Potatoes vs. Whole Wheat Bread vs. Brown Rice

UGH! There's so much conflicting information about carbs, I don't know what to do! How about "If it's white or fried, run and hide"?

Yup, cauliflower is the devil, makes you insta fat

Cauliflower covered in sarcasm will get you every time.

Thanks for the responses. I began this journey on Weight Watchers two years ago. For the first year and a half, I initially lost around 90 lbs. Then I plateaued for many months. Now I've regained 10 lbs. much to my dismay and sadness.

I've been trying to figure out where I went wrong and have been wondering if avoiding these three items might help as I've heard from friends and others who have cut them out all together in order to lose weight.

So if I eat these in moderation and keep them under my caloric intake, I should be good?

Has anyone here gotten close to losing 100 lbs. (my ultimate goal) and still found it was okay for them to eat these things?

I know I mentioned in my post that I avoid wheat and brown rice but that's because of the adrenal and thyroid issues. If you don't have problems with those, I think you're probably okay having them in moderation. Can't help you with the 100 pound loss though. My goal is closer to 50 pounds. I'd like to wish you good luck in your endeavor.

Thank you. I remember hearing a researcher on NPR last year say that one shouldn't eat potatoes more than once a week in order to lose weight.

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-potatoes

Thanks for the responses. I began this journey on Weight Watchers two years ago. For the first year and a half, I initially lost around 90 lbs. Then I plateaued for many months. Now I've regained 10 lbs. much to my dismay and sadness.

I've been trying to figure out where I went wrong and have been wondering if avoiding these three items might help as I've heard from friends and others who have cut them out all together in order to lose weight.

So if I eat these in moderation and keep them under my caloric intake, I should be good?

Has anyone here gotten close to losing 100 lbs. (my ultimate goal) and still found it was okay for them to eat these things?

Well, I haven't lost 100, but a little over 85, and honestly I eat lots of carbs every day. On a pretty much daily basis, I eat brown and white bread, potatoes, white pasta and chocolate. Less often, but still regularly, I eat white rice, ice cream, biscuits (cookies), couscous and rice noodles. I never had any plateaus while I was losing and have been maintaining for nearly 6 months.

Some people are more successful cutting down on carbs, for whatever reason. It seems to me though that you lost 90 lbs without cutting these things out. They can't be the sole reason you gained 10 lbs back. You could cut them out now, and you might lose a chunk of water weight (carbs hold onto water), but it doesn't seem that you should need to cut them out.

I know that when losing weight and keeping it off, it's best to avoid these three items. But if one has to choose, which is the best nutrition-wise to eat sparingly?

"You know" wrong. You do not need to avoid those three items to lose weight and maintain said lost weight.

The only factor to losing weight = calorie deficit.

I've been perusing the boards for some time now and keep seeing that phrase: "calorie deficit." What does that mean?

Simple explanation:
Say you have to eat 5000 calories (just an example) to maintain your weight. If you remove 500 calories from that, you'd be eating 4500 calories and would be in a caloric deficit. You'd be eating less calories than it takes to maintain your weight and would therefore lose weight.

I'd probably encourage you to EAT them, and NOT NOT eat them, LOL.

Carbs get a ton of bad rap, and it's totally unnecessary! As long as you're getting your adequate intake of carbs, protein, and fats (assuming they're from natural, whole sources like potatoes and whole wheat products) then I say you should be fine! Don't sweat it and eat up, my friend! =D

It depends... If you are diabetic a baked russet potatoes would have a glycemic value of 85. The brown rice is 55 moderate and whole wheat bread is 69. The best choice then is the brown rice. If you ate not diabetic then it doesn't matter as long as it fits in your calories.

Calorie deficit = eat less than you burn.

I ate all three things while losing weight with adf (alternate day intermittent fasting) and had no problems. Since transitioning into maintenance though, I've decided to eat primal and have cut out wheat. I still eat white rice and potatoes though. My maintenance carb range is around 100-125 a day

I eat all 3 of those along with anything else I feel I want and have managed to lose a few pounds..... :drinker:

I've had all of them today. Except I had white rice instead of brown. Just not too crazy about brown rice. I have a baked potato about 3-4 times a week. Some form of bread daily. If I'm not having rice, it's because I'm having pasta or pizza.

If you're not overeating these things, you're fine! Potatoes are very nutritious as long as you're not eating them fried all the time. If you're bored with these three things, try plantains, yuca, farro, etc.

Thank you. I remember hearing a researcher on NPR last year say that one shouldn't eat potatoes more than once a week in order to lose weight.

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-potatoes

That's pretty good.