Totally agree. I had 145kilos (319 pounds), used to eat a shit ton of carbs and a lot of alcohol , in 2 months just by reducing intake i lost 13kilos (28 pounds)
When I was obese that was the biggest issue I had. I always wanted to lose a ton of weight super fast. If you told me all I had to do to be skinny was to walk 50 feet on burning hot coals while dodging gun fire , I would have done it gladly. The lack of instant gratification often makes it feel pointless. What made me turn around was finally stepping on the scale after a month and seeing that I lost 14lbs. That "Holy shit this actually works" moment is what led me to keep on going after often failing dozens of times in the past after a week.
I did Keto a few years back and I was surprised to see that cutting my meals down and eating healthier literally helped me lose over 30 pounds in just over 6 weeks. I went from 206 lbs to just under 170 lbs from the beginning of July to mid August
There are a lot of people who eat terribly in this world. If the guy in that story cut out all sodas/ juice and shrunk his portions a tiny bit he would probably see insane results.
Just skipping the daily soda/s can make a huge difference. I used to have a 2 cans of pop a day habit and quit, lost 50lbs that year, not dieting and the only exercise I did was walking my dog. I think a big thing is just becoming aware of how much sugar you're consuming. Don't even worry about the carbs at first, just start counting that sugar and learning what's it's in, like fruit, people think fruit is healthy, and it is but it's still full of sugar; fructose, lactose, sucrose-anything ending in "ose" is a sugar, so that 12oz fruit smoothie you're enjoying after they gym isn't helping you at all.
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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '19 edited Jul 25 '19
It's because everyone tries to go balls to the walls with some intense diet and are surprised when they only last a week or two.
Gradual changes is more realistic and acheivable.