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Brillyant comments on Stupid Questions, 2nd half of December - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Brillyant 27 December 2015 09:31:57PM 0 points [-]

If you define success at dieting at not increasing your weight, I think you have different standards than most people.

Part of a healthy diet is managing calories in such a way that you remain at a healthy weight. It may be useful to create a calorie deficit for a limited time.

I'd guess many people likely fail at keeping a disciplined diet for a long time because it is hard to keep up discipline at anything for a long time. And our culture/lifestyle isn't terribly conducive to staying lean.

Comment author: ChristianKl 27 December 2015 09:34:38PM 0 points [-]

Part of a healthy diet is managing calories in such a way that you remain at a healthy weight. It may be useful to create a calorie deficit for a limited time.

Then you are inconsitstent with what you called success above, where you call any small reduction or zero change in weight a success of dieting.

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