Quality of food or quantity, which is more important to you?

always this battle between good vs bad food. I personally view losing weight as a whole, eating food that provide me with good nutrient with as little calories as possible. I need food to prevent heart disease, prevent osteoporoses and other little nasties that often catched up with you. I would rather avoid them, than dealing with them.

If I have to choose between an apple at 100 calories and a small bag of snack cookies at the same calorie level, I will choose the apple without even thinking about it because of the illness I wish to prevent.

So even if I can lose weight eating all the food I love, it wont fullfill my other needs. Same for exercises I will lose weight without them and yet I still do it every day because the weight loss is easier to achieve and my body looks better.

So to each its own way of eating depending on their goals.

I'll choose the apple too, but if it's a matter of satisfying a craving with 1/2 a cup of ice cream, or a beer in the evening, then I'm satisfying the craving. My diet is mostly lean meats, vegetables, fruit, yogurt, eggs, and egg whites, but I leave room for the extras. What people seem to missing is that is what IIFYM is about. It's not eating junk food 24/7. We mention moderation because it works over the long term and it does result in a lean physique and solid health markers when combined with the right amount of calories and strength training.

You're not judging but judging, and you count calories but don't weigh? What are you counting then?

You're not judging but judging, and you count calories but don't weigh? What are you counting then?

Weighing may be essential for some foods such as meat (except for prepackaged ground meat), but often measuring food works just as well. As someone who cooks frequently, I can measure and sometimes estimate cups, tablespoons, etc. (more easily with food than liquid) and derive calories from that serving size as most MFP foods provide more than one measurement to log calories. But maybe you were referring to just meat or both weighing and measuring and I misunderstood. Also looking at the total weight of a package of meat and dividing to find an average for each piece is acceptable for some people as well.

You're not judging but judging, and you count calories but don't weigh? What are you counting then?

Weighing may be essential for some foods such as meat (except for prepackaged ground meat), but often measuring food works just as well. As someone who cooks frequently, I can measure and sometimes estimate cups, tablespoons, etc. (more easily with food than liquid) and derive calories from that serving size as most MFP foods provide more than one measurement to log calories. But maybe you were referring to just meat or both weighing and measuring and I misunderstood. Also looking at the total weight of a package of meat and dividing to find an average for each piece is acceptable for some people as well.

I don't always measure now, but I certainly did for over a year as a food scale is a great wake up call. I now only weigh in a cut, and I strongly recommend that if you haven't used one that you do.

What makes a food "junk"? I've never understood this and I never will.

Anything with excessive sugar, and no real nutrition is junk! Empty calories, that Reese's cheesecake up there, that's junk! Any food product that comes off an assembly line. Processed foods full of preservatives and ingredients you could barely pronounce=junk!
The reason for a food scale is accuracy... You will better at guesstimating weight after some time with a food scale...

I'd say quality, but this is coming from someone who had this for lunch



But normally I would honestly say quality

What makes a food "junk"? I've never understood this and I never will.

Anything with excessive sugar, and no real nutrition is junk! Empty calories, that Reese's cheesecake up there, that's junk! Any food product that comes off an assembly line. Processed foods full of preservatives and ingredients you could barely pronounce=junk!
The reason for a food scale is accuracy... You will better at guesstimating weight after some time with a food scale...

So my answer to you Chrisdavey is yes! what you mentioned are unnecessary supplements intended to separate people from their money. Of course this is my opinion, you can eat whatever you want to eat if it works for you..,

I can save craploads of money getting my extra protein from protein powders and bars, instead of spending insane amounts of money on lean meats.

Totes depends on where you live!

eta: spelling.

So my answer to you Chrisdavey is yes! what you mentioned are unnecessary supplements intended to separate people from their money. Of course this is my opinion, you can eat whatever you want to eat if it works for you..,

I can save craploads of money getting my extra protein from protein powders and bars, instead of spending insane amounts of money on lean meats.

Totes depends on where you live!

eta: spelling.

If your saving money great! I get10 pounds of chicken breast for 23 dollars... Also 7 and a half dozen eggs for 9 dollars...