has anyone continued to lose weight while eating white rice?

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  • angex3333
    angex3333 Posts: 83 Member
    Yes definitely!! I love Jasmine rice but I do ensure my portion size is weighed. I also have sushi. I love rice!!!
  • rileyhunter169
    rileyhunter169 Posts: 150
    There's absolutely no reason why you can't lose weight while eating white rice. It mostly gets a bad rap due to the "low carb talibans" claiming insulin will magically impede fat loss despite being in caloric deficit. This is actually partially true as insulin does down regulate some of the catabolic processes in your body; however this won't make any difference as it's just a way to get carbs and amino acids into your cell and once that's over, your back to burning carbs. Basically, insulin and energy balance is complicated enough to have a semester class on it, but in short, it makes calories in vs. calories out viable, that's all you need to know, in fact you can entirely forget the word. However the three thing that has been observed in the majority of the literature...
    1) Carbohydrate consumption as a percentage of calories doesn't make a noticeable effect on total daily expenditure.
    2) G.I of one food will not make a huge difference in contexts of a mixed meal. It's almost irrelevant.
    3) They have tested high sugar intakes in fat loss; it does not appear to make a difference in fat loss or even cardiovascular risk.

    Though... Hehe... The thing I do warn is that white rice contains almost zero nutrients besides carbs, so if you have room in your calories after vegetables, fruit, protein, fat; go right ahead, though you probably won't have much room if your on less than 2000 calories; but a cup a day is probably fine.

    Read more:
    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/insulin-levels-and-fat-loss-qa.html
  • jigglyone
    jigglyone Posts: 410 Member
    thanks everyone
  • LauraBalyk
    LauraBalyk Posts: 219 Member
    Yup ! I have lost 32 pounds so far and I still eat white bread, pasta and rice, the key is moderation :)
  • Bromard6
    Bromard6 Posts: 44 Member
    you can literally eat whatever you want and lose weight, just pay attention to portion size and the amount of calorie you're eating in a day. Obviously you get to eat a lot more of some foods than others for the same calorie amount, but there's no reason to quit eating white rice if that's what you prefer.

    Yoda couldn't have said it better. "Eat white rice you can, mmmm."
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Whilst carbs, sugar and fat do have the monopoly on the 'evil food of the week' title I am strongly campaigning that celery get a turn :happy:


    :drinker:

    Need a slow clap smiley to put here.


    I grew up on brown rice and usually prefer it, as far as flavor (I'm weird, I know). But I love my sushi with the white rice and all. As long as you log it accurately, it's not going to matter.
  • irisheyez718
    irisheyez718 Posts: 677 Member
    I don't eat white rice everyday, but if I wanted to, I could. Yes.
  • Nouurann
    Nouurann Posts: 183 Member
    calories in, calories out. white, brown, purple, rainbow doesn't matter
  • chirosche
    chirosche Posts: 66 Member
    so my fav type of rice is white, i tried brown and almost gagged. i dont have more than a cup of white rice but ppl say its not good. any advice?


    I once was on a diet that any kind of rice was allowed. White rice, brown, jasmine, basmati. Also, you could eat potatoes. But you couldn't eat any gluten, dairy, sugar and kept fat to a minimum. I would eat about 1-1/2 cup of rice a day, more on days I worked out. The weight came off very easily. You could eat a lot of food except those that are restricted of course, but I just don't want to do diets that give me cotton mouth anymore. So I do low carb/high fat and love it. I can enjoy my food and I don't really miss rice and potatoes all that much.
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    I rarely eat rice (personal choice), but when I do, it's almost always white. Calories in vs. calories out, my friend.
  • emalinemartin
    emalinemartin Posts: 131 Member
    *cough* Look at Asians, Chinese.. They eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. No, it won't make you fat. It's the butter, cheese and whatever else that goes on it. That's the culprit. Don't blame the poor rice.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Yep. And burgers, pizza, beer, wine, margaritas, ice cream, ribs, potatoes, bacon, pasta, butter, cake, cookies, chips.....

    :drinker:
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Yep. And burgers, pizza, beer, wine, margaritas, ice cream, ribs, potatoes, bacon, pasta, butter, cake, cookies, chips.....

    :drinker:

    ...and a Dr Who banner. You are awesome. :drinker:
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    There are a lot of people on MFP who are at goal and have maintained a long time, who eat whatever foods they like, as long as they monitor their calories according to their goals. So if you love your white rice, you're pretty safe!

    I'm one of those people. Enjoy your white rice. Enjoy white potatoes too (a favorite of mine).
  • lisabinco
    lisabinco Posts: 1,016 Member
    I personally prefer brown rice but as long as you count it into your calories it should be ok. But as others have said, the unprocessed brown rice will have more nutrients.
    ^^ This ^^
  • schondell
    schondell Posts: 556 Member
    I started eating white rice initially and lost weight, then switched to brown which has the SAME calories (Uncle Ben 10 minute rice in Canada). I prefer the texture of brown rice, it's chewier and just tastes really good to me.

    Next stop, I will be swimming over to Quinoa Island.

    BASICALLY: Yes you can eat white rice and lose weight. You can eat ANYTHING and lose weight.
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    Stir fry (homemade) is a huge go-to meal for me, both lunch and supper. I get a variety of veg with a lean protein. I eat it with white rice, brown rice, rice noodles, etc. I also put rice in my soup and use it as filler in my tacos (sometimes).

    Rice is fantastic in many ways, white or brown I'm not ricest. :flowerforyou:


    I know that was an awful pun, I'll go to my corner now.
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    There are a lot of people on MFP who are at goal and have maintained a long time, who eat whatever foods they like, as long as they monitor their calories according to their goals. So if you love your white rice, you're pretty safe!
    I'm one of those people. Enjoy your white rice. Enjoy white potatoes too (a favorite of mine).
    Mmmmmm... potatoes.

    It's the whole calories in, calories out thing. I love to hike and run and need my carbs to get up those mountains. Lots of pasta, potatoes or rice the night before a big climb gives me the fuel I need to go further, which in turn burns more calories :)

    I just do what I always do - weigh before I cook and log the calories.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,268 Member
    I gain weight when I go into my kitchen and that's where I keep the white rice.....true story. :happy:
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    so my fav type of rice is white, i tried brown and almost gagged. i dont have more than a cup of white rice but ppl say its not good. any advice?

    yeah, I don't think there's a single asian here who has successfully lost weight. /sarcasm

    white rice is fine. Portion size is important though, just like with everything else.

    FTR - I eat as much sushi as I can afford. Hasn't stopped my weight loss at all.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Whilst carbs, sugar and fat do have the monopoly on the 'evil food of the week' title I am strongly campaigning that celery get a turn :happy:

    I like celery so you don't get my vote. I think peanut butter should be evil food of the year it's disgusting.(I'll put my crash helmet on now) I just don't get this love in for peanut butter
  • Mcdonkey
    Mcdonkey Posts: 14 Member
    Dont eat white rice, look at all those fat asians *lol*
    It's about counting calories, if you eat more then you use, u will gain weight.
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
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