drethelin comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 19 February 2014 06:45:14PM 0 points [-]

I lost around 40 pounds using low carb methods. Should this make me less confident in anything you say when you promote other ways to lose weight?

Comment author: Brillyant 19 February 2014 07:29:46PM -1 points [-]

Low carb method = less calories.

That was the point that strangely failed to prevail in the discussion of the post series I linked.

Avoid fatty foods diet, avoid carbs diet, don't snack diet, etc. all = less calories "method".

Comment author: drethelin 19 February 2014 10:14:16PM 2 points [-]

That explains why when I tried cutting calories I had headaches and tiredness constantly and no weight loss but somehow magically was able to cut calories once I decided to cut carbs

OH WAIT NO IT DOESN'T. Even if you're correct that the way the diet works is by functionally cutting calories, SOMETHING is needed to explain why it works better for people than trying to cut calories. don't pretend it's the same thing.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 19 February 2014 10:19:40PM 0 points [-]

Avoid fatty foods diet, avoid carbs diet, don't snack diet, etc. all = less calories "method".

Wait, does the opposite of an "avoid fatty foods diet" also = a less calories "method"?

Comment author: drethelin 19 February 2014 10:24:36PM 1 point [-]

I think the argument is that avoid anything ends up being less calories.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 20 February 2014 11:11:18PM 1 point [-]

Congratulations.

I think there's some support for the idea of trying to lose weight slowly, without cutting caloric intake too much more than it takes to see some progress (tricky when to see it you have to average over several days, or, for women, a month)