Here are some FAQ about The Fuck It Diet, twitter thread style
"Are you saying to just eat anything I want? Isn& #39;t that bad for me?"

After you& #39;ve been dieting or yo-yo dieting for a while, food cravings can feel really out of control. This is totally normal. We are wired to fixate on food, especially after dieting.
"But I don& #39;t even restrict that much?"

Even a little bit of restriction can make your appetite feel out of control. Also, we tend to think we need less than we do.
"I& #39;m pretty sure I& #39;m a food addict, is The Fuck It Diet / Intuitive Eating really for me?"

Yes, most dieters feel like food addicts, because restriction (even just perceived restriction) wires us to feel addicted to food.
"Isn& #39;t weight gain unhealthy??"

No, not inherently. And often dieting it& #39;s usually a necessary part of healing, no matter what body size you have.
I go more in depth on weight myths in my book http://thefuckitdiet.com/book ,">https://thefuckitdiet.com/book"... and I also recommend the book Body Respect and Anti-Diet. You can also google "health at every size" and "weight stigma" to begin learning and check out: https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-10-9">https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/...
"Doesn& #39;t eating whatever you want and gaining weight cause diabetes?"

That& #39;s a harmful over simplification. Diabetes is genetic and there are many factors that go into developing it - stress being one of the biggest contributing factors.
Thin people and people with "healthy diets" can develop T2 diabetes. One thing that& #39;s seen to exacerbate insulin resistance is weight cycling, which is directly exacerbated by....dieting, & also leads to future weight gain. Best to focus on sustainable habits, not weight.
"What about emotional eating?"

Dieting & guilt around food makes food a better "drug." You are more chemically rewarded for eating when you are dieting, restricting, and have arbitrary off-limits foods - that& #39;s what exacerbates emotional eating in the 1st place.
"What about food allergies and celiac?"

Don& #39;t eat food that you& #39;re allergic to...
"Don& #39;t I need to diet for my IBS"

A LOT (not all) of IBS symptoms are from restricting food and not eating enough. https://marcird.com/digestive-disorders-eating-disorders-a-complicated-mix/">https://marcird.com/digestive... This is a tricky a catch-22, but just keep that in mind! Sometimes eating more can resolve a lot of IBS symptoms.
"Isn& #39;t sugar addictive?"

No! Though, we are wired to feel and act addicted when we are underfed or have a history of food scarcity, dieting, or erratic eating.
The study that showed sugar addiction in animals? The animals were starved first. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27372453/ 

I">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27372453/... also like this article breaking down food/sugar addiction. https://wellseek.co/2019/01/28/does-food-addiction-really-exist-understanding-the-science-of-habituation/">https://wellseek.co/2019/01/2...
"SO YOU& #39;RE TELLING US TO EAT A LOT OF SUGAR??? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL EVERYONE?"

Sigh. I& #39;m not telling you do to anything. But you deserve to know that a lot of the sugar hysteria is ... hysteria.
I& #39;m just a girl (ugh, WOMAN) who used to believe she was a food addict, and was constantly binge eating, and constantly trying to religiously stick to diets, who now sees it for what it is: the biggest scam of all time.
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