Why dieting doesn't usually work | Sandra Aamodt

[@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]

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[@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?

[@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! :)

[@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]

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[@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.

[@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.

[@yunakovc]

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.

[@mandypac2854]

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

[@worldtheater3038]

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[@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.

[@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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[@annetteokwong]

this woman changed my life

[@stashiarobbins2058]

Same girl, same

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@MaskOfCinder]

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.

[@sammygamgee]

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.

[@TheZephyrZad]

Islam has taught me these things already: 1) Your stomach should be 1/3rd food, 1/rd water and 1/3rd air. 2) When the question arises: "Should I continue eating or stop?", you should stop.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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).

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@hunterfagan6272]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.)

[@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.

[@ayjanannageldiyeva6058]

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

[@michaelcallaway6962]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@WiperTF2]

Ugh, I don't like this. So basically, if you're fat, it's just too late. You shouldn't bother trying to lose weight, because you'd just gain it back. Does this woman know what it's like to be obese? Does she know how it feels to hate the body you're stuck in, and what it feels like to recieve daily blows to your self-esteem when people poke fun at you simply because of your size or your weight? I don't think so. Yet her message is that we should just basically "get over it" and learn to live a good lifestyle with our extra weight? This is the kind of shit that demotivates me so much. I've almost lost 24 kilos so far, but I still have a little over 40 kilos to lose. There's no way in hell I'm going to allow myself to keep this weight on me for the rest of my life. If you are able to get over it and still leave a healthy lifestyle, that's awesome, and I congratulate you for being able to shrug off other people's opinions. I guess I'm just more sensitive than that, because I am NOT HAPPY with this body. I'm not happy with this weight. And with the world we live in today, and the kinds of media that are always trying to grab our attention, I don't think I am ever going to be allowed to feel happy with my own body, should I decide to keep the weight. Even if I were to live a healthy lifestyle with my extra weight, I would only be able to take comfort in knowing that I was healthy myself. Everybody else would continue to make harsh judgements about me simply about my size, and would continue to put me down and make me feel like shit because of the way I look. And you know what fat people do when they're uncomfortable? They eat.

[@HiAdrian]

I have no idea how it is to struggle with overweight, but to you as someone with the experience, what happens when you go through the state of reduced calorie intake? What kind of physical or emotional suffering is triggered that drives you back to eating? My wiring is the other way around, I easily lose my appetite (against my will) and have to encourage myself to eat at times.

[@WiperTF2]

Adrian Shmadrian Hey, thanks for the serious/respectful response, I can't say I had expected that. I think a lot of people that let themselves go as far as I did have something they struggle with, something emotional, and hence seek comfort in food. SOME people might just have been lazy and allowed themselves to let go, but for the very most part, I'm fairly sure it's something emotional that is causing them to continue to find comfort in food. This is the answer if you listen to the people on the weight-loss shows such as Heavy. For me, I think it may have come from being unhappy with some things about myself, or simply because I was in a bad place at one time (boarding school with not so nice people around me), and so I sought comfort in drinking soda and eating other kinds of candy. I never realized this at the time when I went there, but when I got out of boarding school and started college I just started putting on the kilos and gained so much over two years until I finally "woke up" about half a year ago and started doing something about it. As for what happens when we go through a state of reduced calorie intake, it's mainly just a lot of cravings that we have to fight, because we're used to just giving in to them right away. If I just ate breakfast on a saturday morning and go to my room to play some PC, I will usually get an impulse to find something to eat/drink (not just water) fairly soon. These cravings are especially shown when watching movies, where we have absolutely nothing to do with our hands all of a sudden. It's as if food/soda/candy just gets tied to everything because we have made ourselves used to having that comforting thing with us. Nothing in particular "happens" when we get fewer calories than we're used to in a day, but for me when I started doing this new low-carb diet I honestly go to bed every night and think "one more day of not giving into cravings, succes!". I'm sorry if this comment is a little scatterbrained, but it's a big topic and it's something that a person like me will HAVE to get over. I have to change so I no longer get those cravings and feel the constant impulse to put some sugary, salty, unhealthy shit in my mouth.

[@HiAdrian]

WiperTF2 Thanks for your response, it really makes sense, especially the association of activity (leisure time, watching TV, etc.) with eating. People report the same with smoking and drinking - there are all these places and occasions where you're used to doing it. I think nearly everyone has habitual comfort behaviors of some kind, I definitely do in other areas. Well, good luck with your journey; that much progress is already really impressive as is.

[@WiperTF2]

Adrian Shmadrian Thank you!

[@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.

[@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.

[@GwenMotoGirl]

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

[@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.

[@PotatoStrong]

Hey everyone, if you mindfully eat your big mac and fries you'll notice when you get full and only eat half of it. And it's not your fault the world is reaching epic levels of obesity, you can blame your increasing set point, not all the meat, dairy, desserts, oil, eggs, restaurant food, fast food and junk food that you eat. Eat a lot of lower calorie density foods like fruits, vegetables and legumes, never deprive yourself.

[@MetroAndroid]

I was reminded of this, "21 years I have struggled with weight. Wish I could give $5 to your research each time a medical professional told me 'It's simply a matter of burning more than you consume.' I wore a bodybugg for a year, according to that, I should have disappeared. I had/have insulin resistance, metformin and I dropped 40 pounds. Stopped the metformin, gained it back. I'm ovo-vegetarian, gluten free and exercise 6 days a week, sometimes twice a day. Hope you have an answer in my life time! Thank you"

[@FluffyDivine]

Actually it would explain why there are still thin people that eat calorie and fat dense food. Particularly in parts of Europe, they are more sensitive to their bodies response's , I've noticed when eating out with some European friends that they eat what they want but they react to how the food makes them feel a lot more, I've never met a bunch of people that exclaim on how hungry and how full they are so much.

[@cleodello]

Did you not listen to her? The reason the world is reaching epic levels of obesity is due to easy access of the foods you mentioned. This is what leads to an increased set points. Her argument is that dieting (aka counting calories down to low numbers) makes it worse.

[@Jaclyn_Lizzi]

FluffyDivine Also, Europeans in general walk more, which changes things a bit

[@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.

[@marlstarl8791]

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

[@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

[@dielara6517]

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

[@WisdomValleser]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@foodvsbloodsugarpostprandi8289]

Amen! SHE IS SO DAMN RIGHT!

[@Pimmy-Pimz]

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

[@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)

[@kyrstenmarie]

Very powerful speech , Sandra. Amazing ending.

[@ginamarie007]

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

[@jimo1150]

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

[@RoDInTheHouseMF]

😂😂😂

[@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".

[@moemoa98]

Came here looking for motivation to lose weight. Found this, a video telling me that it's almost impossible. At first I was upset, but I've realized that I did find my motivation. Thank you for telling me I can't. Thank you for giving me another opportunity to prove ignorant people wrong. Thank you for motivating me if for nothing else, than to prove you wrong.

[@MisScraZy456]

u can lose weight but it'll take a few years. when dieting u lose weight very quickly. if u think u can lose weight quickly and keep it off it might cause u to be obsessed with your weight. just eat healthy and in moderation. and good luck.

[@dfhfdgfgdfshdfhe8257]

yeah, did u lose weight? HAHAHAHAHAHAH. she is right, u know.

[@ddhu5396]

Based on science you're fatter and way more unhappy now than when you wrote this ignorant comment. Good job.

[@hannahweaver6036]

this woman is speaking from experience... I'm speaking from experience: It's very hard, and could end you up in a worse situation. I almost wish I didn't have my period of weigh loss at all.

[@Bertinator-nm9ld]

@@dfhfdgfgdfshdfhe8257 Can't speak for the OP, but I definitely lost weight (60+ lbs), and have kept it off for over a year. And I'm at a point where I feel in control of my long term future weight. It's hard work, but it is doable, and it's definitely worth it!

[@ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ-ΠΑΥΛΟΣΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΑΚΑΤΟΣ]

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 ).

[@RedTriangle53]

Small quantities of medium to high intensity exercise can improve your metabolism. Brisk walking has proven to be one of the most effective and easy ways to make your body store less fat and improve your cardiovascular system. I don't think eating is relevant to your weight at all, only the activity you are in. Evolutionary speaking, being up and about requires a more fit body, and that's the effect we see on people who exercise properly. Training to increase muscle mass can be effective as well, since building muscle requires a lot of energy from carbohydrates and fats, so it can assure you that you gain less fat than you lose. Humans are supposed to be highly active, and nowadays people who are close to what used to be normal are called athletes.

[@vibranthealthcompany6214]

The best body positive advice ever

[@AssistenzaVicomunicochepenso]

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

[@bubelaelder]

Hello everyone, it's great that there are so many people out there actively looking for ways to expand their realm of knowledge. TED has some of the top analysts and brightest minds respective to their fields of study. I believe that although Sandra Aamodts' findings are backed by research and trial runs, she is still missing some of the most vital components to her would be debate. "Dieting" is often used to describe a way in which one loses weight. However, the truth is that a diet is simply a term used to depict any individual or cultural eating habits both daily and annually,respectively. The idea of eating only when you are hungry and stopping when you are full is extremely misleading. Our bodies are wonderfully designed to maintain our "natural weights," given we stay with in the parameters naturally set. The human brain is both very complex and yet also very simple to use once we understand it. When our body is lacking in nutrients, chemicals are naturally produced to send signals to our brain letting us know that it is time to eat. When our body has enough nutrients to fulfill the needs at that moment, chemicals are released to tell our brain that we are no longer hungry. However, there is a missing piece to this seemingly easy advice to follow. Have you ever noticed that you could eat 4 or 5 slices of pizza, or that you can easily conquer a big mac with fries and a soda? The reason behind this is that there are certain foods that have little to no nutritional value. Because of this, we can eat those 4 or 5 pieces of pizza before we even begin to feel full. We do not feel full because our stomach is full, we feel full because our brain tells us that we have enough nutrients to fill the need. You should eat mindfully while still eating nutrient rich foods. You will satiate your needs faster while also allowing your body to naturally detox, setting yourself up for success. Losing weight is only one benefit you will get when you eat healthy and mindfully. You will also help your body protect itself from multiple diseases and conditions.

[@campflint76]

It's true, dieting does not work but intermittent fasting changes everything allowing the body to lower insulin and tap into its fat stores. Read books and look at videos by Jason Fung to understand how this works. There may be a set point, but it can be permanently lowered and anyone can lose weight and reduce their waist size to half or less of their height.

[@codediporpal]

Synopsis: Good news: You can be obese and still be healthy with good habits. Bad news: Weight "set points" only go up, not down. Keep the weight on for a few years, and you'll likely never get it off.

[@samusara4life]

You cannot be healthy and obese. You can get the weight off by eating 500 kcal below your maintenance and lifting. Who the fuck is upvoting this bullshit.

[@GoalOrientedLifting]

You cant be healthy and obese. This woman have very little clue about dieting. Its reversible and its easier then you think. The biggest issue is making the new habits. Not losing the weight

[@rjjcms1]

I lost all my excess weight,3 and a half stone or 23 kilos of it,in a little over 3 years since the tail end of 2015. I did it mostly through excercise and keeping active,burning off stored body fat,and a bit of healthish eating but I've never gone on a diet. And yet I STILL get the odd know-it-all telling me I should stop running,walking long distances,etc. and go on some stupid diet instead. Largely rather overweight know-it-alls for the most part,too.

[@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!

[@tbrucet]

"Diet" is the particularly foods eaten by persons or groups of persons. Obese people tend to have a diet that is filled with lots of calories, processed foods, fats, etc. Fit and healthy people tend to have diets filled with natural foods like fruits and vegetables. The secret to weight loss is simply changing your diet. But no matter what you eat, that's your diet!

[@NaniMrsGangsta]

i think she makes good points, one thing i wouldn't like to agree on is that we cannot rely on our self control, it may not work for loosing some weight for good, but it is a great human quality that i wouldn't like to undervalue. Good self control can make you push yourself more and get great achievements, for example in professional sports, you really need high self control there, but its true, the results are always only temporary

[@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....

[@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.

[@nameofthepen]

Seven little words: Eat food Not too much Mostly plants

[@lexyonyou]

I have lost a,whole person 2 years now my.mind has started. cravings starvation feelings. it is a daily issue for me and quite tiring.

[@JameswwPC]

Understand calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat in food. Understand what denotes a good composition and what can fit into your diet. Optimize protein in your diet. I recommend reading this also: www.livestrong.com/article/553149-healthy-eating-101-improve-your-fat-loss-and-muscle-gain/ Essentially it comes down to understanding what calories go in and out. If you burn 2200 calories a day and take in 2400 you will gain weight. 2200 out, 2000 in you lose weight. Stick with a regime of specific calories and you will find over a period of weeks and months a gradual reduction in your weight. Add in weight training to help accelerate the process or take up a hobby that makes you move that you enjoy. For me I started sailing. If you want any help feel free to message me and we can discuss there or just reply here.

[@lexyonyou]

***** Thank you for your reply. :)

[@JameswwPC]

Skeptic Talk lmao... Just no...

[@RealiveProds]

A discussion about dieting and weightloss, without mentioning insulin, leptin and ghrelin, is so inadequate that it is almost dishonest. Not distinguishing between processed food, with added chemicals designed to MAKE you over-eat, as opposed to natural food, where your body is able to more accurately judge the right quantity to eat, is highly dishonest. I am starting to wonder exactly what the relationship is between TED and the processed food industry.

[@jeffreymixonlowe]

Wonderful talk.

[@TheFlamePhoenix]

I don't agree with the overall "don't diet" idea. The problem with diets is not the diets, it is how people see them. Most people see diets as a TEMPORARY solution to a permanent problem. This leads to cycles of weight loss and aggravated weight gain (due to the fallback). Diets are a good thing. A good diet is not about what you eat, is about a healthy life style, and most people don't see that because they just want to look skin for the summer or for that special party. Another important factor that she left out, is the health factor for obese people. Even with **some** healthy habits, obese people are much more likely to have cardiac problems together with spinal problems in the column due to the excessive weight the body has to support. The overall message should be "make diets a permanent and conscious part of your life" instead of "don't take diets and eat mindfully", which is quite insulting when we have in mind that most diets integrate the "eat mindfully" rule in their set of rules as well. An overall poor health suggestion that I hope most people do not follow.

[@TheFlamePhoenix]

***** She never specified that at all. She just keeps attacking diet programs like they are some sort of evil that is corrupting our society.

[@cleodello]

The problem is, this obviously doesn't work for 95% of individuals.

[@hklaney]

***** There is a lot more to it than that. Calories matter, but they are not the only reason a person gains or loses weight.

[@BLaZiNgSPEED89]

***** You don't have to count calories to maintain your weight. For example I was 90 kilos overweight for 3-4 years before that I was always slim. I banned myself from fast food, crisps, etc and naturally dropped to 78 kilos. Then I dieted down to 62 kilos. I have been the same weight since for 9 months without counting calories. December 10 will be 10 months. If we adhere to our hunger/fullness signals our weight will stay the same without counting calories! It's called intuitive eating. Unfortunately many overweight-obese people simply don't follow it because they are leptin resistant so they don't experience the fullness message from the brain to stop eating.

[@BLaZiNgSPEED89]

***** When "you manage to be good enough to evaluate proper portions without pulling out your calculator" this is called intuitive eating. The idea is that you are able to stop eating when feeling satisfied. But an obese individual with excess fat cells doesn't have enough leptin produced once they slim down due to overally shrunken fat cells, this is why they have difficulty with portion control, they don't get the fullness signal so they are ravenous all the time. Most people don't end up becoming obese. Only 10% of normal weighted people from childhood/adolescent end up obese. The fact of the matter is that I cannot coincidentally be matching energy expenditure for 10 months and at the same time remain exactly 62 kilos on the scale. This suggest that there is a set point (internal weight regulatory mechanism that controls our appetite through food seeking behaviours/fullness). Plus I never became obese in the first place despite eating like a horse for over 5 years. What does this suggest? It suggests that there is a set point. I should've become 135 KG in 2 years with the way I was eating, but became 90 KG in 5 years. And it's not all about calories in vs calories out. Because if it is, most people wouldn't have constant body weights for years if an imbalance of as little as 5% calories should lead to rapid changes in either direction. Stephan Guyenet has mentioned that in his article on The Body Fat Setpoint.

[@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.

[@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.

[@kimbekaw]

I had such high hopes for this talk. But, it had some significant points contained incorrect information. I recommend those who struggle with eating and weight to read the books Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size. These books correctly talk about the topics in this talk. However, Ms. Aamodt does have the most important concept correct: diets are dangerous and harmful.

[@iaintmissin]

I have been on starvation diets my whole life and have always returned to my previous weight. The only one that worked for me was to cut out the sugar... I disagree about the concept of the set point Since I lost more than 20 pounds and my body don’t fight it anymore. Did you know that 100ml of ketchup contain 6 teaspoons of sugar? You gotta watch where the sugar hides, avoid it and watch the miracle

[@ministerjap8910]

She has all the answers to life 👍

[@aajb1]

I think the speaker should have explain better those points. Is not eating until you are full and eating what you want, it also has to do with the quality, portions, nutrients and exercise. yes the body still works like it did for the last 200+ years but back then we also had more movement/activity. So until being full is not the answer and I say this because the stomach adapts too, so you could be used to overeat and to reach fullness you need to continue to overeat. I just think it needs a little more information

[@Zaete0chan]

I'd like her to post a more detailed version of this argument somewhere, so we can get the details on how to do this type of diet control. I'm a bit confused right now - She says to practice, ideally, 4 healthy habits and only eat when your hungry. But there hasn't been any talk about what type of foods you should eat. Say I eat a lot of fruit and veg (thus fulfilling habit no.1) but I eat KFC chicken and chocolaty cereal like, every day. How can that be counted as a part of healthy living? It seems like she left some details out of her talk. She says she doesn't need chocolate - How did she get to that point from just listening to her hunger pangs? I feel hungry, and I attack chocolate. Mentally, I might feel guilty, but my body loved it and the urge is fulfilled. I don't get it o_o

[@BenWilsonuk1]

Nice but not totally true, you can rebuild your metabolism once at a new established low body fat by eating on your body fat gaining threshold...this will then raise your metabolic needs over time.....natural body builders have been doing this for years....the issue is the mental strength/discipline to do it....almost no one has....

[@saleemisgod]

Mindfulness seems to be a new buzzword. Eat more veg,exercise 3 times a week,quit smoking and moderate your alcohol intake......oh and mindfulness.

[@PotatoStrong]

mindfully eat your big mac and blame your set point!

[@driver8M3]

one thing consistently seen in most exercise trials is that it...makes you hungry.

[@symelian]

driver8m3 :D ... yup, no one ever talks about that ...

[@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?

[@baddmanaz]

eat when you're hungry, stop BEFORE you're full. that's the ticket!

[@worldtheater3038]

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[@mmarieritter216]

you should be eating to fullness. there is a spectrum of fullness, however, and eating to uncomfortable fullness is often a sign that you've not eaten enough earlier in the day. If you're reading this and not sure about how to manage your own hunger/fullness cues, check out the 4th edition of Intuitive Eating by Elyse Reisch and Evelyn Tribole. It is the original, evidence-based text on how to do what she calls 'mindful eating.'

[@KJB0001]

doesn't work for the obese who satiation signals are ruined.

[@williampennjr.4448]

I discovered along time ago that if I just look at food for a couple of minutes I will lose interest in eating it. I think most people just dive in, and that can easily lead to over eating.

[@mangusbrenda]

Look up Dr John McDougall. A low fat plant based way of eating is best.

[@PotatoStrong]

Potatoes FTW!

[@robhingston]

Most overweight people will tell you they are eating mindfully.. but she as a point because this set point is a powerful thing ... it’s hard to live your whole life on a diet when really food is just a function nothing more ..

[@إشراقات-ر4ص]

نحن قوم لا ناكل حتى نجوع واذا اكلنا لا نشبع (We are a people who do not eat until we are hungry, and if we eat we are not satisfied) We are Muslims

[@DavidCruickshank]

I glad someone sees the madness in dieting

[@LanceWinslow]

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

[@lookingforsure]

Hmpf that was boring. I hate people promoting that losing weight is only temporary because your chemistry in your brain will focus on putting it back on. She's basically discouraging people to even try to lose the weight. I say lose your weight, and then put on some muscles. It will higher your metabolism and burn those extra calories you ate on its own.

[@nihonbunka]

I find that road bicycle cycling has worked for me these past 5 years. I have increased the length of my commute, do it by bike, and often go out for a ride (this morning 28km) before breakfast. Strava helps a little, as does large quantities of vegetables or fruits -- low energy density foods -- since if you feel full, you do not want to eat. This is the true paleo diet. Smaller portions of all other foods such as slicing ones bread slices in half seems to help too.

[@adriansun2999]

jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1900510

[@adriansun2999]

Good! Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you!

[@adriansun2999]

+Jesse Fruhwirth Yes, remove your reply.

[@nihonbunka]

I thought the article was interesting Adrian but as Jesse says it only looks at weights at 6 to 12 months later, while the subjects are probably still on the diet. The "diet" needs to be one that one can stay on forever. If I get as big as I was 6 years ago I am gonna be really pissed off! :-) I plan to never give up my (low carb, lots of vegetables), not move back near to my work place, and never commute by car.

[@AkritiKeswani]

Great talk .. Really inspiring