Negative calorie foods
Options
evdenapoli
Posts: 164 Member
I'm curious...do you log zero calorie foods in your diary? Are we supposed to?
0
Replies
-
I log everything I eat. EVERYTHING. Even if I taste my MIL soup or something, I log it. Keeps me honest.0
-
Do you have to eat back calories lost from negative calorie foods?0
-
I log everything I eat. EVERYTHING. Even if I taste my MIL soup or something, I log it. Keeps me honest.
I log everything too... but someone mentioned it wasn't worth to log zero negative...so i'm curious0 -
Do you have to eat back calories lost from negative calorie foods?
Good question. LOL!
Was that a rhetorical question? lol0 -
When you look up your food on MFP, are they showing you negative calories? If so, I'd like a screenshot, please.0
-
When you look up your food on MFP, are they showing you negative calories? If so, I'd like a screenshot, please.
No?:huh:0 -
Do you have to eat back calories lost from negative calorie foods?
I want to know this too.0 -
There is no such thing as a negative calorie food. Food has calories, even if they are very few.0
-
I have never heard of such foods. What are they? Can they be found on this planet? I will eat them all day long, since all the food I log adds calories to my diary, not subtracts them!0
-
There are no negative calorie foods. Food has CALORIES. Log them or don't be surprised when your scale doesn't show any results.0
-
Water would be the only zero calorie food I can think of other than diet sodas.0
-
I'm curious...do you log zero calorie foods in your diary? Are we supposed to?
This is what we call a myth.
I know what you are talking about, and this theory has been disproven over and over again.
That's like saying ice cold water has negative calories. The water itself has 0 calories, but because it's ice cold, the body expends energy to warm it up to body temperature, thereby burning calories.
It sounds nice in theory, but it's different in practice.0 -
A gallon of water weighs appx 8 pounds. If you drink it all and dont pee you will weigh 8 pounds more.0
-
I have never heard of such foods. What are they? Can they be found on this planet? I will eat them all day long, since all the food I log adds calories to my diary, not subtracts them!
i've looked into it..read quite a bit about it.
seems to exist0 -
:I'm curious...do you log zero calorie foods in your diary? Are we supposed to?
This is what we call a myth.
I know what you are talking about, and this theory has been disproven over and over again.
That's like saying ice cold water has negative calories. The water itself has 0 calories, but because it's ice cold, the body expends energy to warm it up to body temperature, thereby burning calories.
It sounds nice in theory, but it's different in practice.
Thanks! I appreciate your input!0 -
Some lettuce would be one ( like a leaf of lettuce)0
-
I have never heard of such foods. What are they? Can they be found on this planet? I will eat them all day long, since all the food I log adds calories to my diary, not subtracts them!
i've looked into it..read quite a bit about it.
seems to exist
People still say that about bigfoot too, even got it's own show...still not buying it.0 -
I log everything, except for black coffee.0
-
Everything has calories!!
BUT,
Some foods are so few in calories, it takes more calories (or same amount of calories) to burn and digest the food than there are calories in the food.
Examples...
Fruits
apple
cranberries
grapefruit
lemon
mango
orange
pineapple
raspberries
strawberries
tangerine
Vegetables
asparagus
beet
broccoli
cabbage (green)
carrot
cauliflower
celery
Chile peppers (hot)
cucumber
dandelion
endive
garden cress
garlic
green beans
lettuce
onion
papaya
radishes
spinach
turnip0 -
The part that makes it 'negative calorie' e.g. your body using energy to burn it, is already counted in your TDEE.
If you don't count the calories in the food, you're counting that energy twice.
Say there's 5 cals in a stick of celery. Log it as 5 cals. Your body might use 7 cals to process it, but that's already counted in your daily burn in TDEE. If you don't log the 5cals you're 5 cals off.
Not a huge difference in practical terms, but it's not worthless.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.9K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.8K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.7K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 399 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.8K Motivation and Support
- 7.9K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.4K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 981 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.4K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions