How many people incorporate sweets into their diet?
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Eat whatever you want just stay within your calories.1
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I just polished off the last bar in a box of Quest Keto Milk Chocolate bars -- although I don't eat low card, I think they are delicious and add some needed fat to my diet. Too bad I had it on the same day as a 360 cal Len & Larry snickerdoodle and an entire tub of Halo Top. So I'm about 1000 in the hole to start my week.0
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Love chocolate , I put some in my truck coller so it's cold and eat as slow as I can to make it last0
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No. But I save for nuts or cheese1
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I definitely plan for my daily dose of chocolate!0
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Yes to dessert!
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zachbonner_ wrote: »when you eat sugar it turns into fat so its best not to eat sweets. i learned this at school
Please stop it, zach. Whether you're joking or not, just please stop it.
Judging by the content of the numerous posts of his that I've seen, I'm pretty sure he's trolling.3 -
Always
probably more than I should, I am seeing 100 - 200 calories a day, mine is more like 300. I may have to rein that in. 0 -
zachbonner_ wrote: »when you eat sugar it turns into fat so its best not to eat sweets. i learned this at school
Please stop it, zach. Whether you're joking or not, just please stop it.
Judging by the content of the numerous posts of his that I've seen, I'm pretty sure he's trolling.
I came to the same conclusion but posted anyway because it turns out there's a lot of people who will blithely take absurd advice because they don't know any better.
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zachbonner_ wrote: »zachbonner_ wrote: »when you eat sugar it turns into fat so its best not to eat sweets. i learned this at school
When you eat too many calories, your body stores the excess energy it gains by creating fat. It doesn't matter what kind of food you ate.
Source: my PhD research (peer-reviewed & published) on glycolysis (how the body makes energy from sugar), graduate classes in biochemistry, anatomy, and physical chemistry, and hundreds of scientific articles critically read on this topic.
[citation needed]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24261006
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/healthy-weight-basics/balance.htm
Carbs do not turn into fat very easily. They are more likely stored as glycogen (BTW, you body has a storage capacity ranging from 300-500g), utilize for immediately energy (carbohydrate oxidation) and then stored as fat. DNL and overfed studies would suggest they are less likely to store as fat, as compared to dietary fat, since it's more metabolically taxing.
And yes OP, I incorporate treats into my diet often.3 -
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zachbonner_ wrote: »zachbonner_ wrote: »zachbonner_ wrote: »when you eat sugar it turns into fat so its best not to eat sweets. i learned this at school
When you eat too many calories, your body stores the excess energy it gains by creating fat. It doesn't matter what kind of food you ate.
Source: my PhD research (peer-reviewed & published) on glycolysis (how the body makes energy from sugar), graduate classes in biochemistry, anatomy, and physical chemistry, and hundreds of scientific articles critically read on this topic.
[citation needed]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24261006
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/healthy-weight-basics/balance.htm
Carbs do not turn into fat very easily. They are more likely stored as glycogen (BTW, you body has a storage capacity ranging from 300-500g), utilize for immediately energy (carbohydrate oxidation) and then stored as fat. DNL and overfed studies would suggest they are less likely to store as fat, as compared to dietary fat, since it's more metabolically taxing.
And yes OP, I incorporate treats into my diet often.
the study and blog post you just cited me have nothing to do with carbs and fat storage my friend
Obviously, you need to start with the basics... The basics are energy balance. But you can feel free to show me an isocalorie studies that is high in sugar that causes fat storage. NVM, I already have several showing the opposite..
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10436946/are-all-calories-equal-part-2-kevins-halls-new-study#latest2 -
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You have to type in the phrase and hit the Russian word for go.2
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Not as a rule because if I eat a sweet / carb then I can't stop eating them. Both mess up my blood sugar and appetite for at least a day. That is not to say that I don't eat them at all or that I don't binge. I do occasionally. I just don't build them into my daily allotment.0
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Everyday I fit chocolate into my calories.
Sustainability for life, learning how to moderate all foods.0 -
I don't deliberately include them every day, but yes, I have them most days. It might be my Starbucks caramel mocha or a couple Samoas. Whatever I
might be in the mood for... The first month I was on mfp all 3 of my kids and my dad had birthdays. You better believe I was eating cake and ice cream! But I also made sure they weren't huge servings and I did add a little more exercise those days. I still lost more than a pound a week that month. I agree that you have to mirror what you want your lifestyle to be when you reach goal because if you cut things out just to drop weight and add them back in later you're more likely to regain.1 -
Yes, I love sweets and incorporate them, but certain foods are triggers and I have to avoid them. Like I can't eat candy corns without turning into a sugar-obsessed maniac, but I can eat dark chocolate (especially a York peppermint patty!) and be perfectly satisfied stopping there. I devote 100-200 calories out of the 1350-1600 a day I consume on sweet-ish things.0
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zachbonner_ wrote: »when you eat sugar it turns into fat so its best not to eat sweets. i learned this at school
Please stop it, zach. Whether you're joking or not, just please stop it.
Judging by the content of the numerous posts of his that I've seen, I'm pretty sure he's trolling.
I came to the same conclusion but posted anyway because it turns out there's a lot of people who will blithely take absurd advice because they don't know any better.
Exactly why I asked him to stop. Politely even! 1 -
I incorporate sweets, but not every day. My treats are often not sweet.0
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If it fits in my daily range, I have no problem inhaling sweets....0
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I do! Every single day! Even allocated a "Dessert" section in my diary. Sometimes it's a cupcake, sometimes in just a single piece of dark chocolate. I usually log my dessert first to make sure I have room. *priorities*2
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I eat the sweets, and they almost always fit into my calorie goals...if not, oh well....one or two treats isn't going to sabotage the years of hard work. I refuse to deprive myself..
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