[bobcostas55]

You ever read about other people's experiences and it seems utterly alien to you? SSC had a post sort of on this theme[0]. I just don't understand how people can fail to lose 5% bf. Over 12 months, even! Just eat a bit less. 100kcal per day is enough to lose 5 kilos in 12 months, how hard can it be to eat 100kcal less than normally? It's literally one slice of cheese.

I have regular cut periods where I lose more than 5% in a matter of weeks and it's the most trivial thing in the world. What are these people doing?!?

[0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/03/17/what-universal-human-e...

[apsec112]

As someone who has never smoked, never had more than a few drinks, and never done heroin, I find that it takes zero effort to not buy cigarettes, not buy drugs, and not drink to excess. What could be easier than not doing something, after all? I just have to sit here and play on my computer. And yet, obviously, many people find doing these things (or not doing them, rather) to be incredibly difficult. I can't just shrug that off, even if I lack any personal experience with it.

[alacombe]

> I just don't understand how people can fail to lose 5% bf.

Depends where you start, getting from 50% to 45% is a whole other story than getting from 10% to 5%.

[tomhoward]

> What are these people doing?

Responding to their metabolic and emotional needs, which are complex beyond comprehension.

[frandroid]

Eating when they're hungry/thirsty/anxious/bored/depressed?

[taneq]

> What are these people doing?!?

Eating too much.