Avoid junk food or eat healthier junk food?
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Avoid junk food or eat healthier junk food?

As a fitness professional, I’m always amazed (and baffled) by how conflicted people seem to be with losing weight, yet they refuse to stop eating junk food. One interesting thing that I have noticed over my many years helping people lose weight is that almost everyone who has told me that they are “trying” to lose weight almost always has their house filled with all kinds of junk food instead of whole meal. unprocessed natural food.

It’s not uncommon for people to tell me they’re trying really hard to lose weight, but I still notice boxes of apples and fruity pebbles on their counters, cakes, candy, and chips in their cupboards, and sodas or juices with syrup. in your refrigerator.

So the question that always perplexes me is if all these people sincerely wanted to lose weight so badly, why in the world do most people still have their houses full of junk food instead of healthy food?

Interestingly, the answer is usually that they don’t want to give up their favorite foods because they think that eating that junk food allows them to “live a little”… if you ask me, it sounds more like dying a little with each one. cock!

My opinion is that eating junk food has nothing to do with enjoying life… Actually, when you give up junk food, you enjoy life more because you feel better and have more energy every day. Plus, getting in better shape by not eating junk food can obviously help improve the appearance of your body (and thus boost your confidence), allowing you to enjoy life even more.

One thing many people don’t realize is that eating healthy doesn’t have to mean eating bland and boring food. Instead, when you learn to enjoy natural, unprocessed foods and begin to explore all the varieties of natural foods this planet has to offer, you learn that you can enjoy the natural flavors of real foods more than the harsh overly processed flavors. which are so common. with excessively sweet and salty junk food.

An example of this is that the other day I wanted some unsweetened iced tea while on the road, but all that was available at the store were these bottles of heavily sweetened iced tea. Well, I haven’t bought a fully sweetened iced tea in probably at least a few years… In fact, I have grown accustomed to drinking unsweetened iced tea and have learned to appreciate the natural flavor of the tea without the need for sugar or other sweeteners.

When I drank this bottled sweet tea I almost choked because it was so sweet like syrup, it was absolutely disgusting.

A similar example… I used to need a lot of sugar in coffee, but after slowly reducing the amount of sugar I would use in coffee, I can now drink black coffee and enjoy its natural flavor without the need for sweeteners (although I rarely drink coffee).

These are just a few examples of how once you start appreciating the natural flavors of real food, you find you no longer need the super-pushy salty, sugary, or artificial flavors that have been instilled in us by food companies and all the junk food we’ve been thrown at. they push.

My belief is that everyone should enjoy what they eat, and can do so without eating overly processed junk food… Actually, people are often surprised to hear that many of the foods they think are junk food have healthy alternatives. that they never thought

Some examples:

fast food: a chocolate bar, a chocolate donut, or a piece of chocolate cake

healthier alternative: a couple of pieces of extra dark chocolate (higher than 70-75% cocoa content only)…has more fiber and much less sugar than milk chocolate or even dark chocolates that have a lower cocoa content at 70%

fast food: Fried and breaded chicken fingers and fries on the side (lots of nasty trans fat)

healthier alternative: grilled chicken breast strips with peanut sauce and vegetables on the side

fast food: a cheap fast food hamburger on a processed refined white bun

healthier alternative: A grass-fed burger (higher in CLA and omega-3 fats) with grass-fed raw cheese on a sprouted-grain bun

How about that to eat healthier but still very tasty food!

I hope what you take away from this article is that there is more to life than eating junk food, and eating junk doesn’t necessarily mean you’re “living a little” as many people say. Instead, I feel the opposite is true.

Eat healthier and discover the natural flavors of real (unprocessed) foods and you will soon discover that you no longer need junk food. Enjoy!

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