Great visual for mindful eating!
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CheriAnn73 wrote: »I need this in my refrigerator!
Is it more helpful for you than just prelogging whatever you want to eat?
I log pizza and I know I can generally eat 2 pieces and a salad and that is a normal amount of calories for a dinner for me. If I ate soup or grilled chicken for dinner I'd still be looking at consuming 500-600 calories.
I don't like the graphic because I feel it promotes the idea that you have to "work off" all these foods if you choose to consume them... that these are bad because look at how much exercise it would take to burn that many calories. They chose very specific foods and drinks ignoring that nutritious foods and drinks have just as many calories and you don't have to exercise more just because you ate a banana vs drinking a coke if you have a calorie deficit with your total diet either way.
Exactly. If my dinner of two pieces of pizza for 560 calories, I don't have to "work that off" because that's a normal amount of food for me to have for dinner. If I have 240 calories for a snack, there's no issue with choosing Chex Mix.6 -
I fail to see any myths in this thread.
I also think there is a line between dispelling a myth and splitting that myth into microscopic hairs, then arguing about whether those hairs are brown or burnt sienna - something we do quite often around here.
Why doesn't the chart show how long it takes to work off a chicken breast? Why is it only targeting "bad" food? Where is the context that says you only have to exercise if you eat those food items and you are above your calorie limit for the day?
In almost every forum there is at least one person who basically sits in the balcony and criticizes the Muppets for not behaving exactly the way he/she thinks they should. It is just a group of random posters. They are not perfect.12 -
I fail to see any myths in this thread.
I also think there is a line between dispelling a myth and splitting that myth into microscopic hairs, then arguing about whether those hairs are brown or burnt sienna - something we do quite often around here.
Why doesn't the chart show how long it takes to work off a chicken breast? Why is it only targeting "bad" food? Where is the context that says you only have to exercise if you eat those food items and you are above your calorie limit for the day?
In almost every forum there is at least one person who basically sits in the balcony and criticizes the Muppets for not behaving exactly the way he/she thinks they should. It is just a group of random posters. They are not perfect.
ok... I'll back out then.4 -
I fail to see any myths in this thread.
I also think there is a line between dispelling a myth and splitting that myth into microscopic hairs, then arguing about whether those hairs are brown or burnt sienna - something we do quite often around here.
Why doesn't the chart show how long it takes to work off a chicken breast? Why is it only targeting "bad" food? Where is the context that says you only have to exercise if you eat those food items and you are above your calorie limit for the day?
In almost every forum there is at least one person who basically sits in the balcony and criticizes the Muppets for not behaving exactly the way he/she thinks they should. It is just a group of random posters. They are not perfect.
Hey hey, don't forget about the people that sit in the balcony above the balcony, they are posters too! Ha, btw love the muppet reference, I am keeping that for future use.1 -
To me this seems like a really unhealthy way to view food and exercise? But I guess if it works for you great. Food is fuel, exercise is not punishment. It's probably been mentioned (I didn't read all the responses) but for the sake of your relationship with food it would make more sense to me to pre-log your food to make it fit your calorie allotment and to experiment and find an exercise you actually enjoy. Instead of just working out so you can eat?3
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It is a good little example about the high calorie content of the many snacks overweight people tend to eat. thanks for posting..it isn't meant to be anything more than a comparison for enlightenment.3
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Or...you look at the calories and determine whether or not you can fit it into your day. You don't have to punish yourself to treat yourself. Granted, the only thing on that list I would eat is pizza and we don't have any Little Caesars nearby.
Well, I take it back...I'm currently eating Oreos in mint ice cream.1 -
Why doesn't the chart show how long it takes to work off a chicken breast? Why is it only targeting "bad" food? Where is the context that says you only have to exercise if you eat those food items and you are above your calorie limit for the day?
In almost every forum there is at least one person who basically sits in the balcony and criticizes the Muppets for not behaving exactly the way he/she thinks they should. It is just a group of random posters. They are not perfect.
So . . . MFP members are basically Statler and Waldorf? https://youtube.com/watch?v=14njUwJUg1I
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Btw, what is the original source of this dysfunctional infographic?1
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Meh. I don't like the notion that you have to exercise off the treats you eat. You could just eat less at lunch and have a bag of chips as a snack.3
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Imagine if we did this with all things:
A small handful of nuts: 60 minutes of pilates
A salmon fillet: 45 minutes of jump rope
A banana: 40 minutes of walking
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The number of calories you consume on a reasonable weight loss diet: half a marathon or slightly more
Just thinking about it makes me tired.
I like to look at my calories as an overall quantity, to which I can add through exercise. For me, 2 slices of pizza usually involve zero moderate cycling because my budget is usually enough to accommodate them. Thinking of my diet as "buying food with calories" feels more comfortable to me than thinking of it as "paying off food debt with exercise". The former makes me feel like I have something and I have the freedom to spend it however I like.
If it works for you, OP, go for it, but stay aware of your thoughts and be careful not to turn this into a disordered thinking pattern.
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