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jsmestflowers
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So one of my favorite things to do was cook up 2 packages of Ramen noodles and cut some sausage up in it. I am telling you that I had this particular dish for lunch a lot. So despite the fact that I knew it was gluttony and I was not going to do it again I looked it up. Of course it was way off the hook in the amount of cals it had, I expected that. But what came as a surprise to me was that one package of Ramen noodles is actually considered 2 servings! That was shocking to me, cause I can tell you honestly I have never halved a package of Ramen noodles in my life. 
So in actuality I was totally eating 4 helpings of Ramen and a big ol sausage everyday for lunch..LOL no wonder I gained a lot of weight, that is more calories than I am allowed now all day! Well my 2 Ramen days are in the past now, as glorious as they may have been. One of the things that I have really been discovering is how damn much I really was eating...man...I was a regular chow hound. But like they say every dog has its day, guess I will have to kennel that hound and let the picky kitty out
So it anyone is looking for a chow hound you can have mine, I promise he will eat well.
To your success!
J
So in actuality I was totally eating 4 helpings of Ramen and a big ol sausage everyday for lunch..LOL no wonder I gained a lot of weight, that is more calories than I am allowed now all day! Well my 2 Ramen days are in the past now, as glorious as they may have been. One of the things that I have really been discovering is how damn much I really was eating...man...I was a regular chow hound. But like they say every dog has its day, guess I will have to kennel that hound and let the picky kitty out
So it anyone is looking for a chow hound you can have mine, I promise he will eat well.
To your success!
J
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lol. I ws shocked when I found that out too. I ALWAYS ate the whole pack myself and then I too noticed omg its two dang servings. For the past six months I eat half when I eat it but...ugh. whats that. not much food at all.0
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Do you think you should've gained more?
What I don't get is that many people overeat and don't gain more than they do. If the math is accurate, I know someone who should be gaining a pound a day.
She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
Anorexics don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. They get very skinny and sometimes die. They LOSE. But they don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. It takes much longer for them to die than one would think, doing math.
I am convinced there is more to it than X number of calories = X number of pounds.0 -
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Do you think you should've gained more?
What I don't get is that many people overeat and don't gain more than they do. If the math is accurate, I know someone who should be gaining a pound a day.
She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
Anorexics don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. They get very skinny and sometimes die. They LOSE. But they don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. It takes much longer for them to die than one would think, doing math.
I am convinced there is more to it than X number of calories = X number of pounds.
She ... who???
Are you even responding to this thread?
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jsmestflowers wrote: »So one of my favorite things to do was cook up 2 packages of Ramen noodles and cut some sausage up in it. I am telling you that I had this particular dish for lunch a lot. So despite the fact that I knew it was gluttony and I was not going to do it again I looked it up. Of course it was way off the hook in the amount of cals it had, I expected that. But what came as a surprise to me was that one package of Ramen noodles is actually considered 2 servings! That was shocking to me, cause I can tell you honestly I have never halved a package of Ramen noodles in my life.
So in actuality I was totally eating 4 helpings of Ramen and a big ol sausage everyday for lunch..LOL no wonder I gained a lot of weight, that is more calories than I am allowed now all day! Well my 2 Ramen days are in the past now, as glorious as they may have been. One of the things that I have really been discovering is how damn much I really was eating...man...I was a regular chow hound. But like they say every dog has its day, guess I will have to kennel that hound and let the picky kitty out
So it anyone is looking for a chow hound you can have mine, I promise he will eat well.
To your success!
J
Lol! I love your posts. I didn't used to eat ramen too often, but I did like it a lot, and usually ate at least most (if not all) of an entire brick of noodles. I was not a fan of the seasoning packet, so I always skipped that, and most often I did toss them with a lot of fresh veggies, and I thought "this must be healthy," without bothering to check the nutrition label, let alone weigh/measure. Really glad that I know better, now, I don't think I'll be parting with my kitchen scale anytime soon (like ever!)
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She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
How do you know how much she eats or burns? People burn more when they are very fat, both simply because they are bigger and because it takes more effort to move about.
The math seems to make complete sense with my weight gain, when I think about it.0 -
Eh I don't know. I checked Scooby and my maintenance when I was obese showed 2300 calories tops... 5'5", sedentary, 200 pounds, 33 year old.
I maintained 200 pounds for 10 years. I'm quite sure I was eating WAY more than 2300 calories. But I had diarrhea all the time, maybe I was just pooping some out? I don't know... It's just very odd.
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Thermic effect of food, different amounts of calories in certain things vs. their listed content, fiber content, etc.
Besides... everyone is estimating how much they ate.0 -
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Anorexics don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. They get very skinny and sometimes die. They LOSE. But they don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. It takes much longer for them to die than one would think, doing math.
I am convinced there is more to it than X number of calories = X number of pounds. [/quote]
Anorexics usually die from complications corresponding to their illness, so this comment is beyond bizarre.0 -
My husband eats Ramen I never really liked it. I guess I'm glad. He likes to add hot dogs so 2 hot dogs and a pack of noodles the sodium must be through the roof nevermind the calories. Yet he is not overweight I just sometimes do not understand0
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I lost 60 pounds eating Ramen every day. I never knew people ate the whole block and always broke it in half, but it's still 190 calories for the half block. I mixed it with chicken breast and whatever veggies I could stand. It's cheap (critical for me), bland without the seasoning so it goes with a lot, and it's warm and filling. Eating a couple of packages at a time would be a whole lot of Ramen though!0
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I was and wasnt shcoked about Noodles. I dont find them that filling, so kind of stopped. If I do noodles these days its more of a treat and its egg, wheat or rice. They are much nicer.0
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PeachyCarol wrote: »Do you think you should've gained more?
What I don't get is that many people overeat and don't gain more than they do. If the math is accurate, I know someone who should be gaining a pound a day.
She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
Anorexics don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. They get very skinny and sometimes die. They LOSE. But they don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. It takes much longer for them to die than one would think, doing math.
I am convinced there is more to it than X number of calories = X number of pounds.
She ... who???
Are you even responding to this thread?
My questions exactly.
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booksandchocolate12 wrote: »PeachyCarol wrote: »Do you think you should've gained more?
What I don't get is that many people overeat and don't gain more than they do. If the math is accurate, I know someone who should be gaining a pound a day.
She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
Anorexics don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. They get very skinny and sometimes die. They LOSE. But they don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. It takes much longer for them to die than one would think, doing math.
I am convinced there is more to it than X number of calories = X number of pounds.
She ... who???
Are you even responding to this thread?
My questions exactly.
In the sentence directly above the one that is confusing y'all, she introduces the person she's about to start referencing with the pronoun 'she'.
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I like ramen with crushed red peppers added. My mom used to bake pork chops, and we had that with ramen. She'd also make "rio ramen," which was basically just taco meat and cheese on ramen noodles. All pretty tasty, but I burned out on ramen, so I don't eat it much any more.0
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I like ramen with a dab of Peruvian yellow pepper paste. Just a dab. Or some Jamaican curry powder. I like to keep my ramens exotic.0
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Yes, there was no reason for a new paragraph. Jumping down a line was unnecessary and - obviously - hard to follow.withaflourish wrote: »booksandchocolate12 wrote: »PeachyCarol wrote: »Do you think you should've gained more?
What I don't get is that many people overeat and don't gain more than they do. If the math is accurate, I know someone who should be gaining a pound a day.
She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
Anorexics don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. They get very skinny and sometimes die. They LOSE. But they don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. It takes much longer for them to die than one would think, doing math.
I am convinced there is more to it than X number of calories = X number of pounds.
She ... who???
Are you even responding to this thread?
My questions exactly.
In the sentence directly above the one that is confusing y'all, she introduces the person she's about to start referencing with the pronoun 'she'.
My fault!
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lol. I ws shocked when I found that out too. I ALWAYS ate the whole pack myself and then I too noticed omg its two dang servings. For the past six months I eat half when I eat it but...ugh. whats that. not much food at all.
You got me thinking and I had to take a quick look at the packets in my food drawer.
"Servings per package: 1"
Whew.
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Cute post- Thumbs up!0
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I've always eaten a single pouch being well aware it's 2 servings even now but usually I use em to make a cheap spaghetti or boil in leftover chicken and some veggies. Made a nice cube steak parm thing today out of em.0
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Back in the day I used to eat the heck out of Vigo black bean and rice. One serving was 190 calories, and there were 4 servings per bag, and I'd eat half a bag (or 380 cals), but since it would be my whole meal (sometimes I would add non starchy veg or a little feta), I figured that was quite reasonable.0
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Do you think you should've gained more?
What I don't get is that many people overeat and don't gain more than they do. If the math is accurate, I know someone who should be gaining a pound a day.
She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
Anorexics don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. They get very skinny and sometimes die. They LOSE. But they don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. It takes much longer for them to die than one would think, doing math.
I am convinced there is more to it than X number of calories = X number of pounds.
Obviously BMR is at play. It is very well known that if the body is starving, your metabolism will slow down. This is where the often referenced (usually wrongly) starvation mode comes from. Your metabolism slows down and lowers your BMR but you still continue to lose until you die. That doesn't mean that the number of calories deficit needed to lose a pound changes, it means that the BMR part of the equation has changed so the deficit is not as large as it would be for a normal person.
As to your 'FAT' friend, obviously you are either overestimating her intake, or underestimating her BMR (which could be affected by either her activity level or her muscle mass). Lots of people guess other people's equations (or their own) wrong. I certainly know people who insisted they shouldn't be as big as they are, because they 'eat way less than me' but then when we are together, they are having donuts, pops, etc, while I have water and fruit. I can eat a whole lot of fruit for that one donut. PS I have no issue with someone choosing to eat a donut if it fits their macros, but don't eat a steady diet of them without logging, and then complain that you're gaining.
TL/DR CICO is accurate, it's the human error of estimating BMR part of equation as well as the CI and CO that can be an issue.0 -
Do you think you should've gained more?
What I don't get is that many people overeat and don't gain more than they do. If the math is accurate, I know someone who should be gaining a pound a day.
She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
Anorexics don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. They get very skinny and sometimes die. They LOSE. But they don't lose as much as the math would suggest they should. It takes much longer for them to die than one would think, doing math.
I am convinced there is more to it than X number of calories = X number of pounds.
I don't understand what you're saying here.0 -
jsmestflowers wrote: »So one of my favorite things to do was cook up 2 packages of Ramen noodles and cut some sausage up in it. I am telling you that I had this particular dish for lunch a lot. So despite the fact that I knew it was gluttony and I was not going to do it again I looked it up. Of course it was way off the hook in the amount of cals it had, I expected that. But what came as a surprise to me was that one package of Ramen noodles is actually considered 2 servings! That was shocking to me, cause I can tell you honestly I have never halved a package of Ramen noodles in my life.
So in actuality I was totally eating 4 helpings of Ramen and a big ol sausage everyday for lunch..LOL no wonder I gained a lot of weight, that is more calories than I am allowed now all day! Well my 2 Ramen days are in the past now, as glorious as they may have been. One of the things that I have really been discovering is how damn much I really was eating...man...I was a regular chow hound. But like they say every dog has its day, guess I will have to kennel that hound and let the picky kitty out
So it anyone is looking for a chow hound you can have mine, I promise he will eat well.
To your success!
J
I like your attitude.
I remember being shocked as well with other foods and learning the package was two servings and not just one. 0 -
She's 5'5" and 350. She's is FAT. But she's not as fat as the math says she should be. I didn't get as fat as the math would suggest I should've, either.
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I think this just means we don't realize how many calories it takes to lug around 100-200 extra lbs of weight for Every. Single. Activity. of every day. The calculators are known crap. Fact is it's a lot of work to carry around that much extra weight to do everything.
OP kudos to you for having the benefit of a life where you ever didn't know that ramen was 2 serving per package. I don't remember ever not knowing that. (Oh the joys of having a mother with weight issues!) Seriously though- appreciate your ignorance, it's a gift to be able to realize you just had zero clue how many calories you were eating, versus knowing full well you were eating 6k calories a day and still doing it anyway
Glad you have released your hound!0 -
When you say ramen noodles ... are you talking about these things?
http://www.indomie.co.nz/products
http://www.indomie.co.nz/getattachment/d36c7915-721e-4b43-b48e-1de060e7aafe/.aspx
Oriental instant noodles?
Because their packaging says: "Servings per package: 1" and gives a calorie count of 420 cal.0 -
When you say ramen noodles ... are you talking about these things?
http://www.indomie.co.nz/products
Oriental instant noodles?
Because their packaging says: "Servings per package: 1" and gives a calorie count of 420 cal.
Assuming he's in the US, probably Maruchan, or Top Ramen.0 -
When you say ramen noodles ... are you talking about these things?
http://www.indomie.co.nz/products
http://www.indomie.co.nz/getattachment/d36c7915-721e-4b43-b48e-1de060e7aafe/.aspx
Oriental instant noodles?
Because their packaging says: "Servings per package: 1" and gives a calorie count of 420 cal.
It is Ramen but I also think he totally realizes it said Serving Size - 1....now. He just didn't at the time.0 -
LOL thanks all! Especially to the kind person that send me a substitute Ramen recipe. Am in the US, it gave calorie count and for one serving and them said the package contained 2 servings (a lot of thing do that). I especially appreciate the ignorance is bliss comment, thanks for that as well I totally get what you are saying.0
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