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Originally Posted by Adder
Yeah, don't diet, but many of us do need to permanently change the way we eat. Basically, I only get fries if there isn't another option.
Also, start reading the labels. Added sugar is everywhere. I make an extra grocery stop to get bread that has minimal sugar in it (it helps that the coop has other items I also want and can't get at the regular grocery store).
One thing that you realize when you start tracking, everything (btw, I did that too when I was taking it seriously) is that the difference between the proteins isn't that big. Whether it's chicken or pork, the danger mostly lurks in what you have with it. So I'd say order the asparagus instead of the mashed potatoes.
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Also, it is truly unfair, but genetics absolutely plays a very large role. When I was in my 20s, I would have an unhealthy lunch and frequently just eat multiple appetizers for dinner. Never gained a pound. In my 30s, I could drop weight by eating healthy for a few weeks. Now, I absolutely need to cut down on drinking, sugar, and fries to really drop weight and I'm active as hell. I've always been very active, but I am definitely lucky to have the genes I have (and they're not from my mother's side of the family, that's for sure).
I realized that a calorie has different effects on different people in my 30s and became way less judge-y and shitty about weight issues. It's just not that simple to drop weight for certain body types. Your body wants to be where it wants to be. And to get below that weight, it is extremely hard. The problem is, we can change what weight our body wants to be by adding fat cells. When I tore up my knee the second time and kept eating the way I always ate up until that point, I gained like 10 pounds and my body has wanted to be close to that weight ever since. You can deflate those fat cells, but they don't go away.
TM
