• SkyeStarfall
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    You can still eat junk food and not go up in weight as long as you don’t overeat

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      This has been my tactic for the last few years. Doesn’t work for everyone, like my ex spouse couldn’t handle it. I keep rough track of calories and if I have a craving for trash I either eat less of it and supplement with low calorie stuff to still feel full, or do a bunch of extra exercise that day

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      Conversely, though, remember that unhealthy nutritional choices can mess with your immunity, cause inflammation, and really screw with your day-to-day energy and sleep. Nutrition is always a story performed on a much more complicated stage than weight=calories in - calories out! (Though that equation is a good signpost that guides the plot.) See https://lemmy.cafe/comment/9956540

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        Yes, but when it comes to weight, it really is just calories in and calories out. A healthy diet is more than that though, indeed