i never got chubby unless alcohol or booze was involved

>>77338923
>the only thing that reliably gives you a dopamine hit

The problem with that is that the dopamine is not in the food, it's already in you. Eating the food is a ritual. You do it to allow yourself to release the dopamine you have already made and are storing, completely pointless. If you don't do it, the dopamine releases anyway, you just have to wait a while and you get it evenly spread out throughout the day. Gooning has the same problem, you're just squeezing the same lemon over and over again, it doesn't create any extra dopamine, you have to sleep for that to happen. Just stop and you'll get the same reward without having to pay for it. Your life will be more pleasant throughout instead of just when you complete the ritual (whatever it happens to be). For a couple weeks it will be worse and then it will be better, forever.

I'm depressed and have no appetite, I'm forcing myself to eat

>>77338923
when i was depressed, i didnt really give a shit about eating food or doing anything in general. I just slept all day. I went at least 3 days without eating when i was actually depressed and only had 1 meal on the day i ate.
its more about being a dumb fuck if you are overeating. you might as well tell me spending money you dont have isnt about being a dumb fuck either

>>77338966
Good post thank you anon

Does fasting build resilience and mental fortitude?

>gooning on drugs
Wtf how did I never thought of that!?

>>77338923
I b gooning like a Satanist bubba

not for me

>>77338966
no shit theres no dopamine in food

>>77338923
I got fat because I was extremely addicted to World of Warcraft and didn't like spending any more time than necessary cooking/eating/cleaning so I would eat over 3000 calories of takeout slop once a day. Once you get accustomed to eating a large amount of food it's hard to go back.

>>77339034
That's one thing that helped me recalibrate my eating habits -- eating only when you are actually hungry, and when you fast you realize what you thought was hunger usually passes and is not a big deal at all. A lot of fatties who are trying to lose weight think they need to eat small amounts all the time for some reason.

I’m the opposite my lifelong depression and misery makes me not care about eating so I’m emaciated

>>77340773
yeah when I was depressed I stopped eating but obviously there are plenty who do the opposite

>>77340761
>Once you get accustomed to a large one it's hard to go back.
It's called "being an Alpha widow", it ruins many women who could otherwise be fit for marriage.

>>77340784
I understand people doing the overeating thing because having food definitely makes some people happy. But yeah instead of me I just really don’t care about eating. I don’t see the point of putting in the effort.

>>77338966
>Don't ya see kid? You didn't need to get a dopamine hit, the dopamine was inside you all along!
>Wow, thanks mister!

>>77338923
When I was an alcohol the days after a binge I'd be eating like a madman and always wondered why. Now I understand that I was low dopamine af.

>>77338966
Good post but sounds like wishful thinking honestly. Is that something you yourself have sustainably achieved, or are you saying that more from a perspective of "well I can't do it myself but maybe by explaining it I can inspire someone else to do it..."

>>77340985
fat greasy meals are the ultimate hangover cure lol thats why

>>77340879
Underrated greentext comment.

>>77338923

i want a winnerschitznel, but i can't find anything close nearby other than japanese tonkatsu cutlet. sad.

>>77338923
It's just mostly work being mind numbingly boring causing you to go take a break to eat something just to get your brain off it.
I used to eat 3x a day, small meals etc and be constantly hungry at work, now that i'm in the middle of a long vacation my eating habits suddenly, literally within 2 days, snapped back to eating a large meal once a day around 4PM. Hardly hungry anymore and my weight started dropping instantly.
Office work is a gains goblin

>>77338923
I am Alone and I am dyel you fat faggot

>>77338923
I don't get it. I had a year where I was pretty bummed out and unemployed and was too depressed to eat and lost like 50lbs

It’s true. An active and social lifestyle is the best insulator against obesity.

>>77343452
If it had been 5 years you would’ve got fat. What happens is food becomes a coping mechanism for people over time. It becomes literally the only thing they look forward to. The issue compounds when they diet because they try to restrict only to cave and binge later in the day.