"You can eat whaver you want, as long as you eat at a deficit" is true, but it's garbage advice.

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    pinuplove wrote: »
    I can fit 1/2 of a large, thin crust ham and pineapple pizza into my daily calories relatively easily, so why shouldn't I?
    Because pineapple shouldn't be anywhere near a pizza... :tongue:

    This is incorrect.

    Indeed!
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    edited March 2017
    Both sides have good points to make. Original post makes sense, and the junk food splurgers are really advocating the mildest of splurges, I'd say. Those calories really do add up quick.
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    Just follow it with apple cider vinegar or green tea to reset your metabolism. Then you can eat whatever you like.

    The Apple Cider House Rules, love that novel (and movie)!

  • Rincewind_1965
    Rincewind_1965 Posts: 639 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    "One step at a time" is possibly the only universal truth in this process, some may share long passages of the way, many will never even meet the same road, others seem to come to come the wrong way. We can offer assistance if asked for help, but please try not to "correct" the method found if not asked for guidance because most likely it will end up with a "sheep" that has lost it's way.
    The exact same can be said of the OP's "advice".

    My point exactly
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    pinuplove wrote: »
    I can fit 1/2 of a large, thin crust ham and pineapple pizza into my daily calories relatively easily, so why shouldn't I?
    Because pineapple shouldn't be anywhere near a pizza... :tongue:

    This is incorrect.

    Preach!
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    Gosh, you were certainly burned at the stake. I think what you said made sense. I have suffered from this awful binge eating disorder for 34 non stop years, even was part of an eating disorder program for 8 months and had to take a leave of absence from work to attend, and what you said def is my way to go as well. If the replies you got are the norm around here, I shall refrain from posting or reading too much. I am too sensitive and volatile and did not come here to cat fight.
    jdb3388 wrote: »
    People don't want to eat 1 slice of pizza, or a 1/4 of a plate of Loco Rice, or 7 chili cheese fries. They want to have a meal. If you eat the "right amount" of junk food to stay within your calorie limits, you're going to be starving to death and it's going to cause you to eat more. Eating food that doesn't taste as good as what you want is much better than satisfying a craving and then derailing later because you were so hungry you caved. There are a few people around here who have done their time, lost their weight, and they are in good shape. These people give advice from the "look at me, I lost a ton of weight so I know what I'm doing" stand point, but seem to have forgotten what it was like to ACTUALLY live as a fat person. So when someone tells you you can have junk food, don't listen to them, not because they are lying to you - they aren't, it's true - but because the advice isn't helpful in practice.
    Most here agree that there are different needs for dieting if you have had an eating disorder. It makes it a lot harder, and for some saying foods are off limit is okay. But for the run of the mill dieter, it isn't needed.
  • kq1981
    kq1981 Posts: 1,098 Member
    New poster throwing shade on successful posters........200% legit.

    I'm not throwing shade. I'm sharing my opinion with the OP.
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