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> I never paid attention to what I ate 'Normal' (non-overweight) people usually don't have to pay attention to what they eat either, still they don't gain weig

• wongarsu 12y ago
  I think most non-overweight people do pay attention to what we eat. Most of us don't count calories, but we do use heuristics. For example I wouldn't eat three normal-sized pizzas a day. I could over the course of a day and it would be delicious, but I know that it wouldn't be good for me.
  • genericresponse 12y ago
    Speaking as someone who's clinically obese, I think everyone but the most extreme use that high level of a heuristic. 3 pizzas a day is way too much. As someone who's tried to lose weight (with on and off success) for years. Once you are in this place, you have to apply much tighter heuristics. Your body isn't giving you the right messages about food. (e.g. Can I have 3 slices of pizza today, is this salad actually lower calorie than that slice of pizza, which one will make the rest of the day easier.) Your body dopes you with Serotonin every time you eat. trying to lose weight has many withdrawal like aspects to it.
• revelation 12y ago
  Blessing and a curse. I think very few people are observant and rational enough to be able to spot very very gradual change. Hoarders don't start with a room full of crap, it just accumulates over years and only bit by bit, very easy to rationalize to yourself. Suddenly you find yourselves with a new job and are now driving to work, and week by week you gain weight until you wake up one day and think fuck.