the ironic life sustaining systems of our body

"Our body is designed to sustain life."

Pretty simple. Very straightforward.

This will explain why we feel pain when our body is threatened by some unfriendly virus or bacteria. The pain signals us to do something about it = )

Now, when we gain weight because of Holiday food and our body is designed to sustain life, it must be a no-brainer that if we want to lose weight, all we need is to decrease our food intake and we will be fine. I mean this is the path of least resistance for our body. No need to exercise. No need to sweat it out. If our body is suppose to sustain life, it will take this path. I mean, it will not expose you to the risk of injury when we exercise, right? So, we will lose weight = )

But it is not as simple as it seems. In fact, when we lessen our food intake, it seems that the weight we want to take off seems to get obssessed with us and will not leave us. How come?
 
Apparently, the way we understand the fact that our body is designed to sustain life, is a bit skewed.

When we lessen our food intake, it actually signals our body to prepare for famine = ) This actually, drives our body to store more fat because the few food intake means food will be scarce in the next few months. So, if the body is designed to sustain life, it will store fat now so that we can use something for later. Thus, the stubborn weight that does not go away as fast as the Holiday breeze by = )

This is fantastic.

My mind is swirling in how intelligent our bodies are designed.

Apparently, it is our interpretation that our body is designed to sustain life that's wrong.

I wonder what are the other things out there that we get wrong? As in, brilliantly wrong?

"... why think like mere men?"

Thank you, Lord = )