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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2127621" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p><strong>Will-power always ultimately fails.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>This is a hypothesis taken from the worlds of Gambling and Financial trading.</p><p>What it means in practical terms is that <strong>everybody has a limited amount of capacity for postponing an 'immediate fix' for a longer term reward.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>In Gambling and Financial Trading even successful intelligent skilled speculators will almost inevitably take a position purely out of an invalid reason such as boredom, because eventually they run out of the will-power not to do it!. They way that the best speculators deal with that is to :</p><p>A). Pre plan, knowing that it is inevitable and arrange things so that it does the least damage.</p><p>B). Organise thing such that the temptation is as rare as possible.</p><p></p><p>The same strategies can be (but usually aren't) used in Dieting and Nicotine addiction.</p><p></p><p><strong>Knowing that they will eventually succumb, I feel that a dieter should choose a diet/lifestyle that:</strong></p><p><strong>A). Is sustainable over the long term.</strong></p><p><strong>B). Can be achieved with the minimum exposure to temptations.</strong></p><p><strong>C). They actually enjoy/like some parts of it - substituting one (less harmful, or even virtuous) food pleasure for a more harmful one.</strong></p><p></p><p>Thus it amazes me that so many people embark on severely calorie restricted diets instead of going LCHF which can work for almost everybody except perhaps strict Vegans - because for example Avocado by some.</p><p>OK there are some people who can manage, e=and even enjoy, fasts of over 24 hrs - even more than 1 week. The medical evidence suggests that for a normal healthy weight person, a fast could last for up to 2 months before death!</p><p>But on those occasions where I've had to fast for over 36hrs I found it really tough. Note these were not a complete fast since I was allowed clear liquids. </p><p></p><p>In trying to diagnose why my BG figures are suddenly different I fasted for 23 hrs yesterday - and I was really hungry!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2127621, member: 506169"] [B]Will-power always ultimately fails. [/B] This is a hypothesis taken from the worlds of Gambling and Financial trading. What it means in practical terms is that [B]everybody has a limited amount of capacity for postponing an 'immediate fix' for a longer term reward. [/B] In Gambling and Financial Trading even successful intelligent skilled speculators will almost inevitably take a position purely out of an invalid reason such as boredom, because eventually they run out of the will-power not to do it!. They way that the best speculators deal with that is to : A). Pre plan, knowing that it is inevitable and arrange things so that it does the least damage. B). Organise thing such that the temptation is as rare as possible. The same strategies can be (but usually aren't) used in Dieting and Nicotine addiction. [B]Knowing that they will eventually succumb, I feel that a dieter should choose a diet/lifestyle that: A). Is sustainable over the long term. B). Can be achieved with the minimum exposure to temptations. C). They actually enjoy/like some parts of it - substituting one (less harmful, or even virtuous) food pleasure for a more harmful one.[/B] Thus it amazes me that so many people embark on severely calorie restricted diets instead of going LCHF which can work for almost everybody except perhaps strict Vegans - because for example Avocado by some. OK there are some people who can manage, e=and even enjoy, fasts of over 24 hrs - even more than 1 week. The medical evidence suggests that for a normal healthy weight person, a fast could last for up to 2 months before death! But on those occasions where I've had to fast for over 36hrs I found it really tough. Note these were not a complete fast since I was allowed clear liquids. In trying to diagnose why my BG figures are suddenly different I fasted for 23 hrs yesterday - and I was really hungry! [/QUOTE]
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