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Do diets work?
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I have the same weight loss and muscle gain that anyone eating a "nutrient dense" diet would while enjoying all cuts of beef.5
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Irishman1970 wrote: »
that's the point - you don't need 5 servings to get the same nutrition - people will throw burgers into their DIET and then trying to understand why they are not making the same losses or gains as the person eating more nutrient dense food - Chicken - Fish - lean cuts of beef - less sugar more vegetables
like I said I will crash and burn once in a while and indulge but its NOT part of my plan for fitness - its a deviation - and outlier
The losses and gains are created by the amount of calories that one consumes relative to how much energy one is using. Yeah, some calorie-dense foods like burgers can make it more difficult to meet a specific calorie goal (assuming one is trying to reduce calories), but this can be adjusted for by planning other meals around the higher calorie meal or choosing a lower calorie option (not every burger has to have 1,000+ calories). There are lots of successful people here who are meeting their health, weight, and fitness goals and still having foods like burgers (or pizza or pasta or whatever food you want to believe is so inherently harmful).
Choosing to have a burger (or a cookie or a slice of pizza or a glass of wine) isn't "crashing and burning," it's just life. And in the context of a diet that is meeting your nutritional needs (which is what everyone here is recommending), there's nothing harmful about it.
If someone is a volume eater and wants to have larger servings of lower calorie food, that's perfectly understandable. But not everyone is like that. Some people like smaller servings of more calorie-dense food (or, like many, they mix different types of food).
I legitimately don't understand why someone would care about the strategies that people use to meet the goals of meeting nutritional needs/calorie goals, having satiating meals, and enjoying their lives.
Your strategy may not be my strategy. Why is that a problem?13 -
DJ_Skywalker wrote: »I have the same weight loss and muscle gain that anyone eating a "nutrient dense" diet would while enjoying all cuts of beef.
It's almost like . . . hear me out here . . . beef has nutrients or something.27 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »
that's the point - you don't need 5 servings to get the same nutrition - people will throw burgers into their DIET and then trying to understand why they are not making the same losses or gains as the person eating more nutrient dense food - Chicken - Fish - lean cuts of beef - less sugar more vegetables
like I said I will crash and burn once in a while and indulge but its NOT part of my plan for fitness - its a deviation - and outlier
The losses and gains are created by the amount of calories that one consumes relative to how much energy one is using. Yeah, some calorie-dense foods like burgers can make it more difficult to meet a specific calorie goal (assuming one is trying to reduce calories), but this can be adjusted for by planning other meals around the higher calorie meal or choosing a lower calorie option (not every burger has to have 1,000+ calories). There are lots of successful people here who are meeting their health, weight, and fitness goals and still having foods like burgers (or pizza or pasta or whatever food you want to believe is so inherently harmful).
Choosing to have a burger (or a cookie or a slice of pizza or a glass of wine) isn't "crashing and burning," it's just life. And in the context of a diet that is meeting your nutritional needs (which is what everyone here is recommending), there's nothing harmful about it.
If someone is a volume eater and wants to have larger servings of lower calorie food, that's perfectly understandable. But not everyone is like that. Some people like smaller servings of more calorie-dense food (or, like many, they mix different types of food).
I legitimately don't understand why someone would care about the strategies that people use to meet the goals of meeting nutritional needs/calorie goals, having satiating meals, and enjoying their lives.
Your strategy may not be my strategy. Why is that a problem?
Yes. And mental health is important, too. Chocolate makes me happy. Why wouldn't I have some within my calorie limit?13 -
Irishman1970 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »
well according to you I can eat Oreos and Big macs all day and be just fine so why monitor the macros?Irishman1970 wrote: »Alright people - you fill yourselves with Cheeseburgers and i will fill my self with chicken breast and salad and we will see which one makes it to the top of the mountain first - my god its not rocket science
You honestly think that this is what posters are saying....honestly?
I would really like an answer to this question, because quite obviously that is not what people have said.Oh...I don't know if I'd advocate chicken breast and salad pre-endurance event.....where's the carbs? I usually go for some pasta of some sort before endurance events.
I'd also agree that this is NOT what I'd consider a great pre endurance meal. Add some potatoes or sweet potatoes or pasta, sure!
Also curious what's in this 100 g of sugar burger. Never seen such a thing. Seems inconsistent with the normal ingredients in a burger, but I guess Irishman1970 may have some interesting tastes, dunno.
I stand corrected 50 carbs (most from bun and sauces(sugar) )
Calories (%DV based on daily intake of 2,000 kcal) 1,060 kcal 53%
Calories from Fat 660 kcal 366.7%
Kilojoules 4,435 kj
Pts (by CL, not official Weight Watchers POINTS©; italics if no fiber) 27
Total Fat (DRI 65 g) 73 g 112.3%
Saturated Fat (DRI 20 g) 29 g 145%
Protein (DRI 50 g) 46 g 92%
now compare those numbers a healthier alternative - such as chicken breast with lemon and bell peppers
Same amount of protein 200 Calories
Zero Saturated Fat
Peppers - 70 calories
No simple sugars
I can eat FIVE of these servings for 1 burgers and have much better nutrition
I'm not eating meat right now, but here are two meals I had when losing weight (maintenance now).
(1) Chicken breast (I don't really love skinless, boneless chicken breast, so I think it's weird you are so obsessed with it, it's certainly no ideal of non processed, but it can be okay with the right preparation) as part of a pasta sauce also involving olives, pine nuts, cauliflower and asparagus and pasta. A little olive oil.
(2) A burger with a bun, avocado on the burger, plus some onion and mustard, and brussels sprouts and some sauted spinach and cauliflower on the side.
Using 6 oz of meat for both, the chicken has about 204 cal, 4 g of fat, 38 g of protein. The beef (I used 93%) has 255 cal, 12 g of fat, 35 g protein. The sides could easily even out, depending on how much pasta, the particular bun chosen, and how much of everything else. Not exactly a big difference.
The carbs on the burger (not that carbs are bad) come from avocado and onions, and the bun. (I like mustard but not ketchup, that would be the same wherever I got the burger, although when I go out I usually get something that's going to be better/more interesting than the equivalent thing I'd make at home).
And, of course, even if the burger had 50 g of carbs (which a restaurant one might, sure, although many will not, and even the McD Quarter Pounder is more like 40 (I just checked), there's no equivalence between saying a burger has 50 g of carbs vs. 100 g of sugar. You see that, right?1 -
Irishman1970 wrote: »DJ_Skywalker wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »
well according to you I can eat Oreos and Big macs all day and be just fine so why monitor the macros?Irishman1970 wrote: »Alright people - you fill yourselves with Cheeseburgers and i will fill my self with chicken breast and salad and we will see which one makes it to the top of the mountain first - my god its not rocket science
You honestly think that this is what posters are saying....honestly?
I would really like an answer to this question, because quite obviously that is not what people have said.Oh...I don't know if I'd advocate chicken breast and salad pre-endurance event.....where's the carbs? I usually go for some pasta of some sort before endurance events.
I'd also agree that this is NOT what I'd consider a great pre endurance meal. Add some potatoes or sweet potatoes or pasta, sure!
Also curious what's in this 100 g of sugar burger. Never seen such a thing. Seems inconsistent with the normal ingredients in a burger, but I guess Irishman1970 may have some interesting tastes, dunno.
I stand corrected 50 carbs (most from bun and sauces(sugar) )
Calories (%DV based on daily intake of 2,000 kcal) 1,060 kcal 53%
Calories from Fat 660 kcal 366.7%
Kilojoules 4,435 kj
Pts (by CL, not official Weight Watchers POINTS©; italics if no fiber) 27
Total Fat (DRI 65 g) 73 g 112.3%
Saturated Fat (DRI 20 g) 29 g 145%
Protein (DRI 50 g) 46 g 92%
now compare those numbers a healthier alternative - such as chicken breast with lemon and bell peppers
Same amount of protein 200 Calories
Zero Saturated Fat
Peppers - 70 calories
No simple sugars
I can eat FIVE of these servings for 1 burgers and have much better nutrition
Okay, but welcome to the real world where people are eating burgers along with other foods. Nobody is arguing for an all-burger diet.
Why would I *want* five servings of chicken, lemon, and bell pepper? One serving would be fine, but five is ridiculous. If I tried to live on that I'd be bored and probably craving some fat and additional fiber (the bell pepper has some, but I'm assuming not as much as I'd want to get). Or are you arguing for a diet where chicken, lemon, and bell peppers is just one of the many things one eats?
Well, welcome to the type of diet that everyone else is talking about.
Yessss.. I would not want to eat 5 servings of chicken ... sometimes I do not even want one serving of chicken.
I like the flavor of the fat in my burger and that fat will give me energy to lift later.
I eat that in day - do all my prepping on Sunday - chicken breast Lemon and lime with spices some grilled peppers and onion - Also some grilled tuna - some nuts and vegetables for snacking - every other Friday a "cheat day" where I give myself a meal of my choosing within reason - but for me its not about the taste of the food which is good but its about how i feel and perform that gives me the joy - I don't derive joy from food
I'm curious -- if food doesn't give you any joy, why use things like spices and cooking techniques designed to impart a specific flavor (like grilling)? Why even have "cheat days"?22 -
Mmmmm Chocolate0
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Oh! Now that you changed your profile pic I remember the other thread. Because you did the same thing there, changed your pic halfway through, while arguing against something no one said for 10 pages. Now it's all like deja vu, MFP does Groundhog Day.18
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Oh! Now that you changed your profile pic I remember the other thread. Because you did the same thing there, changed your pic halfway through, while arguing against something no one said for 10 pages. Now it's all like deja vu, MFP does Groundhog Day.
When you don't ever get joy from food, you gotta get your kicks somewhere . . .15 -
Irishman1970 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »
well according to you I can eat Oreos and Big macs all day and be just fine so why monitor the macros?Irishman1970 wrote: »Alright people - you fill yourselves with Cheeseburgers and i will fill my self with chicken breast and salad and we will see which one makes it to the top of the mountain first - my god its not rocket science
You honestly think that this is what posters are saying....honestly?
I would really like an answer to this question, because quite obviously that is not what people have said.Oh...I don't know if I'd advocate chicken breast and salad pre-endurance event.....where's the carbs? I usually go for some pasta of some sort before endurance events.
I'd also agree that this is NOT what I'd consider a great pre endurance meal. Add some potatoes or sweet potatoes or pasta, sure!
Also curious what's in this 100 g of sugar burger. Never seen such a thing. Seems inconsistent with the normal ingredients in a burger, but I guess Irishman1970 may have some interesting tastes, dunno.
I stand corrected 50 carbs (most from bun and sauces(sugar) )
Calories (%DV based on daily intake of 2,000 kcal) 1,060 kcal 53%
Calories from Fat 660 kcal 366.7%
Kilojoules 4,435 kj
Pts (by CL, not official Weight Watchers POINTS©; italics if no fiber) 27
Total Fat (DRI 65 g) 73 g 112.3%
Saturated Fat (DRI 20 g) 29 g 145%
Protein (DRI 50 g) 46 g 92%
now compare those numbers a healthier alternative - such as chicken breast with lemon and bell peppers
Same amount of protein 200 Calories
Zero Saturated Fat
Peppers - 70 calories
No simple sugars
I can eat FIVE of these servings for 1 burgers and have much better nutrition
Okay, but welcome to the real world where people are eating burgers along with other foods. Nobody is arguing for an all-burger diet.
Why would I *want* five servings of chicken, lemon, and bell pepper? One serving would be fine, but five is ridiculous. If I tried to live on that I'd be bored and probably craving some fat and additional fiber (the bell pepper has some, but I'm assuming not as much as I'd want to get). Or are you arguing for a diet where chicken, lemon, and bell peppers is just one of the many things one eats?
Well, welcome to the type of diet that everyone else is talking about.
that's the point - you don't need 5 servings to get the same nutrition - people will throw burgers into their DIET and then trying to understand why they are not making the same losses or gains as the person eating more nutrient dense food - Chicken - Fish - lean cuts of beef - less sugar more vegetables
like I said I will crash and burn once in a while and indulge but its NOT part of my plan for fitness - its a deviation - and outlier
Too bad you don't plan it in. Then it would be easier to fit it into your lifestyle and you wouldn't think of it as crashing and burning.14 -
Irishman1970 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »
that's the point - you don't need 5 servings to get the same nutrition - people will throw burgers into their DIET and then trying to understand why they are not making the same losses or gains as the person eating more nutrient dense food - Chicken - Fish - lean cuts of beef - less sugar more vegetables
like I said I will crash and burn once in a while and indulge but its NOT part of my plan for fitness - its a deviation - and outlier
The losses and gains are created by the amount of calories that one consumes relative to how much energy one is using. Yeah, some calorie-dense foods like burgers can make it more difficult to meet a specific calorie goal (assuming one is trying to reduce calories), but this can be adjusted for by planning other meals around the higher calorie meal or choosing a lower calorie option (not every burger has to have 1,000+ calories). There are lots of successful people here who are meeting their health, weight, and fitness goals and still having foods like burgers (or pizza or pasta or whatever food you want to believe is so inherently harmful).
Choosing to have a burger (or a cookie or a slice of pizza or a glass of wine) isn't "crashing and burning," it's just life. And in the context of a diet that is meeting your nutritional needs (which is what everyone here is recommending), there's nothing harmful about it.
If someone is a volume eater and wants to have larger servings of lower calorie food, that's perfectly understandable. But not everyone is like that. Some people like smaller servings of more calorie-dense food (or, like many, they mix different types of food).
I legitimately don't understand why someone would care about the strategies that people use to meet the goals of meeting nutritional needs/calorie goals, having satiating meals, and enjoying their lives.
Your strategy may not be my strategy. Why is that a problem?
Its not a problem - the OP asked about diet I told her better to be fit ---- a diet(in the context she was using it) is something you eventually go off of and untimely most like fail - fitness is a lifestyle a diet in her context is not a lifestyle its temporary fix to get her to a short term unsustainable goal without lifestyle changes
So what's wrong with a lifestyle where people are meeting their nutritional needs while eating a variety of foods?
I don't think anyone here is advocating for a temporary "diet" or "fix."
One thing that many people have found to be a sustainable way to live their lives, meet their weight goals, and improve their fitness is to continue eating the foods they enjoy, just in portions that meet their calorie goals. Not everyone wants to eliminate calorie-dense foods or center their meal planning on chicken and bell peppers (no problem for those who enjoy it, but this is a smaller portion of the population, I think).4 -
Irishman1970 wrote: »Oh! Now that you changed your profile pic I remember the other thread. Because you did the same thing there, changed your pic halfway through, while arguing against something no one said for 10 pages. Now it's all like deja vu, MFP does Groundhog Day.
nope that pic has been the same for 3 days now - but feel free to creep
Nope, when you first posted in the thread is was the snappy pic of you with a gun that was showing next to your posts. I don't have to look at your profile to see that.12 -
Irishman1970 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »DJ_Skywalker wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Irishman1970 wrote: »
well according to you I can eat Oreos and Big macs all day and be just fine so why monitor the macros?Irishman1970 wrote: »Alright people - you fill yourselves with Cheeseburgers and i will fill my self with chicken breast and salad and we will see which one makes it to the top of the mountain first - my god its not rocket science
You honestly think that this is what posters are saying....honestly?
I would really like an answer to this question, because quite obviously that is not what people have said.Oh...I don't know if I'd advocate chicken breast and salad pre-endurance event.....where's the carbs? I usually go for some pasta of some sort before endurance events.
I'd also agree that this is NOT what I'd consider a great pre endurance meal. Add some potatoes or sweet potatoes or pasta, sure!
Also curious what's in this 100 g of sugar burger. Never seen such a thing. Seems inconsistent with the normal ingredients in a burger, but I guess Irishman1970 may have some interesting tastes, dunno.
I stand corrected 50 carbs (most from bun and sauces(sugar) )
Calories (%DV based on daily intake of 2,000 kcal) 1,060 kcal 53%
Calories from Fat 660 kcal 366.7%
Kilojoules 4,435 kj
Pts (by CL, not official Weight Watchers POINTS©; italics if no fiber) 27
Total Fat (DRI 65 g) 73 g 112.3%
Saturated Fat (DRI 20 g) 29 g 145%
Protein (DRI 50 g) 46 g 92%
now compare those numbers a healthier alternative - such as chicken breast with lemon and bell peppers
Same amount of protein 200 Calories
Zero Saturated Fat
Peppers - 70 calories
No simple sugars
I can eat FIVE of these servings for 1 burgers and have much better nutrition
Okay, but welcome to the real world where people are eating burgers along with other foods. Nobody is arguing for an all-burger diet.
Why would I *want* five servings of chicken, lemon, and bell pepper? One serving would be fine, but five is ridiculous. If I tried to live on that I'd be bored and probably craving some fat and additional fiber (the bell pepper has some, but I'm assuming not as much as I'd want to get). Or are you arguing for a diet where chicken, lemon, and bell peppers is just one of the many things one eats?
Well, welcome to the type of diet that everyone else is talking about.
Yessss.. I would not want to eat 5 servings of chicken ... sometimes I do not even want one serving of chicken.
I like the flavor of the fat in my burger and that fat will give me energy to lift later.
I eat that in day - do all my prepping on Sunday - chicken breast Lemon and lime with spices some grilled peppers and onion - Also some grilled tuna - some nuts and vegetables for snacking - every other Friday a "cheat day" where I give myself a meal of my choosing within reason - but for me its not about the taste of the food which is good but its about how i feel and perform that gives me the joy - I don't derive joy from food
I'm curious -- if food doesn't give you any joy, why use things like spices and cooking techniques designed to impart a specific flavor (like grilling)? Why even have "cheat days"?
LOL a dry chicken breast is pretty bland so I do like to change the taste - but its not an even for me - much like going out for dinner - its not the food its the people I share the time with - food is just fuel for me for the most part
If food is just fuel, I don't see why the blandness would be an issue. Is it possible that pleasure or enjoyment could be a factor in what you choose to eat?
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