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[–] SleepyCicada 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Depends. Hypothyroidism, Cushing’s disease, PCOS, long term steroids will likely cause weight gain. I’m not talking ham proportions here, but some degree of weight gain is expected. Then, of course, there’s heart and kidney stuff that’ll make you retain water and gain water weight. But the 100lb overweight generally healthy monstrosities that stuff faces with twinkies? No excuses here.

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[–] BreakTheirKnees 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Can't all of those be avoided by counting calories aka watching what you eat? My body is kinda fucked up, mainly by medications that by all mean dictate I should be enormously fat now like almost everyone else who takes them, but in reality they just change the fat distribution and make you ridiculously hungry for carbs. Unless you have a severe form of mental retardation it should be possible for you to control what you eat.

I believe almost everyone in FPH knows this, but it doesn't matter if you have insulin resistance and your organs are all shot up, the fat concentrating in your belly won't matter much if your bf% is low.

I can't tell about water weight because it never really affected me that badly, but everything else sounds like excuses.

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[–] SleepyCicada 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Of course, in theory, but by the time most people know they have the condition they’re well into their adulthood, have developed certain eating habits and will not find it easy to start reducing intake and counting calories. So in the ideal world CICO will work on anyone but in the real world it simply isn’t feasible for many people. I don’t know if it’s mental retardation although some days it sure feels like it, probably has more to do with lack of education and impulse control. The HAES bullshit doesn’t help.