Life's Pleasures Quote by Carre Otis

Food isn’t framed here as pleasure or nutrition, but as a permanent roommate: unavoidable, intimate, and capable of turning on you. Coming from Carre Otis, a model whose career was forged in an industry that monetizes control over the body, the line lands like a confession disguised as practical advice. “Balance” is the socially acceptable word for a lifelong negotiation with appetite, shame, and surveillance. It sounds reasonable because it has to; anything more honest would indict the system that made this fear feel normal.

The key move is the blunt logic of “you can’t take out food.” People can quit alcohol, avoid cigarettes, leave a toxic relationship. Food is different: the trigger is also the requirement. That’s why “absolutely terrifying” isn’t melodrama; it’s a description of being forced to engage daily with something that has been moralized, policed, and weaponized against you. In body-centric industries, eating isn’t just an act, it’s a referendum on discipline. “Find a balance” becomes less self-help than survival strategy.

Otis’s phrasing also hints at the loneliness of this struggle. There’s no villain named, no dramatic backstory offered, just a quiet admission that for some people, the most ordinary human need can feel like a trap. The cultural subtext is harsh: when thinness is treated as employability, even lunch becomes a high-stakes performance.