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It occurred to me today that there’s a simple explanation for the fact that most diets don’t work. In my opinion, the forces that motivate most people who try to lose weight are the same forces that made them eligible for a diet in the first place. People eat because it makes them feel good, and they diet because they think being thin will make them feel good, too. No wonder that when they don’t feel good on the short term, they do what does make them feel good on the short term, which is eating. Hence the yoyo effect.