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Originally Posted by fundmark19
You guys do know that you don't need the healthiest of foods to not become obese right? It is all about calorie intake. Doesn't matter what food you are buying at the store. Eat less calories then you exert and you will live never get obese. You want to eat a whole panormous pizza? Go ahead just go do something to burn off those calories afterwords.
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Here's the thing (and I know other posters have responded already, but I had to chime in), it's not just about losing weight and not being obese. Clearly, being obese is unhealthy. But it isn't all about losing weight. It's about being healthy on the inside. Food is the BIGGEST part of that. You can't just exercise excess calories away as a permanent solution. I lost 35lbs in the last year (doesn't sound like a lot but I'm female and I wasn't exactly obese, just unhappy with myself) and the real weight loss didn't start to happen until I took a SERIOUS look at my diet. Telling people they can basically eat whatever they want and just exercise more is one of the worst lies you can tell people hoping to lose weight.
People need to eat healthy not just for the external benefit of looking better in a bikini or wearing a smaller size, they need to do it for the health of their bodies on the inside. I feel better now than I ever did before because I eat well, and I didn't go into the weight loss journey looking for this outcome. All I cared about was that number on the scale, baby (which by the way is also a really atrocious way of judging overall health...). Do I enjoy a glass of wine and a piece of chocolate cake occasionally? Of course I do. That's life. But I know it's a treat not something I'll have everyday and just exercise the calories away!