Weight loss vs muscle gain

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My body monitor lets me know when I've burned enough calories by sending me a signal that says "gimme beer, steak, and broccoli!"

If I actually eat what I'm craving when I crave it, my weight stays healthy and my cholesterol behaves itself. Eating something else instead leads me down the primrose path to perdition... cuz then I've eaten some form of food (not always crap) but I'm still craving some other form of food, so I continue foraging the urban jungle and eat more of what I don't actually want while still seeking that holy trinity of beer, beef, and broccoli.

I did grow up on a hippie commune for a while (gets out her tie-dyed rompers) and we ate like kings. Incredible fresh food, fresh milk, fresh eggs, fresh meat. (canned, dried, and frozen in the winter) Our parents did crazy amounts of drugs and crime and worked crazy hard farming and caring for livestock, we kids often fended for ourselves and ran wild through the hills. We got into big trouble, but we always knew where there was food: in the garden, in the chicken coop. I firmly believe children foraging in the environs of a hippie commune leads to healthier food habits than children foraging in urban areas where easy-to-find food is usually fast food.

But as for the rest of what comes from growing up on a commune, I don't recommend it.