Healthy eating... Meh...

ndj1979

drwilseyjr wrote: »

eldamiano wrote: »

drwilseyjr wrote: »

eldamiano wrote: »

Yeah. Healthy stuff is rubbish. Avoid just about all of the suggestions which go in the recipes section here. Just have a burger, albeit a smaller one.

Yeah, don't listen to this.

Yeah!!!! You go and eat that appealing cabbage salad!!!!

@eldamiano My diet is full of incredible tasting food that I cook daily. All types of meats, vegetables, and, yes, salads that are delicious. Eating healthy is only bland and boring if you make it.

You want to fill your body with trash, go ahead. Some people are actually here to get fit. Yes, you can eat donuts and pizza to hit your caloric goal. But hitting your caloric goal does not equal health.

why can't one have pizza, donuts, vegetables, chicken, rice, etc?

I always love how these things come down to a false choice between a diet of 100% donuts or a "healhty" one...

ndj1979

drwilseyjr wrote: »

Sleeper1968 wrote: »

drwilseyjr wrote: »

eldamiano wrote: »

drwilseyjr wrote: »

eldamiano wrote: »

Yeah. Healthy stuff is rubbish. Avoid just about all of the suggestions which go in the recipes section here. Just have a burger, albeit a smaller one.

Yeah, don't listen to this.

Yeah!!!! You go and eat that appealing cabbage salad!!!!

@eldamiano My diet is full of incredible tasting food that I cook daily. All types of meats, vegetables, and, yes, salads that are delicious. Eating healthy is only bland and boring if you make it.

You want to fill your body with trash, go ahead. Some people are actually here to get fit. Yes, you can eat donuts and pizza to hit your caloric goal. But hitting your caloric goal does not equal health.

This kind of stuff baffles me because it assumes there are only two choices - only eat trashy junk food or only eat whole, natural foods. Why not just balance them both out?

@Sleeper1968 Obviously you can balance out and indulge, but the person I'm replying to has, in multiple threads, espoused "eat what you want" to hit your caloric intake. And if that's not what they mean, then they're doing a terrible job at expressing their thoughts.

My gripe with the whole "just eat whatever as long as you hit your calories" idea is that it can be extremely unhealthy. And when people are asking for healthy food options and some comes in saying "don't worry about all that eat what you like", I feel it sets people up for failure.

If you're on here and want to get healthier, changing your diet and making healthier food choices is 70% of the battle. Sure, you can hit 2,000 calories a day on pizza and McDonald cheese burgers, but, as I said, hitting your caloric numbers does not equate to "healthy".

Balancing and controlling indulgence is key, but so is the intake of nutrients and foods that are beneficial to you and the most efficient for your body. Watching sugar intake is a big one that people tend to glance over, in my experience.

It's fine if someone wants to indulge here and there, but the whole "eat what you want" thing is rubbish, as far as I'm concerned. You should enjoy what you eat, yes, but to be healthy, it's not a free for all.

I am still waiting for this mythical person that is proposing a diet of 100% McDonalds burgers and fries to show themselves.

what most people mean by "eat what you like" is to eat within your calorie goal, hit micro and macro goals, and fill in remaining calories with foods that one enjoys.

Numberwang22

There's a book called the 'takeaway secret' where the author gives the recipe for creating takeaway dishes... The good thing is you get to control the quality and quantity of ingredients but still get the flavour! If you're not exactly loving heathy food - and it isn't for everyone - I'd make healthier versions of tasty stuff you like..

lemurcat12

drwilseyjr wrote: »

Sleeper1968 wrote: »

drwilseyjr wrote: »

eldamiano wrote: »

drwilseyjr wrote: »

eldamiano wrote: »

Yeah. Healthy stuff is rubbish. Avoid just about all of the suggestions which go in the recipes section here. Just have a burger, albeit a smaller one.

Yeah, don't listen to this.

Yeah!!!! You go and eat that appealing cabbage salad!!!!

@eldamiano My diet is full of incredible tasting food that I cook daily. All types of meats, vegetables, and, yes, salads that are delicious. Eating healthy is only bland and boring if you make it.

You want to fill your body with trash, go ahead. Some people are actually here to get fit. Yes, you can eat donuts and pizza to hit your caloric goal. But hitting your caloric goal does not equal health.

This kind of stuff baffles me because it assumes there are only two choices - only eat trashy junk food or only eat whole, natural foods. Why not just balance them both out?

@Sleeper1968 Obviously you can balance out and indulge, but the person I'm replying to has, in multiple threads, espoused "eat what you want" to hit your caloric intake. And if that's not what they mean, then they're doing a terrible job at expressing their thoughts.

My gripe with the whole "just eat whatever as long as you hit your calories" idea is that it can be extremely unhealthy. And when people are asking for healthy food options and some comes in saying "don't worry about all that eat what you like", I feel it sets people up for failure.

Hmm. I've been mostly agreeing with you in this exchange. I think eating healthfully is important, and that healthy food can (and should) be delicious. People who say it's not either can't cook or have narrow-minded ideas about what it healthy. (I also love cabbage in many preparations and have no desire to be a pariah, heh.)

However, I never get why people assume that "eat whatever you want within your calories" would be unhealthy. Personally, I think that's the way to go, it's what I do, and what I want includes considering what foods make me feel good, help me meet my athletic and health goals, result in an overall nutritious diet, will be satiating, etc. Since I think that's just good sense, I don't see why anyone would think that someone else's "eat what you want within your calories" would ignore such things -- unless they say so, of course. To me, assuming that "eat what you want" means only "junk" food (or even mainly such or a non-nutritious diet) is kind of insulting, and it's not an assumption I would ever make about others.

So I think "eat what you want within your calories" is good advice, AND I also think (and say) that it makes good sense to have an overall balanced, satisfying, and nutritious diet, which also happens to be calorie-appropriate and delicious, of course.