Pizza is not a "bad" food.

Pizza is horrible for you with its double whammy of Carbs + Fats at the same time. The reason you eat so many slices and get hungry soon and end up binge eating. Throws your insulin into complete wacko.

How many people do you actually see eating 1 - 2 slices.

I haven't touched pizza since last year. Probably one of the WORST foods you can eat while cutting. Period.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but, pizza is not good, as a matter of fact, its not healthy whatsoever

A food is just a food. It is an item that I have made the decision to eat. It didn't create itself with the grand plan of making me fat. It has no intentions or ulterior motives. It's not good or bad or naughty or evil or anything like that - unless you've added cyanide to it or something! We put those determinations onto food because of our own issues. You can't blame a food just because some people have difficulty with self-control or portion sizing for that type of food. I rarely eat chocolate, and when I do I don't eat much of it - it just doesn't get me going the way it does for other people. I know other people struggle a lot with foods like chocolate - but that doesn't mean the chocolate is at fault!

A lot of people can easily eat 1-2 slices of pizza and call it a day. I can! A lot of people can find ways to make pizza fit into their intake and balance their macros. It is possible to have a pizza that isn't laden with cheese, sodium and fatty meats, for those who are concerned about those things. Instead, that pizza can have vegetables, freshly made home-made tomato sauce (without added sodium), and a small amount of cheese (if the person even wants cheese, there are many toppings for pizza that are delicious without cheese!).

For the people who struggle with portion control, they have to work out how they will manage that (without blaming an item of food for their decisions).

An individual's issues with portion control does not make a food inherently good or bad, any more than the fact that some people like to have sex with sofas makes a sofa bad!

mmm, can y eat pizza and lose weight and gain muscle? Yes!!!!! It might not be optimal with pizza, but as long as you hit your macros it is ok! Futher more having pizza as a cheat meal every once in a while, it ís a way to avoid binching. You can always stick to bro science and eat six meals a day and hit your macros, what it all boils down to is personal preference!But thats just advice do what eva the fudge y want to!

If you want a pizza, just fit it into your calories. It's not a healthy food though.

I make two different types of homemade 'healthy' pizza. The first like many of you, I'll use a wholegrain pitta, homemade tomato and herb sauce, a portion of low fat mozzarella and cover the top with as many slices of peppers, onions, mushrooms, pineapple or spinach and sweetcorn as I can. The second way is similar but instead of a pitta, I use a chicken breast which I butterfly, season and grill before adding the same toppings and grilling until the cheese is bubbling.

If I really want the unhealthy kind, then a dominos personal size is plenty for me - and makes me appreciate it as a treat as well. I can't believe I used to try and pack away a medium to myself. Ridiculous! Plus I serve it with a homemade salad and some low fat coleslaw. However I much prefer making my own 'unhealthy' kind with my own wholemeal dough if I have the time, as the whole thing taste much fresher and you can load it with as many veggies as you wish! It's even a hit with family and friends who wouldn't normally touch pizza!

In this thread: OP makes excuses as to why it's okay to cheat her diet and eat pizza.

everybody that eats a pizza dies.

FACT

Everyone that drinks water die, too

In this thread: OP makes excuses as to why it's okay to cheat her diet and eat pizza.

Respectfully, I think the OP has made it clear that in the past she has "dieted" and had great success losing weight, and then gaining it back.

For long terms sustainable weight loss, many of us choose not to restrict "bad" foods. We choose moderation. We choose lifestyle change over diet.

You can cheat a diet, you can't cheat a lifestyle change.

Pizza is unhealthy. The crust is what makes it unhealthy because it is loaded with carbs.

Pizza is unhealthy. The crust is what makes it unhealthy because it is loaded with carbs.

Carbs aren't unhealthy. Your body needs carbs.

It is greasy. It is energy dense instead of nutrient dense. Nutrient dense foods are preferable to energy dense foods. Pizza sauce is supposedly made with tomatoes, right? Tomatoes are high in vitamins like Vitamin C, yet pizza sauce has no Vitamin C. It's like all these other processed foods that are made of things like potatoes and tomatoes, which have a lot nutrients, yet somehow have been stripped out during the process.

Pizza sauce has no vitamin C? Source?

There are two types of carbs. Simple and Complex. Pizza crust is a simple carb and so is table sugar, corn syrup, most packaged cereals, honey, biscuits, candy and soda. etc. Complex carbs are more likely to provide nutrients and minerals that the body needs. Athletes usually prefer complex carbs, which do not turn into sugar as quickly as simple carbs. Complex units are burned to help fuel the body or are “stored in the liver and skeletal muscles for future use,” An example of a Complex carb is green beans., fruits, beans, soy milk, low fat yogurt etc I have lost 89 pounds by eating a low (simple) carb diet and high in protein. I do eat complex carbs just not simple carbs. If you just have to have pizza make the crust from whole meal bread and stay away from the pizza that is premade.

Why are people arguing about this?

It's simple.

A pizza from pizza hut is not "healthy" but a few slices every once in awhile won't kill you.


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I'm sick and tired of hearing everyone on here and IRL say that pizza is unhealthy. Pizza is a source of carbohydrates, calcium, protein, and veggies (especially if you top it with them). As long as you aren't ordering a bunch of unhealthy toppings like pepperoni, it's actually quite healthy. So next time you think to yourself, "Oh, I can't have that," think again. Granted there are better choices out there, but pizza is definitely not the worst.

LOL @ your logic that pizza is healthy b/c it's "source of carbohydrates!" So is cake, Twinkies, donuts, cookies . . . . and just about most junk foods!

Now pizza does have some protein, calcium, and veggies too so it's not 100% junk food like donuts. So sure, if you want to argue that it's better for you than donuts I'd agree. However, pizza is still about 75% junk food.