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if you give up your favorite foods to lose weight

26 Jul 2025

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This is a YouTube video titled "if you give up your favorite foods to lose weight" containing a motivational talk or advice segment recorded in July 2025. The speaker, Morgan Housel, discusses dieting strategies, emphasizing moderation rather than complete deprivation to maintain a positive mindset and stick to weight loss plans.

When you give up your favorite foods in order to lose weight, you get grumpy. So I'd suggest you don't give up your favorite foods to lose weight. You eat less of them. And this distinction is enormous. To your mind, when you say, I'm never going to eat this food again, you get upset about it and you feel deprived. When you say, I'm not going to have it now, but I'll have it a little bit later in a couple days, it feels way better, and it's easier to stick to your plan.