This tired tendency to reduce weight control to physics is patently counterproductive. It's about as helpful as pointing out to a smoker that they'd quit smokin

This tired tendency to reduce weight control to physics is patently counterproductive. It's about as helpful as pointing out to a smoker that they'd quit smoking regardless of how addicted they are, if only they could smoke progressively fewer cigarettes, because logic and definitions. Technically correct, but misses the point entirely.