Diet book part 2 Highlights from the "myth of willpower" include. dieting means you have to resist temptation every time then goes on to act like there's a donut staring you in the face every second of every day.  You have to constantly resist the temptation to eat the donut, and you will eventually give in! There's no denying this! /s self control does not matter much when it comes to resisting potato chips you can't have just one.  Because if I see a bag of potato chips on the counter, I just have to a few, what could it hurt?  Besides, self control plays no part in weight management. /definite sarcasm. Maybe your friends who are so good at resisting cookies are just not that into cookies.  People like that are, after all, alleged to exist.  I just, can't even.  Are you people thinking that there are some humans who don't constantly crave sweets!? 😳 When people know they're being watched, they become self-conscious, act unnaturally, and won't eat very much. secret eaters, anyone?  Or when fat people are convinced they eat as much as their skinny friend. /no sarcasm. We thought distracted people would lose track of how much they want. But, they were perfectly accurate in their estimates.  Fuckin liar, doesn't give any proof besides that statement, no numbers or any reasoning as to how they were accurate.  "We ate 3 jelly beans, 15 chips, and 17 grams of pudding."  Prove me wrong, fatties.  You have no idea how much you actually eat. It then goes on to talk about food and stress.  With all the usual suspects. The next chapter is "why you are better off without the battle."  Fats really must think that eating slightly less is like fighting a war or doing something heroic.