"What you need is a plan that assumes you have no willpower at all, because at some times you do not, buy works anyway”
"What’s new is food is ever available and food is heavily processed. This turns out to have pretty dire consequences. It warps our natural motivation to eat and warps it into an entirely new sort of beast."
"The body is skilled adapting to survive until food can be found again."
"Equal parts comforted, numb, and disgusted."
“Down regulation is the process by which the brain thins out dopamine receptors to adapt to the overload. The next time a similar onslaught comes its response can be more appropriate.”
“This is something that I think a lot of people misunderstand. They think the addict is using to get high, but really the addict is using to get normal. To just be ok, for a bit.”
"People tend to look at sugar and flour as foods. I invite you to start looking at them as drugs."
Terms
JFTFP - Just follow the "frigging" / "fabulous" plan