Overeating healthy foods
For lunch today, instead of just one all natural peanut butter ans strawberries on whole whet bread sandwhich, I had another one.
This got me thinking about how people usually eat too much because they are bored.
But the overeating I usually hear about is of junk food.
Does anyone feel that overeating healthy food is as bad as overeating junk?
January 8, 2009 at 1:38 am
I think that you have a point there. Overeating does tend to relate to the unhealthy foods. Eating too much of anything is a bad thing though. Even too many healthy foods can put on weight, because putting it simply, if you eat more than you are burning it will be stored, and so I guess from that it doesn’t really matter what foods you consume. But if you ‘overeat’ on foods which are healthier they are best foods to do eat more of, not only because of the better nutrients it provides you but that generally, these foods have fewer fats which can be stored if you do eat more than you are burning. So an extra banana will not pack on as much fat as an extra hamburger.
Secondly, if you are actually hungry and needed a second sandwich then this is fine, bu just take a look and see if it becomes a habit and if so you may need the calories, depending on if you are cutting or not you can very your diet. But if your goal is to build muscle then you will need the extra protein and calories.
P.S. I just nailed 4 bowls of cereal and last night I had 3, and have almost finished a huge box and 2 litres of milk. Its about adjustment and knowing when you are full or not!!! Don’t worry about it.