Eat what you want

I heard there was cake here.

i could murder a box of Butterscotch Krimpets right now. just sayin'.

i could murder a box of Butterscotch Krimpets right now. just sayin'.

Interesting read.
http://www.fatnutritionist.com/index.php/eat-food-stuff-you-like-as-much-as-you-want/
I was reading a post form a year ago in which the original poster had stalled at weight loss a couple of weeks and was panicking like so many people do when that happens. Anyway the advice she was getting was all about how she ate too much processed food, or too much sodium or not enough protein and no one mentioned calories at all.
Coming from the camp of "I'm going to eat what I want as long as I am under calories and get my protein" and KNOWING that it works, I was doing some reading on nutrition and came across this article.
One part in particular that I liked was when the author says "Twinkies aren't BAD, and even if they were they wouldn't make you BAD by association. lol
I have seen people on here bash everything from carbs to cheese. Maybe you will find the above article an interesting read.

I was sort of questioning myself today. I've been under my calorie goal everyday now. I've also gotten better about picking lowfat and low sodium things. (This is what I think I should do to help my kidney and heart issues.) Is that what you would recommend doing for awhile? I actually find myself eating MORE just so I don't eat too little calories each day - Since I'm choosing healthier things that I LIKE. I'm not really following so much as what people say what is or isn't good for me. (In fact some of the posts on here are silly to me but I'd rather not fight with other people.) I've lost weight doing this before. (About 20lbs.) I know if I want to eat something, I have to work for it. I don't think I should listen to everything everyone says because if I did I'd be unhappy. I know that while cholesterol and sodium won't stall my weight loss, it will stall me becoming healthier. To me Skinny doesn't = healthy all of the time. I knew this when I did Aerobics class and I outdid all of the girls 1/3rd of my size. I know that I had misconceptions on how to become healthier when I first started. I think I've gotten better, and I'm happy with it. I think that stress just makes it harder, honestly. It scares me that I might burn too many calories though, would it be bad to burn 500 extra everyday instead of the 200 I've been doing?

The main thing is don't be scared to discover what works for you and your body. Ultimately calories in < calories out = weight loss, but one person may FEEL better eating more carbs than someone else, etc. Thats why I never give macro advice. I can tell you what works for me is to make sure I hit my protein macro. I personally won't eat below my RMR either. Can you do that and lose weight? Yep. IS it good for you? Not long term. Eventually you will have to change it.

As far as picking lowfat and low sodium items, thats similar to what I do. One step at a time. I try to be conscientious of choosing things like wheat bread over white. That doesn't mean I won't eat white bread. I have cut my soda intake WAY down. But I will still have a soda occasionally. So I am making overall better choices, but not really depriving myself totally of anything. I don't want to live a life where I feel like I can't eat anything I want or where I feel like I am starving all the time.
Take a look at my diary. I eat a lot of so called "junk". But I have still lost 11% body fat (29 pounds of fat) and gained 10 pounds of lean body mass in the past three months. And I all I worry about is hitting my protein macro and staying under my calories (most of the time).
I don't know if this answers your questions or not, but I hope so.

i could murder a box of Butterscotch Krimpets right now. just sayin'.