Why dieting doesn't usually work | Sandra Aamodt

In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson about how our brains manage our bodies, as she explores the science behind why dieting not only doesn't work, but is likely to do more harm than good. She suggests ideas for how to live a less diet-obsessed life, intuitively.
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[@Dioriate]

I work as a personal trainer, and this is exactly the type of information I needed to describe how I felt about why dieting isn't effective. Totally learned more from her less than 15 minute video than I did for most of my training for my job.

[@thepotterwitch]

That's ted talks, cramming in all the good information into a short easy to understand way.👍

[@worldtheater3038]

Check this out.you will be amazed kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5m1hIaBf5p8bbc

[@Shadow-kf8yd]

Ok but eating when I’m hungry won’t work. I’m only ever hungry every two days so if I only eat every two days that’s not healthy

[@charlottearena]

@@Shadow-kf8yd do you mind me asking why you are only hungry every two days?

[@duhneesy293]

i wish someone showed me this when I was 14 years old...

[@dfhfdgfgdfshdfhe8257]

Same!

[@guidemusiccalm]

Wait im 14. What would make you wanna see this at my age? To learn mindful eating?

[@robben896]

But would you honestly have gone down a different path? Maybe it is just wishful thinking.

[@FatimaKTVPerformanceCoach]

same here!

[@worldtheater3038]

Check this out.you will be amazed kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5m1hIaBf5p8bbc

[@abcmaya]

this really works....i'm so glad my grandma taught me how to eat properly. eat when you're hungry, stop when you're not hungry. and whenever you come to a point your stomach is full, it means you've eaten too much. i never eat to a point where my stomach is about to explode. i always eat just around 80% of what my stomach is capable of storing. and thanks to my grandma my body always feel good and look good without having to worry about what to eat.

[@sharifaa.8887]

I agree with you! In Islam, we are taught that we should keep one third of our stomach for food, one third for water and the last third should be left empty. Unfortunately, this is only taught in theory and not in practice!

[@moonmissy]

Yeah, mom made me fat by forcing me to finish my food she puts on my plate. All of us got fat, except her.

[@nickt1262]

@@moonmissy You mean she said: "Mangia - Mangia" lol! :)

[@futuregenesis97]

Im more convinced now than ever, I did so many diets and lost weight and then gained weight and I hated it. I finally said enough is enough and just focused on running faster and longer on the treadmill 5x a week (because I love running), and my weight training sessions 5x a week, and ate only when i was hungry, no binge eating nothing and the weight just came off without me even realizing it. It works beleive me and it the fastest and most satisfying way to lose weight.

[@SilverAnicore]

To be honest, I intentionally lost weight by counting calories and eating about 80% of what I burned, never having a deficit bigger than 500. (Which is still considered healthy by most standards.) Now I've stopped, but that diet actually helped me on my way to mindful eating. I learned a lot about ingredients, what keeps me full and what just makes me more hungry and why. It also widened the range of food I consume.

[@Mangaluvr247]

Omg, these comments. It's like half the people who watched the video weren't paying attention to what she said.

[@robinlillian9471]

I don't think they watched the video. They just wanted to brag about how thin they are. This is common on online news sites, too. Many people never read more than the title, and sometimes don't pay much attention to that, either. They didn't attack the presenter here because she looks thin.

[@mshmbo]

I would like to share this important ancient practice (it goes along with what Dr. Sandra claims, I think!), and it needs sort of self awareness with a strong will too. 1- Do never eat unless you are hungry. 2- An adult should eat to about one third of a full stomach and about one other third of drinkable foods or water could be added. 3- Having a suitable activity that makes the heart beats higher once or twice a week. 4- Try not to sleep directly after the meal, one should take a short walk or activity especially after supper. + Do not starve yourself over a prolonged period of time, that could lead to a really bad digestive system condition and unfortunately non-reversible in some cases. wishing everybody a healthy life.

[@annetteokwong]

this woman changed my life

[@stashiarobbins2058]

Same girl, same

[@mandypac2854]

Girls "have been measuring their worth by the wrong scale" 11:10

[@worldtheater3038]

Check this out.you will be amazed kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5m1hIaBf5p8bbc

[@marysca917]

I'm trying to recover from binge eating disorder (probably started 20+ years ago) and I'm reading her book Why diet make us fat. I suggest everybody to read it. It will blow your mind. I must thank her so much because I'm starting to understand how our brain works and its response to dieting, starving, overeating etc and I don't feel guilty anymore.

[@joeherald7319]

I just love this. The message here is a good one, something worth hearing, but beyond that is the joy of hearing such an intelligent informed person speak. Her presentation skill and vocabulary are just about as good as it gets.

[@spidaminida]

I think figuring out what satisfies you (and importantly how much!) is very helpful. For example, I could feel like I wanted an omlette and toast, but actually I could eat a pickle and be satisfied. People just need to get back in touch with their bodies. Which is crazy hard when all available credible information on the topic tells you to diet (i.e. go hungry and ignore the fact) and exercise (i.e. torture yourself with repetitive, boring gym) is telling you to do exactly the opposite. If people were instead advised to learn to cook, find food that satisfies them and go do fun things outdoors with people they love, we might get a bit further with this battle.

[@shynie4986]

Gym isn't boring.....

[@evi9861]

It is very boring

[@BussyBishTV]

This was one of the best videos I have watched! Eat what you want and stop when your full. Having suffered with eating disorders and overexercising, dieting etc. Now I eat what I want, which is actually quite balanced. I don't compulsively exercise anymore, except walk to college, work etc. Somedays i want to eat a lot of chocolate, why not? Other days I find I eat more fruit and vegetables, the body knows what it needs and we need to start trusting it. I am naturally a "normal" weight, but if I was naturally overweight, I wouldn't care. It is about self-acceptance and realizing just because you may be overweight, it does not mean that you are unhealthy. Most obese people I know have/ or are seriously dieting. And the celebrities we see in the media, their weights are always yo-yoing, example Britney Spears, will be overweight, thin, normal weight etc. When perhaps she would naturally be a normal weight if she ate what she wanted and didn't obsess about her weight.

[@never2hard2startfresh]

Real food, not processed and "massaged" edibles, are helpful to restore balanced, natural appetite. Unfortunately the vast amount of food on grocery shelves and fast food menus consist of toxic "food like products" which trick the appetite to consume more food than needed, and store fat easily.

[@BussyBishTV]

I totally disagree with you. From my own experience when your body is at its true natural set point it can regulate itself. For example when I was below and chose recovery I was binging in tones of food for a few months untill I was weight restored, now I can eat what I want as well as processed foods in a balanced way. All this addictive food is just nonsense. I don't care what scientific bull crap is there to back it up, it just does not happen. Not if you don't diet and restrict your food in anyway. And like you said, do you want to be fussing over not eating processed foods everyday for the rest of you life as they are virtually unavoidable, I'v got better things to be doing and I'm sure you have too :)

[@villedajm]

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[@mariabenjamin8018]

Just the stressful thought of dieting made me actually gain weight. Now I just make better choices using a keto structure but not counting anything. When Im hungry, I will ask myself (not tell myself) if I would be satisfied with eating protein without starchy carbs. With this approach the answer is normally yes thus allowing me to lose weight cause Im kinder to my body

[@rosey4exclaim]

Okay, TED Talks are short, condensed talks that summarize topics the speakers have spent a great deal of time researching and working on. If she could have gone into the specifics of her research and the particulars of eating mindfully, many commenters' complaints would be null. Go Google mindful eating and try it. You may be pleasantly surprised at the outcome.

[@samanthamartin5989]

I started my diet when I was 12 years old. I was a little chubby back then. My weight cycled back and forth a lot when I was younger, which seemed to correlate to certain traumatic life events. We all had to take a "Health" class in middle school. We had to step on a scale in front of the whole class. We didn't have to read out the number, but it was humiliating enough. We calculated our BMIs, and there it was-- I fell into the "overweight" category. I decided I had to count calories and lose weight. I had SlimFast for breakfast, half a sandwich for lunch, and tried to eat as little of the dinner my mom cooked each night. I ate about 900 calories a day, and lost probably 40 pounds at 4ft 8in. I stopped when people started saying I was "too skinny"-- I remember that. But the damage was done. People looked at me more, people liked me more-- I'd achieved thin privilege. From then on, food was a struggle for me. I'd slip in and out of counting calories, skipping meals, trying new diets. I could probably still tell you with accuracy the amount of calories in most food items. I also struggled a ton with self-image; nothing was ever enough. There was always 10 pounds I wanted to lose, fifteen pounds to be as pretty as Zoe Kravitz (I'm short so I'll never be a runway model). I JUST discovered intuitive eating at the age of 25. I feel completely free. I exercise because I WANT to. I eat things that I LIKE. I've realized my body is just a body, and the fat on it is just fat. A cookie is just a cookie. I'm not a monster. Cookies aren't poison. Some days I'll eat a salad, or crave brown rice and black beans with cabbage and fresh mango salsa. Some days I want something hot and comforting with cheese on top. I feel the best when my meal is balanced. I feel more energized if I exercise more-- but I also need rest when I did a lot of exercise (learned that the hard way after tennis and a five mile hike on the weekend and karate on Monday). Most importantly, I feel more at peace in the present moment. I can just... be.

[@riderlibertas2580]

I agree with the message that the key is getting back in touch with our bodies and determining what we actually need to feel satisfied. Another realization that really helped me was that excess is not really the best way to enjoy anything. I began to lose weight and get in touch with my body when I learned to slow down and really savor my food. I've found that with this in mind I can eat pretty much anything I want but I tend to eat a lot less of it.

[@kavieyu2281]

Thank you for sharing with people

[@jeffreymixonlowe]

Wonderful talk.

[@rizaan4786]

This helped me so, so much.

[@AkritiKeswani]

Great talk .. Really inspiring

[@michaelcallaway6962]

I’m glad I’ve done every diet in the book because now I know for sure they don’t work long term

[@hunterfagan6272]

I also wish someone told me that. Im a month into anorexia recovery and im weight restored, but starving 24/7

[@kyrstenmarie]

Very powerful speech , Sandra. Amazing ending.

[@marlstarl8791]

Thank goodness I saw this, I was just starting...

[@LanceWinslow]

This is a very good video and makes perfect sense to me.

[@ayjanannageldiyeva6058]

"I'm so much more relaxed around food than I've ever been in my life" that hit hard damn😩

[@roidroid]

You'd think i exercise to stay fit, but really i do it to maintain mental health. Sleep and Exercise are more important than what you are or aren't eating.

[@NisseHult101]

I'm not convinced that "weight set points" really exist. However, I think one should avoid "dieting" by going hungry for extended periods of time (several days or weeks), since this is almost certain to lower the body's metabolism rate which will most likely lead to later weight gains eventually. As far as I know, the trick is to "proper dieting" is to reduce your overall calory intake without also lowering your metabolism rate. Since about half a year ago, I'm practicing intermittent "fasting" where I eat about a quarter of my normal calory intake two (non-consecutive) days a week. Otherwise I eat pretty much whatever I want. It works wonders for me (I lost more than 10% from my max weight in that time), and this "eating plan" is surprisingly easy to stick to - it doesn't even feel like I'm on a diet. I plan on continue doing this indefinitely (unless good scientific reasons not to are discovered).

[@dielara6517]

Well said I already did this for a year and my depression also got way better bc of my eating habits🤍

[@breannapimentel3216]

@ 7:25 and 8:50 are great points.

[@mariarib6504]

I've heard all of this before. I'm 51 and I've been overweight since I was 18. Now morbidly obese. This makes 'mindfulness' sound like a magic cure - the problem is, I am ALWAYS hungry. If I ate only when I was hungry, I would be eating all day and night. I've done yoga and meditation. I've tried every diet. I've sat in support groups and listened to people who lost 3 pounds that week cry about how much they missed the 2-liters of coke they drank twice a day while I haven't touched the stuff since high school. This stuff may work for people with normal metabolisms but don't make it sound like the cure for the country's obesity problem.

[@Koop_Soup]

TED talks have a problem of extreme generalization and speaks as if their words are a saving grace for every member of the human race. I'm sorry you haven't found a way to lose the weight you want.

[@marielyminayaarias6986]

You are always hungry because you've spent most of your life restricting what you eat (dieting), probably, and your body is in starvation mode most of the time. Imagine holding your pee because it is not time to pee yet, how would your bladder feel? That is exactly how your body feels when is hungry and we do not give it food. Dieting makes you gain weight in the long run.

[@FatherManus]

You have to choose between making your stomach happy vs making your organs and yourself happy in the long term. You need to start becoming okay with being hungry. You aren’t going to die from hunger especially if you are morbidly obese. Humans can go a full month without eating before dying of starvation. Which means you can limit your diet to three small and healthy meals a day. Yes you will be hungry. You’ll not only live, but you will lose weight and become healthier which will prolong your life.

[@cynthiajohnston6971]

Great video!

[@juliagiacominibezerra1804]

awesome speak

[@fitforfreelance]

love this emphasis on mindful eating!

[@MexieMex]

Great talk

[@maxistmind]

I've lost 40kg (~90bs) myself and I know what she's talking about ... everyday struggle to stay at a weight level :/

[@roughstartbeats]

Try LCHF.

[@maxistmind]

RoughStar(t) Did you even listen to the talk?

[@Sprossenzuechter]

RoughStar(t) Please dont. Carbohydrates are not the enemy. They can only make you fat if you eat a lot of fat, so try high carb low fat instead (best in addition to a vegan or even raw-vegan lifestyle) search for fullyrawkristina on yt for example

[@roughstartbeats]

***** Dude. Trolling is one thing, hurting someone is another. Fats are for hormones, it helps you more than it hurts you. Carbs ARE the enemy. Why? Cancer, for example, 'eats' carbs. What do I mean by that? They grow by using carbs as an energy source. They can't do that with fats. Your body simply doesn't need carbohydrates. The human started eating carbs as a main source of food when we started with aggroculture, and even more so during the industrialisation. The main reason why someone gets fat is because their intake of energy is higher than what they burn. LCHF helps you not to eat alot, because it's hard to over do it on meat and fatty food (such as avocados, turkish yoghurt etc). Do some fucking research before knocking it down, when you seriously don't know jack about it. Telling someone to eat fat is like telling someone to cut themselves with a razor blade. Fats help you live, carbs doesn't Simple as that. So fuck off and do some reading.

[@roughstartbeats]

mindGames Yes I did. LCHF isn't a diet. It's the way we ate before people became lazy and overweight. Our bodies have adapted to fats and proteins. You might wanna read up on the subject. Also over eating is borderline impossible on LCHF because you simply can't eat as much. It also kills the cravings for sugar. Etcetera. Do your research.

[@r.jeremyhill5214]

Great talk, Sandra... I talk to so many people who think they have a diet and exercise problem. When really they have a hidden thinking/feeling problem. We need more people to hear this message.

[@VOLightPortal]

The caveat is that mindfulness exercise also requires a certain amount of willpower reserve or cognitive bandwidth to do and won't be effective once ego-depletion and directed attention fatigue sets in. I think it is incredibly important to be able to have robust management protocols at stress reduction as elevated cortisol puts you at increased risk of overeating. Mindfulness is just one potential tool to add in your self-control arsenal but it is not and should not be the only strategy to rely on. Sandra Aamodt has a few good theoretical ideas but suffice to say it is not the whole picture (not a complete model for effective self-regulation of food intake and weight control... many different complementary models should be considered and tested in synergistic combination). Don't take her TED talk as absolute truth on the matter but something to consider and test... use the scientific method is all I can advise.

[@foodvsbloodsugarpostprandi8289]

Amen! SHE IS SO DAMN RIGHT!

[@ministerjap8910]

She has all the answers to life 👍

[@jobrown634]

I watched this last year, tired of dieting and the energy that it entails. I've always exercised lots and it stopped working after having my son, so diet was the only thing that worked. I googled this sort of thing about intuitive eating to find a solution, but in reality, I was looking for another diet. I got Sandra's book from the library, read other stuff, even went to a nutritionist and therapist specializing in intuitive eating. The problem? I gained weight and was not happy. Sandra DID NOT gain weight, and by introducing her talk with "I stopped dieting and lost 10 pounds", it could easily be implied that by eating intuitively, you can lose weight. Of course, she does not say this, but she DOES open with "I lost weight", it grabs your attention and plants the seed that it is possible. Well, it may be if you were binging or were eating very badly, but not if you already eat healthily and exercise a lot. This is the issue that I have with this talk, it is misleading. Now, I don't have a problem with the fact that once you start to diet, even if not overweight, you will make yourself fat, but this is an issue of the environment we are immersed in and how hard it is to eat healthy for a lot of people. Once you put the weight on, your body wants you to remain there or put on more, this is why it's so hard and I have no arguments against this, if you were never overweight, don't diet, it'll mess things up, but what choice do overweight children or adults have? Intuitive eating is not magical. I had to diet in the end, and yes, it does require effort on my part, yes, I have to use restrain and can't eat all the things I want all of the time, but I can eat them some of the time. Yes, sometimes it's much harder than others too, but I was 7kgs heavier and I simply didn't like it. I dislike it when people try to convince you that it's OK to let yourself go IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, and there's a lot of that in this HAES movement. I ditched the HAES therapist and nutritionist, they had an agenda and could not see that my choice, for whatever reason, was to be slimmer.

[@haydee7476]

I think it's valid that you wanted to be slimmer. But as much as one tries to justify it in a rational way, you can't. I guess preferences are preferences at the end of the day.

[@GwenMotoGirl]

I am 56 seconds into this video, and I'm already in tears. I identify.

[@noviceprepper53]

good talk

[@profo4544]

You can call me insane, but i know a person who smoked marijuana and ciggerettes to lose weight in the mid 2000s, and the person never gained the weight back, they dont smoke ciggerettes anymore, maybe marijuana occasionally. Every time she tried to to lose weight thru dieting techniques she eventually would always put all the weight back on, so she went all out. And it actually worked lol. Basically the ciggerettes would take away her appetite, but marijuana would bring it back, and so everytime after she would smoke she would eat, she would smoke about twice a day and do this. Im not giving advice, or telling you to try this, im just telling you a wild alternative that worked for someone i know. She basically lost all the weight and didnt have to go through the headache, and she stopped smoking ciggerettes like 3 months later. Her doctors told her smoking slowed down her metabolism, or sped it up i forget wich, from smoking weed, she actually became more healthy, and remains now quite skinny.

[@tomlathensalado]

Very good video.

[@jamiescott2717]

There is a bbc documentary that confirms what she is saying. Your natural weight is your natural weight. I try to add vegetables every day. Even that's hard.

[@tofugoast]

How is it hard to add vegetables every day? By the way, "hard" is not a reason to do nothing. Hard is not "impossible". Lots of choices we make in life are difficult, but we should do them anyway.

[@arae123]

Jamie Scott Are you fat or obese?

[@jamiescott2717]

arae123 No. I'm in really good shape, but I do struggle with it. I recently lost about 35lb. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it. I'm hungry all the time.

[@Macatho]

+Jamie Scott That wasn't what she was saying at all. She said you can move the set point, but sadly only in one direction. And that's not the direction most of us wants to move it.

[@kristenstewart1250]

What's the BBC documentary name please?

[@2tell99]

Well said! Eat when you need to not when you want to!

[@WisdomValleser]

Basic knowledge of nutrition plus mindful eating. Has worked for me for over a decade.

[@artSFCA]

I had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I stopped eating salt and sugar and saturated fats. I shedded 12 pounds in 2 months. My doctor came in saying What Did You Do? I see now the trouble with salt intake and sugar, our bodies can't take that much so weight gain sets in. I now recommend this to my colleagues. I now can treat myself to a burger but no salt on the fries.

[@AssistenzaVicomunicochepenso]

Could anyway please post the reference of the study she mention about the risks death with and without healthy health styles?

[@fulbodfit]

Sounds like the balance of our metabolism set point is out of our hands, however, is in our brain and under our feet, movement is medicine.

[@robertorossi5165]

Interesting video.I applay the Pareto principle to my diet..what is the 20% of the causes that gives the 80% of the results..sugar and in general products made with highly refined flour...very easy

[@applefan2151]

I have been doing mindful eating ever since I watched this, and I never looked back to dieting.

[@Fcycfvyvvyvtfutg]

eating disorders arise from body image issues. Personally, i think rather than tell them to eat healthy because it makes them the best "thin" they can be, instead, just celebrate their natural body weight and tell them that healthy eating leads to a longer, happier life. I say this because with the media being the way it is, even if they are the most "healthy thin" they can be, they might not achieve happiness because they are not as thin as the media says they should be. For example, I can look at the mirror all day and know im healthy but still feel like I'm too fat because of the media. (And trying to be content with the realization that this is the "best I can be" is NOT possible because that implies that there are people who are naturally thinner and inherently BETTER in that area because they fit the ideal in the media.) Media starts first. (And of course, a HUGE one which she said was changing the environment we have filled with fast food and such. That also starts first.)

[@ShellySummers]

Mindful eating sounds like something I need to look into.

[@DavidCruickshank]

I glad someone sees the madness in dieting

[@blacksunshine7485]

I'm actually in the middle of my first thesis and literary novel, with the working title of 'Chubby Love : When Worlds Collide'. I'm ultimately hoping for it to be given away with XL and Happy Meals(tm) at all international McDonalds restaurants. Its my life's dream.

[@produccionrtve1790]

Solicitamos permiso desde el programa "La Mañana" de TVE para poder emitir, siempre citando la fuente, este video.​Quedamos a la espera de condiciones para poderlo emitir en el programa. Recibe un saludo, Eva.

[@FrenchAndparfait]

Awesome talk. It's amazing how many dieting videos there are here on youtube, and so little real talk about how dangerous it is. DIETS JUST DON'T WORK! But I guess it's like Prince charming... We all still want it is actually true...

[@Macatho]

+French Andparfait Partly because people misunderstand the word "diet".

[@quinndiesel1977]

why is it so hard for TED to mic test these people before hand so we don't get a video full of lip smacking?

[@joshuagarmon757]

For real, it was so disgusting I had to pause the video. I'm watching this for a Behavioral Neuroscience class I'm taking and that was driving me crazy.

[@gregoryking4796]

They were too busy worrying about their diet

[@andrewnovak1390]

I know right, the sound of lipsmacking makes me want to die

[@Lovelyleyy]

I got tired of it😐 like it’s so annoying

[@infinite840]

I bet she give great dome though lmao

[@ptamaribuchi1]

great

[@DarlingGlitch]

Yes

[@CA-aloiz1]

love the splash

[@DavidPirez]

Comparto para quienes están en dietas como propósito del año nuevo.

[@user-hp9eg3gf6s]

for me it has worked, i lost 20 kilos (~45 pounds) in a 2 month diet 8 to 6 months ago! (first real diet in my life, as opposed pretending to do a diet for the satisfaction of others for a week). but i might have had a mindless eating problem it was not a binge eating problem in the sense of eating now cuz i can't later, and i was already enjoying healthy and satiating foods for just the taste before my diet (that i had no clue about nutrition). and sinse then lost 3 -4 kilos more but it was from not exercising, muscle loss :( Also i am not starving now, i just don't eat more than i need to become satiated from a range of healthy foods that generally have a good satiation to calories ratio (like a salad lunch every day including healthy calorific things sure, but much more satiating than if you removed the veggies ).

[@MikeEnRegalia]

Nice effort, but sadly lacking on the latest research into fructose metabolism. As it turns out, reducing fructose in the diet, together with increasing fiber, might be just what's needed to change the "set point".

[@RajarajanPanneerselvam]

Fruit and vegetables take care of that. again no need to worry about diet.

[@MikeEnRegalia]

Rajarajan Panneerselvam Eating fruits and vegetables instead of high-fructose, low-fiber food would be a change of diet, wouldn't it?

[@littlesometin]

Michael Riess dude, fructose is fruit sugar

[@xavierz2857]

littlesometin Michael likely meant high fructose corn syrup found in all processed food since corn is so heavily subsidized (i.e. cheap ingredient) versus natural fructose/sugar from things like fruits and veggies. They are metabolized differently by the body and seem to have different physiologic effect. I.e. Eat fruits and you'll feel full, drink soda with the same caloric content and you'll still down a Big Mac.

[@RunnerDrew1]

Xavier Z There have been many studies done that show processed fructose sugar is not any worse than any other types of sugars. I know it is a shock, but look into it.

[@mac195000]

I lost more than 20% of my bodyweight over an 18 month period 3 years ago and have kept it off. It can be done. I was fat because I stuffed myself with junk every day. As the speaker says, eat only when you are hungry. It also helps to lift heavy weights regularly.

[@ch9476]

In school we aren’t allowed to have snacks and we have like 20 minutes to wolf down lunch. School taught me you get to eat when food is there and fast.

[@RaiBok]

"In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old." What the heck? Sources?

[@CM-re1xe]

@@manoneal1724 Considering how diet can trigger binging episodes, it makes sense why obesity is in such high rates.

[@CM-re1xe]

@@manoneal1724 95% of diet plans fail, the majority of the american population has been on a diet. We face problems with obesity because of how sedentary we are and how easy it is to have access to food A long term approach to nutrition teaches the patient how to have autonomy to maintain their social life and mental health amongst such a chaotic food environment. That's something you do with therapy and intense work with a dietician. No one is willing to do that, people are spending money on a billion dollar market that is the fitness world and waiting for the next fad diet that will cure obesity, inflammation ( whatever they think that means ) and a new disease they will come up with

[@CM-re1xe]

@@manoneal1724 America is the country with the largest amount of diet centered foods available, the biggest amount of dieters in their population and yet obesity is a issue that just keeps getting worse. The French have a diet rich in fat and carbs and still maintain a relatively lean population, and that is because the way they act around food is much different from the USA, where we attributed moral value to food and have a extremely large amount of people with eating disorders such as BED and anorexia

[@QuiteNot]

This sounds like good advice to me. It's what I have been saying all along. Diets don't work ! Diets tell you to not eat what you like when you want to. That is the worst advice ever, that's putting your body into starvation mode, you should ideally never be in starvation mode. It slows down your bodies metabolism and makes you store fat. Never feel like your starving. I eat what I want when I want but make mainly the majority of my food really good food, protein, fruit and veggies, whole meal bread, etc..But when I have a craving for something like junk food I don't care about if I indulge a little. Nothing wrong with a little bit of indulgence. I suggest you feel when your satisfied and feel when your hungry and obey these messages. No diet is ever going to work long term, if your struggling with restricting your food intake it means your going to put on weight, theres no way your going to stick to something that's a struggle and a pain to do, it's best just to use moderation, if I do regular exercise using this plan I lose weight (cardio, get your heart rate up) and put on muscle (resistance exercises). And keep it off this is including eating almost a whole KFC family meal by myself too once a fortnight. But I don't eat fast food regularly outside of this. And after you exercise you enjoy food much more. It all comes down to instead of shovelling food into your mouth really fast. Savour it, enjoy the taste and flavour. I don't do this all the time, I'm not a shoveler either, but after a good workout I usually just close my eyes and enjoy the taste like 10 times more than without exercise, I think cause your body has spent a bit of energy and is waiting for you to put something in your body the flavour becomes so much more intense. You just become more aware of your bodies reaction to food. Mindful eating at its best.

[@QuiteNot]

Oh I'm 6'4, broad shoulders, little bit of muscle under the fat of about 20% and currently 104kg. And have done almost no exercise recently, been really lazy. I had a bike ride a month ago or two and one workout last week, and everyone said oh you must have been exercising a lot, you look good, I said I did a workout last week and nothing much else all last year...so if I hit the weights and the road, it doesn't take much for me to lose weight. So I think I can talk about diets and exercise and what really effects weight loss. Hope it helps someone.

[@lc6583]

QuiteNot Amazing

[@QuiteNot]

Thanks. I really need to get back on the bike though, I looked at my calendar it's been over 3 months since I rode last. ; )

[@samusara4life]

This is complete bullshit. "Dieting" doesn't put you in starvation mode unless you have no fucking idea what you are doing. Eat 500 kcal below your maintenance amount to be a healthy human being. Eat at your maintenance when you reach your goal weight.

[@QuiteNot]

I think we are too worried about counting calories/Kilo joules, as our daily requirements change a lot depending on the activity you do or don't do. The main thing is to eat good quality low GI food that will fill you easily. Like whole grain or rye bread, fruit, non fried protein, raw sugar, vegetables, milk, water. Not crappy high GI white bread, white sugar, sodas, fried food, cakes, pizza, chips. High GI foods spike your sugar levels and gives you instant energy, but not for long, giving you no time to burn off the energy, it turns almost straight into glucose and then the excess into fat. I eat alot of food when I'm active and still lose weight.

[@vibranthealthcompany6214]

The best body positive advice ever

[@Maintain_Decorum]

I recall watching this when it was first posted. So much resonated at the time. Now, in 2023, I’m full carnivore, and much of it no longer applies. Doctors should embrace the zero carb option-because unlike all other ‘diets’ -it works. It’s easy. It’s cost and drug free.

[@devorahacts]

She said that after a weight gain "some" people assume a new normal, but that means that some don't. We need to study the ones who don't, and therefore are able to lose weight and why.

[@matthewbartke4424]

Eating "mindfully" is a diet. If you're going out of your way to change you diet from what it was when you were at a weight or condition you were in, you're on a diet. The only way to really keep it off forever is to keep at it forever until it becomes the norm. The diet has to be forever. She talks about keeping track of if you're full and whatnot, but that just stresses me out. I like to just keep track of the calories to maintain the weight (body fat) I want and eat healthfully while I'm at it. That way I know exactly when I have to stop and don't have to judge it by some internal mechanism which is pretty unreliable. I also workout too, so I don't want to under eat either because it will cost me muscle mass if I do. There are great apps on smart phones to make keeping track simple.

[@BethanyKiele]

There is only one intelligence for the body. Unfortunately, that intelligence is far greater than your ability to count calories and fat grams and work out to build more muscle. Studies show the calories burned are different for different states of stress. The calorie from a fast food burger eaten in the car (stressful eating) and the fast food burger eaten from a plate, mindfully (relaxed eating) are burned at a different rate, and provide nutrition (relaxed eating) or actually strip your body of nutrition (stressed eating) which affects your muscle building in much different ways. The old school science, that all calories are equal in the body, was debunked long ago in the science community, but the dieting community is slow to adjust. It all has to do with body intelligence. It truly is not your fault you don't know better.

[@matthewbartke4424]

All calories may not be equal, but they're not different enough to make much of a difference. If you stay on diet, you'll be able to keep the weight off. The reason people gain it all back and then some is when they go off diet. In the long run, your body's attempt to maintain your body fat will fail. Just look at what bodybuilders do. They do things that are unnecessarily, but through disciple are able to maintain high amounts of muscle with low body fat for long periods of time. It is only when they stray from the regime that the body composition changes. I'm not talking about steroid users either. Part of the problem with the science behind it all is that people put too much stock into minutia. With tracking, effort and will power, it isn't that difficult to maintain low body fat and decent muscle mass.

[@Ceaser0123456789]

Bethany Kiele It's true that you should eat relaxed and not stressful-eat but that doesn't mean you shouldn't count calories and work out to build muscle. This holds especially if you're overweight or obese. From personal experience, eating till satiety won't make you gain weight but it won't help you lose weight either. Tracking calories and exercising will. The body's intelligence can be trained.

[@samusara4life]

The way you lose weight and keep it that way is by lifting and not being a lardass. Lean body mass (muscle) increases your metabolic rate and keeps you physically healthy. Buy a barbell, a bench and a squat stands, count your calories for some time to realize how much food is too much and how much is too little and just fucking improve yourself. 1) Squat, Deadlift, Bench Press, Overhead Press, Pendlay Row, Pull-ups/chin-ups 3 times a week. 2) Take up a sport or swim/cycle/jog/walk your dog 2 times a week. 3) Count calories- Don't eat too much or too low (only 500 kcal above/below maintenance, depending whether you wanna lose or gain weight), focus on protein consumption. This is all you need to do to stay healthy and confident with your body. This is SIMPLE and HARD. Most people look for COMPLICATED and EASY, and that's why they fail. Change your life and your body will follow.

[@ati77711123]

I agree

[@ranoonay]

My metabolism changed with age, but not the way you'd think. Around 25 I began to lose weight, just naturally, no change in diet or exercise routine. I continued to slim down for about 3 more years until my weight normalized, which is a 60 lb reduction from 5 years ago. I was concerned about my change in weight so naturally went to the doc, and got a complete clean bill of health; my metabolism just changed, got "faster" they said. I say it just got more efficient. There's a variety of factors I've considered to include changes in my intestinal bacterial biome, Epi-DNA change (your body's genetic switches), a change to location of living, or minute changes in diet.

[@jimo1150]

00:31 awkward moment when the speakers pauses for applauses and there's none

[@RoDInTheHouseMF]

😂😂😂

[@charlottearena]

I have swung from Anorexia in my early teens to obesity. I will lose it to become a "normal" weight, stay there for five years, then do the whole thing all over again. Have got to the point where I have had to seek the services of professional counselors/dietitian to see if they can help me because I have all but given up. I'm 63.

[@sammiwoods7040]

Yaaaaaaas💪

[@tigerandhersickworld]

La ame!!!

[@mandychin7346]

12.26 just in case nobody notices that one guy which is all of us in lectures

[@RubberJunk1]

hmm, I kinda have to call bullshit, I am not slim, but I used to be several stone larger than I am now. All I did was switch to a whole foods diet and cut out potatoes and grains, it took me a year or so to learn to only eat whole foods, but I dont have cravings of wanting to go back and eat ready made meals, sweets and pop. I am still losing weight slowly as any overweight person will do if they consume the amount of callories they should be eating if they were a healthy weight, but if you want to lose weight quickly, like losing weight within a year rather than over the course of years, you have to create a greater deficit. Every now and then I do end up having a binge, but since its a whole foods binge its impossible to gain back much, never mind ALL the weight, because theres just not enough callories crammed in to a serving of what I eat now to make me gain all that much weight.

[@joeybtheman1906]

some dam gud advice "only eat what you need to be full"

[@frannieOh]

YAY! I went high-carb, low-fat vegan 5 months ago & lost 10lbs right off while eating more than I've ever eaten. Plus, in the first month my cholesterol dropped 17 points. More fruits and vegetables" ? HA! Nothing but! This video is great in that it's settled my question around why I'd leveled off in the weight loss. But I'm encouraged by others who've assured me that my body will change my "set point" in time. Meanwhile, my doc says I don't have to take statins and soon I'll be off the blood pressure meds too!

[@OerAnime]

I hope you guys take this a step further. And portionate your food mindfully. If you can't portionate. Save it for later. Because way too much food is wasted. Don't use this fact as an excuse to finish your plate. Use it to eat with awareness. Get to know your portions. Save for later. Share a big portion with a friend. You can always add a couple of nuts or something if the portion is too small when shared. Also eating more vegetarian / vegan food is a great way to make losing weight easier, while also being environmentally and animal friendly. (Not all vegan food is healthier, just generally)

[@ShaneH]

Hormones in our body keep it running like a thermostat. If we eat too much sugar, fats or salts, our body has a way to restore it to balance. But screw with your body with an extreme lifestyle long enough, the thermostat fails. Long term over-consumption of high calorie foods can lead to diabetes (your body no longer reacts - insensitive- to insulin which removes sugar from blood). Your body fat cells normally send signals to your brain via satiety hormones that decreases your appetite and increase metabolism. But chronic obesity leads to your body no longer reacting to satiety hormones; as such you can stay constantly hungry and your metabolic rate can stay permanently low. Long term over-dieting can put your body into starvation mode even after your body weight goes back to normal. You may find it harder to lose weight and easier to gain weight regardless of your actual weight.

[@mathewwhittle10]

Most comments are over protective of some pre-conception! This theory is a new slant on an old theory(Caveman diet), but makes a lot of senseto me. When i'm in work I stay light(I eat out of necessity when hungry), when on holiday I gain weight( I eat out of boredom and just because it feels good), this all makes sense to me. putting it in to practice in a family setting is difficult, as food is served hot... at set times....

[@meme-mc6yl]

So, what to do now do I just stay fat?

[@alejandracabrera9193]

I have been dieting all my life. I've taken pills, strange substances, etc. I did lose weight, which I gained over and over again. Now, I am focused on eating healthily.

[@LanNguyen-iu3oe]

I think I just found my spirit animal

[@Juliet_Capulet]

Although I agree with the premise, she states the body doesn't know you "need" to lose (or presumably to gain?) and acts only as a thermostat to stabilize, yet goes on to explain that if you aren't eating enough your body will make you hungrier and *won't let you get back down past a certain weight range*. Okay, so does it know or doesn't it? She also admonishes us that we shouldn't expect to lose weight...after starting out right at the beginnig saying "I've lost 10 lbs!" This is what's so maddening about such "coaches" or speakers. They talk about their success then shame-shame us for considering to hope the same results, even loosely. ****Why state them then?*** ***Something is still missing from the equation!Somebody IS losing weight on these programs...namely, MOST of the speakers.*** There's something more to this that we're not understanding yet. It isn't this simple.

[@GreggMegg]

So, does the brain care if your weight is mucle or fat? That is the question I am intersted in. By my experiences it doesn't seem like it does. But I would like to know if there are any science backing my anecdotal experiences. I have started to weightlift and seen some modest gains and gone down in clothes size. But my weight is the same as before I started in late november last year. Haven't felt like binging and the only craving I have is for fizzy drinks. I didn't keep any diet either. I just ate when I was hungry and tried to keep a heathy plate of food.

[@Ferilin]

My question would be how does sports work? I mean you could do many many workouts and the body wont have a choice but to burn. I did basketball for many years and i remember how utterly exhausting and painful the hardcore training was i did back then. But i could realy feel my body adjusting bit by bit to the emense stress. Can you realy be overweight if you do sports?

[@damelyerlel102]

what about somatroph hc that works great

[@ShashankSahu]

great talk

[@ginagirlio]

When we eat the right foods like whole grown foods, there's no need to restrict calories or diet.

[@dealucena81]

I'm glad I've been doing it right.

[@littlecatguy]

This scares me and I'm not even overweight.