• GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, seems obvious but when your entire childhood is filled with shame because “there are starving kids in Africa so finish your plate”, it’s not so simple. Or when you realize that eating is the basically the only joy you have in life, it’s not so simple. Or when you have to take medications for your mental health and the side effects are that you over eat, it’s not so simple. Or when you have no time to exercise bc both you and your wife have to work to afford anything in this stupid economy, it’s not so simple.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Simple doesn’t mean easy. Running a marathon is simple, you just keep running until you get there. Yet the majority can’t do it.

      For each of the scenarios you presented, there is a simple solution:

      • “there are starving kids in Africa so finish your plate” - put less food on your plate
      • eating is the basically the only joy you have - expand your hobbies to find meaning elsewhere
      • medication… side effects - count calories
      • no time to exercise bc both you and your wife have to work - make exercise part of your commute

      Each of those are simple solutions, but they aren’t easy to implement. I get it, I don’t do the above nearly as much as I should; I know what I should do, but actually doing them is another story.

      Keep it up, you can do it. :)