The World Is Getting Fatter and No One Knows How to Stop It
It&#x27;s not a surprise that people become fat in an environment where food is cheap, delicious, and abundant.<p>But we do know how to stop it. You just have to eat a little less. A modest, sustainable change in your diet is all that is needed to make dramatic changes over a 6-12 month timescale.<p>Record what you eat to establish an honest food baseline, and reduce from there. Stop eating all food you don&#x27;t enjoy, and stop eating when you aren&#x27;t hungry.<p>I put off losing weight for the last decade because of the constant drumbeat of news, blogs, and anecdotal moaning I heard from everyone about how impossible it is to lose weight. But after monitoring my food as described above for 6 months, I am down 20% from my starting weight. Success feels inevitable now, because the changes I have made are small and sustainable for me; for example, I still eat candy, but fun size instead of king size. My main regret is not starting sooner. I lost my 20s to obesity because crash diets failed me and I listened when people said it wasn&#x27;t possible.<p>reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;loseit has been an amazing support community for me throughout this process. I&#x27;d encourage y&#x27;all to check it out if you want to make a change.