I’m not making an argument in any way, I’m simply discussing my consumption preferences with other FReepers as a way to show that eating properly (”clean”) is a surefire way to drop the pounds and keep them off.
People have become accustomed to drive-thru slop, salt-laden entrees at sit-down restaurants, huge portions, and obscene desserts. If common sense would prevail, a person could step back, understand their choices, and make decisions based on what they know to be a correct option for health.
Sadly, because of misinformation from the USDA and other Federal alphabet agencies and the proliferation of sweets in everything from soft drinks to snacks, people often choose the worst things for them under the guise of “feeling/tasting good” as opposed to being good for them.
I’ll admit, changing your eating habits is brutal. It took me years of false starts before I finally settled into a groove. My wake-up call was shopping for pants in the big&tall at Dillards and having to buy size 48 slacks. Since then, I’ve never looked back.
And as to our ongoing discussion, my point about eating too much is that people often overeat because their bodies are telling them that they’re still hungry. When you eat junk laden with sugar and simple carbohydrates, your body blows through them quickly and leaves you hungry an hour later. If people took to snacking on fresh fruit and nuts and committed to eating 4-6 small meals a day, the want to eat junk will subside almost immediately.
Like I said, it took years for me to finally settle into that groove, but once I was there, the junk food I used to eat looked unappetizing and overall disgusting compared to the yummy goodness of a handful of smoked almonds or fresh grapes.
Bull crap. Absolute lie. If it did for you great but to say it will for others because it did for you is total malarkey.
You sound a bit like many ex-smokers who are the most sanctimonious asses in the world. They HAD to quit smoking and became miserable and hateful to anyone else who hasn't HAD to quit. They are unhappy and their goal is to make everyone else unhappy.
I don’t think we are in disagreement... except maybe over sugar. I don’t blame sugar but rather so much use of processed or premade food. That I think we both agree on.
Small meals numerous times a day works for me too. I actually prefer a raw almond as long as it is from this year’s crop. It has the most wonderful flavor.
Glad to hear that you have found a way to eat for your body’s best performance