Playing around with the app and found a crazy but possible diet...

alw21394

Okay so I was playing around with the app and I was trying to find at least a somewhat routine diet for a base to start from that would meet all of my nutritional needs. I got a little silly with it, but then this is what I found. Supposedly if I eat:
-4 Centrum flavor burst vitamins (that's the kind I like and the correct serving size)
-1 cup of dried peach halves
-1 cup of raw spinach
-1 cup of cashews
-1 baked potato with skin
-1 scoop of Body Fortress protein powder
I can meet all of my nutritional needs for the most part? My calorie goal is 1660 and that takes me to 1523. That diet also would supply me with 55g of fat (kind of a lot but still reasonable), plenty of potassium, fiber, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and 60% of iron recommended. Thoughts?

LKArgh

If this is what you eat for a day, nothing weird about it. If you are serious about eating these same things every day, time to step away from this app and talk to a therapist, because this sounds like the beginning of an eating disorder.

alw21394

I thought I made it clear I was just playing with the app... I actually haven't eaten any of the listed foods today. But I'm wondering ***in theory*** why it wouldn't work to eat that every day if it seems to meet all nutritional needs?

SLLeask

As a one off, like the last poster said, fine. Personally a bit odd, but fine if it floats your boat. However.... cups are just not accurate. Especially with something odd shaped and high density as cashews. There could be HUGE difference in calories / all macros, using a cup. Better to use a scale.

Keep playing around and come up with LOADS more choices, meat, veggies, well, everything really... don't just stick to this one "menu". But good on you for having a go.

LKArgh

alw21394 wrote: »

I thought I made it clear I was just playing with the app... I actually haven't eaten any of the listed foods today. But I'm wondering ***in theory*** why it wouldn't work to eat that every day if it seems to meet all nutritional needs?

I am not sure I understand what you are asking. There are millions of combinations that would work to meet calorie goals and macros. What is so special about this combination?

lishie_rebooted

As the other two have said, one off would be ok.
but I doubt you're getting all of the micronutrients you need plus it'd get really boring.
also logging things by cups or size is pretty inaccurate since you could really jam it in there.

wizzybeth

Why dried peaches?

Looking at this it doesn't look filling enough for the whole day. And to eat it every day would be Uber boring.

healthygreek

I find that diet crazy AND impossible.

rushfive

Yea, you can mix and match many different things to get your diet to work.
Crazy isn't it......
What amazed me is how little I actual need to eat.
Have Fun !!

honkytonks85

I have no thoughts. You can eat whatever you want to eat.

discretekim

This doesn't seem like a lot of food

Vune

In theory, eating a cup of cashews, a cup of dried peaches, and eating the fake sugar in the protein powder might cause you to lose nutrients due to diarrhea from the fructose. Or something similarly uncomfortable for your digestion.

lemurcat12

alw21394 wrote: »

I thought I made it clear I was just playing with the app... I actually haven't eaten any of the listed foods today. But I'm wondering ***in theory*** why it wouldn't work to eat that every day if it seems to meet all nutritional needs?

Aren't lots of the "nutritional needs" being met through the vitamin? I wouldn't assume that what MFP lists is all that's important or that getting a significant portion of your nutrition met through a vitamin (as opposed to using it for a fallback) would be optimal or even adequate on a regular basis.

Perhaps even more significantly, I'd be sad and hungry eating that, and miss enjoying my food. I think any good weight loss plan should prioritize being enjoyable and individual tastes, which is one reason I think most pre-set plans seem pretty depressing.

I also think there's some advantage to eating a variety of foods (lots of veggies, not just spinach; lots of fruit, not just dried peaches; various kinds of nuts; various protein sources) in that we don't know precisely why people seem to have positive results from eating certain foods--we've isolated and identified some of the positive things, but that doesn't mean there isn't more to it. Eating a variety would seem to make it more likely everything will be covered, and that humans are able to eat a wide variety of foods is generally seen as one of our strengths, I think.

FoxyLifter

My thoughts? Meh. I like variety. I like following IIFYM. I'm able to swap out foods if I get tired of them while making sure that the new foods still help me reach my macro- and micro-nutrient goals. This might be fine for one day, but I need more protein (116ish grams minimum), for sure.... And more room for dessert!

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Ninkyou

Seems boring, unsatisfying and unsustainable to me. Plus there's no variety. Variety is the spice of life.

whmscll

I'd be starving if that's all I was able to eat each day. And so bored that I'd down like a pound of cookies.

professionalHobbyist

Why would it not be ok to eat a nutritious meal plan with a slight calorie deficit.

It gets down to personal preference.

If you lose weight and are more healthy at the end... You win!

Christine_72

That just seems like a teeny tiny amount of food for the calories...

manderson27

But there is no bacon, how would I survive

isulo_kura

alw21394 wrote: »

Okay so I was playing around with the app and I was trying to find at least a somewhat routine diet for a base to start from that would meet all of my nutritional needs. I got a little silly with it, but then this is what I found. Supposedly if I eat:
-4 Centrum flavor burst vitamins (that's the kind I like and the correct serving size)
-1 cup of dried peach halves
-1 cup of raw spinach
-1 cup of cashews
-1 baked potato with skin
-1 scoop of Body Fortress protein powder
I can meet all of my nutritional needs for the most part? My calorie goal is 1660 and that takes me to 1523. That diet also would supply me with 55g of fat (kind of a lot but still reasonable), plenty of potassium, fiber, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and 60% of iron recommended. Thoughts?

You have too much time on your hands

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Francl27

I'd probably end up eating my own arm if I had to eat so little.

withoutasaddle

While that's fantastic for a day, you could be missing a lot more than the app tell you. You might get 100% of your vitamin A, C, calcium and whatever... But what about zinc? Vitamin B? Antioxidants? A good rule of thumb is to eat 30 different foods a week (Which might be ambitious for most people). It's great once or twice a week, but maybe make it your Tuesday meal, not your 7days a week meal

Lounmoun

alw21394 wrote: »

Okay so I was playing around with the app and I was trying to find at least a somewhat routine diet for a base to start from that would meet all of my nutritional needs. I got a little silly with it, but then this is what I found. Supposedly if I eat:
-4 Centrum flavor burst vitamins (that's the kind I like and the correct serving size)
-1 cup of dried peach halves
-1 cup of raw spinach
-1 cup of cashews
-1 baked potato with skin
-1 scoop of Body Fortress protein powder
I can meet all of my nutritional needs for the most part? My calorie goal is 1660 and that takes me to 1523. That diet also would supply me with 55g of fat (kind of a lot but still reasonable), plenty of potassium, fiber, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and 60% of iron recommended. Thoughts?

You'd have to try it to see how satisfied it makes you. If it works for you then that's good I guess.

It would be difficult to eat that way for long I think and pretty hard to learn how to eat out, eat with other people or how to handle special occasions. The list looks boring and a bit sad as well. I'd rather eat a variety of regular foods than use powders or vitamins to try to meet my nutritional needs.

Alatariel75

I think as whacky hypothetical diets which fulfil your nutritional needs go, you could do better.

jemhh

Theoretically, this would work but, realistically, it sounds boring and weird.

How did you come up with the nutrition information info for peaches and cashews based on cups? How big is your potato? I am curious about the nutrition breakdown for all of this.

CJsf1t

So that is a shake? Just one throughout the day? How long do you think you can follow that "diet"? What will you eat after a few hours when you are hungry and have used up all your cals already?

usmcmp

A cup of cashews is a waste of a lot of calories for a serving that won't keep you full for long.

poisongirl6485

I would get through half a day on that 'diet' before i threw in the towel. Not sustainable.