I think a lot of people are missing the nuance here. Dieting doesnt work, but a *lifestyle change* does. And well, if you add more healthy foods, you will naturally eat less junk foods. Weight loss is possible, but food is only one component!
honestly, this is the reason i have unsubscribed from abbey. the only angle she can see is from her small body frame, if she is able to eat as much as she claims and maintain her size, then she is incredibly lucky as most people would gain weight eating the amount of food she shows in her what she eats in a day. the point is fad diets don’t work, dramatically limiting calories does not work. but telling people to eat mindfully etc… will not work for a lot of people. a diet of a reduction of 200 calories will be so slow but is really the way to do it. you have to gradually decrease calories not just cut your food in half. allow yourself to have treats but ultimately, we all shouldn’t be eating the junk that we do as it isn’t good for our bodies. sure we might enjoy it but it is about learning to have it less and take care of our bodies better. being obese is not taking care of your body
This is weird advice. You can have a lot of control over the number on the scale. You can restrict calories - in relation to eating in excess, while eating enough to support your goals and activity level. Diets do work, a bad diet works, a good diet works, you are what you eat.
My husband and I have been doing a low simple carb/high fiber diet for a little more than 6 months now. We don't track calories, focus on getting in the nutrients we mean to. We eat a lot like that HCC, though we're not nearly as healthy with our fats as we could be. For most of that, I haven't really been exercising, and he's been struggling to have time to do so consistently. We've seen signs of insulin resistance including blood sugar levels decrease. He's tracking weight, and has lost about 45 pounds. I track inches for clothes and I've lost about 6 inches on my waist so far. The better we are about eating whole foods and fiber, the faster weight comes off. Most people don't eat nearly enough fiber. RDA is something like 24g for women, and up to 38g for men. It's actually hard to get in all the nuts, berries, seeds, veggies, etc. that science says you should. Do that first, and you probably won't need to track calories. If my husband and I had started eating like Abbey in our late 20s, we wouldn't need to be low simple carb now.
You'll lose weight if you keep yourself in a calorie deficit. If these practices help you maintain a calorie deficit, then they will help you lose weight. If not, then they won't.
@@kobaltkweenagreed. Im not on diet now. Out of the picture. I make sure I have enough protein, fibre, probiotic. Always fibre before any meal. Exercise at 30mins cardio and 30 mins resistant training. Im losing weight But slowly. I eat intuitively. But eat intuitively make me feel full and i dont crave and binge eating. I stop eating before 8pm. I works for me. Im able to maintain my weight at least.
What Abbey is referring to here is the research that shows that if you restrict your calories too much in a diet, your body will respond by slowing your metabolism. If you are successful losing the weight, you will gain it all back if you just go back to your old habits - you will always have to be at a calorie deficit. The solution is a slow and steady approach. Only slash a few calories from your daily intake, no more than 10% of your TDEE. For most people that's around 100-150 calories a day. You won't see fast dramatic weight loss, but you will sustainably lose over time in a way that you aren't in danger of re-gaining - especially if you are implementing the healthy lifestyle habits that Abbey is talking about here.
@@thevegetablequeen your body slows your metabolism when you lose weight regardless of how fast you do it, or how much you restrict. A slower metabolism is simply the necessary consequence of having a smaller body, it's not a problem in and of itself. Also you don't need to constantly maintain a caloric deficit to maintain weight loss, that's an inherently contradictory statement. Losing weight slowly is generally a healthier and more sustainable approach; but it's simply incorrect that rapid weight loss necessarily causes a rebound effect that ultimately results in weight gain. You're correct that returning to your old habits will result in weight gain, but that's true regardless of how you lost the weight initially.
Hello Abbey, I understand what you're saying perfectly well.. but I need to lose weight for health purposes and the weight I'm at is waaaay too much to be healthy though I have been very mindful of my eating behaviour and I do balance my diet and get a bit of movement in everyday. The only thing that I have noticed is that I stopped gaining weight and maintained instead. This has been happening for 18 months now. I hope you see my comment and give me an idea of what I should do, and I'm sure that there are many people like me.
She has a playlist on her channel where she made a whole series about intuitive eating. Maybe you'll find some tips and tricks there to help your progress? I gained 50 pounds (in like 3 months 😭) after I started taking a new med and Abbey helped me so much with mental and physical health while I went through those body changes. Anyway, congratulations on no gain for 18 months! That's a HUGE deal and I hope you're proud!!!
I think that’s where the “health promoting behaviors” she briefly mentions are important. Eating a variety of foods, eating more whole foods, exercising, stress management, sleep hygiene, etc
@@Terminal_Boneitis thank you so much, I will definitely look up her playlist. It's a good thing that you have the mental part under control, that is the harder bit for everyone. Good luck for the rest of your journey!
@@mahaali2337 she made a video on weight loss advice specifically as well ruclips.net/video/lDNbBQAHKdg/видео.html good tips, but I loved her intuitive eating series, definitely worth a watch too. Good on for you for weight maintenance. Im sure your health is improving :)
One, make sure you get enough solid sleep. In my experience, it trumps both diet and exercise. Two, in my experience, a diet balanced _for you_ will settle your weight at a decent level . I love Abbey, but IMHO, her biggest problem is that she assumes her average viewer is young and healthy. So she pooh-poohs restrictions, for very sound reasons. But my husband and I found that eating "balanced, healthy" food never worked. We've dramatically lost weight and gotten healthier since a doctor tested him in the prediabetic range . We started limiting our simple carbs like sweets, pasta, bread, and rice, and switching to whole grains like millets. Still, like she suggests, we mainly focus on trying to get in the right foods, not avoiding the wrong ones. If your body is maintaining an unhealthy state, what you're doing to maintain it isn't right for it. You might try switching things up for two weeks to a month at a time. My husband was mainly eating veggies, fish, plant protein, bread, and rice with occasional chicken, and absolutely couldn't lose weight, even exercising. He got that test, switched to from rice to millet and cut out bread, and after two days of "keto flu," started feeling dramatically better and losing weight.
I guess it's easy to accept how you look and think diets aren't important when you're as slim as Abbey. When you've got heart disease and T2 diabetes through your weight gain, though, I'm not sure this video would be of much help.
That’s because real treatments are metabolic surgery/endoscopy and modern anti-obesity medications, not diets. They truly rarely work, for biological reasons.
You can be slim and have both heart disease and diabetes. You can be larger and be metabolically healthy. Weight stigma and lack of education is the problem.
Did you actually watch this? She explicitly said how to eat healthily. Weight is a symptom, not a cause. If you've got heart disease and T2 diabetes, your body needs you to eat differently. T2 diabetes means reduce your simple carbs, heart disease probably means increase your greens and fiber. When you're eating right for your body, weight won't be a problem. Her Hunger Crushing Combo is a really good basic start in general. She's slim because she maintains eating and exercise habits that work for her body. Those habits will be different for you or me, but the basic principle of building a healthy lifestyle around the basic principle of good amounts of healthy fats, protein, fiber, and nutrient dense foods is much more likely to succeed than trying to diet off a set number of pounds.
@@kobaltkween A Are there videos of where she was fat and that show how she lost the weight along with difficulties she had doing that? Maybe that would inspire me?
This isn’t helpful. For my job I need to be a specific weight or I can’t work for the job anymore. Also I just had a baby and gained 30 pounds. That’s just my set point then? What if I want to have another baby and gain another 30 pounds? Now I’m even more overweight. I think if Abbey was overweight herself she wouldn’t believe this to be true
I feel the message in the video is right but the delivery is wrong, it makes it seem like wanting to lose weight is a fool's errand. Personally, I lost 40 lbs by simply being more mindful about my diet and being more disciplined about my exercise. The times that didn't work was when I was restricting myself or even doing things like counting calories: I would just end up binging and negating all the progress I had made. That's the core of the video's message imo: willpower only lasts so long. Being mindful and building habits is a key to success. I don't believe it's the best approach for everyone, but it was for me. Best of luck in your weight loss journey!
@@jakedesnake97 That’s the point. It may result in weight loss for some, not for others. And I think the purpose is adopting healthier habits and accepting your weight where it falls.
How long ago did you have the baby? It can take 6 months to a year to lose the baby weight or longer. Female bodies are designed to gain weight during pregnancy and hold onto it after having a baby so we can still produce milk even if there is food scarcity. It's normal to weigh more. I'm sorry your job doesn't understand that. Your best bet is to focus on eating healthy foods, avoiding excess processed foods and added sugars, and get a moderate amount of exercise. If you cut too many calories your milk supply will drop.
Well i dont want that set point idc u asking us to give up?? Your giving loss of hope for people who want to lose weight it is possible to lose weight and change that set point
Intuitive eating?? Seriously. Try alternate day fasting ( very easy to do) look at your hematology markers that are most importanat, APO-B, A1C and watch them go lower dramatically, lose weight easily. Did this and never felt better with lots of energy. B.P reduced and off meds now. Then use Mediterranean diet ( a very easy way to consume long term and a great way to eat ) and then never look back. Simple and very safe and effective. Intuitive eating ?? you will only reach your goals if you don't have any.
It's true that calories restricted diets don't work. Keto is different, you can lose weight without restricting calories as it combats insulin resistance. The evolutionary theory that extra fat is "needed for famines" is nonsense - obesity means carting around a bunch of extra fat that makes it harder to move about or do anything, it wouldn't be any kind of advantage in an emergency.
On the contrary, calorie restricted diets are the **only** thing that works. Weight loss is the simple, inevitable consequence of maintaining a calorie deficit. There is literally no way to lose weight without inducing a calorie deficit. When keto produces weight loss, it does that through calorie restriction.
If you live a healthy lifestyle, you don't need to diet. If you eat nutritious foods, exercise and not ignore or eliminate the foods you crave, you can sustain it for life
I think a lot of people are missing the nuance here. Dieting doesnt work, but a *lifestyle change* does. And well, if you add more healthy foods, you will naturally eat less junk foods. Weight loss is possible, but food is only one component!
I lost 50 pounds doing a medically-observed low calorie/low carb diet - my health is much better now - certain diets absolutely work
@@franksanz1044keeping the weight off is the true challenge
honestly, this is the reason i have unsubscribed from abbey. the only angle she can see is from her small body frame, if she is able to eat as much as she claims and maintain her size, then she is incredibly lucky as most people would gain weight eating the amount of food she shows in her what she eats in a day.
the point is fad diets don’t work, dramatically limiting calories does not work. but telling people to eat mindfully etc… will not work for a lot of people.
a diet of a reduction of 200 calories will be so slow but is really the way to do it. you have to gradually decrease calories not just cut your food in half. allow yourself to have treats but ultimately, we all shouldn’t be eating the junk that we do as it isn’t good for our bodies. sure we might enjoy it but it is about learning to have it less and take care of our bodies better. being obese is not taking care of your body
Exactly!
This is weird advice. You can have a lot of control over the number on the scale. You can restrict calories - in relation to eating in excess, while eating enough to support your goals and activity level. Diets do work, a bad diet works, a good diet works, you are what you eat.
Would I still lose weight eating like this???🤔🤔🤔
My husband and I have been doing a low simple carb/high fiber diet for a little more than 6 months now. We don't track calories, focus on getting in the nutrients we mean to. We eat a lot like that HCC, though we're not nearly as healthy with our fats as we could be. For most of that, I haven't really been exercising, and he's been struggling to have time to do so consistently. We've seen signs of insulin resistance including blood sugar levels decrease. He's tracking weight, and has lost about 45 pounds. I track inches for clothes and I've lost about 6 inches on my waist so far. The better we are about eating whole foods and fiber, the faster weight comes off.
Most people don't eat nearly enough fiber. RDA is something like 24g for women, and up to 38g for men. It's actually hard to get in all the nuts, berries, seeds, veggies, etc. that science says you should. Do that first, and you probably won't need to track calories. If my husband and I had started eating like Abbey in our late 20s, we wouldn't need to be low simple carb now.
You'll lose weight if you keep yourself in a calorie deficit. If these practices help you maintain a calorie deficit, then they will help you lose weight. If not, then they won't.
@@kobaltkweenagreed. Im not on diet now. Out of the picture. I make sure I have enough protein, fibre, probiotic. Always fibre before any meal. Exercise at 30mins cardio and 30 mins resistant training. Im losing weight But slowly. I eat intuitively. But eat intuitively make me feel full and i dont crave and binge eating. I stop eating before 8pm. I works for me. Im able to maintain my weight at least.
So what's the solution؟ give up and gain weight in silence..i love abbey but this video don't seem so helpful
What Abbey is referring to here is the research that shows that if you restrict your calories too much in a diet, your body will respond by slowing your metabolism. If you are successful losing the weight, you will gain it all back if you just go back to your old habits - you will always have to be at a calorie deficit. The solution is a slow and steady approach. Only slash a few calories from your daily intake, no more than 10% of your TDEE. For most people that's around 100-150 calories a day. You won't see fast dramatic weight loss, but you will sustainably lose over time in a way that you aren't in danger of re-gaining - especially if you are implementing the healthy lifestyle habits that Abbey is talking about here.
@@thevegetablequeen your body slows your metabolism when you lose weight regardless of how fast you do it, or how much you restrict. A slower metabolism is simply the necessary consequence of having a smaller body, it's not a problem in and of itself. Also you don't need to constantly maintain a caloric deficit to maintain weight loss, that's an inherently contradictory statement.
Losing weight slowly is generally a healthier and more sustainable approach; but it's simply incorrect that rapid weight loss necessarily causes a rebound effect that ultimately results in weight gain. You're correct that returning to your old habits will result in weight gain, but that's true regardless of how you lost the weight initially.
Hello Abbey, I understand what you're saying perfectly well.. but I need to lose weight for health purposes and the weight I'm at is waaaay too much to be healthy though I have been very mindful of my eating behaviour and I do balance my diet and get a bit of movement in everyday. The only thing that I have noticed is that I stopped gaining weight and maintained instead. This has been happening for 18 months now. I hope you see my comment and give me an idea of what I should do, and I'm sure that there are many people like me.
She has a playlist on her channel where she made a whole series about intuitive eating. Maybe you'll find some tips and tricks there to help your progress? I gained 50 pounds (in like 3 months 😭) after I started taking a new med and Abbey helped me so much with mental and physical health while I went through those body changes.
Anyway, congratulations on no gain for 18 months! That's a HUGE deal and I hope you're proud!!!
I think that’s where the “health promoting behaviors” she briefly mentions are important. Eating a variety of foods, eating more whole foods, exercising, stress management, sleep hygiene, etc
@@Terminal_Boneitis thank you so much, I will definitely look up her playlist. It's a good thing that you have the mental part under control, that is the harder bit for everyone. Good luck for the rest of your journey!
@@mahaali2337 she made a video on weight loss advice specifically as well ruclips.net/video/lDNbBQAHKdg/видео.html good tips, but I loved her intuitive eating series, definitely worth a watch too. Good on for you for weight maintenance. Im sure your health is improving :)
One, make sure you get enough solid sleep. In my experience, it trumps both diet and exercise. Two, in my experience, a diet balanced _for you_ will settle your weight at a decent level .
I love Abbey, but IMHO, her biggest problem is that she assumes her average viewer is young and healthy. So she pooh-poohs restrictions, for very sound reasons. But my husband and I found that eating "balanced, healthy" food never worked. We've dramatically lost weight and gotten healthier since a doctor tested him in the prediabetic range . We started limiting our simple carbs like sweets, pasta, bread, and rice, and switching to whole grains like millets. Still, like she suggests, we mainly focus on trying to get in the right foods, not avoiding the wrong ones.
If your body is maintaining an unhealthy state, what you're doing to maintain it isn't right for it. You might try switching things up for two weeks to a month at a time. My husband was mainly eating veggies, fish, plant protein, bread, and rice with occasional chicken, and absolutely couldn't lose weight, even exercising. He got that test, switched to from rice to millet and cut out bread, and after two days of "keto flu," started feeling dramatically better and losing weight.
I lost 50 pounds doing a low calorie/low carb diet - my health is much better now
If you’re planning if losing weight just whatever you want and still eat mindfully
I guess it's easy to accept how you look and think diets aren't important when you're as slim as Abbey. When you've got heart disease and T2 diabetes through your weight gain, though, I'm not sure this video would be of much help.
That’s because real treatments are metabolic surgery/endoscopy and modern anti-obesity medications, not diets. They truly rarely work, for biological reasons.
As a nutrition educator, diets create unsustainable conditions and a poor relationship with food. That's the problem.
You can be slim and have both heart disease and diabetes. You can be larger and be metabolically healthy. Weight stigma and lack of education is the problem.
Did you actually watch this? She explicitly said how to eat healthily. Weight is a symptom, not a cause. If you've got heart disease and T2 diabetes, your body needs you to eat differently. T2 diabetes means reduce your simple carbs, heart disease probably means increase your greens and fiber. When you're eating right for your body, weight won't be a problem. Her Hunger Crushing Combo is a really good basic start in general.
She's slim because she maintains eating and exercise habits that work for her body. Those habits will be different for you or me, but the basic principle of building a healthy lifestyle around the basic principle of good amounts of healthy fats, protein, fiber, and nutrient dense foods is much more likely to succeed than trying to diet off a set number of pounds.
@@kobaltkween A
Are there videos of where she was fat and that show how she lost the weight along with difficulties she had doing that? Maybe that would inspire me?
Abby is the best!!!
The best at what???
abbey is slaying in this episode
👏👏👏
This isn’t helpful. For my job I need to be a specific weight or I can’t work for the job anymore. Also I just had a baby and gained 30 pounds. That’s just my set point then? What if I want to have another baby and gain another 30 pounds? Now I’m even more overweight. I think if Abbey was overweight herself she wouldn’t believe this to be true
You should start a union
I feel the message in the video is right but the delivery is wrong, it makes it seem like wanting to lose weight is a fool's errand. Personally, I lost 40 lbs by simply being more mindful about my diet and being more disciplined about my exercise. The times that didn't work was when I was restricting myself or even doing things like counting calories: I would just end up binging and negating all the progress I had made. That's the core of the video's message imo: willpower only lasts so long. Being mindful and building habits is a key to success. I don't believe it's the best approach for everyone, but it was for me.
Best of luck in your weight loss journey!
@@jakedesnake97 That’s the point. It may result in weight loss for some, not for others. And I think the purpose is adopting healthier habits and accepting your weight where it falls.
How long ago did you have the baby? It can take 6 months to a year to lose the baby weight or longer. Female bodies are designed to gain weight during pregnancy and hold onto it after having a baby so we can still produce milk even if there is food scarcity. It's normal to weigh more. I'm sorry your job doesn't understand that. Your best bet is to focus on eating healthy foods, avoiding excess processed foods and added sugars, and get a moderate amount of exercise. If you cut too many calories your milk supply will drop.
@@thevegetablequeen thanks. And I agree. That’s also my point. It should be a dietitian telling me this. Not what abbey is promoting
Well i dont want that set point idc u asking us to give up?? Your giving loss of hope for people who want to lose weight it is possible to lose weight and change that set point
It’s possible mainly via meds/surgery…
@@ondrej1893 possible for sure in many other ways
It is absolutely possible to lose weight and keep it off. Do not listen to this defeatist nonsense.
Intuitive eating?? Seriously. Try alternate day fasting ( very easy to do) look at your hematology markers that are most importanat, APO-B, A1C and watch them go lower dramatically, lose weight easily. Did this and never felt better with lots of energy. B.P reduced and off meds now. Then use Mediterranean diet ( a very easy way to consume long term and a great way to eat ) and then never look back. Simple and very safe and effective. Intuitive eating ?? you will only reach your goals if you don't have any.
It's true that calories restricted diets don't work. Keto is different, you can lose weight without restricting calories as it combats insulin resistance. The evolutionary theory that extra fat is "needed for famines" is nonsense - obesity means carting around a bunch of extra fat that makes it harder to move about or do anything, it wouldn't be any kind of advantage in an emergency.
On the contrary, calorie restricted diets are the **only** thing that works. Weight loss is the simple, inevitable consequence of maintaining a calorie deficit. There is literally no way to lose weight without inducing a calorie deficit. When keto produces weight loss, it does that through calorie restriction.
If you live a healthy lifestyle, you don't need to diet. If you eat nutritious foods, exercise and not ignore or eliminate the foods you crave, you can sustain it for life