1. Exercise is definitely a very important part of any sustainable weight loss program. If you lose a ton of weight merely by dieting you'll look ghastly and lose muscle as well (and likely are not getting all the longevity benefits of weight loss). More importantly I have never seen anyone not on Ozempic lose weight with just diet and no exercise and keep the fat off.
2. Calorie counting is pretty dangerous if you have any binge eating background. It tends to make you go into binge eating episodes more often.
3. Their advice basically boils down to "eat less" - I mean no shit, thats been pretty uncontested by any sane person for a long time now! The question is how! How does one overcome their mental barriers and actually achieve it? There's literally no single good advice - different diets work for different people and for some none work. the only bet is to try as many diets as possible to see what suits your mind and schedule.
4. Justifying yourself into any amount of alcohol is in general a bad idea for dieting, and this dude didnt even give up on beer at that!
If this diet worked for him, good for him. I wish him the best to keep it off. But doesnt mean this works for everyone or even most people.
To reiterate, its almost always your own mind that keeps you from your goal weight, because there's an internal set point weight your body has decided for you and it will always try to move you to this goal weight. This is why most people go back to their original size after a year or so of losing massive amounts of weight (including me).
This is where ozempic and these new class of drugs seem to play some magic. I'm not on it and don't plan on going on it, but thats because I'm only marginally overweight and don't need to complicate with its potential side effects yet. Hopefully I can will myself with my current diet plan and get to my goal (current diet is basically also just try and eat less, but also cut out all sugar; seems to work well for me). But if you're clinically obese, and can afford it, ozempic seems to be a great way to go about this. Our perception of why we gain weight has changed drastically and there's no shame in looking for a pharmaceutical out from this issue.
> Exercise is definitely a very important part of any sustainable weight loss program...More importantly I have never seen anyone not on Ozempic lose weight with just diet and no exercise and keep the fat off.
This is not my experience, or that of my friends. While exercise is great for many reasons, some people's bodies react to exercise differently. For example, if I go running then I end up eating much more, which negates the calories expended. I have lost weight quite successfully (and not looked ghastly in the least) by IF and reducing caloric intake generally. During that time I did exercise (mostly long walks), but I did not increase my exercise over my prior baseline.
