Do you eat what you want?

rikkejanell2014

If it fits into your calories like cookies, chips, ect:? I don't mean every day obviously.

livingleanlivingclean

Yes. Do you?

ninerbuff

Yes. I do try to ensure I meet my macro/micro nutrient goals, but I don't abstain from any food I want to eat unless it's going to put me over on calories for the day.

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Wynterbourne

Yes, and I'm down 125 lbs.

L1zardQueen

Yep

JeromeBarry1

Yes. Today I logged over 1000 calories exercise and used that as an excuse to have 4 oz of vanilla ice cream and 1 oz of Beanito tortilla chips. I've still got 996 calories remaining. We don't have any cookies in the house at the moment, but if we did it would be an option.

usmcmp

Yes, and I do it pretty much daily.

sardelsa

Yea daily.

Christine_72

I pretty much eat what i want, just not however much of it i want.
There are a couple of exceptions.. I don't buy chips anymore as i will end up eating too many and totally regret it each and every time! I no longer buy the big bag of reeses pieces. Cheerios are a once every couple of months thing, as I'll eat a small box within a couple of days.

But other than that, everythings fair game

ccsernica

Yep.

Alatariel75

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10530819/you-can-eat-whaver-you-want-as-long-as-you-eat-at-a-deficit-is-true-but-its-garbage-advice/p1

You might want to read that thread.

Machka9

rikkejanell2014 wrote: »

Do you eat what you want?

If it fits into your calories like cookies, chips, ect:? I don't mean every day obviously.

Yep ... every single day.


As it happens, I cut way back on the amount of potato chips and snacks like that a couple years ago because I didn't feel particularly good when I ate them, and they weren't really worth it. Now, on the occasions when I have chips, I usually find them too salty and greasy. They're OK in the middle of a long bicycle ride (calories, salt, potassium) but just recently I tried to eat some the day and ... blech.

DietPrada

Lol I know this thread is probably a dig at those who decide to cut certain things out of their diet, and by "eat what you want" you probably mean junk food, ice-cream, pizza etc (judging by the responses above) - but yes, I absolutely eat what I want. And what I want is meat, green vegetables, avocado, eggs, cream, cheese, bacon, olive oil, pate, oysters and seafood and other such terrific healthy food.

HoldTheDoor13

I don't consider any foods off limits and will eat them if I want them, can fit them into my calories and not eat them at the expense of protein.

That being said, there are a lot of things that I no longer eat because they don't ever seem to be worth it calorically

mlinci

Christine_72 wrote: »

I pretty much eat what i want, just not however much of it i want.

Exactly this. I'm down about 45lbs and I've eaten a small chunk of chocolate pretty much every day while losing weight.

estherdragonbat

Mostly. Sometimes I look up the calories of the thing I want and realize that even if I have room for it, I don't feel like using up that many. So I change the serving size I was planning to take, or I decide against it. But I don't have foods that are off-limits. I have foods that I'll eat when I feel like it, foods I'll eat once or twice a week, foods for special occasions, and foods I won't have in the house because they're hard for me to resist, but I still might have a serving if I go out to eat.

STC02

I find there is a very thin line between eating what you want and what is good. In a weird sense the term 'diet' is ingrained psychologically so you automatically think ok eggs/oats/ brown toast for breakfast, salads, small sandwiches for lunch, a dinner with protein, little carbs and veg. Because of this mindset in most people we realise that in fact meals like that are so low on calories it is allowing for the things you want like chocolate ice cream, a cookie, a muffin in the mornings etc.
That's the way I think of it anyway.
A typical day for me is
Eggs
Prawn salad with loads of seafood sauce
Beef, sweet potato, broccoli and carrots.
I know I'm a snacker, especially late afternoon so if my main meals are low cal I can have a couple of biscuits watching TV, I can have a packet of crisps at lunchtime etc.
I've found you can have everything in moderation and some things do indeed surprise you.

zyxst

Yes.

briohne128

Yeah, as long as it fits in my calories and nutrition values (fat, sugar etc) then its fine! I don't eat back my calories burnt from exercise though. Its like yesterday, I had a healthy breakfast, healthy lunch but then for tea I had burgers and some chocolate afterwards and it all still fitted in my calories and nutrition values.

neldabg

Yep! I just had some chocolate today. However, I do buy smaller portions of some foods like chips and cookies, not because I struggle with portion control, but I live alone for the most part, and I don't ever want it often enough to eat it before it gets stale.

kommodevaran

Yes, I eat what I want, in the amounts I want. What I want is a wide variety food I like in amounts that makes my weight and mood healthy and stable. For me, this implies that I don't eat cookies and chips very often. My mainstay is things like bread and porridge, milk and yogurt, vegetables and fruit, meat and fish, rice, pasta and potatoes, nuts and seeds.

CTcutie

Yes, daily.
But not in the quantity I used to (or still really want.) Try to maintain my macro % & calories, eat fruit & veg, and will squeak something yummy in daily

Wolfger

I eat what I want, but adjust what I want to fit my goals... So I still have pizza for dinner sometimes, but I aim for the thin crust, and the lower calorie toppings (ham instead of pepperoni, jalepeno instead of bacon). I still drink beer, but 0-2 bottles per night instead of 1-4. Some things are right out. The "Bacon King" meal from Burger King, for example. The sandwich alone is more than half my daily calories! To think I used to have that and a large fry for just one meal on a fairly frequent basis... no wonder my weight got out of control! I do miss it, though.

Francl27

To an extent. I do have treats pretty much every day, but I have to stay very active to be able to fit them in if I don't want to be starving all the time. I wish that 'what I want to eat' was always meat and veggies, but unfortunately that's pretty much rarely the case, lol.

Chef_Barbell

Yup. But you asked this before.

deputy_randolph

I just ate chocolate for breakfast...carbs for squats.

LenGray

Pretty much, yeah. There's some things that I can't eat a lot of, whether due to calorie counts or because I'm more likely to eat too much of them, but in general I eat whatever I feel like.

One of the main differences between eating what I want now and eating what I wanted when I first started out has been that I'm more likely to make my own (low-cal version) sweets and that I add a ton of veggies to everything. Like, I'm more inclined to have a salad with my pizza, or include salsa rather than ranch dressing with my snacks, or have more veggies than noodles in my spaghetti, stuff like that.

3rdof7sisters

Yes. Everyday. I fit it into my calories, and plan for it.

jgnatca

I am making French Toast right now because I want.

I have been trained to regulate my diet very carefully (to manage diabetes now in remission) and old habits die hard. I will have my French toast with cottage cheese (protein) and fruit (micronutrients and fiber).

How much I eat will decide if I gain or lose.

WinoGelato

Yes.

*Nutrition is important!
** I eat healthy foods too!

tinkerbellang83

Yes

Disclaimer: I do not mean that I eat junk food every meal.