>>11310678
it's just a loaded question in a wish fulfillment thread that by nature is "i wish this was real. ew, not you." with how hostile it is to the "not you" people, naturally i would take the opportunity to burst someone's bubble by reminding them the "not you"s are the realistic prospect
to answer your question since you said you aren't as i interpreted your post as, i saw this video the other day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r99p9hsyBiI
i watched it on 2x speed, but the tl;dr is that 0 calorie diet soda satisfies your cravings for sugar by using artificial sweeteners, while being negligible to consume calorie-wise in comparison to normal soda. further, caffeine suppresses appetite, so if you can make the diet soda caffeinated, it would help that much more, albeit at the cost of being unable to consume it before bed, from the caffeine keeping you up
also i can't find it and don't remember the title, but i watched a video a few months ago of a focus/distraction video essay, of a guy explaining why he locked his nintendo switch away in a box with a timer. he cited a bunch of sources showing that between people who give into temptations more and those who don't, the main reason people give into temptation is because there are simply fewer temptations to give into. so it is not that are resisting any more cravings than anyone else. further, resisting cravings has been shown to increase stress levels, and make people distracted, and less productive. so obviously, everyone is only human, and simply eliminating opportunity for indulgence is not feasible. but you can do things like only pack a lunch that wouldn't keep you salivating about the prospect of eating it. it ends up not concerning you as much
