Perhaps. You make the assumption that I could stick to any of those diets. Diets where I'd go hungry and, like the weak bitch I am, once hungry I'd quit.
This. It is funny reading this exact argument play out in the exact same way. Personally, I think the best thing you can do is to follow a program that works for you, that you can stick to. It may not be what you run with for the rest of your life, but if it takes you from 400 lbs to 200 lbs, right on.
Why can we not talk about p90x or insanity in this thread? I haven't tried insanity, but I have started doing p90x... I don't follow the program, but I have it at my girlfriend's house because it is an easy way for me to get her to exercise, because she won't do it on her own, and doesn't go to the gym, but if I say, "let's put in a p90x dvd" after she puts her kid to bed, I can actually get her to work up a sweat. It doesn't replace my workout, but I don't normally do cardio on my own, so I count it as that and tell myself that it's letting my heart get into better shape.
I think Arkk must have tried to have the same argument with at least five different people through the course of this thread #issues
Ahh, telling morbidly obese people that their weight loss plan is ridiculous and unnecessary, totally uncalled for right? Because no one knows a person who is 100lbs, 200lbs, or even 300lbs overweight that has a new diet or a fool proof plan that will get them into shape. That person also figured out why they are so obese to begin with in designing this plan, and they will fix all of their problems in just a few months.
Having a balanced diet is more difficult than entering arbitrary numbers into an app to hit your macros? The fuck...
Yeah? I'm assuming you're otherwise not counting anything? I don't understand what's arbitrary about it.
Well for instance, I just ate some sushi. I have no fucking idea what the calorie, protein, carb, or fat content in any of it is, especially when you get into specialty rolls with a ton of shit in them.
Bro, if no one gave a shit they wouldn't comment and would let you fuck yourself up however. We're all bros. We care a lot.
That's why I've never counted macros. I just make sure I hit my protein, and hope that I get about 80g of calories from fat. Otherwise, I could give a shit. It's hard enough taking foods that aren't labelled (e.g. restaurant, or if you're cooking something with several mixed ingredients) to calculate total calories. Fuck trying to break everything down into macros and tracking those too.