Processed food

Slu13

I eat marks and Spencer’s balances for you meals for lunch at work as I don’t have much time to food prep as I work in the nhs shift work. Will this stop me loosing weight? The meals are all 400 cals and under

livingleanlivingclean

Do they fit in to your food and calorie goal for the day? If so, how would they stop you losing weight?

sijomial

That someone prepped your food in a factory instead of you prepping your food in your kitchen in the same way would make precisely what difference?

L1zardQueen

Think about it

callsitlikeiseeit

i dont eat much in the way of preprocessed foods, but thats a personal choice. as long as it fits within your calorie goals, its not a problem.

Francl27

Here in the US packaged nutrition info can be off by a lot (20% legally, sometimes more). That's the main issue with processed food - you don't know how much you're eating exactly.

But if you adjust your calories if you're not losing, you'll be fine.

fr33sia12

How do you think weight loss works? Do you think you can only eat unprocessed healthy foods? The fact you mention how many calories are in the meals means you know that matters, so what about a ready meal makes you think it will stop you losing weight?

quiksylver296

Yes. It will work just fine if they fit in your calorie allowance for the day. I eat frozen meals for lunch quite often. Easy and some of them are very yummy.

Lounmoun

No it will not stop you from losing weight.

diannethegeek

Since this is the third thread on this I've encountered from you this am, how about some links to illustrate the point:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10348650/cico-still-skeptical-come-inside-for-a-meticulous-log-that-proves-it/p1

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

http://abc7.com/health/teacher-loses-60-pounds-while-eating-nothing-but-mcdonalds/705916/

WinoGelato

Why do you believe those would stop you from losing weight?

Also, before you start another thread - diet soda won't prevent you from losing weight. No specific food, or type of food, prevents weight loss; just like no specific type of food causes weight loss. Weight loss comes from a sustained calorie deficit over time - and that can be achieved eating any combination of foods that you enjoy that keeps you below your calorie target. Processed foods, fast foods, slow foods, whole foods - it all comes down to how many calories for weight loss. Building a sustainable, healthy plan is important for long term success - so you need to take that into consideration of course, but you keep asking about weight loss and these misconceptions you've got suggest you really need to stop asking redundant questions and go back to the basics.

Have you read the stickied Most Helpful Forum Posts at the top of each forum section?

quiksylver296

WinoGelato wrote: »

Why do you believe those would stop you from losing weight?

Also, before you start another thread - diet soda won't prevent you from losing weight. No specific food, or type of food, prevents weight loss; just like no specific type of food causes weight loss. Weight loss comes from a sustained calorie deficit over time - and that can be achieved eating any combination of foods that you enjoy that keeps you below your calorie target. Processed foods, fast foods, slow foods, whole foods - it all comes down to how many calories for weight loss. Building a sustainable, healthy plan is important for long term success - so you need to take that into consideration of course, but you keep asking about weight loss and these misconceptions you've got suggest you really need to stop asking redundant questions and go back to the basics.

Have you read the stickied Most Helpful Forum Posts at the top of each forum section?

This sounds Seuss-ish! LOL