EVIl DIRTY FOOD

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  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    I can tell OP is on the other side of the pond--she ate pizza with CORN on it. This is simply wrong. The Pizza Gods frowned and rained sickness down upon her.

    I run, and make sure to eat pizza the night before races so I can be well-fueled for the morning...and so I can have a couple of slices cold for breakfast to top off. Resulting in not only a Yum! factor that goes to 11, but PRs in every race so far this year.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    I had pizza for dinner last night. And again for breakfast. No stomach problems.

    That's because your body is so unhealthy. If you actually got healthy you couldn't eat pizza anymore. Duh.

    Actually, Johnny, there is some truth to this. I have been eating a pretty good diet for many years but what I noticed when I went to visit my (VERY) unhealthy relatives and ate what they eat, I felt sick during and after. I think that they don't notice because they feel sick all the time anyway....Either that or all the preservatives that they are eating has "pickled" them to some degree...I once saw an item defending the use of preservatives. It said that the use of food preservatives has probably been responsible for the drastic decline in cancers of the stomach. :tongue: :ohwell:

    The reason my pizza last night didn't make me sick is because I'm unhealthy?!

    I hope this post was humourous... if not, then give me an effing break....
  • sabrinalee8
    sabrinalee8 Posts: 45 Member
    Everyone saying that a food is evil just because it caused you pain is naive. Of course if you go cold turkey and quit something i.e. bread/carbs for an extended period of time and then introduce it, your body will go into shock and so it will make you sick. It doesn't mean it's a bad food. Everything is good in moderation.
  • dorthymcconnel
    dorthymcconnel Posts: 237 Member
    Hard lesson to learn but good for you for learning it! As for me I'm slowly catching on. Slow learner, I am. I'm also learning, though, that I can have some of my favorite "junk" foods, just with a tweak or two. But the healthier I eat --more veggies and fruit and lots of water, the less likely I am to crave them. Keep up the good work!
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I had pizza for dinner last night. And again for breakfast. No stomach problems.

    That's because your body is so unhealthy. If you actually got healthy you couldn't eat pizza anymore. Duh.

    Actually, Johnny, there is some truth to this. I have been eating a pretty good diet for many years but what I noticed when I went to visit my (VERY) unhealthy relatives and ate what they eat, I felt sick during and after. I think that they don't notice because they feel sick all the time anyway....Either that or all the preservatives that they are eating has "pickled" them to some degree...I once saw an item defending the use of preservatives. It said that the use of food preservatives has probably been responsible for the drastic decline in cancers of the stomach. :tongue: :ohwell:

    Oh, so maybe in reality I just feel sick all the time because I'm so unhealthy. If I actually got healthy one day, I wouldn't be able to eat pizza and hamburgers anymore.

    Is that it?
  • sabrinalee8
    sabrinalee8 Posts: 45 Member
    I can tell OP is on the other side of the pond--she ate pizza with CORN on it.

    It's very common here in the UK to have corn on pizza... Chicken and sweetcorn. Not a fan of sweetcorn myself, but a lot of people have it.
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    "...The reason my pizza last night didn't make me sick is because I'm unhealthy?!..."

    To all appearances, you are a very healthy 20-year old. The ravages of bad eating tend to show up later (if it continues). And I'm not saying that pizza and Chinese buffets are "bad" eating. You get a lot of veggies at a Chinese buffet and for those who don't have a problem with wheat, and who are very active, pizza can be a pretty decent food. Even better if you make it at home with your own healthy ingredients. :smile: The biggest problem I have with restaurant food, in general, is their excessive use of salt, sugar, chemically-altered fats, and low quality ingredients (because high quality ingredients cost more).
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    I can tell OP is on the other side of the pond--she ate pizza with CORN on it.

    It's very common here in the UK to have corn on pizza... Chicken and sweetcorn. Not a fan of sweetcorn myself, but a lot of people have it.
    Er, yes. That's why I said OP must be over there. You people even eat tuna and [sweet]corn pizza, and I'm surprised the Pizza Gods haven't sunk you miles beneath the sea for that atrocity.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    This thread has more nutty goodness than a snicker's bar.
  • hannakengu
    hannakengu Posts: 79 Member
    Is it possible to be on both sides of this conversation? Well, I'll try.

    I agree with the person starting this, it's possible to feel sick because of something you ate that you haven't had in a while. I think it has something to do with stomach/intestines/all those enzymes getting used to burning one thing and then getting something completely different - round peg and square hole. This is quite a different thing, but I have several (ex)-vegetarian friends who have said they got really sick when they started eating meat again and had to do it very gradually to get their systems "eased into it". (And no, it's not about them being grossed out with texture or taste). Same thing has happened to me, but not that intensely, with fatty and sugary foods. I have a lot less of them these days, and I can't stomach as much at a time as I used to.

    I also agree with you guys that there are no dirty and clean foods, one can definitely eat whatever they want (=also, if somebody chooses to only eat whatever fits to their perception of clean, then so be it). There are foods that are better for you and foods that are worse for you, but seriously people, everything in moderation. Otherwise it's easily a) boredom that leads to slipping/binging/quitting or b) only eating certain food types and missing out on some nutrients.
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    I had pizza for dinner last night. And again for breakfast. No stomach problems.

    That's because your body is so unhealthy. If you actually got healthy you couldn't eat pizza anymore. Duh.

    Actually, Johnny, there is some truth to this. I have been eating a pretty good diet for many years but what I noticed when I went to visit my (VERY) unhealthy relatives and ate what they eat, I felt sick during and after. I think that they don't notice because they feel sick all the time anyway....Either that or all the preservatives that they are eating has "pickled" them to some degree...I once saw an item defending the use of preservatives. It said that the use of food preservatives has probably been responsible for the drastic decline in cancers of the stomach. :tongue: :ohwell:

    Oh, so maybe in reality I just feel sick all the time because I'm so unhealthy. If I actually got healthy one day, I wouldn't be able to eat pizza and hamburgers anymore.

    Is that it?

    It isn't that I can't eat those things--it is that I don't want to because I notice a difference in how I feel. It isn't as though I am confined to bed as soon as I eat some not-so-good food. I like to optimize my diet so that my body will perform as well as it can. I do things which most people my age can't even begin to do and I look much younger than my age.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    "...The reason my pizza last night didn't make me sick is because I'm unhealthy?!..."

    To all appearances, you are a very healthy 20-year old. The ravages of bad eating tend to show up later (if it continues). And I'm not saying that pizza and Chinese buffets are "bad" eating. You get a lot of veggies at a Chinese buffet and for those who don't have a problem with wheat, and who are very active, pizza can be a pretty decent food. Even better if you make it at home with your own healthy ingredients. :smile: The biggest problem I have with restaurant food, in general, is their excessive use of salt, sugar, chemically-altered fats, and low quality ingredients (because high quality ingredients cost more).

    *snort*

    I'll be 40 next year..... thanks for playing! It is interesting to see your prejudices about 'healthy' diet and longevity shown up in this ironic manner though.....
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    "...The reason my pizza last night didn't make me sick is because I'm unhealthy?!..."

    To all appearances, you are a very healthy 20-year old. The ravages of bad eating tend to show up later (if it continues). And I'm not saying that pizza and Chinese buffets are "bad" eating. You get a lot of veggies at a Chinese buffet and for those who don't have a problem with wheat, and who are very active, pizza can be a pretty decent food. Even better if you make it at home with your own healthy ingredients. :smile: The biggest problem I have with restaurant food, in general, is their excessive use of salt, sugar, chemically-altered fats, and low quality ingredients (because high quality ingredients cost more).

    *snort*

    I'll be 40 next year..... thanks for playing! It is interesting to see your prejudices about 'healthy' diet and longevity shown up in this ironic manner though.....

    Sorry--I got you confused with another poster. I've still got 25 years on you though. :smile: Hope you stay healthy!


    P.S. I looked at your profile page, you argue there against your own apparent position here--I quote:

    "...I have started using MFP to tighten up my eating habits. Rapidly approaching 40 and have a strong desire to rediscover my former abs. I have discovered that I can no longer eat anything I want and exercise hard and keep the 'butter' off. I guess all that talk about abs being made in the kitchen has finally sunk in!..."
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  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    "...The reason my pizza last night didn't make me sick is because I'm unhealthy?!..."

    To all appearances, you are a very healthy 20-year old. The ravages of bad eating tend to show up later (if it continues). And I'm not saying that pizza and Chinese buffets are "bad" eating. You get a lot of veggies at a Chinese buffet and for those who don't have a problem with wheat, and who are very active, pizza can be a pretty decent food. Even better if you make it at home with your own healthy ingredients. :smile: The biggest problem I have with restaurant food, in general, is their excessive use of salt, sugar, chemically-altered fats, and low quality ingredients (because high quality ingredients cost more).

    *snort*

    I'll be 40 next year..... thanks for playing! It is interesting to see your prejudices about 'healthy' diet and longevity shown up in this ironic manner though.....

    Sorry--I got you confused with another poster. I've still got 25 years on you though. :smile: Hope you stay healthy!


    P.S. I looked at your profile page, you argue there against your own apparent position here--I quote:

    "...I have started using MFP to tighten up my eating habits. Rapidly approaching 40 and have a strong desire to rediscover my former abs. I have discovered that I can no longer eat anything I want and exercise hard and keep the 'butter' off. I guess all that talk about abs being made in the kitchen has finally sunk in!..."

    Touche!

    Although that's QUANTITIES not QUALITIES ..... I'm still eating the same food, just less of it! A 40 year old metabolism doesn't run as hot as a 20 year old one. So you can still eat under your TDEE and lose weight even if your diet is not 'Clean' - that's my point.

    But nice try creeping on my profile and posting it up here! ;)
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    "...The reason my pizza last night didn't make me sick is because I'm unhealthy?!..."

    To all appearances, you are a very healthy 20-year old. The ravages of bad eating tend to show up later (if it continues). And I'm not saying that pizza and Chinese buffets are "bad" eating. You get a lot of veggies at a Chinese buffet and for those who don't have a problem with wheat, and who are very active, pizza can be a pretty decent food. Even better if you make it at home with your own healthy ingredients. :smile: The biggest problem I have with restaurant food, in general, is their excessive use of salt, sugar, chemically-altered fats, and low quality ingredients (because high quality ingredients cost more).

    *snort*

    I'll be 40 next year..... thanks for playing! It is interesting to see your prejudices about 'healthy' diet and longevity shown up in this ironic manner though.....

    Some posters are quite desperate to hold on to their beliefs, all evidence to the contrary. I am 40, I'd say in pretty decent shape, and eat what I want in moderation. Some people truly want to believe that there are evil foods. Let them. It's their bodies, their struggle and, ultimately, their frustration.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    Some posters are quite desperate to hold on to their beliefs, all evidence to the contrary. I am 40, I'd say in pretty decent shape, and eat what I want in moderation. Some people truly want to believe that there are evil foods. Let them. It's their bodies, their struggle and, ultimately, their frustration.

    Agreed! There's a touch of the born-agains about it. People who've adopted a new lifestyle eating-wise, noticed the positive results (due to increased activity and calorie restriction, no doubt) and now want to 'convert' the rest of us!

    But they've drawn all the wrong conclusions as far as I can see.....

    Any moment now Reddy will turn up and then this thread will be complete!
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Some posters are quite desperate to hold on to their beliefs, all evidence to the contrary. I am 40, I'd say in pretty decent shape, and eat what I want in moderation. Some people truly want to believe that there are evil foods. Let them. It's their bodies, their struggle and, ultimately, their frustration.

    Agreed! There's a touch of the born-agains about it. People who've adopted a new lifestyle eating-wise, noticed the positive results (due to increased activity and calorie restriction, no doubt) and now want to 'convert' the rest of us!

    But they've drawn all the wrong conclusions as far as I can see.....

    Any moment now Reddy will turn up and then this thread will be complete!

    I liken them to the ex-smoker, who then goes on and on about the evils of smoking now that they have seen the light. :laugh:
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    "...The reason my pizza last night didn't make me sick is because I'm unhealthy?!..."

    To all appearances, you are a very healthy 20-year old. The ravages of bad eating tend to show up later (if it continues). And I'm not saying that pizza and Chinese buffets are "bad" eating. You get a lot of veggies at a Chinese buffet and for those who don't have a problem with wheat, and who are very active, pizza can be a pretty decent food. Even better if you make it at home with your own healthy ingredients. :smile: The biggest problem I have with restaurant food, in general, is their excessive use of salt, sugar, chemically-altered fats, and low quality ingredients (because high quality ingredients cost more).

    *snort*

    I'll be 40 next year..... thanks for playing! It is interesting to see your prejudices about 'healthy' diet and longevity shown up in this ironic manner though.....

    Sorry--I got you confused with another poster. I've still got 25 years on you though. :smile: Hope you stay healthy!


    P.S. I looked at your profile page, you argue there against your own apparent position here--I quote:

    "...I have started using MFP to tighten up my eating habits. Rapidly approaching 40 and have a strong desire to rediscover my former abs. I have discovered that I can no longer eat anything I want and exercise hard and keep the 'butter' off. I guess all that talk about abs being made in the kitchen has finally sunk in!..."

    Touche!

    Although that's QUANTITIES not QUALITIES ..... I'm still eating the same food, just less of it! A 40 year old metabolism doesn't run as hot as a 20 year old one. So you can still eat under your TDEE and lose weight even if your diet is not 'Clean' - that's my point.

    But nice try creeping on my profile and posting it up here! ;)

    If I might, I would make a suggestion that improving the quality will not only help you to lose the "butter" but will make for better health in the long run. You could eat nothing but Twinkies and stay within your calorie goal, but to fit your macros well (and also get important micro-nutrients), you will need to eat some better quality food in the mix. :smile:
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member

    I liken them to the ex-smoker, who then goes on and on about the evils of smoking now that they have seen the light. :laugh:

    Yeah, that's totally me. That's why I can recognise it in others! Almost 20 years smoke-free and still lecturing people on the folly of it..... I'll get over it one day!
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Great, now I want a cigarette and a pizza.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Great, now I want a cigarette and a pizza.

    Me too. :laugh:
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    If I might, I would make a suggestion that improving the quality will not only help you to lose the "butter" but will make for better health in the long run. You could eat nothing but Twinkies and stay within your calorie goal, but to fit your macros well (and also get important micro-nutrients), you will need to eat some better quality food in the mix. :smile:

    Thanks for the advice, but pre-Christmas I was extremely lean with an 8-pack. I bulked for 2-3 months odd, now I'm cutting myself back down. It's gonna take another month or so before I'm back down to the same level of lean.

    So, you see, I know how to get the butter off thanks - did that a long while ago. Then I wanted to put a bit of muscle on. Now I want to shred off the fat I put on on purpose along with the muscle whilst I was bulking. There, I think you've got the whole story now.

    That profile's pretty old, perhaps I should update it now and then we'll avoid this nasty confusion in future?!

    ETA - have changed the wording to something less ambiguous and also more up-to-date, would be grateful if you could cast your watchful eye over it for me and make sure I've got it right? Thanks!
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Great, now I want a cigarette and a pizza.

    Me too. :laugh:

    I'll call in the order, you bring some smokes.
  • amlong73
    amlong73 Posts: 7 Member
    I love pizza, I love pasta and I love peanut butter candy and frosting! When I started this journey, I thought I had to give it up and it be healthy. Come to find out I would rather not live like that. I want to eat what I really enjoy, just eat less of it.

    I will be forty in a couple of months. I'm going live to enjoy life now. Not try to be super healthy and live a long time. I worked in a nursing home for awhile and learned that I DO NOT want to live that long.

    Enjoy life now and be happy!!!
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    "...The reason my pizza last night didn't make me sick is because I'm unhealthy?!..."

    To all appearances, you are a very healthy 20-year old. The ravages of bad eating tend to show up later (if it continues). And I'm not saying that pizza and Chinese buffets are "bad" eating. You get a lot of veggies at a Chinese buffet and for those who don't have a problem with wheat, and who are very active, pizza can be a pretty decent food. Even better if you make it at home with your own healthy ingredients. :smile: The biggest problem I have with restaurant food, in general, is their excessive use of salt, sugar, chemically-altered fats, and low quality ingredients (because high quality ingredients cost more).

    *snort*

    I'll be 40 next year..... thanks for playing! It is interesting to see your prejudices about 'healthy' diet and longevity shown up in this ironic manner though.....

    Some posters are quite desperate to hold on to their beliefs, all evidence to the contrary. I am 40, I'd say in pretty decent shape, and eat what I want in moderation. Some people truly want to believe that there are evil foods. Let them. It's their bodies, their struggle and, ultimately, their frustration.

    They aren't just my beliefs. Even established medicine preaches eating better (in spite of it being against their own economic interests). I am not the least bit conflicted about my food choices (nor have I ever been "frustrated"). I don't expect that I will ever say, "Gee, I wish I had eaten a lot more pizzas and cookies during my life." :wink:
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Some posters are quite desperate to hold on to their beliefs, all evidence to the contrary. I am 40, I'd say in pretty decent shape, and eat what I want in moderation. Some people truly want to believe that there are evil foods. Let them. It's their bodies, their struggle and, ultimately, their frustration.

    Agreed! There's a touch of the born-agains about it. People who've adopted a new lifestyle eating-wise, noticed the positive results (due to increased activity and calorie restriction, no doubt) and now want to 'convert' the rest of us!

    But they've drawn all the wrong conclusions as far as I can see.....

    Any moment now Reddy will turn up and then this thread will be complete!


    They draw the wrong conclusions because they rely on the internet for their studies. It's easier for them to read what Dr. Oz or Mercola have to say than it is to wade through real studies on pubmed. It's either a lack of education or a mental illness but there is no reason to debate with people such as this.
  • VeinsAndBones
    VeinsAndBones Posts: 550 Member
    I find this thread repulsive and disgusting, like Polish vodka
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    Some posters are quite desperate to hold on to their beliefs, all evidence to the contrary. I am 40, I'd say in pretty decent shape, and eat what I want in moderation. Some people truly want to believe that there are evil foods. Let them. It's their bodies, their struggle and, ultimately, their frustration.

    Agreed! There's a touch of the born-agains about it. People who've adopted a new lifestyle eating-wise, noticed the positive results (due to increased activity and calorie restriction, no doubt) and now want to 'convert' the rest of us!

    But they've drawn all the wrong conclusions as far as I can see.....

    Any moment now Reddy will turn up and then this thread will be complete!

    I liken them to the ex-smoker, who then goes on and on about the evils of smoking now that they have seen the light. :laugh:

    And you are suggesting that smoking cigarettes is a good thing for health??
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I'm just going to summarise this thread for everyone:

    OP ate some pizza with ****ing corn on it and had the ****s all night.

    Some people think eating pizza is okay. Other people think it is not okay.

    You are welcome. :flowerforyou:
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