Would you live off sweets alone?
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I could live off of the Persian Cinnamon rolls at walmart! I did just that this past Saturday! LVED all 10 of them! logged them and went for a quick 4 miles that morning and afternoon! nope it didn't burn half the calories I ate but I sure did enjoy them!0
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No but I could probably live off of french fries alone.
I saw a show called Freaky Eaters and a girl only ate cheesy potatoes. If I had to pick only one food to eat it would definitely be potatoes. Not that into sweets.0 -
No but I could probably live off of french fries alone.
I saw a show called Freaky Eaters and a girl only ate cheesy potatoes. If I had to pick only one food to eat it would definitely be potatoes. Not that into sweets.
My neighbor lady loves potatoes as well. I know her diet. It's exactly the same each day. Breakfast is Polenta with sausage and tomato relish. Lunch is fries with ketchup. Dinner is a tomato and onion sandwhich.
Every. Single. Day.0 -
I definitely wouldn't be healthy, but I'd live off of sweets if I could!
Mmmmm, donuts.0 -
No but I could probably live off of french fries alone.
I saw a show called Freaky Eaters and a girl only ate cheesy potatoes. If I had to pick only one food to eat it would definitely be potatoes. Not that into sweets.
My neighbor lady loves potatoes as well. I know her diet. It's exactly the same each day. Breakfast is Polenta with sausage and tomato relish. Lunch is fries with ketchup. Dinner is a tomato and onion sandwhich.
Every. Single. Day.
Wow, yeah. I actually need variety. I can burn out on a food pretty quickly, but if I had to pick just one- it would be the Spud!
And I could definitely eat french fries every day I think as long as I had other stuff too.
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I have a huge sweet tooth and my mind says yes give me all the candy, cakes, donuts& ice cream. But even if i did vary thru lots of choices, i think my body would rebel based on how i feel when I occasionally splurge on excessive dessert items.0
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I really like the chocolate donut holes from walmart. They're covered in sprinkles.
I could also live off just pizza.0 -
Possibly, but they dont have the nutritional value you need. You would develop all sorts of complications.
I wonder if you could live off chips/ crisps? By live off im talking in a supersize me sense so over a month, [referably 3-6-12 months or forever.
Pizza has more scope because you can vary toppings and that could make it a lot more nutritious.0 -
I love sweets but after a while I'd crave something substantial.
Now pizza, that I could probably live on.0 -
Lookingformyself wrote: »I used to tell my doctor: "I swear I could live off chocolate candies." He answered: "Did you try?". And then, told me to not eat anything but chocolate candies for a week.
I outgrew the concept after 3 days. I was bored as hell and my body was demanding for vegetables.
Kind of what I was thinking. I would love to be able to do that if it kept me healthy, but, like anything, too much of a good thing....you know. I have been on trips in the past where I neglected my protein intake and I was more than ready to come home and eat a good home-cooked meal that included many veggies, water and lean meat! So, it would be nice to do, but No.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »If you could, would you live on sweets alone?
No way. If I had to choose between my favorite savory foods and my favorite sweet ones, the savory ones would win. And I get tired of sweetness when I don't have enough variety.And if you did, do you think you'd be healthy too?
I'm sure there's a way to incorporate sweetness into everything you eat (meat with a sauce of dried fruit and so on),
Oh, believe me, there is. There was a memorable period during one of my pregnancies where all I could stomach was a sweet taste. We had some interesting meals.
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Nope, I'd rather go for salty stuff.0
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I can definitely eat certain foods every day and/or regularly...but those things can't be all I eat0
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If diabetes didn't exist and my body naturally balanced itself daily....Id move into a chocolate factory and live happily ever after...0
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No, I wouldn't live off sweets every day. If I had them all the time, they wouldn't have the appeal that they do when eaten just once in a while.
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Lookingformyself wrote: »I used to tell my doctor: "I swear I could live off chocolate candies." He answered: "Did you try?". And then, told me to not eat anything but chocolate candies for a week.
I outgrew the concept after 3 days. I was bored as hell and my body was demanding for vegetables.
Maybe I should try that! I would probably outgrow it, but after a week or two on normal food I would probably start craving it again hahaha
It actually changed something. I still have cravings from time to time when I'm bored or upset. But I never felt again like I could survive on it. I KNOW I would miss healthy food. Huge change.
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Lookingformyself wrote: »I used to tell my doctor: "I swear I could live off chocolate candies." He answered: "Did you try?". And then, told me to not eat anything but chocolate candies for a week.
I outgrew the concept after 3 days. I was bored as hell and my body was demanding for vegetables.
Did you feel like it helped you with your sweet tooth in the long term? I feel like when it comes to sweets, I have such a short memory. For example, on the very rare occasions when we get this awesome chocolate cake from Costco
I can't ever eat as much as I serve myself because I feel sick. (Seriously, this cake is awesome but super rich.) I then swear that I will never eat the cake again because of how awful I feel, but later that same day I find myself cutting yet another piece that is probably more than I can comfortably eat.
I've honestly wondered if eating nothing but chocolate for a day or two would somehow make the concept stick in my mind. Probably wishful thinking.
So yes, if I could, I would live off of sweets, namely chocolate confections, cakes, and cookies. I could pass on things that are just sugary, like Smarties. I don't think I'd be particularly healthy, though, and I'd probably weigh a LOT more
First, this cake seems like heaven on Earth.
Second, yeah it actually helped to spend three days on chocolate. Weird but true.
I still have cravings, I still love chocolate more than I love people sometimes but I don't feel like it could be enough anymore.
I KNOW I want/need healthy food. And it made me realise how much I wanted it because I didn't feel allowed to have some.
My DOCTOR told me: "Go ahead for a week, it won't kill you". It was a free pass, I didn't want it anymore.
We're twisted!!
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If you could, would you live on sweets alone?
And if you did, do you think you'd be healthy too?
No. I feel gross and sick if I eat lots of sweets so I would hate only eating sweets. I hate the way super sweet food coats my mouth. I crave salty foods most of the time but I love a variety of foods so I wouldn't only want salty foods either.
I think a diet of only sweets would not provide me with all the nutrients I need so I don't think it would be healthy long term.
I also have great teeth and always have had. I think it is brushing my teeth and drinking a lot of water that helps the most. I can't say it is genetic because my parents and siblings had a lot of tooth problems.0 -
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
And no... I've baked/made some pretty healthy treats to satisfy my sweet tooth since giving up wheat: chickpea blondies, black bean avocado brownies, peanut butter oat bars, chia pudding, even yogurt with fruit could be considerd a 'sweet'. But all of those are a stretch, and even then... I could probably make it a month before falling hard on some mac 'n cheese - gluten be damned!0 -
Would I do it? Absolutely.
Would it be healthy? Well, there'd be very little protein/micronutrients, so...0 -
Sweets I can do without, now chips is another story. Yes, I do believe I could live off of Cool Ranch Doritos for a very, very long time
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No, not a sweets guy at all.0
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No, but I could live on pizza alone. 0
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