“The wage system has made people believe that what a man needs is work. This, of course, is absurd. What he needs is the goods produced by work, and the less work involved in making a given amount of goods, the better.”
— Bertrand Russell, Political Ideals (via philosophybits)
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight and found the pounds won’t come off easily — or they come right back — you are not alone.
The fact is, when we shed pounds, we trigger mechanisms that make it hard to keep the weight off. There are some factors that are within our control, but many are not. Understanding how this works might make you look more kindly on your body.
We won’t tell you how to lose weight — or whether you even need to. But we will give you five realities about biology.
