Clean eating or Calorie Counting, which one is it?

icrushit

Way I see it, there's 3 things at play when it comes to health/ fitness/ etc. Those three are body weight/ weight level (ie under/ over/ etc), fitness level (unfit/ moderately fit/ highly fit/ etc), and nutrition/ health (the quality & quantity of nutrients you're putting in you're body). Whatever way you decide to go, you can have one, or all three.

For example, you can achieve an optimal body weight, yet not be fit, and have terrible internal health. Likewise you can have great nutrition and health, yet be unfit or overweight at the same time. There are many possible combinations, where you can have none, all three, or a combination of three.

When people here say you can lose weight without exercise or eating clean, what they are really saying is you can prioritise weight loss, without paying any attention to fitness or nutrition, just the calorie deficit. This is quite true, but I would rather have all three, as what point is it looking good and having an optimal weight, if your internals are a distaster waiting to happen, and you are not fit/ able-bodied in any reasonable way. Equally, I have a hard time buying into anyone espousing health benefits of something like clean eating, while they are clearly unhealthy in other ways, such as being overweight/ unfit.

In any event, those are the three key elements at play here, and it is up to everyone to decide how they choose to go. Myself, its optimal health that appeals to me, so I want to be an optimal weight, fit and as healthy as I can be on the inside from what I choose to put into my body.