How to get rid of rice

ninerbuff

jadebuniel wrote: »

I'm Filipino and we eat rice in all meals. Before I ate 2 cups of rice per meal. Then I discovered how calorie dense rice is and how it is not good for you. Now I eat 2 cups of rice per day. I lose weight by doing that at the beginning. Now my weight is stable and it doesn't go down nor go up. I want to give up rice because maybe that's what holding me back. I'm planning to lose body fat and gain muscles. What do you suggest to substitute rice?

Pare, I eat rice just about everyday. It's not the rice, it's how much you're eating.

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cmtigger

Harbin2017 wrote: »

My husband is filipino and his family ate rice like we eat bread, it came with literally every meal. I have nothing against rice but don't like how it's served bland usually and comes just as empty calories without much of a taste sensation. I excluded rice and bread from my diet for some time now and he doesn't complain about not eating it. It's a matter of habit. Rice is not water, you can survive without it:)

Though this is going to depend on the specific husband. I remember battles where my mom figured that potatoes, pasta, or rice was enough starch for a meal and my dad wanted bread. He did learn quickly that her reply to that was to put a loaf of sandwich bread on his plate, and eventually learned meals are okay without bread.

Gisel2015

jadebuniel wrote: »

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

It's just calorie dense. It's not bad. Manage portions to 1 cup per day or maybe arrange one meal per day without it and you'll be fine.

Usually i eat protein(meat) + rice + fruit. If I remove the rice I will only eat meat and fruit? Or do I need to add something to compliment the absence​ of rice xD

Not really, you can replace the rice in one meal with vegetables or a salad. Good carbs and less calories and you need your greens anyway.

kshama2001

AnvilHead wrote: »

cmtigger wrote: »

AnvilHead wrote: »

lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »

I switched from white rice to brown rice because it fulfilled the need, but for some reason I didn't want nearly as much of it. You could try giving that a go. I actually prefer it now.

There is virtually zero nutritional difference between white and brown rice. There's nothing wrong with either of them and personal preference is plenty of reason to switch (or not switch), but neither is "healthier" than the other.

Iirc, the main difference is a little more fiber in brown rice. But that comes with calories. I prefer white rice and the difference isn't enough for me to switch.

Great article about the nutritional differences between white and brown rice here: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/brown-rice-vs-white-rice/

Thanks! I slowly phased out brown rice after getting lots of white rice in Costa Rica and then using it when I cooked Thai for my ex and vastly preferring it over brown. (I grew up on brown rice and it was fine until I started eating white regularly.)

Now I can remove any lingering guilt

cmtigger

I actually had white rice for dinner, but only 1/2 cup cooked, then I topped it with a mushroom and scallop mixture I made.

I actually weighed out 100g of calrose, which was 1/2 cup and cooked it with a cup of water and only ate half.

estherdragonbat

I had 3/4 of a cup, topped with a Jamaican red bean stew. (Red kidney beans, onion, carrot, sweet potato, and diced tomatoes, simmered in light coconut milk with seasonings.)

Lillymoo01

AnvilHead wrote: »

cmtigger wrote: »

AnvilHead wrote: »

lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »

I switched from white rice to brown rice because it fulfilled the need, but for some reason I didn't want nearly as much of it. You could try giving that a go. I actually prefer it now.

There is virtually zero nutritional difference between white and brown rice. There's nothing wrong with either of them and personal preference is plenty of reason to switch (or not switch), but neither is "healthier" than the other.

Iirc, the main difference is a little more fiber in brown rice. But that comes with calories. I prefer white rice and the difference isn't enough for me to switch.

Great article about the nutritional differences between white and brown rice here: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/brown-rice-vs-white-rice/

Thanks. That was a really interesting article. I like learning something new every day. I personally prefer the taste of brown rice so this is my preference but eat white rice ossasionally. Now it will be with no guilt knowing how similar the two are.

LucasWilland

Body fat % has nothing to do with whether you can have rice or not. In fact, some of the leanest and healthiest people in the world, the Blue Zones, have the majority of their calories, 60%, from rice and carbohydrates. It is true, however, that rice can be quite calorically dense, and white rice is perhaps not the most filling. If that is the case, you could either have less white rice or substitute with cauliflower rice, which has only about 35 calories per cup.