Dietary liberation and energy conservation: Scientific eating strategies to break the myth of forbidden foods

Eating is simply opening your mouth, putting food in, and letting it pass smoothly down your throat. Eating is the most important thing in your life-not just one of the most important things, but the most important; nothing is more important than eating. You can not work, but you cannot not eat; you can have no ambition, but you cannot not eat; you can be unloved and uncared for, but you cannot not eat! Without food, there is no you! But how do we eat? "Time to eat again, what a hassle!"-Eating is a monotonous repetition, a necessity; "So much delicious food, I must eat until I'm stuffed"-Eating is about satisfying desires, like "stuffing sausages"; when work is too busy, eating is just a quick fix. Work is more important than eating, work is more important than health; eating is not just about filling your stomach, but about socializing. Although everyone keeps praising the delicious food, after eating, all you remember is Mr. Li's expression, Ms. Wang's smile, a full stomach, and the word "delicious," nothing else. There are many other ways to eat. But which type of meal truly considers the food itself? Which type truly focuses on the color, aroma, and taste of the food, and the enjoyment it brings? Which type allows you to truly immerse yourself in the food, to experience it, rather than completing a task? Which type makes you consider that the food is providing you with nutrition and life? Have you ever thanked food? Have you ever respected food? Have you ever truly faced food with respect? When you eat, find a chair, relax, engage all your senses, savor the food carefully, and truly experience it! Let every meal be a feast, let every meal be a ritual! Food is not a burden; it makes your body and your work more efficient. The richer your senses of food, the deeper your understanding of your body, the closer the connection between your body and food, the more you will realize: what you eat determines how your body behaves-food shapes your body. I know that after saying all that, that pale-faced young girl is still afraid to see food, still sees eating as a burden. She wasn't unaware of the importance of food for her health; having endured the pain of prolonged separation from food, she understood its preciousness and how wonderful it was to be able to eat. However, as a seasoned dieter, she knew too much about food. She could tell you how many calories a small bowl of rice contained; she could tell you how long she had to run on uneven roads in the sweltering heat to achieve those calories; she could tell you how much weight she would gain without running; she could tell you the physical and mental torment she would have to endure if she gained those weight! Eating was a luxury for her! She had to fight against her body's most fundamental need for food. When you're dieting; when you categorize food as good or bad; when you're starving but desperately restrain yourself; when you're full but overeat because you know tomorrow will be the start of a new diet, eating is no longer a pleasure. The desire to eat is what dieters desperately suppress, and eating is what dieters desperately resist. Food is something dieters both love and hate; it's what they dream about every day, and what they calculate the most. The phrase "food is a part of life" has a different meaning for them, and they've endured much hardship because of it. Because you want to lose weight, because you have too many rules and regulations about food, because food is no longer colorful but just the same calories. You dare not face food; you are filled with fear of it. You lack the courage to choose what to eat, which is nothing short of psychological torture. You have no interest in eating; eating is a monotonous, endless math lesson of calorie counting. You dare not eat because you've long forgotten how to eat; you're afraid that eating will revert to your true nature, making you unable to face your authentic self after a meal. But the food is still the same food. The braised pork you eat now is the same as the braised pork you ate as a child, and the braised pork you eat is the same as everyone else's. Food doesn't favor anyone; food doesn't make you fat alone. It's you who makes yourself fat. When you no longer fear food, pick up your favorite foods again; when you can calmly face food, cherish it, and savor it; when you let go of all your worries about dieting and allow yourself to eat your favorite food, you won't gain weight, but you will no longer starve your body and mind; the foods you love will be available again tomorrow, you don't need to desperately try to hold onto them with your stomach-if you don't deprive yourself, no one can deprive you. When your mind is at peace, your innate wisdom about food returns, and you've never seen your body's needs so clearly. Eating your favorite food won't make you fat, but you will no longer starve your body and mind; the foods you love will be available again tomorrow, you don't need to desperately try to hold onto them with your stomach-if you don't deprive yourself, no one can deprive you. When you find pleasure in eating, you'll want to learn more about food, and your interest in it will deepen. When you understand food better-not just its calories, but also the sensory enjoyment it brings, the psychological comfort it provides, and the physical effects it has on you-you'll be more grateful for it. Because food allows you to experience a more complete and beautiful life. Eating should be a feast for you; quality is far more important than quantity. Your physical sensations should be far more important than external rules and regulations. With this mindset, how could you not eat well? How could you overeat? How could you gain weight? If you've set a realistic weight goal and decided to lose weight, you'll want a concrete plan. Don't dictate when to eat what or when not to eat, and don't search everywhere for so-called weight-loss diets. Just pay attention to the following: ① What to eat: How to choose your food. You can choose any food you like. ② How much to eat: The amount of food that provides you with nutrition and makes you feel satisfied. Don't forget that this amount should guarantee your nutritional and basic calorie needs, but it shouldn't affect your weight control. ③ Where and when to eat: How to organize your eating frequency and environment to reduce unnecessary eating. Some people say that you don't need to worry too much about what you eat when losing weight, as long as you control your calorie intake. Others say that the important thing about losing weight is eating the right things, not how many calories you consume. These statements are not wrong. But they share a common problem: they don't pay attention to food and nutritional balance. While these methods can lead to weight loss, and some can indeed achieve rapid results, they have significant negative impacts on both physical and mental health. Take the "fast food diet" for example! Sounds great, right? But do you know how much fat is in a McDonald's hamburger? How much fat is in the cheese on a pizza? How much fat is in chicken wings? These are all saturated fats. When you eat them, they accumulate on your blood vessel walls, threatening heart disease, high blood pressure, and fatty liver. Do you know how much fiber you consume daily? The vegetables in a hamburger and pizza combined are less than what you get from an apple. With so little fiber, I worry about constipation! With so few vegetables, will you get all the vitamins you need? With so few vitamins, I worry about your hair, your nails, your skin. I also worry about you aging quickly!You've controlled your calorie intake, lost weight, and it seems like you're eating a well-rounded diet, but your nutrition is still incomplete, and you've sacrificed your health. Weight loss is essentially your body working for you. If your body isn't healthy, it needs to stop and rest; then who will help you lose weight? Therefore, what you eat is crucial if you want to control your weight long-term. Your diet must have a proper balance of carbohydrates, protein, and fat. This includes not only the proportions but also the types of food you eat. If you eat enough carbohydrates, you'll have more energy, a more active lifestyle, and you'll burn more calories; if you eat enough protein, your muscles will be maintained, and your immune system will be strengthened; if you eat enough fat, your organs will be better protected, food will taste better, and you'll feel better; if you eat enough fiber, you'll stay full for longer, and a small amount of calories will make you feel satiated, and your digestion will be better. Therefore, even when trying to lose weight, you need a healthy dietary structure. The Chinese food pyramid is a great help; you can refer to its principles and combine them with your own situation to design your own food combinations. If you go to a weight loss center, many people will tell you: Bananas are off-limits-high in calories; grapes are off-limits-too much sugar; chocolate? Absolutely off-limits-too much sugar and fat; ice cream? Same reason, off-limits; potato chips? Fried dough sticks? You're asking this question? Are you really trying to lose weight, or just pretending? How can you eat these? High in calories, you can't eat them. If you eat them, you won't lose weight. Unfortunately, many people who want to lose weight love to eat these things. When you tell them they can't eat these, even though they remember, even though they remind themselves not to think about these things every day, even though they try hard to control themselves from touching these things, even though they really restrain themselves for a few days, their preference for these things wasn't developed overnight. How easy is it to suddenly give them all up? When they really can't resist anymore, they start eating them, and once they start, they can't stop. People trying to lose weight all have a common mentality: "Since I've broken the rules, I might as well break them this once and change them tomorrow." The result is that they eat more and more. For many people, "starting tomorrow" becomes "the end forever." Did she eat something that ruined her diet plan? Was it the food itself that prevented her from losing weight? Neither! It was the strict rules and regulations of the diet that prevented her from losing weight. People have this psychology: when you forbid them from doing something, they feel they are about to lose it, that someone is taking something away from them. So, regardless of whether they truly like it, they will try their best to hold onto it, to keep what belongs to them. When you tell them they can't eat this, can't eat that, they feel their things have been taken away, especially since these are things they are tempted to countless times every day, things they can easily reach, things they like. She is enduring! What is endurance? Endurance is like having a knife hanging over your heart. She struggles every day, struggling with her desires, struggling with her rights. "There are so many things in this world I can't have, why should I give up what is clearly mine?" She wants to put down this knife; she wants to reclaim what has been taken from her. So she starts eating. When she took the first bite, she thought, "This is something I shouldn't eat. I'll put it down soon. I need to eat a few more bites quickly, then it won't belong to me anymore!" So she ate faster and faster, paying no attention to the taste; she was like a thief being chased by the police, only concerned with eating; she didn't even think that this was originally hers, and that she could happily enjoy it every day. When she suddenly remembered the knife hanging over her heart, she was terrified: "The weight loss center told me I couldn't eat this. Now I've eaten it, how can my willpower be so weak, how can I not control myself? I hate myself!" The more times she "broke the rules," the more she hated herself. A person who doesn't even dare to touch their own true feelings, a person who doesn't allow themselves even the smallest desires to be satisfied, will inevitably do things that go against themselves. This is why the more taboos there are in weight loss, the easier it is to break the rules, and the easier it is to fail at weight loss. It's not the "forbidden" foods that make you fat, it's your repeated violations after trying to control yourself that make you eat more and more, and get fatter and fatter. Actually, what impact does eating a few potato chips have on your weight loss? What impact does eating a few small chocolates have on your weight loss? The calories are the same as other foods, and the impact on your weight is the same. The difference is that it doesn't benefit your health. The biggest difference is the psychological impact. The more you're forbidden from eating, the more you want to eat; the more you want to eat, the harder it is to stop. So, if you have favorite foods, whether healthy or unhealthy (of course, try to avoid unhealthy foods if possible), whether they are beneficial or detrimental to weight loss, you can eat them. But you need to understand that you are simply satisfying a desire, you are simply preventing yourself from feeling deprived, you simply want to enjoy what you love. So calmly take out your favorite item, find a place you like to sit down. Don't be afraid of anyone seeing you and saying, "You're on a diet, why are you eating this?" Don't be afraid of anyone seeing you and saying, "You just ate, why are you eating again?" You know this is your time, this is a feast for yourself, enjoy it! Savor the food, look at its colors, and appreciate the comfort and enjoyment it brings! However, remember a basic principle of economics: the more you eat, the less satisfaction you get. Make sure you understand that you are enjoying the food, savoring the food, not just filling yourself up. However, I believe that when you release the shackles of your "dietary constraints" and regain the freedom of "dietary liberation," you will cherish this hard-won food more. You will savor the food carefully, and the first bite will bring you pleasure to your taste buds, sight, and smell, and you won't want to eat any more. Diet foods seem to be inherently equated with bland, tasteless food. But if you put more thought into satisfying your food cravings instead of trying to stop yourself from eating, you can do it. The key is to face food squarely, choose food carefully, learn to control portion sizes, and organize your meals effectively. Three meals a day are the main meals, and these meals must provide the best nutrition and sufficient calories to keep the body efficient for longer. Snacks, though small, are also important. It's this continuous supply of nutrients and calories that lets the body know you're not hungry. Without these snacks, your body knows for sure it's out of calories and tries its best to store them, slowing down your metabolism, making you feel lethargic, and burning fewer calories. When you give your body calories again, it works hard to store them in the most efficient way-that's your fat. Snacks aren't formal meals, and there's not much time to eat at work, so you might just grab a quick snack. It sounds complicated, like you need a lot of food to satisfy this requirement. However, if you look carefully in the supermarket, you can find many similar snacks, such as yogurt, nuts, and dried tofu. You can also make your own snack platter by putting a few pieces of dried meat, dried fruit, or a few biscuits, dried fish, or peanuts and dried fruit in a small plastic bag-a nutritious and portable snack. The bottom line is: this is time for you to provide your body with nutrition and calories, not time to give yourself an opportunity or excuse to eat "junk food." If you use the excuse of not getting a balanced diet to treat your body like garbage, stuffing it with potato chips, chocolate, and ice cream, you'll become increasingly unsatisfied and hungry, ultimately consuming the same calories from your snacks as you would from your main meals. You're not adding fuel to the fire; you're wasting fuel.What is forbearance? Forbearance is having a knife hanging over your heart. She struggles every day, struggling with her desires, struggling with her rights. "There are so many things in this world I can't have, why should I let go of what is clearly mine?" She wants to put down this knife, she wants to reclaim what has been taken from her. So she starts eating. With the first bite, she thinks, "This is something I shouldn't eat. I'll put it down soon. I need to eat a few more bites quickly, soon it won't belong to me anymore!" So she eats faster and faster, not paying attention to the taste at all; she's like a thief being chased by the police, only caring about eating; she doesn't even think that this is what was originally hers, that she could happily enjoy it every day. When she suddenly remembers the knife hanging over her heart, she's terrified: "The weight loss center told me I couldn't eat this. Now I've eaten it, how can my will be so weak, how can I not control myself? I hate myself!" The more times she "breaks the rules," the more she hates herself. A person who doesn't dare to touch their own true feelings, a person who doesn't even allow themselves to have their small desires satisfied, will inevitably do things that contradict themselves. This is why the more taboos there are in dieting, the easier it is to break the rules, and the easier it is to fail at dieting. It's not the "forbidden" foods that make you fat, it's that you repeatedly break the rules after trying to control yourself, making you eat more and more, and getting fatter and fatter. Actually, what effect does eating a few potato chips have on your weight loss? What effect does eating a few small chocolates have on your weight loss? The calories are the same as other calories, and the effect on your weight is the same. The difference is that it's not good for your health. The biggest difference is the psychological impact on you. The more you forbid yourself from eating, the more you want to eat, and the more you want to eat, the harder it is to stop. So, if you have favorite foods, whether healthy or unhealthy (of course, try to avoid unhealthy foods if possible), whether they are beneficial or detrimental to weight loss, you can eat them. But you need to understand that you are just satisfying a desire, you are just preventing yourself from feeling deprived, you just want to enjoy what you like. Then calmly take out your favorite items and find a place you like to sit down. Don't be afraid of anyone seeing you and saying, "You're on a diet, why are you eating this?" Don't be afraid of anyone seeing you and saying, "You just finished eating, why are you eating again?" You know this is your time, this is a feast for yourself, and you should enjoy it! Savor the food carefully, look at its colors, and appreciate the psychological comfort and sensory enjoyment it brings! However, please remember a basic principle of economics: the more you eat, the less satisfaction you get. Make sure you understand that you are enjoying the food, savoring the food, not just filling yourself up. However, I believe that when you release the shackles of your "dietary constraints" and regain the freedom of "dietary liberation," you will cherish this hard-won food more. You will savor the food carefully, and the first bite will bring you pleasure to your taste buds, sight, and smell, and you won't want to eat any more. Diet foods seem to be inherently equated with bland, tasteless food. But if you put more thought into satisfying your dietary desires instead of trying to stop yourself from eating, you can do it. The key is to face food squarely, choose it wisely, learn to control portion sizes, and organize your diet effectively. Three meals a day are the main meals, and these must provide the best nutrition and sufficient calories to keep your body efficient for longer. Snacks, though small, are also important. It's this continuous supply of nutrients and calories that lets your body know you're not hungry. Without these snacks, your body knows for sure it's out of calories and tries its best to store them, slowing down your metabolism, leaving you with less energy and fewer calories burned. When you provide your body with calories again, it works hard to store them in the most efficient way – that's fat. Snacks aren't formal meals, and you don't have much time to eat at work, so you might just grab a quick snack. It sounds complicated, like you need a lot of food to satisfy this need. However, if you look carefully in the supermarket, you'll find many similar snacks, such as yogurt, nuts, and dried tofu. You can also make your own snack platter. Simply put a few slices of dried meat, some dried fruit, a few biscuits, some dried fish, or a few peanuts and some dried fruit in a small plastic bag. This makes for a nutritious and portable snack. The bottom line is: this is time to give your body nutrition and calories, not time to give yourself an opportunity or excuse to eat "junk food." If you use the excuse of not getting a balanced diet to treat your body like garbage, filling it with chips, chocolate, and ice cream, you'll become increasingly unsatisfied and hungry, ultimately consuming the same calories from your snack as you would from a regular meal. You're not adding fuel to the fire; you're wasting fuel.What is forbearance? Forbearance is having a knife hanging over your heart. She struggles every day, struggling with her desires, struggling with her rights. "There are so many things in this world I can't have, why should I let go of what is clearly mine?" She wants to put down this knife, she wants to reclaim what has been taken from her. So she starts eating. With the first bite, she thinks, "This is something I shouldn't eat. I'll put it down soon. I need to eat a few more bites quickly, soon it won't belong to me anymore!" So she eats faster and faster, not paying attention to the taste at all; she's like a thief being chased by the police, only caring about eating; she doesn't even think that this is what was originally hers, that she could happily enjoy it every day. When she suddenly remembers the knife hanging over her heart, she's terrified: "The weight loss center told me I couldn't eat this. Now I've eaten it, how can my will be so weak, how can I not control myself? I hate myself!" The more times she "breaks the rules," the more she hates herself. A person who doesn't dare to touch their own true feelings, a person who doesn't even allow themselves to have their small desires satisfied, will inevitably do things that contradict themselves. This is why the more taboos there are in dieting, the easier it is to break the rules, and the easier it is to fail at dieting. It's not the "forbidden" foods that make you fat, it's that you repeatedly break the rules after trying to control yourself, making you eat more and more, and getting fatter and fatter. Actually, what effect does eating a few potato chips have on your weight loss? What effect does eating a few small chocolates have on your weight loss? The calories are the same as other calories, and the effect on your weight is the same. The difference is that it's not good for your health. The biggest difference is the psychological impact on you. The more you forbid yourself from eating, the more you want to eat, and the more you want to eat, the harder it is to stop. So, if you have favorite foods, whether healthy or unhealthy (of course, try to avoid unhealthy foods if possible), whether they are beneficial or detrimental to weight loss, you can eat them. But you need to understand that you are just satisfying a desire, you are just preventing yourself from feeling deprived, you just want to enjoy what you like. Then calmly take out your favorite items and find a place you like to sit down. Don't be afraid of anyone seeing you and saying, "You're on a diet, why are you eating this?" Don't be afraid of anyone seeing you and saying, "You just finished eating, why are you eating again?" You know this is your time, this is a feast for yourself, and you should enjoy it! Savor the food carefully, look at its colors, and appreciate the psychological comfort and sensory enjoyment it brings! However, please remember a basic principle of economics: the more you eat, the less satisfaction you get. Make sure you understand that you are enjoying the food, savoring the food, not just filling yourself up. However, I believe that when you release the shackles of your "dietary constraints" and regain the freedom of "dietary liberation," you will cherish this hard-won food more. You will savor the food carefully, and the first bite will bring you pleasure to your taste buds, sight, and smell, and you won't want to eat any more. Diet foods seem to be inherently equated with bland, tasteless food. But if you put more thought into satisfying your dietary desires instead of trying to stop yourself from eating, you can do it. The key is to face food squarely, choose it wisely, learn to control portion sizes, and organize your diet effectively. Three meals a day are the main meals, and these must provide the best nutrition and sufficient calories to keep your body efficient for longer. Snacks, though small, are also important. It's this continuous supply of nutrients and calories that lets your body know you're not hungry. Without these snacks, your body knows for sure it's out of calories and tries its best to store them, slowing down your metabolism, leaving you with less energy and fewer calories burned. When you provide your body with calories again, it works hard to store them in the most efficient way – that's fat. Snacks aren't formal meals, and you don't have much time to eat at work, so you might just grab a quick snack. It sounds complicated, like you need a lot of food to satisfy this need. However, if you look carefully in the supermarket, you'll find many similar snacks, such as yogurt, nuts, and dried tofu. You can also make your own snack platter. Simply put a few slices of dried meat, some dried fruit, a few biscuits, some dried fish, or a few peanuts and some dried fruit in a small plastic bag. This makes for a nutritious and portable snack. The bottom line is: this is time to give your body nutrition and calories, not time to give yourself an opportunity or excuse to eat "junk food." If you use the excuse of not getting a balanced diet to treat your body like garbage, filling it with chips, chocolate, and ice cream, you'll become increasingly unsatisfied and hungry, ultimately consuming the same calories from your snack as you would from a regular meal. You're not adding fuel to the fire; you're wasting fuel.However, please remember a basic principle of economics: the more you eat, the less satisfaction you get. Make sure you're enjoying and savoring food, not just filling your stomach. However, I believe that when you release the shackles of your dietary constraints and regain the freedom of "eating liberation," you'll cherish this hard-won food more. You'll savor it carefully, and the first bite will bring you pleasure to your taste buds, sight, and smell, making you less inclined to eat more. Weight-loss foods seem inherently equated with bland, tasteless food. But if you focus more on satisfying your dietary desires rather than trying to restrict your eating, you can achieve this. The key is to face food squarely, choose it carefully, learn to control portion sizes, and organize your meals effectively. Three meals a day are the main meals, and these must provide the best nutrition and sufficient calories to keep your body efficient for longer. Snacks, though small, are also important. It's this continuous supply of nutrients and calories that lets your body know you're not hungry. Without these snacks, your body knows for certain that it's running out of calories. It needs to do its best to store energy and maintain its current level, slowing down your metabolism, leaving you feeling lethargic and burning fewer calories. When you give your body more calories, it works hard to store them in the most efficient way possible. That's how you get fat. Snacks aren't formal meals, and there's not much time to eat at work, so you might just grab a quick snack. It sounds complicated, like you need a lot of food to satisfy this need. However, if you look carefully in the supermarket, you'll find many similar snacks, such as yogurt, nuts, and dried tofu. You can also make your own snack platter by putting a few pieces of dried meat, dried fruit, or a few crackers, dried fish, peanuts, and dried fruit in a small plastic bag-a nutritious and portable snack. The bottom line is: this is time to give your body nutrition and calories, not time to give yourself an opportunity or excuse to eat "junk food." If you use the excuse of not getting a balanced diet to treat your body like garbage, stuffing it with potato chips, chocolate, and ice cream, you'll become increasingly unsatisfied and hungry, ultimately consuming the same calories from your snacks as you would from your main meals. You're not adding fuel to the fire; you're wasting it.However, please remember a basic principle of economics: the more you eat, the less satisfaction you get. Make sure you're enjoying and savoring food, not just filling your stomach. However, I believe that when you release the shackles of your dietary constraints and regain the freedom of "eating liberation," you'll cherish this hard-won food more. You'll savor it carefully, and the first bite will bring you pleasure to your taste buds, sight, and smell, making you less inclined to eat more. Weight-loss foods seem inherently equated with bland, tasteless food. But if you focus more on satisfying your dietary desires rather than trying to restrict your eating, you can achieve this. The key is to face food squarely, choose it carefully, learn to control portion sizes, and organize your meals effectively. Three meals a day are the main meals, and these must provide the best nutrition and sufficient calories to keep your body efficient for longer. Snacks, though small, are also important. It's this continuous supply of nutrients and calories that lets your body know you're not hungry. Without these snacks, your body knows for certain that it's running out of calories. It needs to do its best to store energy and maintain its current level, slowing down your metabolism, leaving you feeling lethargic and burning fewer calories. When you give your body more calories, it works hard to store them in the most efficient way possible. That's how you get fat. Snacks aren't formal meals, and there's not much time to eat at work, so you might just grab a quick snack. It sounds complicated, like you need a lot of food to satisfy this need. However, if you look carefully in the supermarket, you'll find many similar snacks, such as yogurt, nuts, and dried tofu. You can also make your own snack platter by putting a few pieces of dried meat, dried fruit, or a few crackers, dried fish, peanuts, and dried fruit in a small plastic bag-a nutritious and portable snack. The bottom line is: this is time to give your body nutrition and calories, not time to give yourself an opportunity or excuse to eat "junk food." If you use the excuse of not getting a balanced diet to treat your body like garbage, stuffing it with potato chips, chocolate, and ice cream, you'll become increasingly unsatisfied and hungry, ultimately consuming the same calories from your snacks as you would from your main meals. You're not adding fuel to the fire; you're wasting it.

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