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Originally Posted by mredskins

The problem is if you eat 2k calories in crappy food you are going to end up eating more calories somewhere in the day because your body will still be hungry for the nutrients it needs.

I rather eat 3k calories of a high fiber low fat diet then any McDonald's 2k calories a day diet.

I mean the scum that lines the bathroom floor of a public restroom probably has some calorie count. You can't tell me if I only licked up a 1k calories worth of bathroom scum everyday that I would be healthy.

Yes I understand portion control is a big part of it but so is the quality of that portion of food. Your body will store or burn high fructose corn syrup much differently then it will say spinach. If you start off with a healthy portion of food you are less apt to go back for more becasue your body has a better sense of fullness.

Also you can get fat off organic foods they just simple are less "processed". You can not eat organic chocolate bars all day and think you will be skinny. You have only limited the amount of pesticides or whatever they treat non-organic coco beans with. Organic doesn't mean less calories or fat.

So I would call this self control. Is it that youre really hungry, or is that you know for 5 dollars you can get a really quick satisfying meal without even having to get out of your car. Sure maybe eating really healthy organic foods may fill you up for a little longer, but I think its more of a convence factor then anything else.

You may rather eat 3k of hi fiber, low fat food then 2k of McDonalds, but im betting your gonna end up fatter and with more health problems then the guy who choices the lesser calorie offering. Bathroom scum vs. FDA approved food is a little different.