Watermelon

WinoGelato

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I have around 400g of watermelon, plus the same amount of cantaloupe every single day. A huge bowl for under 300 calories

For the benefits you get from some food, its worth it. For me, it is way better to have a bowl of watermelon than a piece of cake. I don't mean all you IIFYM folks, but for people who want to choose more nutritious food vs a treat.

Lol wut?

I mean the IIFYM folks will say any food is good. So im putting in a disclaimer that some people are selective about the foods they eat and so comparing watermelon to some candy treat - the watermelon would be worth it nutritionally.

Do you know what IIFYM stands for?


Personally, I'm a die-hard CI<CO person, who doesn't do the macro thing ... and I will say that any food is good. In fact, that's the beauty of CI<CO.

I know what IIFM means. it means if you can eat cake, pie, pastry, candy bars, etc. into your macros, you can eat it and lose weight. However, to those of us who have other issues, like for me, IIFM will not include those treats. That might be "selective IIFM"

So if you understand what IIFYM means, then I'm confused why the suggestion that anyone who follows IIFYM would automatically chose cake over watermelon and the insinuation that IIFYM folks are not focused on nutrition?

By definition, one would only eat the cake If It Fit Their Macros... so if they hadn't had adequate nutrition for the day and hit their macro (and likely their micro goals, as most IIFYM folks I know also track micronutrients) then they wouldn't even consider the cake?

I'm coming at this as someone who doesn't explicitly follow IIFYM, and doesn't really care for watermelon that much. But I also don't really care for cake unless it is a really good bakery cake with buttercream icing and more often than not will pass up birthday cake at kid parties and events in favor of using my calories on something else. I'm just always perplexed by these strawman arguments that someone who eats cake must not care about nutrition.

And I'll just close with this abomination...

J72FIT

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I have around 400g of watermelon, plus the same amount of cantaloupe every single day. A huge bowl for under 300 calories

For the benefits you get from some food, its worth it. For me, it is way better to have a bowl of watermelon than a piece of cake. I don't mean all you IIFYM folks, but for people who want to choose more nutritious food vs a treat.

Lol wut?

I mean the IIFYM folks will say any food is good. So im putting in a disclaimer that some people are selective about the foods they eat and so comparing watermelon to some candy treat - the watermelon would be worth it nutritionally.

Do you know what IIFYM stands for?


Personally, I'm a die-hard CI<CO person, who doesn't do the macro thing ... and I will say that any food is good. In fact, that's the beauty of CI<CO.

I know what IIFM means. it means if you can eat cake, pie, pastry, candy bars, etc. into your macros, you can eat it and lose weight. However, to those of us who have other issues, like for me, IIFM will not include those treats. That might be "selective IIFM"

Absolutely incorrect...

CharlieBeansmomTracey

thanks to this post I had to go out and buy a personal watermelon as Im the only one in the house who likes watermelon lol

JoRocka

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I have around 400g of watermelon, plus the same amount of cantaloupe every single day. A huge bowl for under 300 calories

For the benefits you get from some food, its worth it. For me, it is way better to have a bowl of watermelon than a piece of cake. I don't mean all you IIFYM folks, but for people who want to choose more nutritious food vs a treat.

Lol wut?

I mean the IIFYM folks will say any food is good. So im putting in a disclaimer that some people are selective about the foods they eat and so comparing watermelon to some candy treat - the watermelon would be worth it nutritionally.

Do you know what IIFYM stands for?


Personally, I'm a die-hard CI<CO person, who doesn't do the macro thing ... and I will say that any food is good. In fact, that's the beauty of CI<CO.

I know what IIFM means. it means if you can eat cake, pie, pastry, candy bars, etc. into your macros, you can eat it and lose weight. However, to those of us who have other issues, like for me, IIFM will not include those treats. That might be "selective IIFM"

lol WUT?

Chef_Barbell

JoRocka wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

Wtn_Gurl wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I have around 400g of watermelon, plus the same amount of cantaloupe every single day. A huge bowl for under 300 calories

For the benefits you get from some food, its worth it. For me, it is way better to have a bowl of watermelon than a piece of cake. I don't mean all you IIFYM folks, but for people who want to choose more nutritious food vs a treat.

Lol wut?

I mean the IIFYM folks will say any food is good. So im putting in a disclaimer that some people are selective about the foods they eat and so comparing watermelon to some candy treat - the watermelon would be worth it nutritionally.

Do you know what IIFYM stands for?


Personally, I'm a die-hard CI<CO person, who doesn't do the macro thing ... and I will say that any food is good. In fact, that's the beauty of CI<CO.

I know what IIFM means. it means if you can eat cake, pie, pastry, candy bars, etc. into your macros, you can eat it and lose weight. However, to those of us who have other issues, like for me, IIFM will not include those treats. That might be "selective IIFM"

lol WUT?

It's like "alternative facts". :laugh: