Coney, I disagree with people growing overweight because of their lifestyle choices. Metabolism plays a major part and we need not to forget that. Some people can eat loads of food and never gain weight while others only need to "look" at the food to gain. I am the latter. My sister was the lucky one and remained pencil thin although she lived on chips, potatoes, noodles, tacos, fried chicken, and pizza.
As for losing weight, I'm a proponent of counting calories. When you are watching calories you choose foods that are low in sugar and carbs, foods that are healthier, and you are able to actually "see" what a normal portion size is.
My hubby tried every diet there was....never lost weight. Not until he finally trusted me and started counting calories. He's now 40 pounds lighter.
We'll stick with calorie counting.
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