What foods are just not worth the # of calories?
pancakerunner
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A crossover of this thread and this thread . But I am curious, what foods are just not worth the # of calories to you?
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I'll start: while I like it enough, I don't think cheesecake is worth it.2
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Alfredo sauce
Cream-based soups
Pre-packaged baked goods
Factory candy bars
Granola
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Alfredo sauce
Cream-based soups
Pre-packaged baked goods
Factory candy bars
Granola
oooo granola. I agree.7 -
Avocado
Biscuits/Cookies
Cake/Pastries
Ice-Cream/Desserts in general
Chocolate
Bananas
Tahini
Full fat houmus
Full fat cottage cheese/yoghurt
Many Breads/bread products
Potatoes
Peanut Butter
Liquid calories (other than red wine, obv! 😂)
Oil/Butter for cooking.
Bechamel/flour based sauces
Lots and lots of things! I’m getting more restrictive as I get closer to goal weight.5 -
Still won’t let me edit! 🙄
Breakfast! Waste of calories for me, no matter what it consists of - just makes me hungrier!
Dairy based milk
Dried Fruit
Oh and nuts/seeds - love them as I do!9 -
Most wines and beers.
Fruit juices.
Most supermarket cakes and baked goods.
Edit: and breakfast cereals/granolas6 -
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Granola, oil/butter (in cooking, otherwise, butter on toast may be worth it sometimes), sugar (I just replace it with stevia or buy sugar free versions), full fat anything, rice, eggs and cheesecake.2
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Nuts. Most fruit.4
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Pepperoni.5
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Fried okra
Onion rings
I love both, but not that much.
Regular pizza. I love cleaned up, lower calorie pizza. (No oil, lean meat, like chicken instead of sausage), and veggies1 -
Nuts
Soda
Juice
Cereal7 -
Bad or meh versions of almost anything, or things that don't really boost flavor for me, e.g., most store-bought cookies, potato chips (crisps) other than the one brand I like, alcohol most of the time, whole milk on cereal, cream in my coffee (now that I've gotten used to it, I actually prefer it without), French fries (chips) most of the time except for places I know do them exceptionally well, mayo on most sandwiches, cheese on Tex/Mex/SW dishes if I'm also putting sour cream on them.
Also, in general, second helpings or extra large first helpings. For most things, it's the first few bites that taste best.
All of the above is about the taste to calorie pay-off. I would have a different list if we were talking about the nutrition to calorie pay-off8 -
Lots of the "healthy" fats, like avacado, nuts, peanut butter. I'm perfectly happy paying the calories for full fat dairy because the quality and flavor is worth it.
Tortilla chips
Juice
Tonic water
Rice
Most things made from white potato
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Cheap Halloween candy.
Dark chocolate (although I do miss good milk chocolate)
Fruit juice (although I very much miss fresh squeezed orange juice)
Alcohol (although I would indulge in one or two beers like once every six weeks if i could fit it into my calorie budget)2 -
Wow you guys pretty much covered everything I was going to say, don't have much to add but agree with everything that has been listed.
Also sugary coffee drinks, my own are 10x better and 1/5 the calories (like other said basically any liquid calories)
Mayo or any other high calorie condiment
Full calorie wraps/tortillas
Dried fruit of any kind
Smoothies
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Full fat milk
Nuts
Cream-based soups/ sauces2 -
Sodas!! They don’t satisfy my sweet tooth as much as ice cream would and ice cream has lots more nutrients in it!3
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Pizza rolls and chicken nuggets. My guilty pleasures but every time I see them at the store I look at the calorie counts and I just put them back.
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There are many ways to answer this question because for me it is often situational. I do not eat a lot of bread because it has no satiety value for the calories spent. This includes light bread that is lower calories. Normally I would rather spend those calories on something that controls my hunger. However, if I want a sandwich I will make it work.
However, in the spirit of the thread:
Milkshakes. I can moderate them just fine so really a couple of sips is fine but since I have no interest in making them at home I either have to share the smallest one I can get or waste it.
Funnel Cake - Outgrew them I suppose. Had one on vacation last year and stopped eating it.
Most FF Burgers - If I just need some calories and I do not want grilled chicken I will get one but I seldom want one.
Real Ice Cream - too sweet. I prefer Halo.
PB2 - No thanks, if I want peanut butter just give it to me
Whoppers candy - outgrew it too apparently
Canned soup - I just hate almost all of them.
Frozen dinners - in a pinch but even the light ones are pretty caloric for the 3 bites of food you get.
Almost anything with reheated chicken breast in it - too dry
Almost anything with chicken from a crock pot recipe - cooked beyond dry and into shoe leather
Country/chicken Fried Steak - um, no
Pre-made meatballs - do the intentionally make them flavorless?
Soda - too sweet now
Anything that has artificial sweetener - even if the remaining ingredients added up to 5 it would not be worth it for the chemical flavor that I taste
Hazelnut anything
Pumpkin spice anything but pumpkin pie and even that once every 5 years or so
Savory dishes with cinnamon in them
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Tortilla chips
Cheese Dip
Flour tortillas
Restaurant cooked fajitas
Hotdog or Hamburger Buns (a piece of regular bread works fine)
Soda
Coffe Shop drinks (can make an almost calorie free chai latte at home)
Ice Cream (I do the yogurt/pudding thing and prefer it now)
Glasses of milk <<<(this one I sincerely miss. I could easily drink a gallon of milk ever 2-3 days)
Bottled salad dressings
Croutons
Candy
Anything by Pepperidge Farms
Red Velvet cake
Sausages (have found a great 80 cal chicken sausage brand but OMG do I miss brats and smokies)
Butter (Olivio or Blue Bonnet work just fine)
Cupcakes from the Cupcake Wars winner less than a block away
Cheese
Most restaurant meals, outside my “go-to’s
I have reversed course the past few months and started making room for bread- either Healthy Life (70 cal/2slices) for quick sandwiches or homemade bread that I can control portion size on. And besides it’s sooooo good!2 -
Nothing is off the table for me. That's how I got here in the first place. We can learn to moderate ourselves with food.6
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Diatonic12 wrote: »Nothing is off the table for me. That's how I got here in the first place. We can learn to moderate ourselves with food.
I don't think that's the point. I can moderate almost everything just fine, including every item I put on my list.
What the OP was asking for was food that you think is not good enough to be worth spending the amount of calories it has.
Basically, what do you think is a waste of calories?11 -
Most pastas. It’s a texture thing.1
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I know and I don't think anything is a waste of calories. It was that thinking that got me here in the first place and it's taken me almost 5 years to get rid of it.
The first go-around. I ate it all back. I worked hard at removing so many things but my mind was keeping track. My brain was just laying back in the weeds waiting for an opportunity to strike when I wasn't looking and thinking about anything. All of the things I dodged came back to haunt me and the appetite control center located in the brain was strong. I ate it all back, going back to all of the foods I'd avoided.
It took me 2.5 years to recover from eating all back. This time, nothing was off the table. No rules. No restrictions. No one elses think so's about what's good or bad. All triggers were back on the table. I had to sit with my portions and instead of living by immediate gratification cues I had to keep my head engaged. Nothing is off the table. Everything is allowed.
Do everything on your own terms. Take what you need from a bunch of different sources. I can't go back to any food rules or regulations. It didn't bring me freedom. It was just another self-induced food prison for me. Our mileage will always vary.
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There are many ways to answer this question because for me it is often situational. I do not eat a lot of bread because it has no satiety value for the calories spent. This includes light bread that is lower calories. Normally I would rather spend those calories on something that controls my hunger. However, if I want a sandwich I will make it work.
However, in the spirit of the thread:
Milkshakes. I can moderate them just fine so really a couple of sips is fine but since I have no interest in making them at home I either have to share the smallest one I can get or waste it.
Funnel Cake - Outgrew them I suppose. Had one on vacation last year and stopped eating it.
Most FF Burgers - If I just need some calories and I do not want grilled chicken I will get one but I seldom want one.
Real Ice Cream - too sweet. I prefer Halo.
PB2 - No thanks, if I want peanut butter just give it to me
Whoppers candy - outgrew it too apparently
Canned soup - I just hate almost all of them.
Frozen dinners - in a pinch but even the light ones are pretty caloric for the 3 bites of food you get.
Almost anything with reheated chicken breast in it - too dry
Almost anything with chicken from a crock pot recipe - cooked beyond dry and into shoe leather
Country/chicken Fried Steak - um, no
Pre-made meatballs - do the intentionally make them flavorless?
Soda - too sweet now
Anything that has artificial sweetener - even if the remaining ingredients added up to 5 it would not be worth it for the chemical flavor that I taste
Hazelnut anything
Pumpkin spice anything but pumpkin pie and even that once every 5 years or so
Savory dishes with cinnamon in them
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Diatonic12 wrote: »Nothing is off the table for me. That's how I got here in the first place. We can learn to moderate ourselves with food.
I don't think that's the point. I can moderate almost everything just fine, including every item I put on my list.
What the OP was asking for was food that you think is not good enough to be worth spending the amount of calories it has.
Basically, what do you think is a waste of calories?
Right. Like I would rather have X calories of a peanut butter shake than X calories of a syrup-sweetened coffee4 -
Learning moderation is great. But this isn't about foods being 'off the table'. No foods are forbidden for me, but there are still foods that aren't worth the calories to me.
It's like my salary: I could spend it on many things, but I'd rather spend it on useful things (nutrients, food that are filling) or pleasurable (tasty) or (ideally) both. For some foods, the usefulness/pleasure to calorie ratio is too poor and I rarely consume them, because I'd rather spend my 'money' on something else.10 -
Learning moderation is great. But this isn't about foods being 'off the table'. No foods are forbidden for me, but there are still foods that aren't worth the calories to me.
It's like my salary: I could spend it on many things, but I'd rather spend it on useful things (nutrients, food that are filling) or pleasurable (tasty) or (ideally) both. For some foods, the usefulness/pleasure to calorie ratio is too poor and I rarely consume them, because I'd rather spend my 'money' on something else.
exactly
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Regular coffee creamer, like International Delight or Coffee Mate.2
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