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I'm not telling you. I'm asking you to tell yourself. If those are the things that satisfy you and those are the things you eat in your binge crazes, then yes, you should determine if those items are required for your diet. If they are, then by all means, you should eat them when you have the cravings for it. Satisfying yourself is more important than upholding a pseudo diet.
 
Let me show you an example, perhaps through this example, you can see what I'm talking about.

Let's say you're walking along, minding your own business and suddenly you see an ad on the screen of a cupcake. You suddenly get an urge for a cupcake by seeing an ad for a cupcake. You sit back and realize that you're not really craving for a cupcake, you're only craving for it because you seen it. Thus, there is no need to eat a cupcake to satisfy your hunger.

Let's say you're at home, and grandma baked you a cupcake. You ask yourself, "Man, I really love grandma's cupcake, and I'm really craving for one, so I'm going to eat one." You eat one, think it's the best thing ever, and you forget about it and enjoy your time with grandma.

Now, let's say you're on your "diet" and you're confronted with a cupcake. You say to yourself, "I really want a cupcake, badly. But since I'm on my diet, I can't eat it. I don't want it." You go do something, but your mind is still on that cupcake. You tell yourself, "No, I'll just eat something else." You do. That cupcake is still on your mind. You drink some water. The cupcake is still on your mind. Finally, instead of having one cupcake, you have five cupcakes and you sit by yourself feeling guilt and anger.
 
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Look I'm trying to lose fat by summer time. Don't get me wrong I understand what your saying about the cupcake but still I should just stay focused on exercise and good but healthy eating without the worry of counting calories and now I wont limit myself to much if I have pizza I'll have it, if I have chinese food same thing, and same goes for other types of foods I just wont make it an everyday thing
 
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Well I wish you good luck on that. Not to sound mean or negative, I very much doubt you will achieve that based on what you have already said and it's more than possible that by the time summer comes, you would have already given up on the whole deal (most people give up way beforehand). But only time will tell, and I hope you do make it. But even more so, I hope that instead of giving yourself a time limit of summer, that you give yourself a timelimit of "the rest of your life."
 
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Let me show you an example, perhaps through this example, you can see what I'm talking about.

Let's say you're walking along, minding your own business and suddenly you see an ad on the screen of a cupcake. You suddenly get an urge for a cupcake by seeing an ad for a cupcake. You sit back and realize that you're not really craving for a cupcake, you're only craving for it because you seen it. Thus, there is no need to eat a cupcake to satisfy your hunger.

Let's say you're at home, and grandma baked you a cupcake. You ask yourself, "Man, I really love grandma's cupcake, and I'm really craving for one, so I'm going to eat one." You eat one, think it's the best thing ever, and you forget about it and enjoy your time with grandma.

Now, let's say you're on your "diet" and you're confronted with a cupcake. You say to yourself, "I really want a cupcake, badly. But since I'm on my diet, I can't eat it. I don't want it." You go do something, but your mind is still on that cupcake. You tell yourself, "No, I'll just eat something else." You do. That cupcake is still on your mind. You drink some water. The cupcake is still on your mind. Finally, instead of having one cupcake, you have five cupcakes and you sit by yourself feeling guilt and anger.

I suppose I'm lucky...

I guess I don't have a lot of strong issues with food like so many people so I have a hard time relating. I gave up a lot of foods I loved, but I really don't miss them now. I used to love Chipotle burritos. Now if I see a Chipotle ad I'll make a joke or something to my wife like "let's go there, and finish with a chocolate shake!" I'd never even consider eating that stuff now.
 
Look I wont quit I'm not like that trial and error my friend trial and error. I've already come so far and I wont quit I've already gotten my body fat down to 11%(not exactly ripped abs material you know what I mean) and who knows maybe it might take me till longer then summer I don't know for sure. I will not limit myself that's for sure and besides I enjoy healthy foods alot. The main problem with me was the counting calories part. It's everywhere man(not to sound like a hippie) all people tell you is to count calories I know the benefits and what not but I assure you that I'm done with the binging and going to do something about it.
 
Look I wont quit I'm not like that trial and error my friend trial and error. I've already come so far and I wont quit I've already gotten my body fat down to 11%(not exactly ripped abs material you know what I mean) and who knows maybe it might take me till longer then summer I don't know for sure. I will not limit myself that's for sure and besides I enjoy healthy foods alot. The main problem with me was the counting calories part. It's everywhere man(not to sound like a hippie) all people tell you is to count calories I know the benefits and what not but I assure you that I'm done with the binging and going to do something about it.

Cool. It sounds like you're on the right path. Perhaps the sudden season change got to you or maybe you were just having a bad week. Counting calories crazy and it becomes frustrating, I know. But hopefully you can get what you want and best out of it. Good luck, and come back with pictures!! :)
 
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I suppose I'm lucky...

I guess I don't have a lot of strong issues with food like so many people so I have a hard time relating. I gave up a lot of foods I loved, but I really don't miss them now. I used to love Chipotle burritos. Now if I see a Chipotle ad I'll make a joke or something to my wife like "let's go there, and finish with a chocolate shake!" I'd never even consider eating that stuff now.

There are certain food that I don't miss. Most of the food I realize I crave are home food --- mainly something my mom cooked or something like that. I used to eat a ton of fast food --- I never even think about it now. As a matter of fact, it looks pretty horrible to me.

I guess it really differs from person to person. Some has it really bad, while others do not. Perhaps my theory is wrong. I know from looking at your pictures that you work really hard. I'm not really trying to achieve that with my body, so perhaps my way of thinking applies to someone who isn't trying to push their body in some new direction / shape.
 
My calorie problems with losing weight are that I don't eat enough. Often times that will lead to binge eating or slowing your metabolism. That's why I say YES until you get a pretty good idea of what and how much you should eat. Good luck, Greg
 
Dude, just count calories until you don't think you need to anymore. You'll probably know have a pretty good idea of when that is.
 
Whether I am cutting or bulking I count my calories. It isn't as hard as people make it out to be. Just go on fitday.com and make an account... track what you eat everyday.

It's great to see that you are getting enough of every nutrient as well... tracking progress... seeing weekly reports... etc.!

I think counting calories is absolutely necessary for losing fat.
 
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