[numinoid]

> your brain's decisions to try to make you over-eat are no more under your control than your intestine's decisions to more or less thoroughly digest food

They literally are though. You can decide to eat less and then… eat less. CICO is the last word on dieting; but the words, sentences, and paragraphs that get you there are up for interpretation.

[simiones]

This only makes sense if you believe in a transcendent soul which controls the body but is unaffected by it. Otherwise, you must accept that your body influences your decisions.