Shahroo Izadi
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And then I was really annoyed with her.
Really annoyed.
I was like, this was punchy.
This is a leap.
And I went walking through London Bridge and I saw these people who were overweight and I realized, hold on, hold on.
I don't think they should be not going out to dinner.
I don't think they should be not wearing jewelry or listening to music.
They don't deserve any care.
And so I did an experiment when I thought, what if I behave...
as though I'm never going to lose weight.
And what I realized was, I don't know how to eat.
Like, I've been on a diet forever.
Even if I knew I was never going to lose weight again and I just cared about my health, I'd have to sit down and work out a predictable way of eating.
I'd have to work out what was healthy for me now.
in a finite way because you can't diet forever you have to learn how to have a healthy relationship with food you have to learn how to stop doing the things that cause you to gain weight not white knuckle the things that the efforts that cause you to lose it because what that does this activation maintenance thing what it does is reinforce this idea that it will be easier to make choices with your hands if you are thinner so get this done
And then learn how to eat differently and then learn how to, and it'll just be easier because thin people are better at that.
And so the shame that is available there, everyone's applauding you and then you're so fearful.
Like, no, listen, I'm one French fancy away from this beer.
Exactly.
Like train spotting over here.