[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=CA renter] Eating 1,000 calories/day and working out for 2+ hours/day isn’t something that most people can do for the long haul.[/quote]
Losing weight is a different story that gaining weight.
ketosis, the process of burning stored fat is painful and causes irritability, depression, loss of concentration, etc. — things that not conducive to work and family life.
That’s why most people don’t lose weight over and above water loss. They feel all excited, but that excitement soon turns to disappointment. Then they resume slow inexorable weight gain.
They key is to not to gain weight in the first place. Assuming you’re at ideal weight at age 18 or 20, 1 pound per year makes you overweight in 20 years. 2 pounds per year makes you obese.
[quote=CA renter] As for why people were generally thinner in the past, I think a huge part of it is the fact that people did physical work all day, and the fact that people ate “clean” foods (no pesticides, herbicides, chemical foods, etc.). But to say that they didn’t eat meat is totally wrong; they tended to eat a lot of meat (and lots of eggs!) back then, especially those who lived on farms, but working in the fields all day will burn those calories fast.[/quote]
If we live differently than in the past, should we also not eat differently?
People in the past did not have the knowledge or the medical technology we have now. That’s why they didn’t live longer.[/quote]
Some people are born overweight — and not having anything to do with the mother’s diet during pregnancy. Many people have never been “normal” weight in their entire lives.
As for eating differently now that we are more sedentary? I agree, but the food corporations are making more and more chemical-laden foods that are “quickly and easily prepared” for all those drones who come home after 10 hours at work. It’s not an easy transition.
