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If I eat an ice-cream everyday, but stay under the calorie limit, will it still work?

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  • Posts: 15,149 Member
    Kayra42 wrote: »
    Sure, you will lose weight but end up with malnutrition and avitaminosis

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    PikaKnight wrote: »

    I've binged on fruit to the point I've made myself sick and I still would "crave" sugar. And just because you include foods that may be processed or contain high fructose corn syrup doesn't mean you are "unhealthy" or that your diet is unhealthy because of one or two foods.

    You are repeatedly inferring that your diet and health suffers because you might have a scoop of "processed" foods with added sugar and that's where people are pointing out you are wrong.

    LOL, I did the same with watermelon. Wayyyy over ate on it...but it was sooooo good !!
    I am a lazy cook so some short cuts are taken. ie processed. yet I still lost weight. how awful... :)
  • Posts: 11,118 Member
    bobby19666 wrote: »
    NO NO and NO. Sugar raises insulin, so it makes your body store fat. EAT HEALTHY don't try and cheat it. Or you'll suffer in life

    Please tell us more about your long-term success. Really. I'm super curious.
  • Posts: 8,911 Member
    You've read it all before even if you don't read it again here. Toxins, insulin, HFCS, demonizing food while claiming not to, low post commenter telling people who've lost 100s of pounds how it should be done... basically all the bingo calls.

    I dunno, it already sounds worse than most threads I read through completely.
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  • Posts: 8,578 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »

    You keep saying this

    You have no evidence

    You have been corrected over and over with evidence

    What aren't you getting?

    A life, perhaps?
  • Posts: 17,857 Member
    bobby19666 wrote: »
    NO NO and NO. Sugar raises insulin, so it makes your body store fat. EAT HEALTHY don't try and cheat it. Or you'll suffer in life
    So if I eat 2000 calories a day, some of it being sugar, and my body burns 2500 calories in the course of that day, you are saying that my body will end the day having more fat than it started with?
  • Posts: 34,971 Member
    So if I eat 2000 calories a day, some of it being sugar, and my body burns 2500 calories in the course of that day, you are saying that my body will end the day having more fat than it started with?

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    culver531 wrote: »
    i actually had someone on here personally msg me about my comments calling me a troll. Everyone should be allowed an opinion and the other party allowed to rebut their opinion, but lets be nice here.

    Um. Okay?
  • Posts: 15,149 Member
    culver531 wrote: »
    i actually had someone on here personally msg me about my comments calling me a troll. Everyone should be allowed an opinion and the other party allowed to rebut their opinion, but lets be nice here.

    Welcome to MFP!
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    culver531 wrote: »
    i actually had someone on here personally msg me about my comments calling me a troll. Everyone should be allowed an opinion and the other party allowed to rebut their opinion, but lets be nice here.
    It's hard to rebut an opinion. That's why everyone keeps asking you for evidence to support what you're saying. If your support is "that's just my opinion" or "common sense," that's fine, I suppose, but those are rather unpersuasive justifications as compared to using actual science.

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    culver531 wrote: »

    or that its mostly high fructose corn syrup made by man? I just still dont see how its not easy to understand why sugar isnt good when not consumed through say "fruit". Plus are we talking plain vanilla or fully loaded reeses icecream theres a huge difference. Also I never said sugar was evil either lol geese I just think trying to eat healthy is a good idea and to read labels and know what it is your consuming. Lots of junk food is bad and there is always a healthy alternative, being that lots of healthy fruit has sugar you wont crave sugar and binge because your not completely eliminating it.

    I would encourage you to read this (especially point 6): http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1181259
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    BILLBRYTAN wrote: »
    Please pose peer reviewed medical studies to back up these claims.

    This one was pretty good.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/hormonal-responses-to-a-fast-food-meal-compared-with-nutritionally-comparable-meals-of-different-composition-research-review.html
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    edited July 2015
    culver531 wrote: »

    I must be wrong and you are ALL right :smile:
    That's progress, then.



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    edited July 2015
    ataysrht wrote: »
    if I eat an unhealty food or something which has lots of calories but still stay under the calorie limit, will this diet/lifestyle still work?

    Yes absolutely!
    As long as you are burning more than what you're taking in, you will lose weight.
    If you naturally burn 2000 calories per day and eat 1500 calories of cake per day, you still have the deficit of 500 calories, thus you will lose weight.

    Next time someone tells you that you can't lose weight on ice cream, just tell them there is an actual diet where you eat ice cream. It's called the "3 Day Ice Cream Diet". I've done it a number of times and lost 10 lbs each time I did it. You can google it. It goes under different names... but same principle... 3 days and ice cream each day.

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    edited July 2015
    PikaKnight wrote: »

    This one was pretty good.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/hormonal-responses-to-a-fast-food-meal-compared-with-nutritionally-comparable-meals-of-different-composition-research-review.html

    Because nobody (that should) is going to read it...

    The pattern of nutrient and hormonal response was similar for a given subject to each of the 3 meals. The only statistically significant acute difference observed was a decrease in the AUC of LDL cholesterol after the organic beef meal relative to that for the other two meals. Other metabolic responses were not different.
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    culver531 wrote: »

    Evidence, I just guess I go off of what I believe and that is eating healthy is good...I mean I have seen studies on how your body doesnt process sugar well when in high quantities and rises your insulin turning it into fat. I just thought that was the case. I must be wrong and you are ALL right :smile:

    Where did anyone in this thread say that eating healthy was bad? What people have said, what is always missed, is that you should eat a primarily nutrient dense diet and then if you have room, eat a treat if you like. If someone eats a well balanced, nutrient rich diet, and them has a serving of ice cream at the end of the day, are you saying the ice cream invalidates all the other healthy choices they made?
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    jenilla1 wrote: »

    ^ Definitely not an expert at long term maintenance. I've been doing this for years. You are setting yourself up for failure if you are TOO restrictive and unrealistic. Eating totally "clean" is going to get really old after awhile. Obviously, basing your diet primarily on tons of processed junk food isn't a great plan for your health and well-being. You SHOULD try to eat nutritious, wholesome food for the most part, but adding in some daily treats is a great trick to maintaining long-term. (That's for normal, healthy people. There are some people with medical exceptions.) No one wants to live their whole life feeling punished and restricted. If a daily dose of ice cream keeps somebody on the right path for the long term, how could that be bad? I mean, really? There are tons of us with great blood work and fit bodies to prove it.

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    (Still working on getting the fit body, but I've seen the light after years of restrictive dieting.)

  • Posts: 4,855 Member
    Why, exactly, does having ice cream most likely mean you won't maintain a healthy balance of nutrients?

    From the USDA:
    http://www.choosemyplate.gov/weight-management-calories/weight-management/better-choices/fewer-calories.html

    Regardless of your weight status, empty calories should not be a major part of the diet. For most people, no more than 15% of calories should come from solid fats and added sugars. However, about 35% of the calories Americans typically eat and drink are empty calories. This means that many people choose foods and drinks with TOO MUCH solid fats and added sugars.

    Sure you can eat a reasonable amount of ice cream, chips, cookies, etc. But someone trying to lose weight would be best served making sure they know what a serving size is and stay within the 15% suggested for health reasons.
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    culver531 wrote: »
    The problem with refined sugar -- and the reason it contributes to obesity and chronic diseases -- is its fast rate of metabolism, lack of healthy nutrients and inability to make you feel full. Sugar comes from sugar cane, yet extreme refinement has eliminated all of the fiber and plant nutrients. Refined sugar is quickly broken down into glucose and fructose. The increase in glucose spikes insulin and blood sugar levels, giving you a quick surge of energy. If you do not use this energy immediately, your body may turn it into fat. Fructose is metabolized in your liver and is absorbed at once, increasing fat cell production and workload on your liver. The quick digestion of refined sugar prevents fullness even after you eat a calorie-rich chocolate bar, leaving you hungry.

    Is this all just stuff you "believe," or do you have any real sources for these claims?
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    culver531 wrote: »
    The problem with refined sugar -- and the reason it contributes to obesity and chronic diseases -- is its fast rate of metabolism, lack of healthy nutrients and inability to make you feel full. Sugar comes from sugar cane, yet extreme refinement has eliminated all of the fiber and plant nutrients. Refined sugar is quickly broken down into glucose and fructose. The increase in glucose spikes insulin and blood sugar levels, giving you a quick surge of energy. If you do not use this energy immediately, your body may turn it into fat. Fructose is metabolized in your liver and is absorbed at once, increasing fat cell production and workload on your liver. The quick digestion of refined sugar prevents fullness even after you eat a calorie-rich chocolate bar, leaving you hungry.

    So...where was this copied and pasted from?
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    culver531 wrote: »
    The problem with refined sugar -- and the reason it contributes to obesity and chronic diseases -- is its fast rate of metabolism, lack of healthy nutrients and inability to make you feel full. Sugar comes from sugar cane, yet extreme refinement has eliminated all of the fiber and plant nutrients. Refined sugar is quickly broken down into glucose and fructose. The increase in glucose spikes insulin and blood sugar levels, giving you a quick surge of energy. If you do not use this energy immediately, your body may turn it into fat. Fructose is metabolized in your liver and is absorbed at once, increasing fat cell production and workload on your liver. The quick digestion of refined sugar prevents fullness even after you eat a calorie-rich chocolate bar, leaving you hungry.
    I guess it's a good thing that no one is suggested a largely sugar-based diet or eating refined sugar in order to feel full. If you've seen someone here recommending this, could you point out that post?

    Excess calories get stored as fat. Sugar. Fat. Protein. Regardless. In a deficit, it's not stored as fat, even if the calories were from sugar.

    Again, despite your efforts to move the goalposts, the question was whether eating ice cream every day would prevent weight loss. It wasn't about an ice cream diet, or the satiety provided by ice cream, or anything else having to do with sugar. Right?

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    Packerjohn wrote: »

    From the USDA:
    http://www.choosemyplate.gov/weight-management-calories/weight-management/better-choices/fewer-calories.html

    Regardless of your weight status, empty calories should not be a major part of the diet. For most people, no more than 15% of calories should come from solid fats and added sugars. However, about 35% of the calories Americans typically eat and drink are empty calories. This means that many people choose foods and drinks with TOO MUCH solid fats and added sugars.

    Sure you can eat a reasonable amount of ice cream, chips, cookies, etc. But someone trying to lose weight would be best served making sure they know what a serving size is and stay within the 15% suggested for health reasons.

    I'm fairly sure there is not a single person on this planet for whom 1 ice cream would consist more than 15% of total calories.
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