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> additionally, it's a signal that your mind can correctly dismiss once you know it's phony. I know it's a phony signal yet I haven't correctly dismissed it. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
What you are doing wrong is eating when you get that signal.
I don't think you really appreciate what it's like to be fat and hungry and how that affects the ability to make good long term eating habits. Blaming somebody for being fat when they eat when hungry seems to make as much sense to me as blaming a fat cat for eating all the food their owner gives them. Imagine living life following the rule that whenever you have to pee, you've got to wait 3 hours before peeing. It's something like that. If you want to recommend a successful strategy I recommend recommending one where you avoid the signal altogether. Suggesting that people try to directly ignore their primitive biological urges is simply ridiculous, that's like thinking you can hire somebody with poor conscientiousness but make up for it by telling them, "Be more conscientious!"