We should be working in our favorite meals into our daily diet – using portion control and our food data to learn how to make them lighter (if necessary). For eating right to be a habit that we keep doing forever, it has to include our favorite foods and our personal and family traditions.
Otherwise, it’s just another temporary diet that will end in regain once it is over.
Agreed. I still eat basically everything, but the portions are smaller and the frequency of what is popularly called ‘junk food’ is relatively rare now.