Ignoramus29781 wrote:
Starting something is easy. Finishing something shows resolve and value.
So millions of people are trying to lose weight yet consistently failing
so i conclude the value of long term weight loss is not as great as the
short term benefits from eating.

Stacey, you assume rationality where there may be none.

Actually I am assuming the reverse. I am assuming the pleasure of food
is more important, for the majority of people, than any rationally based
short term or long term benefits of weight loss.

A recent fmri study shows clearly we have two ways of making decisions.
One is short term based on emotion based in the limbic system. One is
long term and rational based in the prefontal cortex. The emotional
system is dopamine triggered, which is what food excites, and wins out
over logic enough of the time.

You seem to be an intelligent human being and I could give you a list
of few books that explore the issue of irrationality and pitfalls in
decision making.

I am perplexed how you could read my posts this way.

Cubit made an excellent point once, that hunger is an extremely strong
influence on human mind and it can even change our priorities.

That's not strong enough. Hunger is the most important factor in our
survival.