eating what you want as long as its under your calories?

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  • leeanneowens
    leeanneowens Posts: 319 Member
    I'm not usually very hungry in the mornings so I eat a really light breakfast and I try to eat low calorie at lunch since there isn't a lot of time to sit and enjoy a meal anyway. I eat whatever foods I want at supper. I make the same evenig meals I always have and we eat out way more than we should, but I am still losing weight. I've lost about 35 lbs. so far ( including the 6 I lost before starting MFP). You have to do what works for you. If I had to give up all the foods I really love, I would never be able to stick with this.
  • haskelljenn
    haskelljenn Posts: 2 Member
    I would say that yes as long as you are under your caloric goal that you should lose even if you did eat what you wanted. If you are using this site you are trying to lose weight, so it should be making about making better decisions rather than gratification of eating what you want because I really dont think that you are learning really much of anything. No as we all know deprivation diets suck and we fall off the band wagon fast, I am doing well with PLANNED "reward" meals. I knew that Christmas was comming so I planned my week accordingly. I dropped meat dairy oils and diet soda and upped my veggies.
  • ecw3780
    ecw3780 Posts: 608 Member
    Hey, I was wondering does anyone here just eating whatever they want as long as it's under their calorie limit for the day? If so, have you seen good results? I don't mean eating like cheeseburgers and fries everyday, I mean eating healthy stuff for meals and then having some ice cream for snack everyday as long as its under your daily calorie goal?

    If your over your protein,fat, or sugar by less than 20 is that ok? Will you still lose weigt?

    This is what I do...although I have upped my protein to 30%, and I don't track my sugar- just carbs. I try to hit my protein goals, get 30 grams of fiber and keep my cholesterol below 200, but other than that if I am within my calories goals I eat anything I want.
  • cedarghost
    cedarghost Posts: 621 Member
    yep

    i try to hit my protein macro, and let the rest fall into place.
    ^^^ All I worry about is protein as well.
  • denezy
    denezy Posts: 573 Member
    I am still losing with the holiday "bad" foods, but I am sure it slowing me down a bit. Any progress is good progress :)
  • LindaGTaylor
    LindaGTaylor Posts: 260 Member
    I eat what I want, I honestly log everything. I eat from brownie's, chips, candy cane's and etc.

    Mainly as long as I watch the portion's I am good and stay inside of my calorie goal.


    Good luck
  • tameejean
    tameejean Posts: 197 Member
    How did this turn into a "milk is evil" thread?

    because someone mentioned that milk was bad for you and people piped in without doing research first. just because milk has been considered good for you in the past doesnt mean that it is. time goes on, studies become more advanced, and we find out differently.

    The dairy industry (subsided by the government) is why everyone thinks cow milk is so healthy. "Got Milk?" Sound familiar? "Milk does a body good... " Just because you are told it's healthy, even by the government, doesn't mean it is. I suppose if you lived on a farm and didn't pump your cows full of antibiotics and hormones and fed them only grass, not GMO soy, corn and God only knows what else and then process it to death, then it might be a good source of protein, but the crap you buy in the store, even organic, doesn't remotely resemble milk our great great grandparents drank. Hey, if you choose to drink the stuff, more power to you.

    Carry on...
  • rsmblue
    rsmblue Posts: 353 Member
    Love this one :)
  • RandiLandCHANGED
    RandiLandCHANGED Posts: 630 Member
    I eat whatever I please if I have enough calories for it. I think I'm doing alright.
  • whitneyps7
    whitneyps7 Posts: 409 Member
    thats what i do. it helps to know that u can still have good stuff in moderation. telling urself u cant have any at all just makes u mad then u eat more of something else.
  • Staffygirl88
    Staffygirl88 Posts: 75 Member
    i do this all the time. otherwise i just start craving food and give in
  • willjean
    willjean Posts: 29 Member
    I've changed my eating habits to eat healthier and stay under or very close to the suggested calories. Occassionally, I'll have a non healthy treat.. but it's not the norm. It's just a treat. This way of eating has been the most effective for me so far.

    Also, I find that it's best for me to log everything I eat every day. It's hard for me to go "over board" when I see the number of calories in some of my favorite treats...usally I just wont want it anymore. :) It's not worth the set-back.

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