, net -- you will lose weight.  That's all you need.  Can you handle the truth?  Most people can't. The pain of real, true, uncomfortable dieting drives them to hallucinate excuses, such as "my metabolism" or "corporate GMOs" or "the government" whatever the latest cop out du jour is. Eat sugar, eat fat, eat GMO junk food, eat whatever -- it doesn't matter!-- but whatever you do, COUNT CALORIES. It works -- EVERYTIME. 

A good place to see the real escape artists of dieting is at Overeaters Anonymous meetings (not all chapters, but many).  Buncha women crying in their beer, instead of counting calories.  Incredible!  They are so skillful in their ignorance.

Here's yet another re-work, that I actually posted:

Nicole, so-called “fake food” is 99-44/100% hollow hysteria. You want to be healthy? Here’s how to do it: Restrict calories and lose weight. Not rocket science. Go on a 1000-1500 calorie diet (depending on your body size and other simple factors) — I don’t care who you are — I guarantee you will lose weight and BECOME A LOT HEALTHIER. All this BS — “carbs” “natural” “sugar” “processed food” “no-GMO” “Atkins” “Paleo” “Zone diet” “the government” “the corporations” etc., etc., yadda yadda, barf — it’s ALL a tiny sideshow, and is WAY over-inflated hysteria that diverts attention from the REAL DEAL, health-wise, which is RESTRICTING CALORIES and LOSING WEIGHT, The pain of real, true, uncomfortable calorie restriction drives fat people to hallucinate excuse after excuse, such as “my metabolism” or “corporate GMOs” or “the government” or “sugar” or whatever the latest cop-out nonsense is. Fuck all of that. Go ahead — eat sugar, eat fat, eat GMO junk food, eat whatever — but whatever you do, Number One, COUNT CALORIES and LOSE WEIGHT. It works — EVERYTIME. (Of course it’s easier to sit in an easy chair and eat a dozen organic gluten-free donuts while whimpering about “refined salt” and other scientific absurdities.) [BTW, I've walked my talk.]

You wrote: “Your assumptions are meaningless in my life and irrelevant to my path.” Nicole: There is one path only to losing weight and the huge health benefits that come with that: Restrict calories. Either you are doing this, or you are not. Everything else walks.
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