I committed a dietary sin
treveneann
Posts: 14 Member
You guys would never believe what I just did. I took a healthy, nutritious grain like quinoa and turned it into a baked Mac and cheese. IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!
I feel guilty and devilishly happy at the same time.
I feel guilty and devilishly happy at the same time.
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Protein, calcium, fiber. Not a huge sin.
Did it put you over on calories for the day? If so, can you still stay on track for the week? Did you eat some veggies with the meal?0 -
You guys would never believe what I just did. I took a healthy, nutritious grain like quinoa and turned it into a baked Mac and cheese. IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!
I feel guilty and devilishly happy at the same time.
Even without the quinoa, how is Mac and Cheese a sin?0 -
I'd rather just have regular mac and cheese. Not sure how that is a "sin" though.
Then again, I eat cake and pizza so *shrug*0 -
The cheese. The yummy cheese0
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Protein, calcium, fiber. Not a huge sin.
Did it put you over on calories for the day? If so, can you still stay on track for the week? Did you eat some veggies with the meal?
No I ate a sensible amount, but still0 -
If that's a dietary sin, I must be dietary super satan...0
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You guys would never believe what I just did. I took a healthy, nutritious grain like quinoa and turned it into a baked Mac and cheese. IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!
I feel guilty and devilishly happy at the same time.
Even without the quinoa, how is Mac and Cheese a sin?
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Is all that cheese good?0 -
Protein, calcium, fiber. Not a huge sin.
Did it put you over on calories for the day? If so, can you still stay on track for the week? Did you eat some veggies with the meal?
I stayed within my caloric tract. So I ate nothing else just water0 -
That's a sin I could live with
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Do not get into the mindset that certain foods are "good" or "bad" it can discourage your weight loss if you try to think of food like that. It's just calories in vs calories out.0
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Protein, calcium, fiber. Not a huge sin.
Did it put you over on calories for the day? If so, can you still stay on track for the week? Did you eat some veggies with the meal?
I stayed within my caloric tract. So I ate nothing else just water
What everyone is trying to say is that so long as you stay within your calories no food is really "good" or "bad". It's your diet as a whole that matters. So feel free to have some cheese when you feel like it. Pretty sure I do every single day.
Come to think of it I have cheese at every meal...
Jinx!0 -
Nope, not a sin. Delicious and wonderful but you won't be going to diet hell. In fact, forget the diet notions you've heard all your life. All that matters is staying within your calorie limit and eating a healthy balance - that means including the occassional so-called bad food.
Now I want mac and cheese...0 -
Sins are currency - with each one you're buying yourself admittance to a "hell". We commit sins based on a complex mental arithmetic comparing current benefit (in the case of mac & cheese or dietary "sins", how good it will taste) versus future losses, aka the nebulous concept of a "hell".
The fallacy here is that there is no future "hell" when it comes to what you eat every day - for people who are trying to eat better, improved their health or fitness for whatever reason they choose - hell is *now*, you're *already in hell* and you're trying to buy your way back out with the currency of "good deeds", or in this case, healthy choices.
So next time you are doing the math and trying to decide if you want to commit a "dietary sin" - ask yourself, are you trying to escape hell or put a down payment on a ticket there?0 -
Should have added bacon.
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so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.0 -
Should have added bacon.
^^This0 -
Protein, calcium, fiber. Not a huge sin.
Did it put you over on calories for the day? If so, can you still stay on track for the week? Did you eat some veggies with the meal?
I stayed within my caloric tract. So I ate nothing else just water
"within my caloric tract" =/= dietary sin. That = dietary win! You splurged on something delicious and stayed on track.
Every meal doesn't have to be perfect for your diet to be balanced and healthy. Look at the big picture.0 -
Should have added bacon.
OMG I LOVE YOU0 -
It's just cheese. It's not like you just sucked out the filling of 1,000 twinkies for breakfast.0
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so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.0 -
so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.
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so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.
A trap? I'm not sure what you mean.0 -
I don't think the devil is cackling in delight... this isn't much of a sin.
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so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.
In what regard?0 -
so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.
In what regard?
In regards to nutrition. Fiber, protein, micronutrients.0 -
so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.
A trap? I'm not sure what you mean.
it means that one who engages you finds themselves ultimately trapped in a never-ending argument.
i just don't have the energy for it today bctacos. perhaps another time.0 -
so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.
In what regard?
In regards to nutrition. Fiber, protein, micronutrients.
Yeah?
http://skipthepie.org/cereal-grains-and-pasta/macaroni-whole-wheat-dry/compared-to/quinoa-uncooked/0 -
so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.
A trap? I'm not sure what you mean.
it means that one who engages you finds themselves ultimately trapped in a never-ending argument.
i just don't have the energy for it today bctacos. perhaps another time.
:laugh: How could I trap someone in an agrument? They have the same option to stop replying as I.0 -
so quinoa made this healthy?
im not sure i understand.
Judging only by single foods and not total diet, quinoa has more to offer than pasta.
A trap? I'm not sure what you mean.
it means that one who engages you finds themselves ultimately trapped in a never-ending argument.
i just don't have the energy for it today bctacos. perhaps another time.
:laugh: How could I trap someone in an agrument? They have the same option to stop replying as I.
you make a good point.0
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