Comment on Dearborn, Michigan: Ford Rouge worker collapses, dies on shop floor
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 week agoI have eaten a consistent 2200 calories a day for about 6 years. I track everything every day. I’m a solid 165lbs.
Except when I’m not. During a period of extremely high stress, I ended up at 190lbs. Same diet, but my body disagreed.
Why? Because “calories in calories out” is the “frictionless plane and no air resistance” of the nutrition world. Sure, it’s accurate. But it’s also so simplistic as to be useless.
So judge all you like, and you do seem to like it, but don’t pretend it’s as simple as “he ate too much so of course he died”.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Oh, sorry, my tone is difficult to read over text. I forget that sometimes. I was, in fact, speaking against condemning people for their dietary decisions. Processed food is engineered to be addictive and not provide long term benefit, and obesity is like the one sin people can still condemn others for indiscriminately. But yeah, easy to read my post as the opposite of that, my bad
And man, yeah, weight fluctuating despite consistent caloric intake because of stress? Oh yes! Add to that the fact that a person has less mental bandwidth to give to dietary needs and it can become a negative feedback loop. I’m living that reality right now. Plus changes in metabolism from middle age. It sucks