Are calories really king?!
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I'm eating a subway cookie right now (guess you would consider that 'unhealthy') but it's fine as it fits within my calorie goal and macros. So yeah, all about CICO (calories in, calories out).
Oatmeal raisin, I hope. Oh, man, now I'm drooling.
I also lost by just focusing on calories. I'd say I eat about 80% "healthy" and 20% "treats".2 -
Calories for weight loss/gain.
Macros for satiety and adherance.
Food choices for physical and emotional health.
Exercise for health and fitness.
How dare you break down a multi-billion dollar industry into four simple ideas?
^^^^^ This is all there is to it ^^^^ The rest is details.13 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I'm eating a subway cookie right now (guess you would consider that 'unhealthy') but it's fine as it fits within my calorie goal and macros. So yeah, all about CICO (calories in, calories out).
Oatmeal raisin, I hope. Oh, man, now I'm drooling.
I also lost by just focusing on calories. I'd say I eat about 80% "healthy" and 20% "treats".
the subway cheesecake raspberry cookies - yum!5 -
deannalfisher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I'm eating a subway cookie right now (guess you would consider that 'unhealthy') but it's fine as it fits within my calorie goal and macros. So yeah, all about CICO (calories in, calories out).
Oatmeal raisin, I hope. Oh, man, now I'm drooling.
I also lost by just focusing on calories. I'd say I eat about 80% "healthy" and 20% "treats".
the subway cheesecake raspberry cookies - yum!
Second best!2 -
When you have a small deficit and only 1200-1300 calories to eat, you really cannot eat whatever you want, at least not every day. If you don’t maximize nutrient-dense foods you will run out of calories and end up really hungry and/or eating more than you should. I need my calories to be in foods that will keep me full as long as possible while meeting my macros. Maintenance will be a different story.
While that may be true for many, it's not true for everyone. I don't get hungry easily and only start eating at 1pm usually. Some days I'll eat a toasted sandwich, some sweets and then a small snack when I get home at night. Those foods arent really healthy but its still around 1200 cals. I think it's about the person and what keeps them satiated.0 -
Has no one posted a link to this thread yet?
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10348650/cico-still-skeptical-come-inside-for-a-meticulous-log-that-proves-it
I hope it's just that I missed the link on a repeat skim-through, because . . . jeesh.2 -
ShaeSweetness wrote: »So, what the opinion here about eating whatever you want as long as it fits in your calories, orrrr actually trying to fill your day with only healthy options. This is tough for me because i absolutely despise salads and most vegetables. I hate veggie burgers and whole wheat breads and just a lot of stuff your technically supposed to eat while "dieting". But i saw a light at the end of the tunnel when i started hearing about eating within your calorie range and still losing weight. Anyone have experience with this style of dieting (still eating mainly what you want instead of dying with salads). Ive made some better choices like cutting fast food out (for the most part) as well as soda and limiting my juices but i just cant do salads and veggie burgers and letttuce boats instead of tortillas for my tacos..i just don't have it in me! Right now im eating mac and cheese and a pork chop which is a small portion and fits within my calories and this makes me happy! so if this is still a way to lose weight, ill be stoked.
Calories are what matter for weight management. That is not to say that nutrition isn't important, but there's far more to good nutrition than endless salads, and I've never heard that you should only eat veggie burgers when losing weight. There's absolutely nothing wrong nutritionally with getting some good ground beef and making it into a patty and throwing it on the grill.
I rarely eat a salad, haven't had a veggie burger ever except for black bean burgers, never had a "lettuce boat"...and living in NM routinely have burritos with actual tortillas (which there isn't anything inherently unhealthy about a tortilla). I eat pork chops pretty regularly as they are a good source of lean protein.
Nutritious doesn't have to be as myopic as you're making it out to be...it can be nutritious and also delicious. I eat an overall pretty healthy diet that includes a variety of different kinds of meats, vegetables, grains, starches, fruits...and we have pizza night a few times per month.7 -
Eat what you like, eat less of it, lose weight. You may be surprised how your tastes change as you move forward.4
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Double chocolate every time. I had another 2 todayquiksylver296 wrote: »I'm eating a subway cookie right now (guess you would consider that 'unhealthy') but it's fine as it fits within my calorie goal and macros. So yeah, all about CICO (calories in, calories out).
Oatmeal raisin, I hope. Oh, man, now I'm drooling.
I also lost by just focusing on calories. I'd say I eat about 80% "healthy" and 20% "treats".
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deannalfisher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I'm eating a subway cookie right now (guess you would consider that 'unhealthy') but it's fine as it fits within my calorie goal and macros. So yeah, all about CICO (calories in, calories out).
Oatmeal raisin, I hope. Oh, man, now I'm drooling.
I also lost by just focusing on calories. I'd say I eat about 80% "healthy" and 20% "treats".
the subway cheesecake raspberry cookies - yum!
Yessss, those are my favorite too!3 -
Just finished eating an entire Totino's Party Pizza. It fit in my calories. I'm not worried.
In fact, today and tomorrow morning I'm actually shooting to either hit or exceed my calorie allowance just for the purpose of carb and protein loading - I have a massive and difficult 60 mile bike ride tomorrow. Soooooo much climbing...
Can't do anything but reiterate what's already been said. Calories really are king. Eat what you desire, as long as it's within your allowance. You'll end up branching out naturally to find other food items that fit within your allowance and leave you satisfied. Hence why today's Spicy Big Fish sandwich from BK won't be accompanied by french fries, but rather by a side salad with some vinaigrette dressing.
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sheloves89 wrote: »Calories are king for weight loss.
But remember that weight loss isn't the whole picture. You can be within a normal BMI and still be unhealthy. Your body requires the nutrients in foods like vegetables in order to function in the long-term. You don't have to subsist only on salads, but you do need to include leafy greens and stemmy veg somewhere in your diet in order to avoid the long-term health complications associated with not eating these things (from things as simple as vitamin deficiencies to things as serious as cancer).
If you're not keen on raw veggies (a la salad), try frying sturdy veg (like carrots, squash, sweet potato, and broccoli) in batter (like this tempura recipe) - they taste a bit like french fries, but with vegetables other than potatoes! They don't have to be boring, and the point is to make them in a way that you like them, so that you can give your body what it deserves to keep functioning for ya!
What health complications have been directly linked to ONLY not eating leafy greens and stemmy veg? Health is a big picture item with many components. Nutrition can be maintained many different ways because of nutrient redundancies in nature.
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Double chocolate every time. I had another 2 todayquiksylver296 wrote: »I'm eating a subway cookie right now (guess you would consider that 'unhealthy') but it's fine as it fits within my calorie goal and macros. So yeah, all about CICO (calories in, calories out).
Oatmeal raisin, I hope. Oh, man, now I'm drooling.
I also lost by just focusing on calories. I'd say I eat about 80% "healthy" and 20% "treats".
These are my favorite.2 -
I lost 50 pounds and have kept it off a year by just managing my calories. In the begining the only change I made was to eat less (and I didn't have a very healthy diet, in that my fiber and protein were way too low, and a lot of my calories were consumed in less nutrient dense/higher calorie foods like chips and baked goods). As I went along I found I was naturally gravitating toward more nutritious foods because they were more satisfying, especially fiber and protein, but I was close to maintenance when I started consciously switiching up what I was eating to meet nutrition goals. What I ate didn't make any difference in how I lost weight, just how much.3
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