does food realy make you fat

Hexahedra

Last Sunday I ate waffle for breakfast, KFC crispy chicken and sweet corn for lunch, and Hardee's Jim Beam quarter pounder burger for dinner. I also drank one large McDonald's ice coffee. I weighed myself this morning, and I didn't gain anything. I actually lost a little weight.

To others it may seem that I eat all junk and not gain weight. Well, I counted the calories of every single thing, and I'm still netting under my daily goal, especially since I spent an hour riding a bicycle and most of the day walking around.

Also, I used sugar free syrup and no butter on my waffle, only two pieces of fried chicken with a cup of sweet corn, and the burger by itself with no fries & no soda.

Just count your calories, it works.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

I think most people are talking nutrients (micro and macro) when they speak of "junk", not calories.

The stuff I ate that Sunday qualify as junk food by any standard, what made the difference was I didn't eat too much and I balanced it with exercise.

The nutrition professor in the CNN article ate mostly sugary vending machine snacks, mixed with doritos, sugary cereals, and oreos. That's as junky as they come, the only way he can do worse is by eating pure dextrose. He lost 27 lbs in two months. His cholesterol and triglycerides went down significantly as well.

etoiles_argentees

Wishful thinking. There really are naturally skinny people out there, why try to blame it on something?

* maybe it's because we've never dieted for weight loss?

jacksonpt

I wish I could unsubscribe from this thread...

Hexahedra

Ohhh... I watch my macros and micros and just eat whatever's needed to meet and exceed those numbers. I really don't care about calories.

If your only goal is to lose weight, the CNN article proves that macros don't matter, calories do. If your goal is to create a certain kind of lean look, then macros become more important.

mummy2b19

Here is an interesting fact, for all you people who say its purely down to calorie intake. Now my husband is 32 he has a driving job and works nights. All things that affect metabolism. ie sedentry lifestyle and disrupted working/ eating hours. Since starting my fitness pal i have been recording both our calorie intakes. I eat 1800 a day and he eats between 4800 and 5000 calories a day!!! now I gain weight easily and he never gains weight! He is 12st and 6ft he has 5 meals a day and has been this way for the last 3 years. his diet is a lot of fried foods, pasta with loads of full fat cheese and chineses loads of protein. He has large portions but rarely snacks on chocolate sweets or crisps or chips he rarely has desert.
The only thing I can put it down to is his body type/genetics. when we first got together he was very lean, 20 and about 10.5 stone. but he was very muscly and still has a high natural muscle to fat proportion. he is always starving and gets ratty if he doesn't eat every 3-4 hours. I feel age has something to do with it it is easier to stay thin the younger you are and also probably the type of bad food he is eating. His large calorie intake is high in fats and protien and not high in sugar and carbs. Maybe this is the key for some body types, either way he is a jammy sod who definately should be the size of a small house.

BonnieandClyde29

food doesnt make you fat, TOO MUCH food makes you fat....

^^this