While your friend may not be fat, that doesn’t mean she is healthy. Thin people get clogged arteries, hypertension and fat packed bellies too. Sometimes dieters and non-dieters alike become too fixated on using fatness as a gauge for health, which it’s not. Fitness may be a more powerful predictor of good health. In fact, several studies have found that people in all weight categories who are fit have lower risk of disease and death than those who are unfit. And the nutrients the body is fed with play a strong role in health.
The more consistently you eat healthy, the more unhealthy foods will not sit well with you. Get your body unused to eating junk so that junk becomes less tolerated. If you don’t eat fried foods for a long time, you’ll be surprised how heavy they feel in your stomach. A lean, light diet is so much easier on the digestion. Also, notice how you feel the next morning after you have had a healthy food evening compared to how you feel after you have had an indulgent evening. It’s amazing the difference.