Originally posted by pisser at 28-1-2010 12:11
You don't need to eat less - ... and just can't believe the junk I see in other people's trolleys.
Damn! I'm agreeing with you ...
almost ...
quantity does still matter. I once watched someone who professed to be on a diet eat a salad. A whole packet that was clearly labelled "contains 4 portions". Then she ate another one as a chaser because she "still had a hole to fill" .... suffice it to say that person is even fatter than ever today ...
So you can get fat even if you only eat the "right" foods.
But where I do agree is that hunger craving is not entirely triggered by quantity, a part of it can be triggered by a lack of a specific type of food, and if we eat something else instead we can still have the craving and end up eating more than we really need.
... I'll still stand by my "eat less" credo though, as the #1 priority, since eating the right stuff is not SUFFICIENT to lose or control weight.
Oh, and you CAN lose weight eating all the wrong stuff at all the wrong times. Eat less calories than your body needs, you'll burn fat. Period. So eating the right stuff is not NECESSARY either.
The best habit to practice is to stop eating when you are 80% full. Oh, and eat slowly, since it takes your body about 1/2 hr to adjust the hormones that were signalling you were hungry in the first place.
