Everyone says they want to feel better. To "get healthy." To fix their hormones. Heal their gut. Clear their skin. Sleep through the night.
They do it for a few days. Maybe two weeks. Then they fall off. Start again. Quit again. Repeat.
The truth is: most people don't fail because the protocol didn't work.
They fail because they couldn't survive the boredom, the discipline, the uncertainty of change.
Let's stop pretending this is about food. It's about the war between the known (even if it sucks) and the unknown (even if it might set you free).
Change feels like death to your nervous system
The subconscious isn't logical. It doesn't care that your digestion sucks or your period disappeared or your skin is a mess. It only cares about one thing: predictability.
That means:
- Eating the same garbage your body reacts to
- Going to bed scrolling
- Drinking coffee instead of breakfast
- Starting strong, quitting fast
Why? Because your brain would rather stay in pain than risk the unfamiliar.
This is why people say "nothing works" — while never sticking to anything long enough for it to.
Diet isn't a detox — it's a confrontation
Any diet isn't just about carrots and bone broth. It's a confrontation with your habits, your trauma, your addictions, your excuses.
- You'll feel resistance
- You'll crave sabotage
- You'll romanticize the way things were — even if "the way things were" was a bloated, anxious, inflamed version of yourself
Most people fail not because it's hard — but because change exposes the parts of them they've been avoiding.
Healing isn't a challenge. It's a lifestyle. A philosophy. A battle.
No one heals by accident. You don't just "stumble into" recovery. You fight for it. You study. You fine-tune. You show up when it's inconvenient.
Modern life is anti-healing:
- Fast food, fast scrolling, fast fixes
- Doctors who don't listen
- Friends who don't get it
- A culture that worships shortcuts and mocks consistency
Discipline isn't punishment. It's self-respect in a collapsing system.
You will not see results if you don't outlast the discomfort
That means sticking with it when:
- The scale doesn't move
- The bloat gets worse before it gets better
- You're tired of eating the same food
- Everyone around you is eating garbage and calling it balance
- Your body is doing everything except what you expected
Your cells don't care how motivated you are. They care if you're consistent.
Philosophy matters in healing
Stoics knew this.
Change your internal state → change your perception → change your actions.
You can't build a new body with the same mindset that created the old one.
And you can't heal if you're addicted to variety, comfort, and short-term validation.
At some point, healing becomes a way of seeing the world. You stop chasing hacks and start building a system that makes dysfunction impossible.
Final word
This is bigger than a diet. Bigger than your symptoms.
It's about the kind of person you're becoming.
So if you're asking,
"How do I stick to this?"
You're asking the wrong question.
Ask instead:
"What part of me keeps sabotaging my future to stay loyal to my past?"