Get me away from c$&@y food...

dirt food?

In case anyone was wondering what dirt food looks like:

As often happens when people mention "categories" of "bad" food, ice cream was quickly mentioned! And the thread was beautifully adorned with pictures of "dirt" food.

Most people trying to lose weight using MFP did not arrive here because of a previously healthy relationship with food.

It is great that some people have progressed in their journey through life to the point that they are now able to eat "loved" or "trigger" foods in moderation.

I too look forward to the day when I will be able to sit around boxes of pizza, gaze at rows of pastries and cakes, have tubs of ice-cream in my freezer, stock up the candy drawer with kit kats and truffles instead of protein bars, and bring home baguettes and French cheese without the desire (or the fear) that I will sit down and devour 6,000 calories in an hour of eating in front of the TV.

However, like wathjo1 alluded when she mentioned pizza, I am not quite there yet.

And if I do NOT want to eat these 6,000 calories, it is a heck of a lot easier on me NOT to place myself next to these "temptations".

I eat enough other things that I enjoy sufficiently that I've yet to sit up all night ruminating on a food item I am missing out on!

So do "DIRT" food exist? Is there something inherently magical about grass fed beef and free roaming chicken eggs that will make us all thin? Are the McDonald hamburgers I regularly eat inherently "dirty"?

I think not.

Still, for me, for now, I am not planning to join you for pizza night, and I am certainly not planning to bring home a couple of tubs of ice cream!

PAV8888 wrote: »

As often happens when people mention "categories" of "bad" food, ice cream was quickly mentioned! And the thread was beautifully adorned with pictures of "dirt" food.

Most people trying to lose weight using MFP did not arrive here because of a previously healthy relationship with food.

It is great that some people have progressed in their journey through life to the point that they are now able to eat "loved" or "trigger" foods in moderation.

I too look forward to the day when I will be able to sit around boxes of pizza, gaze at rows of pastries and cakes, have tubs of ice-cream in my freezer, stock up the candy drawer with kit kats and truffles instead of protein bars, and bring home baguettes and French cheese without the desire (or the fear) that I will sit down and devour 6,000 calories in an hour of eating in front of the TV.

However, like wathjo1 alluded when she mentioned pizza, I am not quite there yet.

And if I do NOT want to eat these 6,000 calories, it is a heck of a lot easier on me NOT to place myself next to these "temptations".

I eat enough other things that I enjoy sufficiently that I've yet to sit up all night ruminating on a food item I am missing out on!

So do "DIRT" food exist? Is there something inherently magical about grass fed beef and free roaming chicken eggs that will make us all thin? Are the McDonald hamburgers I regularly eat inherently "dirty"?

I think not.

Still, for me, for now, I am not planning to join you for pizza night, and I am certainly not planning to bring home a couple of tubs of ice cream!

Oh well, I've never heard the term dirt food, there was very little explanation to the post, and the title is less than helpful. It's hard to respond when you have no clue what is going on... I asked for clarification and the response I got was "yup".

Rodolfo69 wrote: »

Work out every day and trying to look better but dirt food is really hard to stay away from.... What has helped anyone else....????

Eating dirt food is a big NO NO!!




Eating this mud pie is much better!!



In all seriousness though, eat all kinds of food dude, don't treat food as dirt. Make it fit in your calories. It's that simple.

Rodolfo69 wrote: »

Work out every day and trying to look better but dirt food is really hard to stay away from.... What has helped anyone else....????

Passing on that soft drink the first. Time. Then the second time. Then enough times that I now automatically just order water and don't think twice about it.

Logging the amount of calories in mayonnaise, salad dressing, and olive oil that is not strictly rationed : - ) I soon decided that I would rather add a whole can of salmon to my salad as opposed to a couple of spoonfuls of dressing.

Logging the calories for some fast food items and either choosing different ones or modifying the way I order them. A Big Mac is approximately 530 calories and costs about US$4 up here in BC. A McDouble with lettuce, tomato, red onion and extra mustard is 400 calories and half the price.

Logging the amount of calories in various nuts, which led to using a scale to pre-portion 15 to 28g "goodie" packs. Taking one pack at a time out of the drawer. Logging it. Eating it. Getting up and doing the same for the next pack. Walking around the block once before getting a third one : - )

Make a small change. Then another. Then another.
A month or two later a lot changes.