Weightwatcher and 'healthy' foods

ana3067

Magemisty wrote: »

ana3067 wrote: »

Magemisty wrote: »

lynn1982 wrote: »

Magemisty wrote: »

yeah but then it might mean that i would end up eating more calories, i know they are healthy as they still contain sugar and fat but there are less cals in them and they dont really satisfy cravings.

So then eat the one that satisfies the craving? It seems like a no brainer. And it's probably healthier. Again, don't conflate low cal and healthy... ugh.

sorry, i meant that i know that they are not healthy as they still contain fat and sugar. the only benifit to them is the fact that they contain fewer calories.

How is fat and sugar not healthy? So you don't eat fruits and veggies for sugar? Nor do you eat any type of protein source since they all contain at least some fat? No fish, meat, nuts, peanut butter, oil, steak, eggs?

Do you subsist on water?

i know that they are good for you but in appropriate amounts however the amount that you tend to find in foods which are things such as chocolate/cakes/crisps is so high that eating even small amount of these sorts of foods give you more than your daily allowance so therefore it makes you gain weight if you eat them often in large amounts. i am not stupid i know how the human body works and what nutrition is. i dont understand how your point is supposed to be benificial in any way.

.................. eating any food above your calorie needs = weight gain. Not eating fat and sugar. Protein can make you gain weight. Fruits and veggies can make you gain weight.

I've lost 33lbs eating at times obscene amounts of chocolate.

ana3067

Magemisty wrote: »

wizzybeth wrote: »

Hmmm. Over the course of the past couple months, I have lost 22 lbs.

Here is a graph of my sugar intake during that time period. The thin red horizontal line is the "goal" MFP sets for me.

well done good weight loss, kepp up the good work
however eating too much sugar is not good (and no i am not talking about natural sugars found in fruit etc.)

saying that you eat sugar and still are losing weigh if it is over the amount everyone should consume on a daily basis does not mean that it is doing anything good to your body. i know someone (well not personally) who ate nothing but a cheese sandwhich in the evening but he drank 50 cups of tea with 5 sugars each in. I mean this guy was his normal weight if not under, and although he was not overweight it did not mean that his body was fit and healthy.

(Not that I am claiming to be a nutritionist or anything)

That has nothing to do with body composition. You are claiming nothing about his health status and simply claiming that him having sugared tea and a cheese sandwich resulted in him being at a normal weight. what quantifies "fit and healthy," muscle mass? Kay, eat enough protein and lift weights. Easy peasy.

Also BS on this anecdote because no one will comfortably drink 50 cups of any liquid in a day.

ana3067

Magemisty wrote: »

janejellyroll wrote: »

Magemisty wrote: »

wizzybeth wrote: »

Hmmm. Over the course of the past couple months, I have lost 22 lbs.

Here is a graph of my sugar intake during that time period. The thin red horizontal line is the "goal" MFP sets for me.

well done good weight loss, kepp up the good work
however eating too much sugar is not good (and no i am not talking about natural sugars found in fruit etc.)

saying that you eat sugar and still are losing weigh if it is over the amount everyone should consume on a daily basis does not mean that it is doing anything good to your body. i know someone (well not personally) who ate nothing but a cheese sandwhich in the evening but he drank 50 cups of tea with 5 sugars each in. I mean this guy was his normal weight if not under, and although he was not overweight it did not mean that his body was fit and healthy.

(Not that I am claiming to be a nutritionist or anything)

I don't think anybody is claiming that eating only cheese sandwiches, tea, and sugar is the way to go. That comparison doesn't make much sense.

What specifically about sugar, in the context of a balanced diet, makes you unfit and unhealthy?

well eveything about this post i created was supposed to be about eating a balanced diet within your cals, and therefore i was asking people about whether they prefer low cal treats to normal treats when they are craving something.

Eating a cookie when I want a cookie IS balance.

Do you sit and stare into space any time you want to jerk off or have sex because it will somehow send you to hell or something? Do you jerk off 24/7? I'm guessing you're in between. I.e. balanced.

Having a cookie once a day is like jerking off once a day.

(edited because for whatever reason MFP seems to think that talking about self-loving is "dirty" and "inappropriate." Because we're not all adults with adult-y urges, amirite.....)