Eating pizza, pop tarts, & ice cream while losing weight

Somebody say Poptarts?

Gak---I've always thought the regular ones were uninteresting sweetened cardboard with break-your-teeth frosting. "Red Velvet" Pop-Tarts carries it to the next level and on to "repulsive".

Only if by 'repulsive' do you mean 'hello love get in my belly RIGHT NOW'.

Somebody say Poptarts?

Gak---I've always thought the regular ones were uninteresting sweetened cardboard with break-your-teeth frosting. "Red Velvet" Pop-Tarts carries it to the next level and on to "repulsive".

Blasphemy.

Yeah...NO. Over my cold dead body. Which doesn't make much sense and I'm gong to bed since I was up at 5:45 this a.m. :laugh:

Good night!

I eat pizza, icecream and other "bad" things weekly (they don't sell poptarts in Aus :sad: ).. If it fits in your goal go for it! Life is for living, enjoy the food! Otherwise it'd be boring as!

Welcome to the forums. Enjoy your stay. :flowerforyou:

No. :mad:

Welcome to the forums. Enjoy your stay. :flowerforyou:

No. :mad:

You're paying attention! :laugh:

I am...

...but apparently Crank isn't.

For the love of God people, EAT A REAL PASTRY.



That being said, in for food porn.

To a PopTart

I can smell your pastry as it toasts
to a hue of deepest gold.
My fingers tingle, well aware
that you'll be too hot to hold.

When you spring up, I'll have to juggle
to get you to the plate.
One pastry in six falls to the floor
and shatters there, unate.

But most will make it safe and sound,
then I breathlessly decide
to butter them or eat them plain
or smoosh ice cream inside.

Delicious, sweet, a toothsome treat,
you fit my macros well!
Your critics squawk disdainful talk?
They can just go to hell.

Nice!!

To a PopTart

I can smell your pastry as it toasts
to a hue of deepest gold.
My fingers tingle, well aware
that you'll be too hot to hold.

When you spring up, I'll have to juggle
to get you to the plate.
One pastry in six falls to the floor
and shatters there, unate.

But most will make it safe and sound,
then I breathlessly decide
to butter them or eat them plain
or smoosh ice cream inside.

Delicious, sweet, a toothsome treat,
you fit my macros well!
Your critics squawk disdainful talk?
They can just go to hell.

I think I love you.

I'm not sure if there's much point after 20+ pages in this thread, but as someone who has done very boring and restrictive diets in the past (given by nutritionists, doctors, etc) and did manage to lose weight, but eventually gained it all (and even more) back, I found IIFYM liberating. Calorie counting on its own is liberating, as you can eat whatever you like as long as you stay under without the guilt you get when trying to follow a specific diet (and before anyone jumps on me, I don't mean eating "junk" food all day long, but having some chocolate or ice cream and keep losing, something that feels almost like a revolutionary act). And watching your macros (and micros) is such a great guide to do that reasonably, and moreover to see where your diet needs improvement. I still struggle for that, my fat and carbs are usually higher than I'd like, my protein still too low, but that's what I'm working on. I am making progress, a bit slowly, but still, I'm getting closer to where I want to be and at the same time I still live my life normally, going out several times a week, drinking a glass of wine almost every day and eating delicious food every single day. Why did it have to be so restricting and emotionally exhausting in the past?

Anyway, what I want to say is that I get the point of your post, OP, and actually posts like yours helped me get started a few months ago. Please keep posting such threads, I'm sure they are useful to many others. :flowerforyou:

Balls. I knew there was something I forgot at the market today...Pop Tarts.

yes you can eat all that crap and lose weight, though you would be losing muscle weight mostly and not fat

Why would he be losing muscle?

Also, the OP lost 158lb - so he had over 300lb of LBM? Sounds legit!

is there a person left on here that doesn't know that a calorie deficit = weight loss regardless of the food choice?

these threads are so redundant

I have been on this website for over a year and a half and I have yet to see people talk about how coronary heart disease doesn't discriminate based on weight

i'm not down with policing health, i think everyone should have authority over what they want to do with their own bodies


but i don't think people who choose "healthier" options think that they have to in order to lose weight, perhaps they just appreciate plaque-free arteries ... they're probably well aware that they can eat "junk food" and still lose weight

sooo carrots or pizza, whatever floats your boat

i agree 100000% with this, that you can eat whatever you want... as long as its under your calorie goal for the day.. and still lose weight. However I can say that within these types of posts, I can tell you that *I* have been the one to say "choose better foods" because I was the 24 year old who was SKINNY, yet chose the burgers, pizza and fries over the grilled chicken & salads... and I ended up having clogged arteries and 2 strokes from blood clots to the brain.. YES at age 24. So while you can eat whatever the hell you want.. and still lose weight.. SKINNY doesnt mean HEALTHY. Chose wisely.