Weight loss can be a battle for everyone. But a large new study says that for obese people, the odds of reaching normal weight are near impossible.
The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, shows the odds of a clinically obese person achieving normal weight without surgical interventions are just 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 124 for women in a given year. Among the most morbidly obese, the chances were even worse.
If you would like to read the study, you can find it here.
1 in 124. Those are some pretty shitty odds. I'd like to think this time around I'll be successful, but I have to admit those numbers are daunting.
All I can do is to keep doing as I'm doing. Today is day 9. Optimistic me hopes I'll be able to drop close to 100 pounds in 100 days.
Realistic me thinks it will probably be much longer than that.
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