Eating Bad Food But Under Calorie Goal

I eat junk food sometimes...Hubby bought me Almond Roca for Valentines Day and it just calls my name..:-) I do lose weight faster if I don't eat it at all and of course we all want the fastest results but the question is "do you plan to never eat junk food again?". If you're goal is to lead a healthy eating lifestyle, then you have to learn to eat what you want in moderation. You can't cut everything out because as soon as you hit your target weight, you're going to gooble up all the goodies in sight and start putting the weight back on.

My suggestion is, eat well balanced meals within your calorie goal and if you have a few calories to spare and you are craving junk, then go for it. If the serving size of what you're eating is, let's say, 3 pieces of candy then eat just 1 and see if that curbs the craving. If I'm going to eat junk, I always try to eat it in the middle of the day and not late at night. I really don't know if that matters but for some reason I feel better about it...:-)

I have done that before only to make up calories that I needed because I worked out sooooo hard ! BUT don't feel good afterwards...I just would feel better if I eat healthier things.. Sometimes those healthier choices are not there for me to eat (

I would say sometimes is ok, but don't make a habit of it! Good luck!

Of course a lot of people are going to say don't eat junk food, however if you are saying that you are under your calorie goal and normally with less junk food you lose more weight with essentially the same calorie consumption, it would leave me to believe that you are burning less calories when you eat more junk food. It might not even be that noticeable, but if you are less energetic, even by a small amount, then it could add up over time.

Another possibility might be that you are underestimating the calories you are consuming. If the junk food you eat has a lot of fat, then it is easy to be off by quite a bit in your estimation if you don't know the nutritional information.

I try to avoid it, it dosent fill me up and i just want to eat more and more.

I LOVE junk food!!! But it always makes me feel very different - lethargic, ravenous for more junk, and then major belly upset. It's been a slooooooooow change for me to make healthier choices though. Not something I could do overnight. But I've learned the less processed, the better I feel and the more energy I have.

I still need dessert after lunch and dinner, but I've tried to swap out for healthy alternatives. Recently I just made a low cal, low carb, high protein cheesecake and have been happy as a pig in mud indulging in that every night. nom nom nom...

Find alternatives and take it one day at a time. There are some GREAT recipe sites out there that inspired and helped me. Favorite right now: skinnytaste.com

Good Luck!

Share your recipe please!!

I can't eat junk food and lose weight, at all. I have tried, and it just doesn't work. I may have a slight carb intolerance, though. Calories in/out just doesn't work for me. I have to eat pretty much perfect if I want to lose anything.

I eat "junk" food every day, most times i have 2 or 3 junk items a day. I hit all my macros and micros.

Jillian Michaels says calories in calories out doesn't matter what they are. I feel like you that I do lose weight better when I don't have say a candy corn serving every other day for a week.

I also can't cut it out completely because then I crave it more. But something strange has been happening to me lately. I have had a chance to go Mcdonalds a few times over the last few weeks and each time I get close to going in only to decide on a healthier option. There was a time I never would have passed it up.

I can still fit into my calories. I only have the big mac and diet coke which is 540 calories I think. When I have that I make sure my breakfast is lighter and I have a light dinner.