Pasta?

Scandinavia
Scandinavia Posts: 291 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello there! I always see how people talk about how bad pasta is for you...I never really liked pasta until recently, like two or three days ago, amd now I love it! However, I'm worried because of people complaining about how they can't stop eating it. I have whole grain, high fiber, high protein pasta that I eat. I am very satisfied with a 2oz serving of it, and I only cook for myself so I knowexactly what is going into it.

Will eating pasta mutiple times a day make me gain weight? I usually eat oatmeal in the mornings, then the only other carbs besides supper is from fruit and veggies.

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  • jbruced
    jbruced Posts: 210 Member
    For some people, eating starchy type foods like oatmeal and pasta causes either weight gain or some difficulty losing weight. As with all things, moderation is important.
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    Pasta is completely fine! You don't need to go with the health-food pasta, either, if you don't want.

    Just make sure it fits in your calories (and macros if you track them) and all will be well.
  • kaylindeschanel
    kaylindeschanel Posts: 105 Member
    pasta itself is not bad for you.

    whole wheat pasta is good because the carbs that make up whole wheat are complex carbohydrates. it has fiber and necessarily nutrients that is often stripped away when it becomes white pasta (or the pasta that everyone refers to as the satanic starch).

    white pasta is basically the same thing as whole wheat pasta, but without the health benefits. i guess it tastes better - which is why it's in use at all - but just try to avoid WHITE rice, bread, pasta (anything) at all costs.
  • chriswhudson
    chriswhudson Posts: 39
    It does not matter what you eat, the truth about weight loss is calories in vs. calories burned creating a caloric deficit. Pasta and other high calorie foods just brings your daily total up quicker and gives more carbs to your day so it's more work to burn it off...... but if you know what your BMR then you control your destiny.......


    It takes 3500 calories BURNED to lose 1lb. for example:
    if you ate 2800 cal a day x7days = 19600 calories consumed a week
    if you burned 3200 cal a day x 7days = 22,400 calories burned a week
    22,400 -19600=2,800 net burned for the week it's not quite a lb lost but it's .8 lost


    How do you know what you burn a day? look up BMR and enter your body data. I know all the pills and stuff the world promotes sound great, none of them work, they only increase the amounts of calories burned a day by small amounts and supress your appetite, but if you don't know your basic calorie intake or your basic burn a day, nothing can help you manage the outcome. I explain this to say that I have lost 45lbs in 6 months and I work out roughly twice a week, but walk 3 miles 3 days a week in the summer............hope this helps.................

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