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> If one had, shouldn't it have survived the test of time? Yes ... eat less than your body burns. >why dieting over the long term is actually impossible Oh s

> If one had, shouldn't it have survived the test of time? Yes ... eat less than your body burns. >why dieting over the long term is actually impossible Oh so I lost 10 kg over the last couple of years on accident? How fortunate! Guess my 'healthy' eating habits are just nonsense after all! >nobody has willpower This is bullshit. Everybody has willpower, maybe a finite amount of it but it's there. Losing weight is 'simple', not easy. Eat less than your body burns. That's it. However, there are some caveats. This technique requires you to accurately 'guesstimate' how much your body burns but also your caloric food intake. Losing weight also doesn't necessarily mean 'looking better'. The most important thing though are habits. Habits are powerful.

dagw 11y ago
It feels like the article is splitting hairs on "dieting" vs "eating habits". Dieting, as in a set of very strict arbitrary rules, is hard to do over a long time period. "Eating habits", as in a general yet flexible set of guiding principles, is a lot easier to keep with over a long period of times. I've certainly changed my eating habits to be a lot healthier over the past 5-10 years (mainly more fresh fish and vegetables, less soda and fast food) compared to the 5-10 preceding years, but I wouldn't say I've been on a "diet" over the past years. I still occasionally eat all kinds of unhealthy stuff, but just not anywhere near as often as I used to.