Is Watermelon bad?!

Tariq_1997
Tariq_1997 Posts: 143 Member
edited November 25 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey guys.

So after a long day i had some grilled drumsticks for dinner and then a big amount of watermelon after, i do know that it contains alot of sugar but still i had a large amount and i'm feeling guilty atm.

So is it too bad or makes me gain weight?

Thanks
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  • jesspen91
    jesspen91 Posts: 1,383 Member
    edited February 2018
    It will only make you gain weight if it took you over your maintenance calories. Unlikely but possible if you ate a huge amount like the whole watermelon. Did you weigh the amount you ate?
  • Tariq_1997
    Tariq_1997 Posts: 143 Member
    jesspen91 wrote: »
    It will only make you gain weight if it took you over your maintenance calories. Unlikely but possible if you ate a huge amount like the whole watermelon. Did you weigh the amount you ate?

    I'm pretty sure i only hit 1800 till now it's 10:34 pm. But no i didn't eat the whole watermelon, maybe 25% of it lol
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    Tariq_1997 wrote: »
    Hey guys.

    So after a long day i had some grilled drumsticks for dinner and then a big amount of watermelon after, i do know that it contains alot of sugar but still i had a large amount and i'm feeling guilty atm.

    So is it too bad or makes me gain weight?

    Thanks

    How much did it weigh? What was the size of your portion in grams or ounces? How many calories did that put on your chart for the day?

    I ate a massive watermelon over a few days last week. Cut it into approximately equal portions, weighed the skin on the first day, and subtracted from the total weight of that portion, and used that as a guide for the following days.

    Didn't put me over my daily calories on any of those days.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Watermelon is delicious. Enjoy. It doesn't matter what foods we eat its all about consistently staying within our calorie allowance.
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    RecognitionT wrote: »
    Yes. Watermelon has been scientifically proven to be one of the 5 worst foods for dieting by (insert worthless source here).

    Also spot fat removal is a thing and water has calories.

    No.

    You forgot to mention that even though cave men never ate watermelon if you use this "weird tip" (eat it while standing on your head and squirt the left over juice up your nose while still standing on your head) that none of the calories count. Of course that "weird tip" only works for standard red watermelons so if you want to know what to do with seedless red watermelons or the yellow ones, you will have to buy the book of "weird tips".
  • onward1
    onward1 Posts: 386 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    It's only bad if it robs a bank.

    ^This, lol. There's no such thing as a "bad" food. CICO is good. ;)
  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Starting to think teaching the basics of nutrition in schools should be a mandatory thing...

    You trust a high school teacher to teach nutrition when most doctors can't get it right? The teachers I remember (and it's been decades I admit) knew nothing outside of their core subject.

    Hell, I remember a PE teacher who told us to not worry about smoking being bad for you.....

    If they were given the proper information, I don't see why not. Could incorporate it as part of the curriculum in PE, it's as much health-related as the sex-ed stuff.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Starting to think teaching the basics of nutrition in schools should be a mandatory thing...

    You trust a high school teacher to teach nutrition when most doctors can't get it right? The teachers I remember (and it's been decades I admit) knew nothing outside of their core subject.

    Hell, I remember a PE teacher who told us to not worry about smoking being bad for you.....

    If they were given the proper information, I don't see why not. Could incorporate it as part of the curriculum in PE, it's as much health-related as the sex-ed stuff.

    I guess part of the problem that could potentially arise is the debates that people have over whether various foods can be part of a healthy diet or should be avoided. Think of things like whole grains, fat from meat/dairy or artificial sweeteners. How would you handle discussion of special diets like keto/low carbohydrate?

    When nutrition was taught in the past, it was taught pretty much in the format of standard dietary recommendations. But there are now so many people who disagree with these recommendations (at least in part) that teaching to them could be controversial.

  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Starting to think teaching the basics of nutrition in schools should be a mandatory thing...

    You trust a high school teacher to teach nutrition when most doctors can't get it right? The teachers I remember (and it's been decades I admit) knew nothing outside of their core subject.

    Hell, I remember a PE teacher who told us to not worry about smoking being bad for you.....

    If they were given the proper information, I don't see why not. Could incorporate it as part of the curriculum in PE, it's as much health-related as the sex-ed stuff.

    I guess part of the problem that could potentially arise is the debates that people have over whether various foods can be part of a healthy diet or should be avoided. Think of things like whole grains, fat from meat/dairy or artificial sweeteners. How would you handle discussion of special diets like keto/low carbohydrate?

    When nutrition was taught in the past, it was taught pretty much in the format of standard dietary recommendations. But there are now so many people who disagree with these recommendations (at least in part) that teaching to them could be controversial.

    And, some butthurt parent will immediately whine to the school board when their favorite fad isn't presented.
  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Starting to think teaching the basics of nutrition in schools should be a mandatory thing...

    You trust a high school teacher to teach nutrition when most doctors can't get it right? The teachers I remember (and it's been decades I admit) knew nothing outside of their core subject.

    Hell, I remember a PE teacher who told us to not worry about smoking being bad for you.....

    If they were given the proper information, I don't see why not. Could incorporate it as part of the curriculum in PE, it's as much health-related as the sex-ed stuff.

    I guess part of the problem that could potentially arise is the debates that people have over whether various foods can be part of a healthy diet or should be avoided. Think of things like whole grains, fat from meat/dairy or artificial sweeteners. How would you handle discussion of special diets like keto/low carbohydrate?

    When nutrition was taught in the past, it was taught pretty much in the format of standard dietary recommendations. But there are now so many people who disagree with these recommendations (at least in part) that teaching to them could be controversial.

    I don't know whether it would have to necessarily go into diets (especially given that so many teens end up with body issues). I was more thinking the pure basics of food not necessarily in a good-or-bad light. What are fats, what are carbs, protein, what foods generally have what in them, how the body uses them, how it absorbs vitamins. Just feels sometimes like if people had a basic understanding of nutrition, they'd be better equipped to make better decisions about food and not have to feel guilty over something like eating watermelon, for example.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Starting to think teaching the basics of nutrition in schools should be a mandatory thing...

    You trust a high school teacher to teach nutrition when most doctors can't get it right? The teachers I remember (and it's been decades I admit) knew nothing outside of their core subject.

    Hell, I remember a PE teacher who told us to not worry about smoking being bad for you.....

    If they were given the proper information, I don't see why not. Could incorporate it as part of the curriculum in PE, it's as much health-related as the sex-ed stuff.

    I guess part of the problem that could potentially arise is the debates that people have over whether various foods can be part of a healthy diet or should be avoided. Think of things like whole grains, fat from meat/dairy or artificial sweeteners. How would you handle discussion of special diets like keto/low carbohydrate?

    When nutrition was taught in the past, it was taught pretty much in the format of standard dietary recommendations. But there are now so many people who disagree with these recommendations (at least in part) that teaching to them could be controversial.

    I don't know whether it would have to necessarily go into diets (especially given that so many teens end up with body issues). I was more thinking the pure basics of food not necessarily in a good-or-bad light. What are fats, what are carbs, protein, what foods generally have what in them, how the body uses them, how it absorbs vitamins. Just feels sometimes like if people had a basic understanding of nutrition, they'd be better equipped to make better decisions about food and not have to feel guilty over something like eating watermelon, for example.

    I agree this would be beneficial, I just think it might be hard to cover some of the topics without also getting into at least some areas of debate.

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