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I'm currently vacationing in Japan and have slimmed down a lot in just a week of walking, eating smaller healthier meals, and taking the train everywhere. America has a truly fucked standard of living. I don't want to go back to driving and eating shitty oversized unhealthy meals while also tipping.
you've "slimmed down a lot" in a week? did you also give birth this week? or is this a bias?
It's not a bias it's a fact. My shirts are way more loose on me and I've been walking an average of 15,000 steps a day. What's it to you anyway? Are you upset someone's making a valid criticism about American transportation and eating habits?
Because it's a week lol you're talking about losing water from sweating, stored sugars in muscles from exercising, and a teensy bit of fat loss. you haven't "lost a lot" you're just on vacation
what's it to me? I like to tell people when they're wrong in the internet. you said something stupid. hello.
lifestyle change and public transit are great but you're just on vacation. and this is coming from someone who lived over a decade in the Americas and Asia both.
Because it's a week lol you're talking about losing water from sweating, stored sugars in muscles from exercising, and a teensy bit of fat loss.
Yes, and that is visibly noticeable on many people.
When I switch from bulk to cut the cut starts to take effect like almost immediately, and I slim down significantly within a few days. I know it's mostly glycogen and water, but it physically looks very different after the water wooshes out of your body and your muscles become more visible.
(Also, it's not exactly sweat, it's that higher glycogen levels are bound to water molecules, which get released and can actually be used by the body or discarded as excess as the body seeks an equilibrium.)
they could be in their in 20s
Your diet does make a real difference, more than you credit for in your reply. In university I had pizza almost every day for a month, I gained 15 lbs (7 kg) and had a way flabbier stomach. I stopped doing that and tried to eat healthier, incorporating salad with my meals, and in just about a week I started noticing it going away, and I was back to where I was before in 3 months.
It wouldn't surprise me too much to see how a body would react noticeably to a drastic change from a sedentary, highly processed carbohydrate diet and lifestyle to an active, more balanced one. Everyone's body is different of course so it won't always be the case, but to me the OP's claims seem far from impossible. Japan still has its share of oily foodstuff, but the average portion is tiny compared to the US.
Cool, all of that within a week?
There is no chance there is a visible change from a week of eating salads, no matter how fast your metabolism is.
Depending on your starting state/condition, you could slim down a noticeable amount during a week, sure.
you could also just say random shit on the internet too, wonder which is more likely
look i think America is a torturous shit hole just like the rest of lemmy but the above point is just fucking stupid
Are you not-so-subtly insinuating that I'm saying "random bullshit" on the Internet?
I've personally had periods in my life, too, where I've transformed my body significantly/noticeably within a timeframe of one week. It can happen.
A thing isn't necessarily "fucking stupid" just because you don't believe it (due to lack of knowledge), or you haven't seen it (yet) (due to lack of life experience).
Maybe don't react so strongly and you might have a more open mind in the future, and allow it to expand. 👍❤️
It's good to be skeptical but it's kinda sad to see someone cry bullshit so easily. Just go be miserable somewhere else dude.
It's being a cry bully to point out that it's physically unlikely they lost any appreciable amount of weight in a week? Or do they just have a basic understanding of how the human body works and not want to play along with an unrealistic masturbatory 'America bad' fairy tale?
I'm all for believing BS stories on the Internet, but don't get your panties in a wad when people point out parts that are entirely unrealistic. And I say that as someone who actually lost a large amount of weight in a comparatively short time.
It took months and it was still fast enough that those around me were worried for my health. There's no way they lost anything meaningful in a week, especially when losing a large amount of water weight upfront and hitting an initial plateau is a known thing in the weight loss community.
No, they're right, it's extremely unrealistic to lose much weight in fat in one week. Even if you ate literally nothing and hiked up mountains 12 hours a day, which is obviously impossible, it'd be maximum like 10 pounds. Walking a bit and eating normally? No more than 2, that's already extremely rapid weight loss.
Water weight on the other hand you can easily lose more than 5 pounds in a day.
I never said I lost weight, but I have slimmed down. What I've lost in water or fat weight I've gained in leg muscles. I've already been trying to lose weight for months through occassional dieting, using a treadmill daily, and lifting free weights. I've definitely lost arm muscle mass but I can now easily climb up several flights of stairs navigating subway platforms. It's possible to change body composition over a week and a half if you've been priming for months. It's okay if no one else believes me, after all this is the internet and anyone can lie. I'm satisfied with my own results and that's all I need.
the "tiny" burgers like the $5 biggie bag at Wendy's is the perfect amount of food. jr bacon cheeseburger, small fries, 4 piece nugget, drink.
THATS normal portion, even if it's not healthy, not a 1/2 lb double cheeseburger 6 inches in diameter, 3 inches thick and a 32oz bucket of cola.
Where the hell are yall getting burgers at? Every fastfood place near me serves anemic, poorly prepared burgers that are not worth the cost for taste and only rarely worth the time investment when it's near midnight and I need to absorb the alcohol in my stomach
They call the tiny one a "biggie bag"?
They really don't want to let on that small burgers are available, do they?
Isn't that still over half your daily calories needed in your "normal portion"?
probably, but it's the right size, never said it was healthy lol
I was curious so i just checked. Assuming the drink is water and there's no dipping sauce or sauces added to the burger, it comes to 760 calories (macros are 44g fat, 63g carbs, 31g protein). That's definitely more than half of my daily calories, but I'm a middle-aged 5'0" lady. Still, that's a huge amount of fat, and surprisingly little protein!
Guarantee it was a very reasonable burger and this person just wanted to bitch and moan
For an American, sure.
But basic cheeseburgers here are around the size of what you call sliders.
dont stop them. it was a mistake to take care during the pandemic. let them eat a ton of fat a day, zip some raw milk with mountain dew - because that is how you solve a problem. you do not stop it.
look at world aid. tried to stop world hunger...and more people than ever die from hunger.
we proling a problem by trying to solve the impossible. there is no argument to convince imbeciles.