Re:The Hacker's Diet
by dragonwriter on Thursday June 04, 2015 @12:27PM
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> It's the psychological and mental effects of the above advice.
Actually, the physiological effects outside of weight loss/gain are also different.
> If person A feels physically sick and completely unable to function while in a 500 calorie daily deficit that's a very different outcome than person B who barely notices that exact same deficit.
And its probably a sign of a very different physiological response, not merely a "psychological and mental" one.
It's not the math that does or does not work. It's the psychological and mental effects of the above advice.
If person A feels physically sick and completely unable to function while in a 500 calorie daily deficit that's a very different outcome than person B who barely notices that exact same deficit.
That's what leads to this silly argument over whether the "math works" or not.
I think the rational calorie deficit/surplus calculation needs to always be accompanied with a large amount of sympathy and understanding that the psychological and mental effects of these "simple steps" can vary dramatically.