Question:
didn't it ever occur to you that drinking enough water can make a person feel fuller, thus reducing his need to overeat? In a roundabout way, it does aid in weight loss.

How is your weight loss going, BTW?

Answer: Hysteria is one vice that I do not have.

Fat people routinely are extremely eager to believe something--anything--that would relieve them of the need to eat less and exercise more to lose weight. I do not allow them to latch on to any such beliefs, since the only real way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more, and the only people who ever actually lose weight are those who do exactly this.

Currently my weight is constant, more or less. Over the past year, I've not lost anything. I'm still eating too much.

Strangely, the current problem is a conflict of money and calories. That is, in order to limit my expenditures on food, I have to buy groceries; but if I do that, I end up with lots of food in the house, and I tend to munch on it excessively, preventing me from losing weight. If I do not buy groceries, I'm forced to go out to eat (even if it is only just a hamburger), which provides me with exercise and limits my calorie intake; but going out costs far more money than buying groceries for home (it is about ten times more expensive, sometimes costing in excess of $20 per day), I can't really afford to do it right now, because I am very poor.

As a result, I'm not currently losing weight.

However, I should point out that the rule of calories-in vs. calories-out is followed exactly. I now have daily data for calories in and out for nearly four years, and my weight obeys this rule religiously. It is the only thing that matters. Water, fats, carbs, protein, sugar, starch, fiber, salt, etc.--none of these make any difference. Only calories count.