A lot of people do have a distorted view on nutrition as far as weight-loss goes. I am back home over the summer after spending a year away from school, I took pride in cooking all my meals and losing a lot of weight over the year from just eating healthy and not snacking (went from 185lbs 5'7 male to 162lbs over the year). I came home for the summer and had the plan in my head "I can eat more, my goal isn't weightloss anymore, it's to eat a healthy amount of calories while working out. No restrictions, just don't overdo it".
My mother though has a different view. She has been trying to lose weight while I was gone and now she is in a competition with my cousin to see who can lose more weight (as my cousin just got married/had a kid and vowed that she would be in shape by the time the kid is old enough to remember and do things).
My mothers way of losing weight is to eat "healthier", meaning just as many calories, just "healthier" foods. Pretzels instead of chips, salad with chicken and salad dressing instead of hamburger and fries. She isn't cutting out calories, she is cutting out "unhealthy fats" and "junk" as she says. She keeps trying to insist that her metabolism will work more effectively if she just eats better, and then she won't have to rely on eating less.
No matter how hard I argue with her that it's as simple as cutting out calories and not snacking, she won't have it.
I've suggested to her that if she counts calories and follows some simple rules for her:
No snacks
No seconds, give yourself the appropriate amount the first time
With the exception of coffee (no/minimal sugar), the only liquid she should drink is coffee. Not juice.
If she likes sauces, replace it with a zero/low calorie replacement. Source Cream with Tzatziki, salad dressing with olive oil, etc.
We have a dog, shes a young pup who needs walking. Walk the dog to the beach and back, that's 2 and a half miles. Roughly 250~ calories burned for her. Good for her and the pup.
But no, she won't have it. She has an excuse for everything, and it's actually kinda frustrating watching her overfeed my brother and herself with everything.
So yeah, a lot of people do have a distorted view on nutrition, where they think overeating "healthy" is healthy. And yes, it is healthier then overeating "unhealthy", and underrating "unhealthy" foods is also unhealthy. A lot of people just don't understand that "overeating" is just as big of a problem as the type of food they put in their body.