help! i dont want to give up starch

calories burned > calories eaten = weight loss.


Has nothing to do with starches or carbs.

Why would you have to give up starch to lose weight?

Why would you have to give up starch to lose weight?

A lot of people have the idea that starch/carbs are bad and lead to weight gain. Maybe it came from low carb diets?

I went to a doctor to figure out my weight issues and she specializes in weight management. She told me to not eat starches for dinner and then the rest of the night. It is harder for your body to digest starches at night. So if anything, try that and see how your weight loss is going. I agree, it is difficult to give up starches!

goodness... i hope she isn't licensed by anyone, thats fabrication, food is fuel , regardless of the source, now some is better fuel than others , but starches , regardless of the time eaten , are just fuel , and cannot turn into fat , by themselves

Calories in versus calories out, (physical activity) is what leads to weight loss,
it can be doen with a million different fads, eat this food, don't eat this food,
but in the end it needs to equal out to a deficit in calories in , and an excess in calories out(exercise/activity)
its just that simple

IIFYM

It makes me kinda sad to see so many people fussing over what kind of foods they should be eating. You don't have to give up starch to lose weight! As long as you fit your macros with reasonable choices, you're fine.

I have no problem "limiting" the kind of starch I eat and how much, but I simply can not cut it out altogether. Does this mean my weight loss is doomed?

I like to have a whole wheat whole grain bagel sometimes, or some pita. I do go with the higher fiber content just to make the better choice, but can I still lose weight eating this stuff?

And I also really like to once in a while have a slice of real pizza for a meal.

how much does starch really interfere with weightloss? I simply hate low carb diets and my body does too

Btw I eat "bad carbs/starches" like Oreos and other packaged/processed carbs just about every day. I find that it improves my lifting performance. I like to eat a bunch of simple carbs right after I workout. This hasn't made me fat (technically I'm underweight).

I was addicted to bread until I started avoiding gluten (could be some relationship, but I no longer miss bread). If a particular food causes a problem or "binge", it's probably wise to avoid that food, or limit it to instances where you can better control consumption. That doesn't mean you have to give up an entire "macro" - just find instances of carbs (or fats or proteins) that you can eat in moderation and mostly stick to those (eg, if you are a glutton for bread, try rice or potatoes instead - similar carb "profile" but different mouth feel and flavor)

I would say don't give up starch. If you are limiting it to reasonable amounts, and more importantly, creating a caloric deficit overall, I see no reason to worry about starch stalling your weight loss efforts. Thankfully, carbs don't have a magical evil quality to them that that makes them worth six times their calories, and actually our bodies are not very efficient at converting them to fat. It's just that when we are using mostly carbs for fuel, we aren't tapping into much fat. The calories end up balancing out regardless of the source.

There is also nothing magical about the time window after dinner and before bed that would make the food you eat more fattening. Your digestion and basal metabolism should be running along pretty much like normal when you sleep. The only way eating late matters is if you end up eating more total calories than you should for the day. Or if you have digestion issues that would make it difficult to sleep.

If avoiding starch is something that works for you in the self-control realm, then there is nothing wrong with that, but don't make your goals more difficult by trying to follow unnecessary rules.

as long you as you eat a varied diet and keep within your set calorie range for dieting you should be fine! it feels terrible to cut out food groups...you end up craving them (and in my case binging later). i still eat everything i want (including having a beer or wine or two) but balance it out by having an extra hard workout or eating very clean the rest of the day. i never feel deprived! you've got to live, girl. starches are fine in moderation, just like everything else.