About Cake

Here's more of the secret to lasting weight loss.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

What I mean by that is that you need to make a permanent change in what you eat so that you have permanent weight loss. You can't have everything you want. If you could, you may just self-destruct. (See Hollywood.)

I just read a story about a couple that has been struggling with weight loss for many years. The husband was up to 500 pounds. How did he get that heavy? He ate out for all his meals. That was his biggest mistake. You can't be healthy on a restaurant and fast food diet. There is MSG everywhere in the fast food and restaurant industry. MSG causes obesity. The food also has too many calories for the amount of nutrition. When you're starved for nutrition, It's going to be pretty difficult to control your hunger. 

So, this guy lost weight, then gained it back, up and down for years because he was using the wrong method. He counted calories. His wife got a gastric bypass. I'd never recommend getting that done. The ones that are successful long term are the ones that permanently change their diet. If you're trying to justify a gastric bypass as the motivation, or a boost, or a reason to switch to a healthy diet, you're doing it for the wrong reason because a gastric bypass doesn't make you eat healthy foods. Gastric surgery isn't a magic bullet. 

Health and proper weight is not about portion control or the number of calories consumed per day. Although this gentleman is a great example of losing weight this way. But he also showed that this diet takes much more work than choosing healthy foods. In fact, the healthier you eat, the more volume it takes to get the calories you need. Now this isn't a rule, but more of a trend because vegetables in general are very low in calorie density. But remember that you need more than just vegetables.

Physical health is like spiritual health. You can't just choose one commandment to obey that will gain your salvation. You have to obey all of them, or at least try to. Nobody's perfect. But there's definitely a difference between those that try to do their best, and those who just seek for pleasure.