Humans are funny creatures. We stuff ourselves when we are not hungry just because food is there to be had. Even in a field of lamed wildebeests, the lion doesn't have a quick nosh because there is nothing else on television or because that stupid Anderson account didn't come together like he wanted.
In the old days of the cave man, the chance to get overweight just did not exist. You ate what you could find, kill or catch. You ran long distances to chase dinner instead of popping in to the local fast food place to get greasy bag and boxes handed to you through a window.
Its easy to gain the weight. We gain because we are not thrilled with doing any extra steps to do anything. We look for the easiest way to do anything and everything. Is it any surprise at all that we are looking for the easiest ways to lose weight as well?
Ask the experts and they will say that the easiest ways to lose weight is to stop eating so much. Portion control, they say is just so simple to do. But, look at the portions that we are being served at restaurants and at home.
The plates we use in our homes have grown continually and steadily, as have our waist lines. Sure, one of the easiest ways to lose weight might be to use smaller plates but what if we refill that plate more than once?
There is no such thing as the easiest ways to lose weight for everyone- one person might be fine with never eating meat again while another can't live without a good chunk of animal flesh.
What works easily for one person may not work at all for someone else. Just because it is one of the easiest ways to lose weight for one person does not mean it will not be a struggle for someone else.
The experts tell you to stop eating this food or eat more of this one. Fad diets may suggest that you eat only one type of food for whole weeks at a time. Never mind how boring that is, it is not necessarily nutritionally sound.