{"id":16214,"date":"2018-01-23T12:17:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/?p=16214"},"modified":"2018-01-23T12:17:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:17:11","slug":"losing-weight-isnt-the-same-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/losing-weight-isnt-the-same-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing Weight Isn’t the Same for Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At this point, most people realize the mechanics of weight loss\u2014consume fewer calories than you burn. It\u2019s a pretty simple formula, but it\u2019s much more complicated than that for many people. Those of us who have struggled with losing and maintaining a lower weight will understand how difficult it can be when you truly feel like you are fighting against your biology.<\/p>\n

I recently came across this article from the Washington Post<\/a> where the author describes some of the biological barriers that make weight loss much harder from some people.<\/p>\n

The author describes some reasons why the rate of long-term weight loss success is only around five or ten percent. He asserts that the biology of overweight and obese people is set up in a way that makes failure likely, and that surgery or medicines may be a good option to help people who haven\u2019t been successful losing weight on their own.<\/p>\n

I have seen people criticized or shamed for using surgery or medication to aid in weight loss. Some people seem to think it\u2019s cheating or a short cut. But the reality is, it might be the only way for some people to reach a healthier weight. Obese folks have likely tried dozens of diets and when nothing has worked it might make sense to see a doctor who can help them evaluate their particular needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At this point, most people realize the mechanics of weight loss\u2014consume fewer calories than you burn. It\u2019s a pretty simple …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[998],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16214","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}