Is it okay to eat 1 cookie or 1 piece of candy every day?

Ignore the troll and let's chat about cookies!

Forget cookies. I had a small slice of homemade pizza with a Woodchuck cider, but I have a pizza tooth.

I am also more of a pizza tooth than a sweet tooth. Or a meat tooth.

How about just enjoying life..? Last time I checked, the majority of traditional French people don't have weight issues, and they wouldnt be caught dead counting their calories. And who was I kidding, the a lot of people on this site would have no idea what I am talking about because you have to be pretty far gone and consumed about weight loss to be having a picture of your rear end as your profile picture. I suppose if you like counting calories every day and like spending all of your brain energy worrying about all of this, than that is fine. I was just trying to give another opinion that you can actually find a wonderful mental and physical balance when you remove all of the numbers from this whole weight loss equation. But, for the most part, people in North America are not wanting to find actual peace when it comes to body and food. It really sucks all of the joy out of eating.

Girl! No junk food!! Very unhealthy and fattening!

Important note-- if 90% of the responses to a thread agree with each other and you're the only one going the other way, re-evaluate.

I just joined this site so I could reply to this thread. The truth is is if you remove all of the mental aspects of food and weightloss, you actually can get into an equilibrium with your body. (this is assuming you have a base knowledge that eating vegetables and fruit is better for your body than eating chips). Once you remove the mental energy away from how many calories you are burning and how many you are "allowed" to eat, you can actually reach a healthy weight.
For instance, some days I am a lot more hungry that other days. So yes, I eat more on those days. With in your month, your apatite level fluctuates with your hormones (I am a female). If you listen to your body, you will have a balance and you will not gain weight. I eat dessert every day, usually twice a day. I'm not talking a piece of cheese cake, but I have cookies, chocolate (milk or dark, what ever you like). And some days I just don't feel like it.
When you focus all of the attention on the numbers associated with food (calories, number of cookies) this can completely interfere with your bodies ability to regulate your weight. Your brain releases compounds that turn your appetite on, and ones that turn it off. This regulation goes further than just one meal. If you have been at a weight for a long time, your body is going to want to keep you at this set point. That is why losing weight becomes really difficult sometimes because your body is constantly producing appetite hormones. When you add this on top of peoples constant enumeration of everything they eat, you have a recipe for yo-yo weight loss.
So most of you will not believe a word I am saying, because why has no one up to this point just promoted having a healthier intuitive relationship with food? Well that is because soo much money can be made off of it. And people love to focus on numbers, that is our nature. But to really combat the weight issue plaguing North America, we need to promote the culture of food and enjoying it with friends and family, and take the focus off of the numbers. Once you have a more positive less number-oriented relationship with food, your body will maintain a healthy weight for you. Of course you need to eat vegetables and fruit and whole grains. We all know that by now. But try shifting the focus away from the numbers.

How about just enjoying life..? Last time I checked, the majority of traditional French people don't have weight issues, and they wouldnt be caught dead counting their calories. And who was I kidding, the a lot of people on this site would have no idea what I am talking about because you have to be pretty far gone and consumed about weight loss to be having a picture of your rear end as your profile picture. I suppose if you like counting calories every day and like spending all of your brain energy worrying about all of this, than that is fine. I was just trying to give another opinion that you can actually find a wonderful mental and physical balance when you remove all of the numbers from this whole weight loss equation. But, for the most part, people in North America are not wanting to find actual peace when it comes to body and food. It really sucks all of the joy out of eating.

Oh look! Another 22 year old who is in love with the French and knows everything about everyone.

How about just enjoying life..? Last time I checked, the majority of traditional French people don't have weight issues, and they wouldnt be caught dead counting their calories. And who was I kidding, the a lot of people on this site would have no idea what I am talking about because you have to be pretty far gone and consumed about weight loss to be having a picture of your rear end as your profile picture. I suppose if you like counting calories every day and like spending all of your brain energy worrying about all of this, than that is fine. I was just trying to give another opinion that you can actually find a wonderful mental and physical balance when you remove all of the numbers from this whole weight loss equation. But, for the most part, people in North America are not wanting to find actual peace when it comes to body and food. It really sucks all of the joy out of eating.

you have no idea why I have the picture up that I have...you don't know me or anything about me, or my attitude toward food.

"far gone"?

"consumed"?

please.

A) Time spent calorie counting in a day: 5 minutes

. Relationship without food: Empowered Delight

C). You are not worthy to comment on her rear end

Deactivated......how surprising