hey people do you eat whtever you want

lovetowrite73

@Leighton...

I respect the work you've put in to your body, but I think you need to understand that most people here aren't striving for a single digit body fat percentage. I'm not speaking for everyone, but I know it's my end goal to be healthy and strong, but not a primo-athlete. I want to be able to enjoy the occasional slice (or four) of pizza without feeling like I ruined everything. And since I have that about weekly, and still continue to lose weight, I'd say that's working pretty well for me. And I'd even go so far as to say I'm losing fat and gaining muscle, since there's nice little hard bits on my arms and legs and abs that were never there before.

I'm not going to be a fitness model. I'm not going to be an athlete. Those aren't my goals. My goal is to live a normal life, have great heart and lung function, love what I see when I look in the mirror... and sometimes have a Jalapeno Smokehouse Bacon Big Mouth Burger. And I'm currently living that dream. :laugh:

If you don't get the same enjoyment I do out of something like that, good for you! I'm happy you like what you're doing and enjoy what you're eating. But don't expect everyone else to have your goals, either.

The fuel in the car argument isn't valid, because people can use alternate fuel sources. Our bodies can process a lot of different things, including cake and chips. If someone is eating at a 1 pound a week deficit, that's 3500 calories. A slice of cake isn't going to undo that. Show me the slice of cake that has more than 3500 calories, cuz I'd love to dig into that sucker!!! :happy:

I love this response!

I'm very sensible about what I put in my mouth most of the time but there are moments when I want that cookie or some ice cream and guess what? I'm going to have it! Because I've been on this journey for the past 6 months, I am now able to stop myself from eating 6 cookies or a pint of ice cream. All of us here are at differently points of our journeys and some people are not so disciplined to be so restrictive with their diets and not being able to indulge a little. Especially with people who are just starting out, being so limiting in what they eat usually causes them to gorge on all the bad foods they can get their hands on.

MellowGa

I eat whatever I want....like last night I had three beers and some buffalo wings, because I went out with some Soccer friends and that is what I wanted to have.

Now I ahve altered my diet for the most part, because I am 41 and my body just does not have teh metabolism it did when I was younger. I play Soccer all year long, yet I still gain weight? WTF? Older body means we burn slower.

I have made some choices that will help me reach my goal, such as weight lifting and Ellitpical workouts, PLus eating more veggies, skim milk, salads.....but all food s that I enjoy....just eat them healthier

You can alter your diet to meet your goals, whatever they are. I have switch my coffee from half and half and Sugar...to Fat free cream and splenda, that should help.

The strength training is the key for me, in my age I need to build muscle to keep the calories burning at a hire rate.

Anyway, do I have chips and dip? sure just not every day, some chocolate? sure maybe a hershey kiss here or there. Ice cream, you bet, no toppiings.

simple choices and don't add on extra's, that is all if you can make it "cleaner" then do so.

I'll never give up my Chic-fil-a Cookies and cream milkshake though.....NEVER

candistyx

I don't eat "what I want" because if I do, I end up eating small portions of high calorie stuff and feeling dissatisfied and hungry.

Fortunately, after eating healthily for a while, the things I want to eat change.

Heh, I hope that my tastes will change.

I can't eat what I want because it makes me want to eat MORE of what I want.
I guess I have to stick with eating things I don't like for now.

TourThePast

Heh, I hope that my tastes will change.

I can't eat what I want because it makes me want to eat MORE of what I want.
I guess I have to stick with eating things I don't like for now.

Thing is, if you keep eating something, you'll start to enjoy it. Apparently it is humans instinct which we evolved, something to do with us being encouraged to take advantage of the availability of a new food that's been eaten X number of times without making us ill. The bottom line is that tastes really do change, so stick with it.

Maybe like me you'll end up heading for the fridge one day for another handful of sliced red pepper and carrot sticks to crunch on and stop and think "Hey, I'm actually enjoying snacking on this stuff. WTF happened to me?" :bigsmile:

BernieMBurke

I've been in maintenance mode for about 5 months and MFP allows me to eat 1970 plus exercise calories. For the most part, I eat pretty healthy. I probably go out once-twice a week, but try to eat healthy. The fast food places I do go out too are SubWay, Boston Market, and once in great while, Popeyes (no more than once every two months).

I'm going to Outback Steahouse tonight. I'm going to have a 9 oz sirloin w/o butter and seasoning, mixed vegetables w/o butter, broccoli w/o butter, and a half-loaf of their bread plus iced-tea. I've already exercised today, so I'll be under calores, carbs, fat, and sodium (this is one I have to watch).

The other things I've learned to watch are sodium (less)and water (more), plus exercise and sleep. I try to exercise at least 6 times a week (pretty good at this; at least 30 minutes cardio 6x a week and weightlifting 3x a week) and get at least 8 hours of sleep. I have some advantages over a lot ot people because I prepare food only for myself. This also makes me accountable to myself. I don't have anyone else to blame.

Also, I'm not a food-nut. I can eat rather plain stuff. For example, I can bake chicken tenderloins or lean pork chops with just ground ginger on it and that's fine with me. Fresh fish, I typically put just ground lemon and pepper on it (I know sodium, but it's too boring without it). I eat brown rice or Ora-Ida Potatoes O'Brien (with lots of fresh Black Pepper) and veggies. I can do this over and over, and it's fine with me.

So, while I eat whatever I want, I've adjusted my eating life-style to eat fairly healthy things.

Sarah_uk

Yes I eat whatever I fancy eating and I just make it fit in my calorie allowance. I eat sensible portions ofcourse (most of the time:bigsmile: )

I think that's the only thing that guarantees weight loss success,because you don't feel deprived.

I've failed on many diets before,so unfortunately I know what I'm talking about.

funkyspunky871

I've had a cup of chocolate ice-cream and krispy kreme donut today. For weeks I've had up to 500 calories worth of cookies, cakes, brownies, ice-cream, donuts, and candy every day. (I have an EXTREME sweet tooth lately) I lost 2 pounds last week, and if you haven't noticed my ticker, I've lost 132 in total. There's your proof that you can eat whatever you want and still lose weight.