Foods you THOUGHT were HEALTHY but GAINED WEIGHT!

Angiesolomon

Humous isn't bad for you though its just high in calories and fat but healthy calories and fat!!! Enjoy in moderation.

fbmandy55

I used to eat in excess, thinking they were healthy*

Whole grains
Restaurant salads
Fruit-still struggle with this
cottage cheese-tons of sodium

GasMasterFlash

Foods don't make you fat. Excess calories make you fat.

Unless, of course, the food is crawling into your mouth at night while you're sleeping.

How many calories do spiders have?

Depends on the kind of spider, and what it has been eating. Free range spiders have a different nutritional makeup from a commercially bred spider.

GasMasterFlash

I've been told to "eat a d**k" on several occasions. I wonder if it's because penis is low in calories, an they're just really giving me weight loss advice.

Ladies beware! Those things can create a gradual, steady weight gain for about 9 months!

Rae6503

I've been told to "eat a d**k" on several occasions. I wonder if it's because penis is low in calories, an they're just really giving me weight loss advice.

Ladies beware! Those things can create a gradual, steady weight gain for about 9 months!

Not if you "eat" it. Duh.

GasMasterFlash

I've been told to "eat a d**k" on several occasions. I wonder if it's because penis is low in calories, an they're just really giving me weight loss advice.

Ladies beware! Those things can create a gradual, steady weight gain for about 9 months!

Not if you "eat" it. Duh.

Not according to my mom. She said that slow dancing can have the same effect too.

laceylou0702

The only food I've seen gain weight was pasta.

It gets heavier when I cook it. I think it's just water weight though, from absorbing some water when I boil it.

AWESOME!!! :laugh:

LPS1986

That's not how it works. You didn't gain weight from eating fruit. You gained weight because you ate at a surplus.

This! You aren't eating at a calorie deficit/maintenance intake if you are gaining....

Inebriated

I know when I was younger I thought stuff like trail mix was okay to eat in massive quantities, and... here I am today lol

I used to think that too when I was younger. :laugh:

I've never read anywhere that mangos cause weight gain. In fact, they have a low glycemic level and are thought to help with weight loss

I've never heard that either,, that's weird. Last summer I ate a lot of mangoes and I didn't gain weight from it. @OP: You gained weight from those things because you more than likely ate more calories overall than you needed.

Sabine_Stroehm

Dried fruits
Juice.

And the big surprise:

Starbucks Matcha. Has 38 grams of sugar ON ITS OWN. Stunning.
Macha should NEVER have sugar. It's just ground tea leaves for God's sake.

moejo3

Anything is unhealthy if we eat too much of it. Portion control is my challenge. I tend to overeat on everything so, when I get ravenous I try to eat a big green salad. you can never eat too many green veggies just hold the creamy dressing..

Tzippy7

honestly most of these can be very healthy. Eating a good about of fruit should never be considered unhealthy, unless you have a specific condition. Skippy peanut butter is not good for you. But natural peanut butter with no added salt or sugar? Thats a really good source of protein and oil. Its not the foods in their basic form that are bad for you! Yes, fruit and yogurt is not great if there is added sugar or corn starch or other things. If you have plain yogurt with mixed in blueberries thats super healthy. Dont blame the foods haha

csalm

Your artificial sweeteners make you gain weight. If your not a diabetic then you should avoid sweeteners. I'm a nursing student and we studied the effects of artificial sweeteners in school. Since, your body starts to digest before you even taste a food (hence why you start to salivate when smell something good cooking). When your tongue taste the artificial sweetener your body starts preparing itself for digestion. One of the ways it does this is to increase insulin production. When the food or drink you are consuming reaches your stomach, there is no sugar for the insulin to use, and your blood sugar drops. When a persons blood sugar drops they feel faint, shaky and hungry. So you automatically crave something high in sugar to fix your blood sugar. Also, years of consumption is thought to lead to insulin resistance. Basically, your body gets tired of being fooled, so stops making insulin until it knows what you are consuming is actually sugar, thought to be one on the many reasons why type 2 diabetes is becoming so popular.

LauraSmyth28

I hope people don't read this and decide to cut out fruit from their diet.

*groan*:noway:

A banana might have the same amount of calories as a small bar of chocolate....but which one has more nutrients? No brainer.

SergeantSunshine_reused

Fruit is unhealthy?? Huh?

o.O

LOL @ single foods making someone gain fat. Yea....

Nopedotjpeg

Your artificial sweeteners make you gain weight. If your not a diabetic then you should avoid sweeteners. I'm a nursing student and we studied the effects of artificial sweeteners in school. Since, your body starts to digest before you even taste a food (hence why you start to salivate when smell something good cooking). When your tongue taste the artificial sweetener your body starts preparing itself for digestion. One of the ways it does this is to increase insulin production. When the food or drink you are consuming reaches your stomach, there is no sugar for the insulin to use, and your blood sugar drops. When a persons blood sugar drops they feel faint, shaky and hungry. So you automatically crave something high in sugar to fix your blood sugar. Also, years of consumption is thought to lead to insulin resistance. Basically, your body gets tired of being fooled, so stops making insulin until it knows what you are consuming is actually sugar, thought to be one on the many reasons why type 2 diabetes is becoming so popular.

Do they teach you to back up claims such as these with peer-reviewed studies?

agthorn

YOGURT with fruit! i am an idiot and one time i was like, `oh, 100 cal yogurts are wonderful nomnomnom` but they pack like 20 grams of (artificial) sugar a pop! thats like a candy bar! i didnt even read the nutrition label haha thats why i pay more attention to them now

Lactose and fructose are both sugars, yes, but there is far more nutritional benefit in yogurt and fruit than in a candy bar (sucrose). "Sugar" is not inherently evil.

mrsrobinsonlauraj

Recently discovered bananas were not going to be kind to me. I prefer them when they are a little green. There is a chemical change in fruit as it ripens. Apparently, unripen fruits have more resistent starches which pretty much behave like fiber which can bloat you if you don't follow with water.

0EmmeNicole0

For me.. I'd say FRUITS!! I love fruits, I eat alot of them. My favorite is bananas and mangos.. there were times I ate alot and apparently it seems like my body doesn't know the difference with natural sugar and artificial sweeteners lol.



With Bananas and Mango it could have also been the Carb content that hindered you.
I can only have bananas right before I go work out- as they are mostly carbs and if you dont burn them off they get stored... no I am not saying you cant have carbs or have to go really low carb but if you eat a bowl of cereal, milk and a banana HOLY CARB attack... your body cant use them all at once so they get stored however what works for me may not work for others....

This! On the weekends I'm a waitress and I eat a banana for breakfast. They haven't caused me to gain in the slightest, but I think it's because I move after I eat them.

And there aren't any particular foods that caused weight gain for me. Eating too much and lack of drinking water will cause me to gain weight. I eat fruits, veggies, lean meats, FRIES and ICE CREAM etc... Moderation is key. I will eat 10 fries and be done with them or one scoop of ice cream and that's all I need. It's the same with healthy foods. I portion them and try not to over do anything. Moderation and variety is key.

danismell82

Bean burgers and veggie burgers!

I used to eat these with salad thinking that it was a nice healthy meal...WRONG!! Each burger was approx 225kcal.

Also tortilla wraps, I thought that these were a good/light alternative to bread...WRONG AGAIN!! Approx 180kcals per wrap.

Sabine_Stroehm

Bean burgers and veggie burgers!

I used to eat these with salad thinking that it was a nice healthy meal...WRONG!! Each burger was approx 225kcal.

Also tortilla wraps, I thought that these were a good/light alternative to bread...WRONG AGAIN!! Approx 180kcals per wrap.

225 calories, protein, fiber... sounds good to me!

Sabine_Stroehm

HUMOUS!!!! was so annoyed when i found out it was really bad for you

What's bad about hummus? Chickpeas? Protein, fiber... what's bad?

butterfli7o

Hummus (not humous) is not bad. Eating too much of it (like anything else) can be.

Jorra

There is a difference between "healthy" and "high calorie." Nothing MAKES you gain weight. YOU make yourself gain weight by eating too much of anything.

There are healthy high calorie foods. There are unhealthy high calorie foods. There are healthy low calorie foods. There are unhealthy low calorie foods.

I don't understand why this is a complicated idea.

csalm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951976/ is just one of many

FitLink

Fruit is unhealthy?? Huh?

Go for it.

GasMasterFlash

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951976/ is just one of many

From that study:

"At the current time, the jury remains out regarding a possible role of increased artificial sweetener use in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, whether adverse, beneficial or neutral. In particular, very little data exist regarding the role of artificial sweeteners in glucose metabolism in children. Our growing understanding of the active metabolic role played by such chemicals in animal models should spur further research into the effects of these common food additives in humans."

Wait, you were hoping to prove something other than that, right?

FitLink

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951976/ is just one of many

From that study:

"At the current time, the jury remains out regarding a possible role of increased artificial sweetener use in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, whether adverse, beneficial or neutral. In particular, very little data exist regarding the role of artificial sweeteners in glucose metabolism in children. Our growing understanding of the active metabolic role played by such chemicals in animal models should spur further research into the effects of these common food additives in humans."

Wait, you were hoping to prove something other than that, right?

That's right below the quote I was going to take.

"The strongest evidence for causation between artificial sweetener use and either adverse or beneficial health effects comes from randomized controlled trials. The few small, randomized controlled trials conducted in children did not find an association between artificial sweetener consumption and weight change."

IOW, where we'd MOST expect to see an effect, we don't. I feel we need to look more closely at this, but so far, there's not any credible evidence that artificial sweeteners cause weight gain.

rolley89

Pop and I don't get along. Even diet pop stopped my weight loss. Once I cut all pop out, I had no issues. Now I just don't drink it cuz I don't miss it.

By pop do you mean Soda? What state are ya from?

GinaKurtz

Pop and I don't get along. Even diet pop stopped my weight loss. Once I cut all pop out, I had no issues. Now I just don't drink it cuz I don't miss it.

Me too! I'm right there with you! I use to drink Diet Dr Pepper like it was water! Now I just drink water. When I first took myself off of it...I craved it all the time. Now, almost a year later, I crave water all the time. Rarely am I caught without my red water bottle in my hand.