How does dieting work???

Question

Those who know about this can you please educate me. My SO wants to lose weight (he says he gains weight easily) meanwhile I never understand this because I'm quite lucky that my weight never fluctuates.
He was telling me how much he hates dieting and tries not to eat (just once a day). But I thought that eating 2-3 times a day is still okay, just maybe change what he eats to less carbs etc and go to the gym.
He says that's not how it works and it's 90% diet and 10% exercise. But I thought it meant your diet as in what you eat, instead of starving yourself.
Is it really necessary to torture yourself not to eat? It just sounds excessive to me. Can you give me more insight please

Answer

To lose weight you need to eat bring your calories down. It all depends on his BMI. If he requires 2500 calories, he can take 1500 calories and maybe burn 500 calories from cardio or any workout. He has cut back 1000 calories. He will lose weight. He should not starve at all. It’s the worst way and usually you gain it right back. 
What worked for me was intermittent fasting. I stopped eating at 8 pm, I just drank water after. I started eating the following day at 12pm. I had a 16 hour fast daily. Usually after 12 hours your body starts using your fat as an energy source. I ate healthier. For me 1200 calories were enough. I lost about 30 pounds in one and half month. And the best thing is, it’s still off.

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Skipping meals slows down your metabolism and essentially forces your body isn’t survival mode whenever you eat so it hordes and stores the fat. It’s best to eat 3 meals a day with small snacks in between and watching the macros (carbs, fat and protein). I’m not expert but that is the gist that I’ve always understood.

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Jillian michaels video in yourube gave me insight. Go watch this video. 
    It basically comes down to being in a calorie deficit and adding exercise to help maximize that deficit.

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I think just making simple healthy changes, rather than focusing on losing weight would be better. I am skeptical about dieting, because a lot of it is unhealthy, misinformation, and doesn't work long term or help people. 
Eating one meal a day is certainly not a good plan, and, one may not expect this, but a lot of people who are overweight do that, and personally, that just sounds like disordered eating to me. Not eating- restricting, and then binging because you are actually starving yourself- so of course by then you'll crave the food with the most calories. 
It makes me sad, because, it's seriously ok to eat through the day, it's healthy to eat when you are hungry. It is not healthy to starve, and your body will absolutely fight a person on that. 
I think yoyo dieting is extremely unhealthy, and contributes a lot to the health problems associated with higher bmi, actually. 
So, I think, just working on a healthier lifestyle or intuitive eating could be helpful.

How does dieting work???

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