What ONE food would you recommend cutting out for weight loss?
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Right now I am gluten free and vegetarian. So I would say bread. It really keeps the weight on for me. Everyone is different though.4
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I haven't cut anything out but not having lots of calorific things to snack on in the house has helped immensely.2
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Regarding your friend's mom's weight loss, she didn't lose weight because she cut out butter. She lost weight because she cut out the calories and didn't replace them with calories from another source.
Understand, that it was the reduction in calories that caused the weight loss, not the fact that those calories were in the form of butter. Does that make sense? I only mention this because we sometimes confuse calorie reduction with the idea that certain foods are "bad". It's a bit of a nuance, but it's a very important one to remember.
I'm not sure I'm explaining this very well, and I'm truly not trying to be snarky so I hope it doesn't come off that way. I've just seen a lot of people get distracted by the idea that cutting out certain "bad" foods is the way to weight loss and miss the only real cause of weight loss which is to east fewer calories than you burn off.7 -
The three white poisons....Sugar, Flour, and Salt..Food item would be Pizza..Calories there are crazy34
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Lard?1
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DaveMurphy6 wrote: »The three white poisons....Sugar, Flour, and Salt..Food item would be Pizza..Calories there are crazy
Oh good lord. Poison? Seriously? This kind of food demonization is what is incredibly unhelpful to so many people confused about long term sustainable weight loss.
I have pizza weekly with my family. Even when I get the calorie dense sausage/pepperoni pizza from Dominos that my kids often want to order, it is less than 300 cals/slice. I can have two slices, and a salad, and a couple of beers and not exceed my calories for the day.18 -
All-you-can-eat buffets. As it turns out, I can eat an awful lot.
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Cutting out most drinks that aren't water or tea helps massively. Cordials and fizzy drinks are full of empty calories and a lot of sugar, as are fruit juices. Alcohol is another. I'd also say watch out if you add sugar to tea or coffee (I used to drink 5-6 cups of tea a day each with 2 sugars, I now drink 2 cups with only 1 sugar. That's 10 tsps of sugar a day I've cut out just by changing my tea consumption).3
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DaveMurphy6 wrote: »The three white poisons....Sugar, Flour, and Salt..Food item would be Pizza..Calories there are crazy
Please. Check this out and educate yourself. https://www.dominos.com/en/pages/content/nutritional/cal-o-meter.jsp
I can have a quarter of a small Domino's pizza with pepperoni for 230 calories.
Some pizza does have a ton of calories. Others don't.
(Not even touching the "white poisons" thing because it's Friday and I am practicing some self-care).
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I haven't cut out anything, but I have reduced the portions. Certain things I don't eat because they are too calorie dense or just not worth it...ex. nuts. Honestly nuts are not worth the cals for me so I stopped buying and snacking on them.7
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high fructose items are worse for you than even sugar. They don't let you feel full and they are habit forming. really they are very addicitive for most people16
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title015944 wrote: »rose_lemonade wrote: »My friend's mum dropped a dress size in two weeks just from cutting out butter. Have any of you guys found cutting out/cutting down on one certain thing from your diet to be super helpful in terms of weight loss?
Bread? Sugar? Meat? Dairy? Cooking oil? Alcohol?
Bread and Pasta
I'm having bread & pasta for dinner
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boopsiegrl wrote: »high fructose items are worse for you than even sugar. They don't let you feel full and they are habit forming. really they are very addicitive for most people
They don't let you feel full? What does that even mean? I eat HFCS sometimes and I never had an experience of it disabling my ability to register when my stomach was full.6 -
DaveMurphy6 wrote: »The three white poisons....Sugar, Flour, and Salt..Food item would be Pizza..Calories there are crazy
Lol no7 -
I don't think it's necessary to cut out certain foods in order to lose weight but for me, avoiding drinking my calories (especially from alcohol) has helped because 1) less instances of drunken munchies and 2) more calories available for healthy, filling food which makes me less hungry and less likely to over-eat or binge at night. I do still drink, just not as much or as often as I used to.6
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I would say not to cut out, but cut back on most calorie dense foods. I eat everything, but waaay less of rice, pasta, cheese, chips and crackers, candy, ice cream, bread, cake, butter, oil, peanut butter, preserves, hummus, olives, even way less sugar in my coffee, and only black in the afternoon. That took the most time to gradually adjust, lol. I loved my coffee sweet.0
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Agree with the others that no one food is going to cause weight gain or weight loss... It's all about the plan. That being said, I would much rather eat my calories than drink them. I cut out soda and alcohol. It made it easier for me to stay within my calorie goals when I didn't have to factor in beverages.0
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Food that takes you over your calorie intake2
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Nothing. I do prefer to eat my calories rather than drink them, though. I love all the food. ALL THE FOOD.3
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Fast food in general.
I can make all those items at home and the taste is much better at a fraction of the calories.2 -
Any place that has a drive thru
And Soda2 -
I cut out Pepsi. I just couldn't afford the extra 1000 calories of it I was drinking per day. Everything else is fair game.2
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Added sugar for me2
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Processed food. Most experts agree that processed food is awful for our health & it's very inflammatory to the majority of people.
Our gut health is a huge culprit in America's obesity epidemic. If you're at all interested, I highly recommend you check out Chalene Johnson's (free) podcast, The Chalene Show - she talks a lot about the issue & it's very educational. http://www.chalenejohnson.com/podcasts/dr-zach-bush-on-metabolism-chronic-health-issues-and-gut-health/15 -
I honestly didn't cut out anything entirely. I drink far less pop than I once did, but I still drink it sometimes.1
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Courtney_Pagh wrote: »Processed food. Most experts agree that processed food is awful for our health & it's very inflammatory to the majority of people.
Our gut health is a huge culprit in America's obesity epidemic. If you're at all interested, I highly recommend you check out Chalene Johnson's (free) podcast, The Chalene Show - she talks a lot about the issue & it's very educational. http://www.chalenejohnson.com/podcasts/dr-zach-bush-on-metabolism-chronic-health-issues-and-gut-health/
Nearly every commercially available food is processed in some way. I'm not sure how a blanket statement that processed food (which could include things like greek yogurt, baby carrots, steel cut oats, and salmon) is awful for our health is helpful, and I'm not sure how you assess inflammation in the majority of people. I eat many of these foods (as well as things that many would consider ultra processed like frozen meals, even Hamburger Helper) on occasion and am pretty sure I'm not suffering from inflammation, nor is my health suffering as a result.5 -
Sodium!rose_lemonade wrote: »Wow really? I know it's bad for your heart and stuff but didn't realise it made a difference with fat loss.
Me giving up excess salt for Lent made no difference on the scale.2 -
rose_lemonade wrote: »
Not fat loss, but you would see a scale drop due to less water retention.
Plus sometimes the salty foods are the calorie dense ones...
Interestingly, I retain water from take-out Chinese food like Pu Pu platters, but not home made Thai food. I'm making Pad Se Ew tonight which has a hefty amount of fish sauce, oyster sauce, and soy sauce, but I will not see any gains on the scale from this.0 -
I haven't really cut anything out, but my food environment is sparse. There are no cookies, candy, chips, or even fruit in my apartment. I do not eat pasta for dinner, but I will eat it in a restaurant once in awhile if it is HANDMADE only. No bread really, again on occasion when it is fresh.
I choose to reduce carbs because I like protein and moderate amount of fat.2
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