Equating changes to diet for weight reduction to quitting cigarettes shows you probably don't have that.
Eat more than your base calories and you will be fat. Smoke and you will be unhealthy.
Reality can't be expected to be kind, compassionate and understanding.
It's simply reality, and that's the way it is.
Someone who is having extreme difficulty quitting smoking could benefit from working with a doctor to discuss quit-smoking aids or even seeing a therapist to work through their addiction.
No shit, the person needs to "just stop". Way to point out the obvious. Most people don't have a "just stop" button.
IDK, maybe you're just bad at giving advice. Maybe you should just stop.
EDIT: this is seriously an article on The Onion in the making. "Nation wakes up to random forum poster telling them to 'just eat less'. Obesity epidemic ends overnight." The proof is in the pudding here. Telling people "just eat less" is shitty advice.
All I've found online is people giving excuses as to why one body type cannot do this or that, which essentially are the same reasons smokers give when trying to quit(too stressed, can't quit cold turkey etc).
The obesity epidemic is complex but big factors include poor decision making, psychological issues, sugar sugar sugar.
Still, at the end of the day it’s input / output. You can’t gain weight by sucking in too much air.
Oh—absolutely! As I said, it’s hard, and frequently requires professional help, strategies, etc.
But, it ultimately comes down to, you have to find a way to quit! You shouldn’t let yourself off the hook.
