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Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss

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john_minsk ◴[17 Apr 25 07:17 UTC] No.43713971[source]▶
Just went trough Yo-Yo. Any good strategies on how to overcome it for good?
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cookiengineer ◴[17 Apr 25 08:15 UTC] No.43714267[source]▶
It's not about the weight, it's about the exercise.

Start with something easy and establish a rule that won't ever be broken. If you break a rule once, you'll lose the fight.

My rule, for example, when I started to train more:

- start with 10 crunches every morning and evening

- increase by 2 crunches every day

- no exceptions

When you are at ~2 months in, you can add weight training to it to get stronger.

Additionally, find a sport that you can do once or twice a week that is FUN to do. By FUN I really mean it. There's no point in doing sports if you don't enjoy it.

If you enjoy playing batminton, go for it! If you enjoy table tennis, go for it! If you enjoy Kung Fu, Krav Maga, or whatever ... go for it!

Sports isn't about reaching goals, it's about having fun while doing it. Otherwise, you will not overcome the struggles. Your brain needs a reward, and enjoying sports helps you keep wanting more of it.

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dxuh ◴[17 Apr 25 08:53 UTC] No.43714425[source]▶
Have you actually lost weight like that? I think exercise is a huge trap for weight loss. Cardio exercise makes you healthy, but it will also make you hungry. Especially if you are not used to it. Overweight people are usually already overeating. They can't deal with hunger and cravings well. If you make them do cardio, they will likely eat back whatever they burned and most likely much more. And even if they don't, they were already overeating, so chances are high you are not in a caloric deficit still. I have lost a lot of weight (30kg) three times now (gained some of it back every time unfortunately) and I think there is much truth to "You don’t lose weight at the gym, you lose weight in the kitchen.".
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1. throwaway2037 ◴[19 Apr 25 05:06 UTC] No.43734346[source]▶
This is a great comment, and I agree with it. Everything that I hear from experts on weight loss: Cardio exercise is not a major component. Most people are clueless about how few calories that cardio exercise burns. A 5km run burns about 300 calories. People would be shocked to see how little food is it, compared to the amount of effort to run 5km!

Since you said you went through three weight loss cycles (bravo, it is hard to do!), is exercise an important part of the effort? Example: Did you ever try cardio vs weight training? It seems like weight training is the more likely of the two to change body composition (more muscle, same or less fat). And higher muscle weight almost always leads to higher resting calorie burn rate.

Last thing that almost no one is talking about in this discussion: Once you start doing exercise, something changes in your brain. I cannot precisely explain it, but a huge number of men experience a drop is depressing thoughts after starting regular exercise. My guess: Exercise helps to de-stress which has all kinds of other positive impacts in your life.