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Lurked for months, finally registered in order to post the following opinion: when somebody is very obviously overweight, they got that way by eating and exercising abnormally. To get healthy, sometimes the best route is, then, to eat and exercise abnormally.

'Lifestyle change' is in order -- agreed -- but it's honestly a lot easier when you push harder. For some people anyway.

It's like smoking. Sometimes just quitting cold turkey works better than continuing to reward yourself with a cigarette.

My brother lost 70kg in 2 years by hitting the treadmill for an hour a day. He's now just 70kg, and still runs for an hour a day. The extreme worked for him (he doesn't under-eat).

The first bite of food in a day starts the pangs for more, so sometimes delaying works really well. If you hit the gym for 90 mins (including commute, let's say) and cook instead of getting fast food, and get 7-8 hours of sleep, suddenly the time you have to stuff your face is drastically reduced. That's one benefit of doing stuff other than sitting.

What you do has a lot more of an impact on your diet than the actual food. You won't feel like eating a 500-calorie chocolate bar when you can see the spectre of 500-calorie-burning you sweating tonight at the gym.