[AlisdairO]

I'm absolutely sure they're deluding themselves or lying. What i rationally want and what my lower systems want are fundamentally at odds. My inner passion for overeating threatens to overwhelm my logical mind every day.

I think when people say they want to lose weight, they mean that they wish they didn't have that extreme compulsion to eat that overwhelms their rational processes. Or that they could overcome it.

What bugs me is that people view it as a simple matter of self control, when it's actually about self control versus strength of desire. If your desires aren't that strong, it's easy to look like you have an iron will.