examples of healthy food

WinnerVictorious
WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
in Chit-Chat
i see a lot of silliness in these forums about certain foods being "healthy" or "unhealthy".

there is no such thing as "healthy" or "unhealthy" food. food is simply fuel. you can eat all things in moderation and still lose weight and/or be fit. the people who have a pathological need to classify foods according to whether or not that they can or cannot be eaten, are called orthorexics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia_nervosa

free yourself of the mindset that you have to subsist on nothing but lettuce and carrots and you can not only lose weight enjoyably, but also maintain that weight loss for the rest of your life!

all of the following foods are perfectly healthy. they all have nutritional value. you can eat them in moderation with no shame and no guilt. as long as they fit your macros, enjoy them! ( http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10118-eat-train-progress )

feel free to post other healthy foods. :happy:

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  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I'd also like to add you can be unhealthy by eating all food people consider healthy. And sometimes doing terrible things can increase ones health (though there are better way to go about it of course). For example, I'm terrible at iron. And I hate fish. But I'll eat battered deep fried fish, and I exercise. Iron problems be gone.

    When I started here I was eating 1200 calories of mostly vegetables and chicken and I thought I was full. My hair started falling out in the shower because I wasn't getting all my macro and micronutrients. I upped my calories to something reasonable and that problem went away.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    how about the good morning burger..?
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    or a sonoran hot dog?
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    or chicken fried bacon?
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    or a maple bacon bar from Voodoo Donuts?
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  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    Careful. A common sense could thread like this could be construed as a parody :grumble:
  • erickita89
    erickita89 Posts: 422 Member
    yummy! if this is healthy then losing weight should be easy lol
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I may make pizza today.
  • Surfrider
    Surfrider Posts: 364 Member
    Wrong thread to click on for my first day back after a 2 month break... :mad:
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    yummy! if this is healthy then losing weight should be easy lol

    it's all about making them fit your macros.

    e.g., 2 or 3 Oreo cookies a day is perfectly fine. a whole bag is a different story.

    that's what people need to understand. life is meant to be enjoyed and few people can have long term success depriving themselves of things they love to eat. it's ok to eat the foods you love. eat them in moderation while eating an overall nutritious diet and this whole process becomes so much easier... it really does!

    e.g., The Rock allows for stuff like this in his diet from time to time. it's perfectly fine for the rest of us to do that too.

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  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    MMMMMMM, Dutch Baby.

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  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    Oh, WTH? lol
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    MMMMMMM, Dutch Baby.
    I uh.. I need a minu... a minute..
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    MMMMMMM, Dutch Baby.

    what is that? is that a fallen souffle??
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
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    bubble gum ice cream MYYYY FAVORITEEEEE!!

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    pho!! YUMMY!! i think this is actually healthy BUT IT DOESNT TASTE healthy haha so thats why i LOVE it!


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    chipotle burrito YUMMY! i know this is healthy but its VERY high in caloires..


    chickfila-sandwich.jpg chick fil a!!! YUMMY!
    lol i can keep going but ill stop lol I LOVEEE FOOD! and i eat all of this!
  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    Hopefully this one isn't as big. It's like a German pancake. You bake it and eat it with all the butter, lemon and powdered sugar. Omm nom nom! Here's a recipe. http://www.somelikeithotinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/baskets-breakfast-and-soup-oh-my.html

    Seriously amazing and I'm not crazy about lemon.

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  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    MMMMMMM, Dutch Baby.

    what is that? is that a fallen souffle??
    it's like a pancake and a crepe made sweet sweet love and had a baby.. and raised it right, read it good stories, made sure it GOT that pony that it wanted for its birthday.. sent it off to a good college where it met a good boy.. and then they lived happily ever after.
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    Hopefully this one isn't as big. It's like a German pancake. You bake it and eat it with all the butter, lemon and powdered sugar. Omm nom nom! Here's a recipe. http://www.somelikeithotinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/baskets-breakfast-and-soup-oh-my.html

    Seriously amazing and I'm not crazy about lemon.

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    that looks good. i love breads (and all bread-related foods). i think i inherited a gene for that from my German ancestors. :love:
  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    MMMMMMM, Dutch Baby.

    what is that? is that a fallen souffle??
    it's like a pancake and a crepe made sweet sweet love and had a baby.. and raised it right, read it good stories, made sure it GOT that pony that it wanted for its birthday.. sent it off to a good college where it met a good boy.. and then they lived happily ever after.

    That made me cry. I need a tissue. Then I'm going to the store for lemons. I can't talk about Dutch Babies without making one.
  • kendunn579
    kendunn579 Posts: 391 Member
    i made upside down peach pudding today and ate it with Cornish ice cream.... Healthy nomnomnom...
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Amen! I make room for ice cream on an almost daily basis, unless I ate something else, like a Snickers dark. Mmmmmm! I may be having pizza for lunch, too. :bigsmile:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I totally agree with the all things in moderation mentality...but I also do believe the majority of one's diet should be quality, nutrient dense foods for proper health and nutrition. At least for me, it's made a huge difference in my blood work...the kind of stuff pictured above would have made up about 90% of my diet just 4 months ago...now those kind of things make up maybe 10% of my diet...my blood work is now seriously heading in the right direction.

    I do think the key is moderation...but some peoples idea of moderation isn't really moderation...I know mine didn't used to be.
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
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  • Colorfan
    Colorfan Posts: 230 Member
    The big problem for me, and a lot of other people is that these particular foods are trigger foods. They trigger appetites and urges for more foods which can completely destroy your macros.

    For me, its just better to not have them at all, than to try and have them in moderation. Like it says on a bag of Lays, "Bet you cant eat just one."
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    The big problem for me, and a lot of other people is that these particular foods are trigger foods. They trigger appetites and urges for more foods which can completely destroy your macros.

    For me, its just better to not have them at all, than to try and have them in moderation. Like it says on a bag of Lays, "Bet you cant eat just one."

    that may well be true for some, but it doesn't make these foods "unhealthy" or "bad", and that's my point.

    i hate seeing people struggling eating foods they don't like just because they think getting healthy or fit requires them to completely delete the foods they love from their diets.

    breads and pasta are my downfall. i can't eat as much of those as i'd like, because they don't keep me feeling full for long and i end up eating more food that day than i should. but they are both still part of my diet, just not as much a part as they were before.
  • ihad
    ihad Posts: 7,463 Member
    I totally agree with the all things in moderation mentality...but I also do believe the majority of one's diet should be quality, nutrient dense foods for proper health and nutrition. At least for me, it's made a huge difference in my blood work...the kind of stuff pictured above would have made up about 90% of my diet just 4 months ago...now those kind of things make up maybe 10% of my diet...my blood work is now seriously heading in the right direction.

    I do think the key is moderation...but some peoples idea of moderation isn't really moderation...I know mine didn't used to be.

    THIS is key. It's about balance and proper proportion, not fearing certain foods.
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    Steak and potatoes is healthy food...you just have to WORK like a cowboy!:bigsmile:
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    No. Chips are unhealthy. Carrots are healthy. You can't deny that.
    Yeah, you may eat chips, that's okay if you eat them in moderation. If you don't ever eat carrots too, that's okay, as long as you're eating other healthy foods.
    But if your diet consists of chips, chocolate bars, and candy, that is not good!
  • jha1223
    jha1223 Posts: 141 Member
    Mexican Grilled Cheese
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    Prosciutto and Parmesan Stuffed Puff Pastry Straws
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    Babe's Chicken Texas
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  • KittyViolet
    KittyViolet Posts: 220 Member
    Mexican Grilled Cheese
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    O.O I just went grocery shopping today and I have all of the above... TO THE KITCHEEEEEN!
  • bumbell91
    bumbell91 Posts: 2 Member
    just ate an entire bag + 1/2 of fresh express veggie lovers mix... yeah.
  • justicekenny
    justicekenny Posts: 80
    def onboard with this ... last month .. had tons of tacos, pizza, ice cream .. dropped 8lbs .. of course i was on a caloric deficit .. my diary is public ..check it out...
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    "Healthy" has absolutely nothing to do with your macro and you weight gain or loss. If you're focused on simply losing weight then yeah, what you eat doesn't mean anything. How much does. However, if you're focused on starting a healthy lifestyle, becoming athletic, and competing in sports or something like that, what you eat makes a world of difference!

    When you start talking what is actually "healthy" food and what would be the best for you to eat in terms of physical and mental performance, then you should eat the foods that have the greatest micronurtitional content per calorie. There's a LOT more to it than simply looking at carbs, protein, and fat. Sure, you can eat pizza and burgers all day, but you won't achieve the same potential than if you ate salads, homemade soups, and chicken.

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