80 bites diet?

sullus

e11enr0se wrote: »

has anyone tried this? It's a diet (more like lifestyle) where your goal is to eat 80 bites of food per day. it makes sense that it would help with weight loss...unless you take HUGE bites. Apparently most people average about 120 bites or so. Theres an app for it as well, but I wanted to know if anyone on MFP has had personal success with it!

So .. reduce consumption by about a third, and you'll lose weight. this is not any different than deciding to reduce calories from 2400 to 1600.

but the big hole is .. define a bite. I can eat a sandwich on generally square bread in 4-5 bites.

And what about things like .. m&ms? is each one a bite? Do you queue them up and count a bite after 5? 10?

counting calories is significantly more manageable and predictable.

Ready2Rock206

AimersBee wrote: »

there was a woman that posted a "20 bites a day" forum post and said she had lost a bunch of weight on it (in my opinion starving herself), trying to preach it to others. her post was locked/deleted and she either deleted herself from MFP, or she was removed from MFP...

I was going to say I thought the number of bites when I last heard this nonsense was a lot lower. 80 sounds better but you're still probably starving yourself thin. Sounds more like an eating disorder than a diet.

Need2Exerc1se

e11enr0se wrote: »

all arguments aside...

has anyone ACTUALLY tried it?

If it has the word "diet" in the title I have no doubt that people have tried it. But I must say this seems one of the more bizarre diet ideas I've come across, and I'm fairly old.

Besides the obvious calorie differences in bites of food, what constitutes a "bite"? Anything I can shove in my mouth? Must it fit on a certain sized fork or spoon? How do you figure liquid calories?

nutmegoreo

sullus wrote: »

e11enr0se wrote: »

has anyone tried this? It's a diet (more like lifestyle) where your goal is to eat 80 bites of food per day. it makes sense that it would help with weight loss...unless you take HUGE bites. Apparently most people average about 120 bites or so. Theres an app for it as well, but I wanted to know if anyone on MFP has had personal success with it!

So .. reduce consumption by about a third, and you'll lose weight. this is not any different than deciding to reduce calories from 2400 to 1600.

but the big hole is .. define a bite. I can eat a sandwich on generally square bread in 4-5 bites.

And what about things like .. m&ms? is each one a bite? Do you queue them up and count a bite after 5? 10?

counting calories is significantly more manageable and predictable.

I can fit an entire piece of cake in my mouth (it squishes).

Love the fire in the belly that got this resurrected after so long.

extra_medium

healthyKYgirl wrote: »

Even if it was the best thing ever, I know I'd lose track of bites before I've finished with breakfast. Logging foods and keeping track of the calories is so much easier.

Plus bites of vegetables and bites of lasagna are WAY different. You could end up way under or way over a reasonable calorie count.

Right, i see what you're saying. The app helps with the counting of bites, but it would be obnoxious to have to remember to press the "bite" button every time you put something in your mouth. However I'm pretty bad with over-eating so I'm curious if this would help me.

Instead of counting bites, something that could help is just putting your fork down and having to pick it up again for each bite. It will slow down your eating to give you a chance to feel full. However, if you are binging/overeating for emotional reasons, most likely neither of these solutions would help you. Figuring out why you are emotionally eating, and solving the underlying issue would probably be more beneficial than counting bites.

I'm a real man, I eat with my hands

RoxieDawn

extra_medium wrote: »

healthyKYgirl wrote: »

Even if it was the best thing ever, I know I'd lose track of bites before I've finished with breakfast. Logging foods and keeping track of the calories is so much easier.

Plus bites of vegetables and bites of lasagna are WAY different. You could end up way under or way over a reasonable calorie count.

Right, i see what you're saying. The app helps with the counting of bites, but it would be obnoxious to have to remember to press the "bite" button every time you put something in your mouth. However I'm pretty bad with over-eating so I'm curious if this would help me.

Instead of counting bites, something that could help is just putting your fork down and having to pick it up again for each bite. It will slow down your eating to give you a chance to feel full. However, if you are binging/overeating for emotional reasons, most likely neither of these solutions would help you. Figuring out why you are emotionally eating, and solving the underlying issue would probably be more beneficial than counting bites.

I'm a real man, I eat with my hands

I am an animal, whole face down on the plate.

JoRocka

gia07 wrote: »

extra_medium wrote: »

healthyKYgirl wrote: »

Even if it was the best thing ever, I know I'd lose track of bites before I've finished with breakfast. Logging foods and keeping track of the calories is so much easier.

Plus bites of vegetables and bites of lasagna are WAY different. You could end up way under or way over a reasonable calorie count.

Right, i see what you're saying. The app helps with the counting of bites, but it would be obnoxious to have to remember to press the "bite" button every time you put something in your mouth. However I'm pretty bad with over-eating so I'm curious if this would help me.

Instead of counting bites, something that could help is just putting your fork down and having to pick it up again for each bite. It will slow down your eating to give you a chance to feel full. However, if you are binging/overeating for emotional reasons, most likely neither of these solutions would help you. Figuring out why you are emotionally eating, and solving the underlying issue would probably be more beneficial than counting bites.

I'm a real man, I eat with my hands

I am an animal, whole face down on the plate.

you have a plate!! that's jr level *ish.

DanSTL82

There is no point in trying this. All that matters is your calorie intake. If you take 80 bites of lettuce or 80 bites of chocolate, your calorie count is going to be WAY different. The concept makes no sense.

sullus

I'm gonna bookmark this, so I can make sure it gets another revival in a couple years.