But if the food is low quality/low in nutrients, you need to eat more to feel full and get the nutrients you need. Thats my argument and Im sticking to it
Not necessarily true. You could eat a couple of pounds of gravel and feel full for a good long time, but it would still be low in nutrients.
i can eat 2000 calories of fried chicken...its not going to make me fat - i'd lose weight because i'd be eating at a deficit. sure, i'd be lacking some nutrients...but i sure as hell won't gain weight
Yeah and if you are lacking the nutrients, you would be hungry again in 10 min and eat more when your stomach is already full.
I drink about 4-6 liters of soda a month. Either Coca Cola or Mountain Dew. I absolutley love them! Even though I dont eat meat, I am far from a health freak. I eat plenty of vegetables, cheese and bread, snack on nuts while Im at work certain days of the week, and drink a glass of water in the morning, one at night, as habits, and several throughout the day when Im thirsty. But most week days I have a glass or two of soda, and on the weekends I drink several glasses. Been like this for I guess almost 4 years now and seem to be just fine and relativley healthy. I rarely get sick, have just the right amount of energy throughout the day, and overall feel fine and dandy. My major problem with diet was beer, and lots of it. Im 129lbs, very skinny for a boy my age, but I started to get a belly from beer! haha it is so embarassing. Aura said it's not there anymore though, and when I look in the mirror it seems like it's back to normal. So Im done with that kind of harming my body. Really my only guilty pleasure with diet is soda actually, I dont eat sweets ever ever, no candy or chocolate bars or the like. The only junk food I eat is chips with cheese dip, and that is pretty rare too. Soda and pizza are my junk food, but I only eat pizza on the weekends (except lately, since we just moved, we didnt have the kitchen set up to cook every night until now, or we were just beat from all the camping and moving.)
I don't even buy pop. I force my kids to drink water if they are thirsty...poor things. Is there anything that doesn't come back to evil ethics?
i spent 6 weeks on a sub 1000 kcal diet. i wanted to eat more...i was hungry...but i didn't eat more than i needed. i'm smarter than my stomach. nothing wrong with feeling hungry