Dr. Ania Jastreboff
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You have dieted, you have run marathons.
It's just like you said, you have so much grit and yet you cannot overcome this.
And that's because we cannot willpower away the biology of obesity.
And I can explain it with an analogy.
So we can think about a house and a house has a thermostat.
We don't really think about it.
It's just set to a certain temperature.
Let's say 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
And when it is hot outside, what happens?
The AC turns on.
We don't think about it, right?
When it's cold outside, what happens?
The furnace turns on.
And ultimately, that temperature is 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
It's just there.
Your body does this with so many different things.
It does this with body temperature.
So, for example, body temperature, 98.6.
Are any of us sitting here thinking to ourselves, I must keep my body temperature 98.6?
No, we're not.