Fat Countdown You could put a magical digital countdown on a fat's wall, ticking off the days till they have a heart attack, lose a foot, go blind, their first day of dialysis, last day their dick gets hard before impotance, on and on. And they would never lose weight. They would keep eating until death, even still. Tell themselves 1500 days is a long time before Congestive Heart Failure puts them in a permanent state of respiratory failure, so eat up. Then one day its 700 days, but they only get short of breath when moving. 300 days to go, better start tomorrow. 50 days until you can't avoid your first intubation in the hospital. 10 days, I'll start in the morning and exercise too! 1 day left, oh it's too late now, this isn't my fault. They will never stop. Not even if you could pinpoint the day fat will kill them.