Thoughts About Weight Loss - Principle I

-- no fat people in a concentration camp --

"control of hunger is optional" (to losing weight)... In other words you can lose weight even if you are hungry. You don't have to control hunger... You just have to deal with it.

but "control of calorie input is not optional" ... In other words the one thing that will reduce our weight, independent of all the other factors, is cutting calories... If you cut them enough over a long enough period you will lose weight... i.e. No fat people in a concentration camp.

so you could eat pure sugar or pure fat and still lose weight. You might feel crazy hungry... You might get rickets (lack of vitamin c)... You might get zitts... But you could still lose weight if you cut calories enough over a long enough period of time.

you could exercise your butt off and if you didn't control calorie inputs you would not lose weight (see sumo wrestlers). Or you could lay flat on your back and still lose weight... You might get bed sores from lying on your back.... But you could still lose weight... If you cut calories over a long enough period of time.

weight loss, excluding all other health and comfort factors, is primarily about calorie input first and foremost... The rest... What we eat & how much we exercise... Are about comfort (taste, hunger control, etc) & health (proper nutrition & fitness).

yes other factors can help make dieting easier, healthier and faster... And they are important... But loss alone can be created by reduced calorie input alone.

Basic Principle 1 - In order to reduce weight you MUST keep cutting calories until you lose weight at the rate you desire.

All the other basics I have learned in this process are about how to make cutting calories "doable" with the least amount of discomfort and the most possible health benefits.

So stay tuned. SW