I didn't say it can't be changed, just that it's very very difficult.
> but the key part is that it's used by some to "give up" and assume that being obese is "natural"
You are not born with any particular set point, you gain one based on your life (although there are tendencies). But once you have it, it's very hard to change.
I think of it like hysteresis - you need to work extra hard to get past it, but then it settles on a new value.
> I'm happy to be proven wrong
My personal experience of trying to change my weight for a full year, all sorts of methods, and eventually gave up for a while and one day weighed myself just to see how I ended up: The exact, to the 1/5 of a pound! weight I started with a year ago!
So I'm quite certain it's real, and yes, I'm giving up - somewhat.
> but the key part is that it's used by some to "give up" and assume that being obese is "natural"
You are not born with any particular set point, you gain one based on your life (although there are tendencies). But once you have it, it's very hard to change.
I think of it like hysteresis - you need to work extra hard to get past it, but then it settles on a new value.
> I'm happy to be proven wrong
My personal experience of trying to change my weight for a full year, all sorts of methods, and eventually gave up for a while and one day weighed myself just to see how I ended up: The exact, to the 1/5 of a pound! weight I started with a year ago!
So I'm quite certain it's real, and yes, I'm giving up - somewhat.