First cheeseburger in two weeks and now I feel...

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,218 Member
    Next time you (or anyone else) gets the urge for a cheeseburger--just do it the healthy way. Buy LEAN beef (or turkey if you like it) and divide that one pound package into 4 1/4 lb burgers. Use reduced fat cheese (Naturally slender American is pretty good) and slap that burger on a whole wheat roll or bread. Add onions sauteed in a little healthy olive oil, lettuce, and tomato, and you have a pretty healthy sandwich. Depending upon your calorie target, maybe its not something you want to eat every day, but you could sure have one once a week.

    Agree for most part on this. Only exception i would give is instead of the whole wheat bread use pita. Mostly because unless the whole wheat has pieces of the wheat still whole and not pulverized into flour it is just as bad for you as white bread, so i was told by a nutritionist.
    No wonder people are neurotic when it comes to food.

    I'm not sure I understand your point. Around here, I can buy pita pockets that are essentially made from white flour or whole wheat flour. I'm pretty sure that most people would agree that whole wheat baked products have more nutritional value than those made from white flour (all bets are off if you have an intolerance to gluten!). I don't think that bread vs. roll vs. pita pocket has much to do with it. See below.

    "One of the primary nutritional differences between whole-wheat and white flour is the food’s fiber content. Dietary fiber has a number of health benefits -- it prevents constipation, lowers blood cholesterol and might help you lose weight, according to Colorado State University. The refining process associated with making white flour separates the fiber-rich brain from the rest of the grain, so white flour typically contains less fiber than its whole-grain counterpart. For example, 1/2 cup of white flour contains 1.3 grams of fiber, while an equal serving of whole-wheat flour contains 6.4 grams. As a result, selecting foods that contain wheat flour helps you reach your dietary fiber intake goal -- 28 grams daily if you follow a 2,000-calorie diet, according to Colorado State University."
    If the lion share of fiber in my diet is coming from bread, regardless of the color, shoot me. I get your point though, unfortunately it's difficult to read threads that ask if fruit is ok to eat because fruit has sugar. This is how poor relationships with food start.
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    Maybe it is just me, but, when I "indulge" on a meal of burger/fries, pizza, curry, PIE!, I'm rarely sick afterwards, unless I eat past being full. I eat healthy all week, stay within my goals, work out, drink a lot of water, but I guess this carb=bad thing doesn't effect me. When I have a huge juicy burger, it is glorious!
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    If the lion share of fiber in my diet is coming from bread, regardless of the color, shoot me. I get your point though, unfortunately it's difficult to read threads that ask if fruit is ok to eat because fruit has sugar. This is how poor relationships with food start.

    or how bout they're just curious because they've heard you shouldn't have too much sugar (true) and while logging food realized how much sugar fruit has?

    i don't think it's an unreasonable question for someone just starting out.

    that said, sugar from fruit is better than processed sugars, corn syrups, HFCS, etc. I'm usually over my sugar limit for the day, but it's almost always from fruit sugars so I don't worry about it so much.
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    And a lot of other things like processed foods, baked goods, pork, sugar......yeah. I can't handle it anymore and it makes me feel physically ill. Most things I just say no to any more not because they will make me fat again but because I no longer enjoy them. I used to love any type of chocolate, now I really only care to have 60-75% dark Godiva or Ghirardelli; everything else tastes like dirt.
  • PhearlessPhreaks
    PhearlessPhreaks Posts: 890 Member
    Nope. Whenever I indulge in a delicious cheese burger it's because I really want it and I am so satisfied after wards.

    ^ My sentiments exactly. Also, I would wager that your ate WAY more of that burger than your body or craving (or whatever) needed.
  • jasonpclement
    jasonpclement Posts: 146 Member
    red meat doesn't make me feel bad...and i still eat plenty of it...but processed food binges, like..i dunno kids cereals, or cheez its never cease to make my feel terrable and guilty. I think the bread from the cheeseburger, or some french fries with it would make me feel the worst
  • JAllen32
    JAllen32 Posts: 991 Member
    I do, but not necessarily from the red meat. But when I endulge in crappy food, especially if I do it for a couple days in a row, I feel awful!! One meal won't really do it to me anymore, but that first year when I was very strick and sticking with the 1200 cals, one burger would wreck me. I'd feel so sick. Now I mix things up a little more, so its not so bad. Unless I do it for days. lol
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Solution: Eat cheeseburgers more often.
  • VanessaHeartsMasr
    VanessaHeartsMasr Posts: 727
    Yup. I had a cheat weekend. Had McDonald's and pizza today, and I actually drank a Sprite with my pizza. I feel like a bloated pile of poop. I mean, I feel LITERALLY like a balloon that has been blown up. Ugh. I can't wait to eat some fruits and veggies tomorrow and clean this crap out of my system.
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    You're lucky you got that! When I eat a cheeseburger now, I instantly have a stomachache, it's ridiculous. So I stay away!
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    yum! Only on workout days though.......
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    My life revolves around the advent of my next Half Pounder with cheese.
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    Eww chilis is gross and I cant eat there anymore. I prefer a home grilled burger. Love a good burger.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    out of curiosity, was it a cheeseburger you made yourself or a crappy fast food burger?

    Makes a HUGE DIFFERENCE, imo. Fast food burgers are disgusto

    Agreed! I eat cheeseburgers pretty much every week but I make it myself, I weigh out 4oz of lean ground beef, use my own cheese, and a whole wheat or potato bun, and the calories are controlled, and it tastes so delicious!! It isn't a "cheat" if I make it at home.
  • supersparklies
    supersparklies Posts: 40 Member
    I ordered some bison burgers from my food coop, cooked them up on my indoor grill, slapped them on some sandwich thins with lettuce, cheese and lots of pickles. Yummy! I had no ill effects. I am a recovering fast food cheeseburger addict and this was a good alternative.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,984 Member
    All this talk about burgers...............................I'm going to Nation's now.


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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    It's sort of like taking a break from the gym and after that first day back, you're sore for days and days.
    Just got to keep at it, and don't go so long between cheeseburgers. :wink:
  • devan33
    devan33 Posts: 177 Member
    I ate great all week and decided on some pizza this weekend...it was the little rectangle ones like from when you were in school...the Tony's brand with the little cubed pepperoni....it tasted really good, and then about 45 minutes later my stomach was killing me...I asked Hubby if he thought I had to count those calories since they went right on through! :/
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    The orthorexia is strong in this thread...
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I typically feel orgasmic after a Chili's Big Mouth Burger. :smokin:

    But I wouldn't call it a good dining experience if I didn't stagger out to the car in a food-coma and have to unbutton my pants for the ride home. I don't (typically) eat like that at home... that's what makes going out a special treat.
  • mcflat29
    mcflat29 Posts: 2,159 Member
    out of curiosity, was it a cheeseburger you made yourself or a crappy fast food burger?

    It was a crappy burger from Chili's. I haven't eaten there for years and decided to give it a shot... Now I can understand why it's been years.

    Ugh I had a similar thing happen to me. I indulged in pasta with creamy sauce at my fave restaurant last night and apparently overdid it. Today I felt like I got hit by a truck!
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Solution: Eat cheeseburgers more often.

    Exactly what i was coming here to say. She's such a helper
  • funkycamper
    funkycamper Posts: 998 Member
    I typically feel orgasmic after a Chili's Big Mouth Burger. :smokin:

    But I wouldn't call it a good dining experience if I didn't stagger out to the car in a food-coma and have to unbutton my pants for the ride home. I don't (typically) eat like that at home... that's what makes going out a special treat.

    Yup! But with me it's from our local Humdinger. A double-meat, double-cheese. Heaven. I do it maybe once a month and enjoy every bite.

    Flexible dieters have greater long-term success with both losing and maintenance. Sounds good to me! Eat healthy 90% of the time and enjoy your splurges the other 10%.
  • carolineire
    carolineire Posts: 65 Member
    I used to love making these Jamie Oliver recipe burgers, maybe I should try them out again for a treat, super nommy!

    http://www.grouprecipes.com/50505/jamie-olivers-botham-burger.html


    MMM cumin and coriander!
  • sokkache
    sokkache Posts: 220 Member
    Yeah. I went to DQ drive thru after eating "healthy" for a few weeks and when I smelled the fries in the car, I almost felt like puking. I still ate it, and it didn't taste bad and I didn't feel to bad afterwards. Next time, I'm just going to try chocolate or cheesecake because you can never go wrong with the two.
  • aimeeernest
    aimeeernest Posts: 159 Member
    definitely! Fast food is terrible when you never eat it, and a candy bar is overly sweet to the point of being sickly sweet when you never eat it.

    im finding myself enjoying the sweetness of fruit more these days. Its tastes incredible now that im picking better foods as a whole.
  • alevett
    alevett Posts: 79 Member
    We eat out once a week - which usually means a burger and fries. That didn't change when I started counting my calories and watching my diet because I am worried about depriving myself of the things I have enjoyed and rebelling. So the problem for me today was that I had Mcdonalds for dinner but had to go out again after dinner and decided to surprise my family with dairy queen ice cream - haven't had that in over 2 months. Well add that to my stomach about an hour after eating supper and bam! My stomach hurt and I felt crappy for a couple of hours after. I don't know how I did it before. My calories today were approx. 2500 and have been more like 1500 the last 2 months (since I started MFP). I too have learned not to over indulge. We live and we learn.

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