Although we should have an all-round and correct understanding of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine also has to transform itself. We must accept this slice of our old heritage critically. To look down upon Chinese medicine is not correct. To claim that everything about Chinese medicine is good, or too good, this is also not correct. Chinese and Western medicines must unite.

- Mao Zedong

tears posted:

yes, as lenin famously said: rely on the physiotherapist, establish agreement with the accupuncturist, never for a moment cease fighting against the chiropractor

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swampman posted:

le_nelson_mandela_face posted:

let's say you run 3 miles at a ten minute mile in decent shape. this constitutes roughly 600 calories depending on your weight. a pound is 3500 calories. you burned maybe 500, maybe 700, whatever. this is the equivalent of one human meal, or 1/3 an american meal

I have some math for you

If I was leading a "sedentary" lifestyle and eating 2700 calories a day, I'd gain weight. But the weight gain is only from the last 750 calories, the rest is used in my normal metabolism. Now let's say I add 25 minutes of cardio four days a week and don't change my diet. Each session burns ~300 calories. Do I keep gaining weight, since I'm still bringing in 750 calories a day beyond maintenance? No, because now I'm approaching "moderately active". The cumulative effect of exercise outpowers any nutritional change you'll be able to commit to - good luck dropping 750 calories a day out of your 2700 to stop yourself gaining weight.

So now my daily intake is approaching the maintenance rate for my activity level, and I only have to reduce my intake by 5-10% - cutting a daily candy bar, for example - to secure this position. Meanwhile, because I'm exercising regularly, I'm replacing bodyfat with muscle, increasing my metabolism and allowing me to exercise harder more often. Here we see a good reason not to use bodyweight to measure overall health, because someone in this position can gain weight while they get healthier (because muscle weighs more by volume than bodyfat). The nice thing about cardio is that duration and intensity are always achievable. If you can only do 2 miles in 25 minutes at a brisk walk, that is still nearly as effective as me running further in the same time if we're both sweating and panting afterward.

The way you are looking at this assumes that if I need 1950 calories to maintain, and I'm eating 2700 calories a day but burning 300, that is similar to not exercising and keeping a 2400 calorie daily intake. That viewpoint ignores that the best ways to improve your nutrition and cut bodyfat are not about calorie counting. These include carb cycling, drinking water before eating and snacking, setting up a healthier eating schedule, and exercising early in the morning on an empty stomach.

hey man, i'm not arguing with this. exercise can be helpful to a weight loss program. my point is simply that calorie restriction in the diet is the most important. if instead of 2700 you were eating 3500 calories a day, as americans regularly do, then 4 days a week at 300/calories a session wouldn't be sufficient to lose weight.

Caesura109 posted:

I've been Texas fat since I was a kid eating cheap McDonalds burgers after school twice/three times a week. I don't know if I remember correctly, but back then I think we had food stamps usable at McDonalds. Someone has to fix that please. After that I spent middle and high school in Qatar and my parents came into money, but I got depressed and obese-r. Kept up the shitty food habits but with worse food and more quantities of it. I still have no clue how to lose weight many years later, just can't find it in me to actually do it.

Pick a goal that is not directly about your weight that you will inevitably have to lose weight to achieve. Running a marathon would be one example. The reality is that you can run a marathon if you do your homework. You can start by doing a couch-to-5k program while joining a weight loss group. The point of the weight loss group isn't your weight, it's to help get you the finish line of the 5k. After you do that, start a couch-to-10k program. Then enroll in a half marathon and train for that. Every problem and obstacle between you and running a marathon has been shown to be surmountable by the many ex-fat people who have eventually run marathons.

Its also correct that you should learn to cook.. steaming vegetables is a good place to start

shriekingviolet posted:

Plan your meals for the week, especially for dinner: they don't have to be portion controlled nutrition balanced from the get go, but just knowing what you're cooking and what you're shopping for in advance will make it easier to get around to cooking for yourself day to day. Figure out what works better for your own eating habits and daily routine: do you like making a variety of smaller meals each day, or are you cool with prepping a big batch of something in advance and having leftovers for a couple days? Combine that with learning good shopping habits and you'll save a lot of money too, getting caught with nothing to eat and no mental energy to figure out something is how expensive and shitty garbage food will sneak back in.

Can't stress enough how important this is if you're on a limited budget. Not only does planning ahead at least a few days help stop you from wasting money on fast food dinners but it keeps you away from the store longer, where even more temptation lurks in the form of shiny garbage snacks