Yes, but a diet is not a magic incantation that you can get the effects of by merely repeating the word or discussing it endlessly with friends. Diets work (or

Yes, but a diet is not a magic incantation that you can get the effects of by merely repeating the word or discussing it endlessly with friends. Diets work (or not) based on fairly straightforward causal chains. People who want to continue to do exactly or very nearly the same of whatever they were doing and see a drastic change are bound to be disappointed not only in the mission of reducing weight but also in life.