Is eating white bread every now and then OK?

Of course. Why wouldn't it be (assuming you aren't allergic to any of the ingredients in it)? I have 2 pieces of plain jane white bread 3-4x per week.

yes it is but you might want to start incorporating some whole grain breads as well as whole grain pastas into your diet it is more filling and much healthier

Agree w/previous posters, as long as the white bread is within your calories, then no problem w/it. But also agree you might want to gradually work your way into healthier breads. Maybe from white, to enriched white (some call this white wheat), then honey wheat, then wheat, then more whole grain wheats or even ryes, etc. If you don't like the whole grains right now, then go as far as you can that way, but try again in a few months. Sometimes our tastes change. Many people start out only liking whole milk, but then can work into half whole/half skim (mixing themselves). After a while they find they can gradually work it down to completely skim & that ends up being the only thing they like. It's not just about the calories, but also about other health benefits. The healthier the bread, the more fiber, the more full it'll make you feel for a longer time.

It doesn't matter what kind of carbs you eat. Carbs are carbs. You can eat a piece of chocolate cake, but realize that those 50g of sugary carbs can be better BUDGETED if you eat a full cup of oatmeal (which will keep you feeling more full for a LOT longer than that one piece of cake). It just depends on how you want to "spend" your carbs, protein, and fat.

Actually carbs are not all the same carbs. That's why a piece of cake (simple carbs) will not keep you full for as long as oatmeal (complex carbs).

There are three types actually, simple (which are usually sweet things like fruit, or things with sweeteners like honey, sugar, etc.), complex (pasta, rice, corn) and fiber, which is technically a complex carb but it doesn't break down in your body the same way as the other two types do (it doesn't break down into sugar.)

My mom always says...
The whiter the bread, the faster you're dead.

But that doesn't make that statement true. My 96 y/o diabetic grandmother eats white bread only, and that is all she has ever eaten. She doesn't eat a lot of it, maybe two pieces a day, but that is still the only bread she eats. She refuses to try any type of wheat bread.

Where I live the white bread is baked fresh every other hour and is long and crusty like a baguette, and so DAMN GOOD and CHEAP TOO! SO I eat it as a reward, but regular ole american white bread? WHY would you want to eat that stuff? LOL! When I eat american sliced bread I find the 100% whole grain and toast it.

IIFYM

My mom always says...
The whiter the bread, the faster you're dead.

But that doesn't make that statement true. My 96 y/o diabetic grandmother eats white bread only, and that is all she has ever eaten. She doesn't eat a lot of it, maybe two pieces a day, but that is still the only bread she eats. She refuses to try any type of wheat bread.

Just had two slices of the whitest bread you ever did see wrapping a hot salsa sandwich just before bed.

I don't expect to live through the night.

I mean, Christ, if this bread were any more processed it would be a Mars Bar.

Nope, a sandwich made with plain white bread isn't going to magically derail your weight loss.

If you're missing bread, try this out:

http://www.steamykitchen.com/168-no-knead-bread-revisited.html

I make this stuff frequently. It's easy, it's simple, and it's delicious. You need a lidded pot to bake it in that will stand up to 450º in the oven, cast iron is good for that, and Lodge makes several that will do the job at around $30. The bread itself? I buy my ingredients in bulk, so it costs me about sixty cents per loaf to make, and we're talking about Panera-quality bread here. It's so yummy I recently started selling it to my neighbors!