> I don't think any serious person ever meant this literally. You're misrepresenting them by saying this. I believe sibling comments do pretty much say that.

> I don't think any serious person ever meant this literally. You're misrepresenting them by saying this. I believe sibling comments do pretty much say that. > In practice, for me, in my experience, limiting my calorie intake is the only way to control weight to where I want to be. Aren't you doing that by choosing what you eat and not eat, mostly? E.g. "I'm not going eat some carrots instead of that bag of chips while watching TV" instead of "I'm going to only eat 80% of that bag of chips"?