Do you eat any foods as long as it's in your calorie limit

It's all about calories in versus calories out

sharonandwyatt wrote: »

Do you eat all types of food as long as they are within your calorie limit?

No. Especially when I'm in a lower-intake phase, I pay very close attention to how I'm filling my macros.

The higher the intake and/or burn, the less it matters.

I don't cut out any foods, but that doesn't mean that I am not choosy about what I eat. I focus on filling my calories first with foods that meet my nutrition goals, and then with my extra calories I will have whatever else seems tasty that day.

My personal nutrition goals include getting a certain amount of protein with each meal and overall, getting vegetables with each meal, getting fats like olive oil and that in avocado, and enough getting fiber, among other things. Thus, if a food doesn't contribute to my nutritional goals I will eat it more sparingly and only if I particularly like it. This means that I devote calories to cheese or ice cream happily when I have them but personally don't eat much, say, white rice or white bread (which I think is harmless and many quite enjoy and should eat, but is just not a food I care much about).

I don't think it makes sense to think of foods as good and bad or to assume that if you eat certain foods within your calories you can't lose weight. It doesn't work that way. But I do think it makes it easier for me and that I feel better if I focus on eating a well-balanced diet with certain foods eaten in much higher quantities than others.

Yep, I try to reach my protein goal but other than that, totally.

You should definitely check out flexible dieting. Krissy Mae Cagney has a great book out about counting your macros. You essentially can eat whatever you want as long as it fits within your daily macros (carbs, protein and fat).

I eat any food, as long as I respect my 1200 calories limit.

Well, most of my food is classified as nutrient rich because that's how I've always eaten and what I enjoy eating, but when a food is high in calories and I feel like having it (no matter what color it is) I just do. And if I want it badly enough I just have it regardless if it fits my calories or not. There is always plenty of time to make up for that. An yes I've lost all of my weight like that, eating the whole color spectrum of things.

It has to taste good if I'm going to eat it. That's my main rule. I've cut back on starches and sugars, too.

I've found that almost anything labeled diet tastes like crap so I leave it alone, for the most part. Reduced fat mozzarella is ok, so is low fat milk.

For me, it's about choices. Is rather enjoy a nice steak and skip the baked potato or dessert. For side dishes, asparagus or most any vegetable, two or more. If I have bread I'll skip dessert or, just share a bite of dessert with mrs.

Everything you put in your mouth has a caloric cost. I've only got 1800 each day so, I think alot about what I'm going to eat.

Stuff that I don't bother with includes: Rice, white bread, cheap cookies, cheap candy, chow mein, sugary breakfast cereal, restaurant mashed potatoes, mostly any kind of starchy filter food.

I do still eat pasta, bakery bread, quinoa, baked potatoes and home mademashers. Sometimes I'll have fried potatoes but NEVER frozen french fries! They taste like grease and freezer to me.

I eat lots of nonfat yogurt and cottage cheese, whole grain cereal, meats and fresh or frozen vegetables. And, I pay for my treats with extra walking or exercises.

I eat to meet my calorie and macro goals. Generally, I'm eating about 80% what is traditionally thought of as "healthy" food. I also eat white food (toast each morning now), full fat yogurt and cottage cheese, red meat, etc.

i eat whatever i want, as long as it fits in (or close, some days LOL) to my calorie goals. i lose steadily and consistently, so for me, it works.