CHEESE?

Flutterloo

I eat cheese a lot. Usually just the recommended serving. Sometimes I will eat it twice in one day. I couldn't live without cheese, lol.

Icandoityayme

I eat cheese all the time. If I didn't eat what people tell you that you shouldn't eat because it's bad, I would starve to death. I am going to eat what I like and work around it. I eat swiss and mozerella a lot. I did start stearing clear of american cheese singles.

newdaydawning79

I think if you ask 10 "experts" you'll get 10 different opinions. Some say a serving of full-fat dairy helps you lose more weight than not having it. Some say limit it to low-fat dairy and you're fine. Some say avoid it all together. It cracks me up.

This is my opinion: If you want it, enjoy it! (In moderation, of course.) I haven't given up a darn thing this time around and I don't plan to. That includes cheese! (BTW, Sargento has amazing thin-sliced cheeses that run between 40-60 cals a slice depending on the type. Full flavor and none of the junk that gets added to the low-fat and non-fat kinds!)

Rhaynestorm

And do you really want to spend the rest of your life counting calories?

:laugh: I don't count calories. I lasted 2-3 weeks doing that.

You're lucky that you don't have to then. But you probably already have a good idea of how many calories certain food items have that you eat regularly, even if you don't realize it, and that influences your food choices.

I know that, for me, if I wasn't counting calories I wouldn't have lost 10 lbs so far. And I'll probably have to keep counting even after I reach my goal. But that's ok and it doesn't bother me. It's all about you doing what's best for you. IMO.

Early_Riser

I just read half this thread as Chinese. I was like huh??

blupanda12

I love cheese!!!

I routinely eat 3 string cheeses a day because they come prepackaged, don't need refridgeration, and are delicious!! They also help me meet my protein macro.

I vote eat cheese, the stuff you enjoy, be it full-fat, light, no-fat, whatever, as long as you count the calories. As many others have said, as long as you manage your macros and calories, eat whatever you like!!

meridianova

I eat cheese with nearly every meal, hasn't been a problem. Just be careful with portion sizes, as it can be calorie dense. And worth each and every one.

In ten years, "calories in, calories out" will be completely dismissed, just like we dismiss leaches, which were used by doctors through the early 19th century.

Hold the phones people, we have a psychic in the house!!

I forgot. "Calories In, Calories Out" is a religion on this site. Just like Veganism.

Do your own research and you will find that you are better off eating a 200-calorie avocado than a 200-calorie doughnut.

And do you really want to spend the rest of your life counting calories?

Here we go again… the guy who is trying to go against SCIENCE.

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

if nutrition, fitness, and weight loss were truly all about the calories (because a calorie is nothing more than a unit of heat), we would be able to consume any material that's capable of burning and go on our merry way. but we can't. we're limited to things that are either protein, fat, or carbohydrate... and even then, there are things our bodies can't handle.

personally, i'm waiting for the day when a genetic test becomes available to point out certain markers that show some people shed weight more easily and more readily, while others hang onto every calorie as if it were their last. since genetics determines everything else about us, it's ridiculous to think it has no bearing and that there's a one-size-fits-all solution to weight loss.

there are already a host of medical conditions, prescription drugs, and vitamin deficiencies that have been shown to impede or even counteract attempts to lose weight. yet people still cling to that "calories in < calories out = weight loss" formula and refuse to acknowledge that anything else might be a factor.

just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for me or anyone else. your mileage WILL vary.

DeguelloTex

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

There is literally no such person. It is physically impossible.

willrun4bagels

Mmmm cheese.

I think even if I had a lactose intolerance, I would still eat cheese.

This is why we're friends

eric_sg61

I eat cheese with nearly every meal, hasn't been a problem. Just be careful with portion sizes, as it can be calorie dense. And worth each and every one.

In ten years, "calories in, calories out" will be completely dismissed, just like we dismiss leaches, which were used by doctors through the early 19th century.

Hold the phones people, we have a psychic in the house!!

I forgot. "Calories In, Calories Out" is a religion on this site. Just like Veganism.

Do your own research and you will find that you are better off eating a 200-calorie avocado than a 200-calorie doughnut.

And do you really want to spend the rest of your life counting calories?

Here we go again… the guy who is trying to go against SCIENCE.

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

if nutrition, fitness, and weight loss were truly all about the calories (because a calorie is nothing more than a unit of heat), we would be able to consume any material that's capable of burning and go on our merry way. but we can't. we're limited to things that are either protein, fat, or carbohydrate... and even then, there are things our bodies can't handle.

personally, i'm waiting for the day when a genetic test becomes available to point out certain markers that show some people shed weight more easily and more readily, while others hang onto every calorie as if it were their last. since genetics determines everything else about us, it's ridiculous to think it has no bearing and that there's a one-size-fits-all solution to weight loss.

there are already a host of medical conditions, prescription drugs, and vitamin deficiencies that have been shown to impede or even counteract attempts to lose weight. yet people still cling to that "calories in < calories out = weight loss" formula and refuse to acknowledge that anything else might be a factor.

just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for me or anyone else. your mileage WILL vary.

Just because you THINK your in a deficit doesn't mean that you are. The calories out is the most variable factor in the equation, some find it easily, some find it with time, and others can't find it and claim that calories in, calories out doesn't work.

yo_andi

calories in, calories out.

If you like cheese, eat cheese. Just remember that cheese is high in calorie for low volume so you should definitely weigh it out, if you aren't already.

String cheese is great because it has no carbs and no sugar. The notion that fat makes you fat is archaic. For example, avocados, which have lots of fat, are universally praised by most in the know.

So cheese (or an avocado) is much better than having a sugary yogurt, wheat thins, bagels, or a candy bars for a snack.

In ten years, "calories in, calories out" will be completely dismissed, just like we dismiss leaches, which were used by doctors through the early 19th century.

In ten years, calories in, calories out will still be used just like leaches are still used by the medical community today.

They use leaches all the time when reattaching severed body parts like fingers. They also use maggots to remove necrotic tissue from wounds. Isn't science grand?

Your dogma sounds awfully familiar, troll.

_Disintegration_

MMMMMMMMM CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BombshellPhoenix

I put Bleu cheese on ma hawt wangs

_funrungirl

I have easily cut out cheese, but a friend of mine would rather cut off a limb than cut out cheese.

If you like it, then eat it, and count it.

meridianova

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

There is literally no such person. It is physically impossible.

hi there. i am that person. unless you'd like to argue that either the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, or my scale is slowly weighing heavier and heavier.

ChrisM8971

Hi all,

I am curious about cheese. I LOVE cheese and can eat a whole block if I wanted lol. I have been eating the string cheese as a snack.. usually 1 a day. (its easy to take to work). I was recently told that cheese is not a good food choice to eat when you are trying to lose weight (fat). Any one can talk more on this by experience, etc?

My biggest thing is meal planning and whats good to eat for snacks, lunches, breakfasts... and also being diabetic. *sigh*

I would be vary wary of someone who told me cheese is not a good food choice when trying to lose weight because I suspect that they would be saying it in order to steal my cheese

Eat cheese in moderation and its fine when it fits into your calories, the macro's are great with protein and fats and it goes soooooooo well with red wine.

There are some acceptable lower fat/calorie cheddars around now as alternatives but I tend to go more for a full fat, strong tasting blue cheese because a little then goes a long way

Veil5577

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

There is literally no such person. It is physically impossible.

hi there. i am that person. unless you'd like to argue that either the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, or my scale is slowly weighing heavier and heavier.

It's been proven that being in a calorie deficit causes weight loss. If you take in less than you burn, the body loses weight. Simple as that. If you aren't losing, you're eating more than you think.

ChrisM8971

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

There is literally no such person. It is physically impossible.

hi there. i am that person. unless you'd like to argue that either the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, or my scale is slowly weighing heavier and heavier.

Actually a lot of the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, with some vastly underestimated calorie entries from member added foods

meridianova

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

if nutrition, fitness, and weight loss were truly all about the calories (because a calorie is nothing more than a unit of heat), we would be able to consume any material that's capable of burning and go on our merry way. but we can't. we're limited to things that are either protein, fat, or carbohydrate... and even then, there are things our bodies can't handle.

personally, i'm waiting for the day when a genetic test becomes available to point out certain markers that show some people shed weight more easily and more readily, while others hang onto every calorie as if it were their last. since genetics determines everything else about us, it's ridiculous to think it has no bearing and that there's a one-size-fits-all solution to weight loss.

there are already a host of medical conditions, prescription drugs, and vitamin deficiencies that have been shown to impede or even counteract attempts to lose weight. yet people still cling to that "calories in < calories out = weight loss" formula and refuse to acknowledge that anything else might be a factor.

just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for me or anyone else. your mileage WILL vary.

Just because you THINK your in a deficit doesn't mean that you are. The calories out is the most variable factor in the equation, some find it easily, some find it with time, and others can't find it and claim that calories in, calories out doesn't work.

MFP says i'm in a caloric deficit. everything i eat is either weighed or pulled from published nutritional information and entered accordingly. my daily limit is set at within 100 calories of my BMR, and after daily exercise is figured in, my intake is actually below my BMR.

this isn't a case of "THINK". this is a case of data.

missdibs1

Cheese is delicious (but high in fat) therefore it rarely fits in my macros these days (but sometimes it does)

eric_sg61

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

if nutrition, fitness, and weight loss were truly all about the calories (because a calorie is nothing more than a unit of heat), we would be able to consume any material that's capable of burning and go on our merry way. but we can't. we're limited to things that are either protein, fat, or carbohydrate... and even then, there are things our bodies can't handle.

personally, i'm waiting for the day when a genetic test becomes available to point out certain markers that show some people shed weight more easily and more readily, while others hang onto every calorie as if it were their last. since genetics determines everything else about us, it's ridiculous to think it has no bearing and that there's a one-size-fits-all solution to weight loss.

there are already a host of medical conditions, prescription drugs, and vitamin deficiencies that have been shown to impede or even counteract attempts to lose weight. yet people still cling to that "calories in < calories out = weight loss" formula and refuse to acknowledge that anything else might be a factor.

just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for me or anyone else. your mileage WILL vary.

Just because you THINK your in a deficit doesn't mean that you are. The calories out is the most variable factor in the equation, some find it easily, some find it with time, and others can't find it and claim that calories in, calories out doesn't work.

MFP says i'm in a caloric deficit. everything i eat is either weighed or pulled from published nutritional information and entered accordingly. my daily limit is set at within 100 calories of my BMR, and after daily exercise is figured in, my intake is actually below my BMR.

this isn't a case of "THINK". this is a case of data.

You're really going to let an online calculator determine how YOUR individual metabolism functions. Wow just wow

meridianova

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

There is literally no such person. It is physically impossible.

hi there. i am that person. unless you'd like to argue that either the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, or my scale is slowly weighing heavier and heavier.

It's been proven that being in a calorie deficit causes weight loss. If you take in less than you burn, the body loses weight. Simple as that. If you aren't losing, you're eating more than you think.

and it's been proven that there are factors that interfere with that loss. this is not a matter of simplistic answers.

krogers810x

In ten years, "calories in, calories out" will be completely dismissed, just like we dismiss leaches, which were used by doctors through the early 19th century.

Who dismisses leeches? They're still used in modern medicine. They're particularly useful for skin grafts and for keeping reattached limbs viable, since they clear away blood pooling beneath grafts and produce an anticoagulant in their saliva.

missdibs1

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

if nutrition, fitness, and weight loss were truly all about the calories (because a calorie is nothing more than a unit of heat), we would be able to consume any material that's capable of burning and go on our merry way. but we can't. we're limited to things that are either protein, fat, or carbohydrate... and even then, there are things our bodies can't handle.

personally, i'm waiting for the day when a genetic test becomes available to point out certain markers that show some people shed weight more easily and more readily, while others hang onto every calorie as if it were their last. since genetics determines everything else about us, it's ridiculous to think it has no bearing and that there's a one-size-fits-all solution to weight loss.

there are already a host of medical conditions, prescription drugs, and vitamin deficiencies that have been shown to impede or even counteract attempts to lose weight. yet people still cling to that "calories in < calories out = weight loss" formula and refuse to acknowledge that anything else might be a factor.

just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for me or anyone else. your mileage WILL vary.

Just because you THINK your in a deficit doesn't mean that you are. The calories out is the most variable factor in the equation, some find it easily, some find it with time, and others can't find it and claim that calories in, calories out doesn't work.

MFP says i'm in a caloric deficit. everything i eat is either weighed or pulled from published nutritional information and entered accordingly. my daily limit is set at within 100 calories of my BMR, and after daily exercise is figured in, my intake is actually below my BMR.

this isn't a case of "THINK". this is a case of data.

You're really going to let an online calculator determine how YOUR individual metabolism functions. Wow just wow

Truth!

meridianova

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

There is literally no such person. It is physically impossible.

hi there. i am that person. unless you'd like to argue that either the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, or my scale is slowly weighing heavier and heavier.

Actually a lot of the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, with some vastly underestimated calorie entries from member added foods

then what the bleep are any of us doing here?

it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to look at caloric counts of foods and be able to verify them with a quick glance at the nutritional data on the package.

MYhealthyjourney70

cheese is a good source of protein... like you i love cheese and could eat a whole block and not think twice... just watch your portion size and use reduced fat cheese.. my cheese snacks i eat the sargento reduced fat cheese sticks and i use the reduced fat slices for sandwiches.. i also preportion the block into serving sizes...

meridianova

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

if nutrition, fitness, and weight loss were truly all about the calories (because a calorie is nothing more than a unit of heat), we would be able to consume any material that's capable of burning and go on our merry way. but we can't. we're limited to things that are either protein, fat, or carbohydrate... and even then, there are things our bodies can't handle.

personally, i'm waiting for the day when a genetic test becomes available to point out certain markers that show some people shed weight more easily and more readily, while others hang onto every calorie as if it were their last. since genetics determines everything else about us, it's ridiculous to think it has no bearing and that there's a one-size-fits-all solution to weight loss.

there are already a host of medical conditions, prescription drugs, and vitamin deficiencies that have been shown to impede or even counteract attempts to lose weight. yet people still cling to that "calories in < calories out = weight loss" formula and refuse to acknowledge that anything else might be a factor.

just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for me or anyone else. your mileage WILL vary.

Just because you THINK your in a deficit doesn't mean that you are. The calories out is the most variable factor in the equation, some find it easily, some find it with time, and others can't find it and claim that calories in, calories out doesn't work.

MFP says i'm in a caloric deficit. everything i eat is either weighed or pulled from published nutritional information and entered accordingly. my daily limit is set at within 100 calories of my BMR, and after daily exercise is figured in, my intake is actually below my BMR.

this isn't a case of "THINK". this is a case of data.

You're really going to let an online calculator determine how YOUR individual metabolism functions. Wow just wow

then please, honestly... explain to me how any of us determine how our personal, individual metabolism functions. because right now, i'll be damned if i can get any answers out of my own body.

i'm not trying to be snarky with this, but its a battle i've had all my life. if metabolism is unique to the individual, then so is their ability to lose weight.

ChrisM8971

and yet, some of us can be in a consistent caloric deficit and not lose weight.

There is literally no such person. It is physically impossible.

hi there. i am that person. unless you'd like to argue that either the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, or my scale is slowly weighing heavier and heavier.

Actually a lot of the information on MFP is ridiculously wrong, with some vastly underestimated calorie entries from member added foods

then what the bleep are any of us doing here?

it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to look at caloric counts of foods and be able to verify them with a quick glance at the nutritional data on the package.

Which is what I do and I lose consistently close to predicted losses.

I was politely answering your comment but as to your other claims, it is relatively simple, you are not eating at a deficit.

I am sure you take into account the up to 20% inaccuracy of packet nutrition data, I am also sure you don't over estimate calories burned

Therefore you may have a medical condition that affects your calories out part of the equation

Which would mean

You are not in deficit!

lessbounce

Like others here I use good strong flavoured cheese, and combine it with other foods to make a little go along way.. Any decent hard cheese I grate it goes so much further. Certainly couldn't do with out cheese:noway:

Sabine_Stroehm

Stunning that a little thread about CHEESE has turned into yet another "it's just math" argument.