[Funes-]

Craving more and more sugar (carbs) constantly is not the same as being hungry. That's why you can never have enough of it even if your body has had more than enough food to sustain itself for a whole week. Hunger is a very straightforward physiological signal, not a psychological craving that stems from addiction. Anyone who's ever been addicted to anything would recognize that as food addiction, not "insatiable hunger". Once you start disciplining yourself with regards to diet, that's one of the very first things you automatically learn to discern. This realization usually comes to you very evidently, in a spontaneous manner.

[jrs235]

>a psychological craving that stems from addiction.

Additionally, for many who are overweight, I imagine eating is a coping mechanism to stress. Some folks turn to food, others shopping, others substances (drugs/alcohol), others sex, others exercise, etc. We all have "different" ways we deal with stress. Finding a healthier way can drastically improve one's life. UInfortunately for those that turn to food for stress "relief" likely get a double whammy if feeling/knowing/being overweight adds to their stress.

[thaumasiotes]

> even if your body has had more than enough food to sustain itself for a whole week.

For reference, that amount of food is zero. You're already set for the week.

Animals don't operate like cars where they're constantly on the verge of death.

[Funes-]

To sustain itself... at the same rate it usually does (body fat, muscle...). My comment was extremely easy to grasp. Instead, you twisted what I wrote, clinging to a stupidly literal interpretation of it, and came up with a ridiculous reply, riddled with straw man fallacies. Good job (making a fool out of yourself while trying to one up a stranger on the Internet).

[thaumasiotes]

Think a little further, and you might see that the amount you've recently eaten has very little relevance to how much you need to eat in the near future.

[Funes-]

You didn't get my comment it at first--it's fine, dude. Every other user understood it right away, so no problem.

[thaumasiotes]

What do you see as the significance of the qualifier "even if your body has had more than enough food to sustain itself for a whole week"?