My own experience has been that I feel the best when I eat a diverse variety of foods. I have many friends who have tried many different diets which restrict their intake of entire food groups such as carbohydrates or on the other side of the spectrum... meat or fish. I have never known anyone who this worked out for well in the long term.
You are much better off if you eat an occasional fast food meal or some candy as long as you eat a variety of other foods as well and stay active. People who eat a bunch of crap and then do nothing but lay or sit around all day in front of a computer or other electronic devices are headed for trouble.
I’m in agreement. When you restrict yourself too tightly, you will likely have a problem. Just cut back, and enjoy that occasional food. Just make sure it’s occasional. Depriving yourself gets into your psyche, and messes with you.
***People who eat a bunch of crap and then do nothing but lay or sit around all day in front of a computer or other electronic devices are headed for trouble.***
That’s for sure.
We make sure to get our exercise in every day, rain or shine, summer or winter. Honestly, it’s a lot easier in the bitter cold than it is in the overbearing heat. I’m not sure why.
“I have never known anyone who this worked out for well in the long term.”
It has for me. At around the 6-7 year point.
I think part of it is WHY one goes on a restricted diet. I was a very fat kid. Lots 50 pounds in the 9th grade and did yo-yo “Low fat, count calories” diets for the next 45 years. I think someone who was a very fat kid has a different solution than someone who got fat when they were in their 30s versus someone who has never been fat at all.
MY solution isn’t needed by a lot of people - but what works for a lot of people FAILS with me!
BTW - after years on very low carbs, I think I’ve reached the point I can allow a little higher carbs - maybe 50/day - provided I eat them in one meal, no more than once a day. Others might be able to go back to a more normal diet, while others might not need to severely restrict carbs at all.
I think we need to be open to ideas and accept that what is best for me may fail for someone else, and vice-versa.
Nothing wrong with eating berries.
My “treat” is pouring Kefir over frozen blueberries.
The most important thing is avoiding processed foods. If the list of ingredients have more than 5 ingredients, skip it.