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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

just ignore all the social, systemic issues in our health and food industries, reduce it all to cals in vs cals out, and expect that to work

That's literally exactly how it has worked for me. Obviously it takes some will power and discipline, but so does basically everything.

[–] alilbee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Our individual stories do not always translate to the bigger picture, gmtom. You might have grown up in a household where you were insulated from the predations of the processed food industry. You might have had better habits instilled in you as a child. You might have had a positive body image at one point in your life, to serve as inspiration for your weight loss journey. Maybe none of those are true and you truly are one of the lucky (and hard working!) ones who escaped this situation just like the addicts who recover through willpower alone. Regardless, we cannot all rely on being gmtom.

My final paragraph is not focused on the individual but on the epidemic of obesity. We cannot solve this through brow beating about CICO just like Republicans aren't going to solve the drug addiction crisis through jailing everyone with an addiction. People are using food to fill a hole in their lives, just like drugs, and we have to do the hard work of figuring that root out. Otherwise, we are doomed to become ineffective and unhelpful, leaving people to suffer.