What do you think of people saying weight loss is 90% diet and 10% exercise, unless you do weight training which would change the percentage?

[jennifer_bloom]

I believe that vitamin B burns belly fat cause just by taking vitamin B in its 8 forms and not exercising or changing my calories, my belly has shrunk to the point where my pants fall off and won't stick to my stomach anymore. I also have this theory that the choline in eggs burns arm fat so I purchased some choline supplements from amazon this week and it should arrive soon. My theory is based on the fact that every person I know who has skinny arms eats eggs on a regular basis.

[MrOracle]

While losing weight isn't quite as simple as counting calories (as you already understand), there's certainly some truth to the statement that taking better care of what goes in is a lot easier than trying to work it off after-the-fact. But I would guess that those percentages are more realistically something like 65% diet/35% exercise.

[Ironic_Method]

Because cico is a thing and science. You eat less calories than you burn in a day, then you'll lose weight. It's easier to eat healthier than it is to exercise those calories off.

[TheGuyWhoKnowsStuff]

You're stating anecdotal evidence, which isn't reliable. That is, you observe X happening and attribute it to Y but aren't getting the full picture and it turns out it wasn't Y at all. Superstitions, myths and conspiracy theories draw on anecdotal evidence.

If you take a vitamin in excess you will excrete it in urine/faeces AND if the excess you consume is too great, then you poison yourself.

So, your assumptions aren't actually true. If you want to lose fat, then you need your body to use its fat stores and reduce new fat being stored. You reduce new fat being stored primarily by adjusting your diet. You use up your fat stores partially through exercise but also by consuming less food than your body needs so it has to use fat stores. It is as simple as that. Not eating at all isn't a good approach because the body then tries to store as much fat as possible when you start eating again like going into a starvation mode. The idea is to reduce certain foods in your diet like added sugars and animal fats in addition to lowering the portions so the body has to use up some of its fat stores, which leads to an improved appearance and slimming down.

Try a light mediterranean diet with 2 fruit and 3 veges plus 30 minutes of walking/activity a day with intermittent fasting (one meal a day only). When you feel hungry drink some water. That hunger will abate and go away as your body breaks down fat stores, which is what you want.

[GregorSamsa]

I feel like it's an overall lifetime state of equilibrium thing. Wherever your body is "comfortable," that will be what it seeks to be. The rest is just trying to stave off the inevitable.