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6/30/2025, 9:01:32 AM
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I have. That can work, for a while, but it is patient, it is insidious, it may take years, maybe in a moment of weakness, or just by wearing you down over months and years, it /will/ get control again, it will never stop, and you won't notice it has you until it's too late, or even more horrifying, you WILL notice, and be powerless to stop it, a prisoner in your own body watching it all slip away.
The addictive nature of food is highly underrated. Cigarettes, cocaine, meth, heroin, the cravings go away in a few days, maybe a week at worst, but everybody understands how addictive these things are, how a relapse is almost inevitable at some point, and how likely a single relapse is to spiral into daily use, how hanging around drug users will inevitably lead to drug use. Food is worse though; Even if you could abstain the cravings would never stop, its cheap, access is unlimited, the culture is such that even people who are privy to diet and exercise encourage breaks and treats and cheats(relapse), for every 4 people you interact with, 3 are heavy food users.
85-95% of people who made it will succumb to obesity once more within 5 years, and it's not a failure to understand how to maintain the weight loss, it's because every single biological and cultural factor is a worst-case scenario for beating this addiction.
Now think about this, your hide is cotton, your teeth and claws are sticks and stones, your digestion begins over a fire, your immune system comes from a pill and syringe, and your brain is a little glass rectangle in your pocket, nothing is more human than using a tool to solve a biological shortcoming, so is manipulating hormones that are a major hindrance in our new environment, causing widespread disease and death, really going too far? At this point, choosing to diet is little more than a self-flagellation ritual to stroke your ego and gain clout among a small subculture of proud luddites.
I have. That can work, for a while, but it is patient, it is insidious, it may take years, maybe in a moment of weakness, or just by wearing you down over months and years, it /will/ get control again, it will never stop, and you won't notice it has you until it's too late, or even more horrifying, you WILL notice, and be powerless to stop it, a prisoner in your own body watching it all slip away.
The addictive nature of food is highly underrated. Cigarettes, cocaine, meth, heroin, the cravings go away in a few days, maybe a week at worst, but everybody understands how addictive these things are, how a relapse is almost inevitable at some point, and how likely a single relapse is to spiral into daily use, how hanging around drug users will inevitably lead to drug use. Food is worse though; Even if you could abstain the cravings would never stop, its cheap, access is unlimited, the culture is such that even people who are privy to diet and exercise encourage breaks and treats and cheats(relapse), for every 4 people you interact with, 3 are heavy food users.
85-95% of people who made it will succumb to obesity once more within 5 years, and it's not a failure to understand how to maintain the weight loss, it's because every single biological and cultural factor is a worst-case scenario for beating this addiction.
Now think about this, your hide is cotton, your teeth and claws are sticks and stones, your digestion begins over a fire, your immune system comes from a pill and syringe, and your brain is a little glass rectangle in your pocket, nothing is more human than using a tool to solve a biological shortcoming, so is manipulating hormones that are a major hindrance in our new environment, causing widespread disease and death, really going too far? At this point, choosing to diet is little more than a self-flagellation ritual to stroke your ego and gain clout among a small subculture of proud luddites.
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