The Zen of Drinking Alone

Re:The Zen of Drinking Alone by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Sunday January 16, 2022 @02:17AM (#29954094)

It'd be near impossible to become obese (or remain obese) if you just cut out sugar and processed foods. Nobody ends up in an electric scooter by pigging out on vegetables and chicken breasts. If you want to get shredded you'll have to do much more, of course, but if you just want to look and feel like a normal weight human, it really doesn't have to be any more complex.

Just as many alcoholics can't handle a glass of wine with dinner or a beer with a friend on a Friday night, many food addicts just can't handle sugar or fast food at all, and would be better off cutting these things out of their lives entirely. It's a more hardcore lifestyle change, but it can also be a psychologically simpler ruleset to follow.

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Re:The Zen of Drinking Alone by shakes_mcjunkie on Sunday January 16, 2022 @10:58AM (#29956990)

> It's a more hardcore lifestyle change, but it can also be a psychologically simpler ruleset to follow.

It's a hardcore change but "simple" to follow? Isn't that part of the problem? The physical and mental are tightly interwoven. Telling someone they should just eat vegetables and chicken breasts ignores all of the other problems, mental and physical, that could be leading someone to unhealthy habits. In fact, a "ruleset" like this could contribute to further psychological problems and then further physical problems. This is the issue with diets, they ignore all the other factors outside of food.

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