Been eating less than 2,000 calories a day for a week and gained weight
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I'm very curious about OP's background - not that he has to share. But eating fast food at every meal is pretty unusual to me.
Do you have any desire to learn to cook real meals, OP? It's something that every adult should learn. There are so many websites with great recipes and Youtube tutorials for beginners. Taking small steps towards learning to cook would be a great thing to do.
So much sodium from fast food won't do your body good in the long run. A varied diet with at least a few servings of fruit and vegetables will keep you healthy. Not to mention, your wallet will thank you.
If you got yourself a slow-cooker, you could make a big pot of chili that would last you a whole week for a fraction of the cost of your daily Wendy's chili.0 -
Ready2Rock206 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Why... why are the patties square? That's really messing with my sense of order...
According to a Business Insider article:
“Wendy's founder Dave Thomas "wanted to make sure that the patty sticks out of the bun so that everyone can see it, see the juiciness," Frank Vamos, director of brand communications for the company.”
Never bothered to inquire before. Hehe
Well, there you go! I just don't know if I'd have to eat it by first nibbling all the corners off to make it tidy....
I don't know why, but I've never been a fan of Wendy's and I strongly suspect it's because of the square patties. I've made my peace with my quirks.
I refused to eat at Wendy's for years because of those square burgers. Then I finally ate there. I love Wendy's. Not as much as OP but I was wrong to judge the squares.
I may give it a go next month. I'm almost out of food money this month, which means lots of home cooking :bigsmile:0 -
I'm very curious about OP's background - not that he has to share. But eating fast food at every meal is pretty unusual to me.
Do you have any desire to learn to cook real meals, OP? It's something that every adult should learn. There are so many websites with great recipes and Youtube tutorials for beginners. Taking small steps towards learning to cook would be a great thing to do.
So much sodium from fast food won't do your body good in the long run. A varied diet with at least a few servings of fruit and vegetables will keep you healthy. Not to mention, your wallet will thank you.
If you got yourself a slow-cooker, you could make a big pot of chili that would last you a whole week for a fraction of the cost of your daily Wendy's chili.
Search his screen name. There have been several posts similar to this.2 -
I'm very curious about OP's background - not that he has to share. But eating fast food at every meal is pretty unusual to me.
Do you have any desire to learn to cook real meals, OP? It's something that every adult should learn. There are so many websites with great recipes and Youtube tutorials for beginners. Taking small steps towards learning to cook would be a great thing to do.
So much sodium from fast food won't do your body good in the long run. A varied diet with at least a few servings of fruit and vegetables will keep you healthy. Not to mention, your wallet will thank you.
If you got yourself a slow-cooker, you could make a big pot of chili that would last you a whole week for a fraction of the cost of your daily Wendy's chili.
Search his screen name. There have been several posts similar to this.
I saw someone posted some links to previous posts, I just glanced at them. I just wonder if the fast food fixation has something to do with his upbringing, or a depression issue, or something... anyhoo, I don't want to be an armchair psychologist about it, but I can't help but be curious! I was learning to cook by the time I was 6 or 7 years old.3 -
retro_gamer wrote: »For everyone who says I’m not getting the right nutrients from this I have been taking a men’s multi vitamin every day since I’ve started this.
So anyway last night I didn’t go to Wendy’s instead I ordered Chinese food, I ordered the combo special of boneless spareribs, pork fried rice, and an egg roll, but yeah today I weighed myself and I still didn’t lose any weight in fact I am the exact same weight as I was yesterday morning AND I went on a 6 mile walk yesterday in the cold.
I feel like my body is so used to me giving it crap food like chips and donuts when I eat something more substantial and healthy it’s fighting against me.
I still feel a lot better health wise like I said yesterday I have no hunger pangs my anxiety levels are reduced, no more pains and headaches.
But yeah I’m still not losing weight.
To everyone who wants to know how much weight I’m up. About 5 pounds.
Is this really a serious post and not trolling? Do you really think that spareribs, pork fried rice, and a fried egg roll from a Chinese place is "substantial and healthy"? The egg roll probably had a little cabbage in it but otherwise you ate deep fried crap that was no healthier than donuts and chips. You basically went to a Chinese restaurant and chose the least healthy meal you possibly could have. Spareribs with pork fried rice and you think you were being healthy?
You need to eat a few non-fried vegetables and fruits. Try some non-fried meats while you're at it. Maybe throw in a carb that isn't white rice or white bread (Wendy's buns).
You can lose weight eating the right number of calories, but as others have mentioned you have no earthly idea how many calories you're getting, especially at the Chinese place. One cook could use twice the oil making pork fried rice as another.
And that multi vitamin couldn't hurt with your diet, but it isn't a magic bullet. You can't eat nothing but fast food, take one pill, and be healthy.15 -
retro_gamer wrote: »
I feel like my body is so used to me giving it crap food like chips and donuts when I eat something more substantial and healthy it’s fighting against me.
you haven't posted anything about eating more healthy....???9 -
I assume after Wendy's, the OP returns back to his home under the bridge to scare more goats.11
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I really want to assume this is a troll post...
Eats one meal a day. Eats it at fast food. Doesn't know why he isn't losing weight. Seriously, no one can be this dense?
You can't just eat 1 big meal a day. It's terrible for you, especially a insanely high sodium meal. You want 3-5 small meals a day to keep the metabolism running, and you want them to be healthy. Lots of fruits, veggies, very little processed foods, etc.retro_gamer wrote: »I feel like my body is so used to me giving it crap food like chips and donuts when I eat something more substantial and healthy it’s fighting against me.
Literally the dumbest excuse to eating bad i've ever read. I think some people just can't be helped when it comes to weight loss. You aren't even trying at this point..22 -
I really want to assume the OP is trolling... Eats one meal a day. Eats it at fast food. Doesn't know why he isn't losing weight. Seriously, no one can be this dense?
You can't just eat 1 big meal a day. It's terrible for you, especially a insanely high sodium meal. You want 3-5 small meals a day when losing weight, and you want them to be healthy. Lots of fruits, veggies, very little processed foods, etc.
I think some people just can't be helped when it comes to weight loss. IT seems OP is trying to defend why he eats at Wendys every day.
OF course you can. and if that puts you at a deficit you'll lose weight. as long as it meets your nutrient requirements you'll remain healthy. The sodium isn't that much above recommended levels... of greater concern is the low fiber/nutrient levels of the meals he's chosen. Swapping one of the burgers for a salad and potato would solve that problem
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You can't just eat 1 big meal a day. It's terrible for you, especially a insanely high sodium meal. You want 3-5 small meals a day to keep the metabolism running, and you want them to be healthy. Lots of fruits, veggies, very little processed foods, etc.
Sorry but this isn't true. Meal timing has very little effect on metabolism and weight loss.
Many people practice intermittent fasting / OMAD (one-meal-a-day, also called the Warrior Diet) with success. I personally have 2 meals a day and it works wonderfully for me.
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You can't just eat 1 big meal a day. It's terrible for you, especially a insanely high sodium meal. You want 3-5 small meals a day to keep the metabolism running, and you want them to be healthy. Lots of fruits, veggies, very little processed foods, etc.
Sorry but this isn't true. Meal timing has very little effect on metabolism and weight loss.
Many people practice intermittent fasting / OMAD (one-meal-a-day, also called the Warrior Diet) with success. I personally have 2 meals a day and it works wonderfully for me.
I eat light snacks 100-300 calories periodically throughout the day and a large dinner(1600 calories) and as long as I don't give in to honey buns(craving not hunger) or donuts or other desert pastries... too often, It works great.
And when I say great, I mean I went from a high of almost 265 last year down to 232. I slacked off for almost 8 months and I'm back just above 240.
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I really want to assume this is a troll post...
Eats one meal a day. Eats it at fast food. Doesn't know why he isn't losing weight. Seriously, no one can be this dense?
You can't just eat 1 big meal a day. It's terrible for you, especially a insanely high sodium meal. You want 3-5 small meals a day to keep the metabolism running, and you want them to be healthy. Lots of fruits, veggies, very little processed foods, etc.retro_gamer wrote: »I feel like my body is so used to me giving it crap food like chips and donuts when I eat something more substantial and healthy it’s fighting against me.
Literally the dumbest excuse to eating bad i've ever read. I think some people just can't be helped when it comes to weight loss. You aren't even trying at this point..
I usually eat two meals a day. My doctor, my healthy cholesterol numbers, healthy triglyceride number, healthy A1C number, and 130lb weight loss all disagree with you. One meal a day isn't bad for you as long as you meet your required caloric and nutritional needs. They are what matter. Please don't spread this misinformation.
Edit to Add: And just so you know, if your metabolism has stopped running it's because you're dead.14 -
You can't just eat 1 big meal a day. It's terrible for you, especially a insanely high sodium meal. You want 3-5 small meals a day to keep the metabolism running, and you want them to be healthy. Lots of fruits, veggies, very little processed foods, etc.
Sorry but this isn't true. Meal timing has very little effect on metabolism and weight loss.
Many people practice intermittent fasting / OMAD (one-meal-a-day, also called the Warrior Diet) with success. I personally have 2 meals a day and it works wonderfully for me.
I can't really lose weight eating 1-2 large meals a day. My body just holds on to everything and I lose like half a pound a week. 3-5 small meals a day with the same amount of calories, I lose 2 to 2.5 pounds a week.
There's been research on why this is, and eating regularly keeps your body working in high gear because it assumes you are getting regular meals. If you eat once a day, your body goes into high gear for a few hours then goes into low gear for the rest of the day.
Everyone's body is different, so this may not affect some people but eating 3-5 small meals a day is significantly healthier no matter who you are.stanmann571 wrote: »OF course you can. and if that puts you at a deficit you'll lose weight. as long as it meets your nutrient requirements you'll remain healthy. The sodium isn't that much above recommended levels... of greater concern is the low fiber/nutrient levels of the meals he's chosen. Swapping one of the burgers for a salad and potato would solve that problem
Well of course you can eat 1 meal a day and lose weight, but spreading it out will likely cause you to lose more weight and it will be SIGNIFICANTLY healthier.
Lots of fast food places under estimate their calories. There was a group of people who "tested" the actual food they got from fast food and it was almost double the advertised amounts. I would avoid fast food entirely if your goal is to lose weight.21 -
Everyone keeps talking sodium, sodium, sodium. Some people can eat a weeks worth of salt in a day and not gain water weight. It varies by the individual. The OP is probably gaining weight because he is not being honest with his diet descriptions, or is being exceedingly inaccurate with his calorie values.
That is probably a part of it, however I think a vast majority of people do gain water weight from high sodium meals.0 -
You can't just eat 1 big meal a day. It's terrible for you, especially a insanely high sodium meal. You want 3-5 small meals a day to keep the metabolism running, and you want them to be healthy. Lots of fruits, veggies, very little processed foods, etc.
Sorry but this isn't true. Meal timing has very little effect on metabolism and weight loss.
Many people practice intermittent fasting / OMAD (one-meal-a-day, also called the Warrior Diet) with success. I personally have 2 meals a day and it works wonderfully for me.
I can't really lose weight eating 1-2 meals a day. I tried, my body just holds on to everything and I lose like half a pound a week. 3-5 small meals a day with the same amount of calories, I lose 2 to 2.5 pounds a week.
There's been research to why this is, and eating regularly keeps your body working in high gear because it assumes you are getting regular meals it comes down to logging accurately and satiety.
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Fast food yuk.11
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You can't just eat 1 big meal a day. It's terrible for you, especially a insanely high sodium meal. You want 3-5 small meals a day to keep the metabolism running, and you want them to be healthy. Lots of fruits, veggies, very little processed foods, etc.
Sorry but this isn't true. Meal timing has very little effect on metabolism and weight loss.
Many people practice intermittent fasting / OMAD (one-meal-a-day, also called the Warrior Diet) with success. I personally have 2 meals a day and it works wonderfully for me.
I can't really lose weight eating 1-2 meals a day. I tried, my body just holds on to everything and I lose like half a pound a week. 3-5 small meals a day with the same amount of calories, I lose 2 to 2.5 pounds a week.
There's been research to why this is, and eating regularly keeps your body working in high gear because it assumes you are getting regular meals.stanmann571 wrote: »OF course you can. and if that puts you at a deficit you'll lose weight. as long as it meets your nutrient requirements you'll remain healthy. The sodium isn't that much above recommended levels... of greater concern is the low fiber/nutrient levels of the meals he's chosen. Swapping one of the burgers for a salad and potato would solve that problem
Well of course you can eat 1 meal a day and lose weight, but spreading it out will likely cause you to lose more weight and it will be SIGNIFICANTLY healthier.
In my experience, those fast food places under estimate their calories. I believe there was a group of people who "tested" the actual food they got from fast food and it was almost double the advertised amounts. I would avoid fast food, even if they claim it's under X calories.
Your body doesn't assume anything.The number of calories you eat is way more important than meal timing.9 -
Everyone keeps talking sodium, sodium, sodium. Some people can eat a weeks worth of salt in a day and not gain water weight. It varies by the individual. The OP is probably gaining weight because he is not being honest with his diet descriptions, or is being exceedingly inaccurate with his calorie values.
They can eat that much salt and not gain weight if they always eat that much salt because then they are already retaining the water, what matters is a change in how much sodium you are taking in. They could also eat that much salt as a new thing and not gain weight if they also happen to drink a ton of water that day as well. If their sodium intake goes up but their water intake does not then they will retain more water and they will gain weight. That isn't determined at an individual level that is just physics. Your body keeps your sodium concentration at the same level, if you take in sodium you need to have water to dilute it to the appropriate level. If you drink more water you can use that water to flush out some of the sodium to return to your appropriate level but if you don't then your body will retain as much water as it can in order to keep the concentration where it should be. It doesn't matter who you are. Sodium concentration in your blood is as constant as body temperature, its why if you go to the hospital for hydration you are hooked up to a saline drip with a sodium concentration of 154mM no matter who you are...because in this regard everyone is the same.10 -
laurenebargar wrote: »Everyone keeps talking sodium, sodium, sodium. Some people can eat a weeks worth of salt in a day and not gain water weight. It varies by the individual. The OP is probably gaining weight because he is not being honest with his diet descriptions, or is being exceedingly inaccurate with his calorie values.
That is probably a part of it, however I think a vast majority of people do gain water weight from high sodium meals.
vast majority = everyone because osmolarity and physics.8
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