has anyone lost weight with eating mostly junk food

DeterminedToLoseIt02

What works for me is balance. I'll take the chicken, brown rice and broccoli. That's very appealing and delicious to me. I also love fruits, veggies, lean meats and nuts. However I also love ice cream and pizza and cheese burgers and potato chips. To me eating only healthy foods just doesn't work long term so a balance is what works for me. It keeps me on track, motivated and I don't feel like giving up at any point. I want to be able to go out to eat at a burger joint with my neice and nephew and order a burger over a salad because dammit I want a burger!

redladywitch

Pretty sure you can.

BlueBombers

Not me

Cindyinpg

Yes. For myself, I've lost 125lbs still eating all the foods I love, which includes foods that some would call call "junk" I suppose. I'm in a challenge where I eat ice cream every day and still lose .5 to 1lb a week, which is exactly my goal. I just meet my macro, micro and fiber goals first and then I don't worry about it. I find it to be a very sustainable and enjoyable way to lose weight and I'm healthier and more energetic than ever. :drinker:

twixlepennie

Yep, I did. Blood work after I hit maintenance also showed my glucose number was no longer in the pre-diabetic range and my cholesteral numbers were fantastic. Losing the weight, regardless of what kinds of food I ate, made huge improvements in my health. After going into maintenance I got sucked into the whole 'clean' eating thing and that only led to stress and frustration. Did'nt change how I looked or felt either. I'm back to eating how I like, watching my calories and macros and maintaining effortlessly. What I'm doing now is sustainable long term and that will really help me as I aim to be part if the 5% that succeed at long term weight loss.

fletchleg

If you eat less calories then you burn then yes you will lose weight regardless of what you eat. I dont eat all junk but I've never deprived myself completely, I say on average in the past 16 months I've had a high calorie (more then 2000) day once a week and still lost 80lbs...and most of those high calorie days included a large pizza and chips etc.

I tend to be 75% healthy foods and 25% junk, this is a lifestyle change for me and it needs to be sustainable when I get to my goal weight...this is the only way I can keep this up.

Tiff1124

Having junk occasionally has really helped me, plus it makes that chocolate cake and ice cream taste THAT much better

stealthq

Why would you want to? Like really I could think of nothing worse than some of the food I used to eat as a 'normal' diet before starting eating better.

Why on earth would you want to subject your body to that all the time?

I agree.

While technically a calorie may be a calorie in terms of weight loss, if you care about anything other than weight loss, e.g. your body's overall health, then you'll want to make different choices at least some of the time.

I think there is too much focus on calories per se with zero critical assessment for nutrients.

It's ironic when people are criticised for "not eating enough" but when you look at their diary it's lean proteins, heaps of colourful vegetables, some fruit... but simply not calorie laden stuff, but folk get in a huff... Then someone "meets" their calorie goal with a load of white bread & nutella sandwiches and people post "great day!"... :huh:

Is that an observation of people on this site? IRL, I find the opposite to be true. I have one and a half slices of pizza, because that's what I've allotted for that meal, and people moan about how I'll waste away. If I have a grilled chicken breast + fruit/veg for the same amount of calories, I get no complaints.

Unless someone's eating a salad, then the moans start up again. There's something about salad that seems to make everyone assume you're depriving yourself. (Which I would be. I hate salad and never feel satisfied after eating one.)