'bad food' within your calorie allowance ?

Of course you can include 'bad foods'. You probably wont want to eat too much of them though, not just because they are empty calories but because foods high in fat/sugar etc wont give you as big a serving size as something healthy and so sometimes it can become a trade off between more food or a small amount of 'bad food'.

I have something naughty every day, I wouldnt stick to my calorie goals otherwise as restricting myself completely would make me binge.

By "bad food" I'm assuming you mean junk food like chips, cookies, doughnuts, etc. Eating them once in a while (unless you have health issues like diabetes or gluten sensitivity, etc) probably won't hurt you, eating them every day can lead to things like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease. Especially if you have a genetic predisposition.

I found healthy chocolate!!

Ingredients:
"Grinning Coconut" (1oz each) chocolates.. this is my favorite by they have a lot of different ones.
no idea calories:

Organic raw cacao, organic raw coconut oil, organic raw honey, organic raw shredded coconut, organic raw almond, organic vanilla extract.

Gluten free, dairy free, soy free, No sugar added, Non-gmo, raw, organic, vegetarian, No additives CHOCOLATE! and it tastes so awesome!!

If you live in or near Colorado springs, this is at radiantly raw chocolates downtown.

They are freaking AMAZING!

By "bad food" I'm assuming you mean food that has gone off, gone rancid, sour, stale, mouldy etc. In which case, no, I don't allow myself to eat bad food.

Otherwise, I eat what I like. I hit my calorie target, hit my macronutrient targets and enjoy my food.

Well, technically, you CAN eat anything you want, period, end of story, whether you are under or over your calories--that's your decision to make! But I assume you are either asking if you can do so and still lose weight, or if doing so is a good idea.

Eating at or under your calorie limit will result in weight loss, no matter what foods you eat. But when you eat so-called 'bad' foods--foods that are high in calories but low in nutrients, it's not the best for your body. It's really important, especially when you are restricting your calories, to make sure that you're eating to get all of the vitamins, minerals, good fats, protein, etc, that your body needs. So if you spend a lot of your calories eating food that isn't very nutritious, you're harming your health.

That being said, absolutely still eat all the delicious, terrible stuff!--But only on occasion, and pay attention to the size of the serving you're eating, and you should do fine.

Ingredients ... organic raw honey...

... No sugar added ... CHOCOLATE

What do you think makes honey so sweet? Aspartame? Saccharine? Or maybe sugar?

Stay away from GM foods. genetically modified food from corn, like cereals, no margarine, juices from concentrate, soy products (that is because of the way it is processed) these food types will store fat cells in your waistline.

Is that where they put all the fat cells sucked out during liposuction? Into the orange juice from concentrate?

No food as such - raw, "clean" or processed - as such "will store fat cells in your waistline". The amount and combination does it.
There is currently no scientific evidence that GMO foods are bad for human consumption or pose any health risks to a human eating them. Which does not mean I approve of them because I don't think we have even the slightest idea what long term damage GMO crops can do to the environment. The main problem with juices from concentrate is the loss of vitamins and phytochemicals when they are cooked down, as well as the slightly "burned" taste; neither of this poses any health risk to humans as far as is known at present.
Margarine used to be problematic as it used to contain trans fats but the industry is clever and wants to sell, so most margarines nowadays are free of trans fats or have minimal amounts as you will generate yourself when cooking at home.
Soy products such as tofu and soy sauce have been used in Japan for hundreds of years; ill effects are not known as long as they are used as intended. I wouldn't drink a litre of soy sauce, too much sodium, but a splash for seasoning is fine from a nutritional point of view.

I sometimes eat clean but sometimes I dont. I have stayed months without sugar and I was a vegetarian. For various reasons that are not important for the topic I eat meat now and eat sugar now and then yet keep losing. I think is all about what is comfortable for you.

There are no 'Bad' foods. There's just food

Lots of good answers here some not so necessary.. In laymans terms,,, First of all Food is Food !! Don't get confused with stuff like 80::20 or 90::10.. Eat what ever you want in moderation.. Remember what a lot of responses were about empty calories.. This is important because even though you can eat 500 calories of chocolate, you don't want to because you won't have enough calories left to eat enough healthy foods to maintain your body so that you can operate as you should throughout the day. So if you desire, for example chocolate every day, have a small piece that will satisfy that desire. Although you should eventually change your habits so this is not a daily thing.. This way if you wait, then when you do have it, it should be more enjoyable.. This goes with any kind of "so called" junk food. So enjoy what you want, but make your goal be to eat healthy.. Remember anything in moderation means In Moderation !! Enjoy and strive to eat and be healthy !

If you don't like vegetables you just have to make yourself like them. Try them every day for a week or two and you'll see it's not so bad. There's no replacement for them.

Food is neither good nor bad. It's true neutral.

Except pizza - that's definitely chaotic good.

Food is neither good nor bad. It's true neutral.

Except pizza - that's definitely chaotic good.

Yes!!! :drinker: :drinker: