I’m also interested in what I see as the most important part of any diet, how you resist temptations. As noted in your Scott Alexander link, almost any diet works as long as you stick to it, the hard part is sticking to it. I’m assuming that even if the boring diet reduces hunger you will still be tempted when offered a cookie or a bacon and egg roll.
It felt a bit strange reading through the evidence that willpower is not important and that CICO doesn’t work when that’s the exact approach I used to lose 30kgs and keep it off for over 10 years now. I did combine it with intermittent fasting and generally high protein intake but to maintain my weight I rely on calorie minimalisation. CICO had a lot of advantages to me but it’s possible it just clicked with my personality. I think it’s fairly likely that the boring diet clicks with your personality and that it wouldn’t work for me (I’m the sense I would quickly give up).
I’m also interested in what I see as the most important part of any diet, how you resist temptations. As noted in your Scott Alexander link, almost any diet works as long as you stick to it, the hard part is sticking to it. I’m assuming that even if the boring diet reduces hunger you will still be tempted when offered a cookie or a bacon and egg roll.
It felt a bit strange reading through the evidence that willpower is not important and that CICO doesn’t work when that’s the exact approach I used to lose 30kgs and keep it off for over 10 years now. I did combine it with intermittent fasting and generally high protein intake but to maintain my weight I rely on calorie minimalisation. CICO had a lot of advantages to me but it’s possible it just clicked with my personality. I think it’s fairly likely that the boring diet clicks with your personality and that it wouldn’t work for me (I’m the sense I would quickly give up).