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> "Just Eat Less" is roughly the way to lose weight

Maybe the messaging should be "eat healthier"? How many obese people cook for themselves and eat exclusively from the outer aisles of the grocery (fruits, vegetables, seafood, meat, eggs, dairy)?

I could be wrong but I have to imagine the average obese person has a terrible diet. Portion control won't work at that point, you're already doomed to fail.

To be fair, most people have a terrible diet, it's just that some lucky individuals have the metabolism to overcome it. It seems like those people are increasingly the exception and a bad benchmark for how humans should eat.

>>pton_x+(OP)
Differences in metabolism are very seldom the real reason. The people who claim they have a "slow" or "fast" metabolism can't back that up with actual RMR test results. They're just bad at estimating many calories they actually consume. This can go both ways.