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Comment author: wallowinmaya 26 December 2011 04:34:04PM 0 points [-]

One problem with all these debates about nutrition and exercise is that they mostly don't take into account individual differences.

Exactly. The "Typical body fallacy".

The only time I got into such a bad shape that I had to lose weight, I managed to devise a regime that enabled me to lose a pound a week with only a small expense of willpower, which was however completely unlike anything I've ever read from any side in the diet/exercise controversies

Please tell me more!

Comment author: TheOtherDave 26 December 2011 05:06:59PM 1 point [-]

If you're in the market for idiosyncratic weight-loss anecdotes: I lost 30 pounds in a month by having a stroke and spending that month in a rehab center with right-side hemiplegia, then another 20 over the next three months or so on a diet that was 90% homemade soup and roasted vegetables, with a scheduled Indulgence Night every few weeks where I went out and ate whatever the hell I wanted.

I've since then gained about half of that weight back by eating out more often.

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