“Mindless Eating,” or how to send an entire life of research into question
PSA I always post into weight threads: Every legitimate long term study of non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn&#x27;t happen for the vast, vast majority of people.<p>1) [&quot;In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost all is regained within 5 years. &quot;](<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;1580453" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;1580453</a>)<p>2) Giant meta study of long term weight loss: [&quot;Five years after completing structured weight-loss programs, the average individual maintained a weight loss of &gt;3% of initial body weight.&quot;](<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ajcn.nutrition.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;74&#x2F;5&#x2F;579.full" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ajcn.nutrition.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;74&#x2F;5&#x2F;579.full</a>)<p>3) Less Scientific: [Weight Watcher&#x27;s Failure - &quot;about two out of a thousand Weight Watchers participants who reached goal weight stayed there for more than five years.&quot;](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fatfu.wordpress.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;01&#x2F;24&#x2F;weight-watchers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fatfu.wordpress.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;01&#x2F;24&#x2F;weight-watchers&#x2F;</a>)<p>4) [The reason why it&#x27;s impossible seems to be that although calories in &lt; calories out works, the body of a fat person makes it extremely difficult psychologically to eat less.](<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;01&#x2F;01&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;tara-parker-pope-fat-trap.html?_r=2&amp;pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;01&#x2F;01&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;tara-parker-pope-...</a>) This is borne out by the above data.<p>5) [The only thing that does seem to work in the long term is gastric surgery.](<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC1421028&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC1421028&#x2F;</a>)<p>Moreover, you won&#x27;t find any reputable study on the web where the average person lost 10%+ of their body weight and kept it off for five years. Not even one.