Playing around with the app and found a crazy but possible diet...

alw21394
alw21394 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 19 in Food and Nutrition
Okay so I was playing around with the app and I was trying to find at least a somewhat routine diet for a base to start from that would meet all of my nutritional needs. I got a little silly with it, but then this is what I found. Supposedly if I eat:
-4 Centrum flavor burst vitamins (that's the kind I like and the correct serving size)
-1 cup of dried peach halves
-1 cup of raw spinach
-1 cup of cashews
-1 baked potato with skin
-1 scoop of Body Fortress protein powder
I can meet all of my nutritional needs for the most part? My calorie goal is 1660 and that takes me to 1523. That diet also would supply me with 55g of fat (kind of a lot but still reasonable), plenty of potassium, fiber, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and 60% of iron recommended. Thoughts?

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  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    If this is what you eat for a day, nothing weird about it. If you are serious about eating these same things every day, time to step away from this app and talk to a therapist, because this sounds like the beginning of an eating disorder.
  • alw21394
    alw21394 Posts: 2 Member
    I thought I made it clear I was just playing with the app... I actually haven't eaten any of the listed foods today. But I'm wondering ***in theory*** why it wouldn't work to eat that every day if it seems to meet all nutritional needs?
  • SLLeask
    SLLeask Posts: 489 Member
    As a one off, like the last poster said, fine. Personally a bit odd, but fine if it floats your boat. However.... cups are just not accurate. Especially with something odd shaped and high density as cashews. There could be HUGE difference in calories / all macros, using a cup. Better to use a scale.

    Keep playing around and come up with LOADS more choices, meat, veggies, well, everything really... don't just stick to this one "menu". But good on you for having a go.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    alw21394 wrote: »
    I thought I made it clear I was just playing with the app... I actually haven't eaten any of the listed foods today. But I'm wondering ***in theory*** why it wouldn't work to eat that every day if it seems to meet all nutritional needs?

    I am not sure I understand what you are asking. There are millions of combinations that would work to meet calorie goals and macros. What is so special about this combination?
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    As the other two have said, one off would be ok.
    but I doubt you're getting all of the micronutrients you need plus it'd get really boring.
    also logging things by cups or size is pretty inaccurate since you could really jam it in there.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Why dried peaches?

    Looking at this it doesn't look filling enough for the whole day. And to eat it every day would be Uber boring.
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I find that diet crazy AND impossible.
  • rushfive
    rushfive Posts: 603 Member
    Yea, you can mix and match many different things to get your diet to work.
    Crazy isn't it......
    What amazed me is how little I actual need to eat.
    Have Fun !!
  • honkytonks85
    honkytonks85 Posts: 669 Member
    I have no thoughts. You can eat whatever you want to eat.
  • discretekim
    discretekim Posts: 314 Member
    This doesn't seem like a lot of food
  • Vune
    Vune Posts: 674 Member
    In theory, eating a cup of cashews, a cup of dried peaches, and eating the fake sugar in the protein powder might cause you to lose nutrients due to diarrhea from the fructose. Or something similarly uncomfortable for your digestion.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    alw21394 wrote: »
    I thought I made it clear I was just playing with the app... I actually haven't eaten any of the listed foods today. But I'm wondering ***in theory*** why it wouldn't work to eat that every day if it seems to meet all nutritional needs?

    Aren't lots of the "nutritional needs" being met through the vitamin? I wouldn't assume that what MFP lists is all that's important or that getting a significant portion of your nutrition met through a vitamin (as opposed to using it for a fallback) would be optimal or even adequate on a regular basis.

    Perhaps even more significantly, I'd be sad and hungry eating that, and miss enjoying my food. I think any good weight loss plan should prioritize being enjoyable and individual tastes, which is one reason I think most pre-set plans seem pretty depressing.

    I also think there's some advantage to eating a variety of foods (lots of veggies, not just spinach; lots of fruit, not just dried peaches; various kinds of nuts; various protein sources) in that we don't know precisely why people seem to have positive results from eating certain foods--we've isolated and identified some of the positive things, but that doesn't mean there isn't more to it. Eating a variety would seem to make it more likely everything will be covered, and that humans are able to eat a wide variety of foods is generally seen as one of our strengths, I think.
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    edited June 2015
    My thoughts? Meh. I like variety. I like following IIFYM. I'm able to swap out foods if I get tired of them while making sure that the new foods still help me reach my macro- and micro-nutrient goals. This might be fine for one day, but I need more protein (116ish grams minimum), for sure.... And more room for dessert!
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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Seems boring, unsatisfying and unsustainable to me. Plus there's no variety. Variety is the spice of life.
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,255 Member
    I'd be starving if that's all I was able to eat each day. And so bored that I'd down like a pound of cookies.
  • professionalHobbyist
    professionalHobbyist Posts: 1,316 Member
    Why would it not be ok to eat a nutritious meal plan with a slight calorie deficit.

    It gets down to personal preference.

    If you lose weight and are more healthy at the end... You win!

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    That just seems like a teeny tiny amount of food for the calories...
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    But there is no bacon, how would I survive :'(
  • isulo_kura
    isulo_kura Posts: 818 Member
    alw21394 wrote: »
    Okay so I was playing around with the app and I was trying to find at least a somewhat routine diet for a base to start from that would meet all of my nutritional needs. I got a little silly with it, but then this is what I found. Supposedly if I eat:
    -4 Centrum flavor burst vitamins (that's the kind I like and the correct serving size)
    -1 cup of dried peach halves
    -1 cup of raw spinach
    -1 cup of cashews
    -1 baked potato with skin
    -1 scoop of Body Fortress protein powder
    I can meet all of my nutritional needs for the most part? My calorie goal is 1660 and that takes me to 1523. That diet also would supply me with 55g of fat (kind of a lot but still reasonable), plenty of potassium, fiber, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and 60% of iron recommended. Thoughts?

    You have too much time on your hands
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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I'd probably end up eating my own arm if I had to eat so little.
  • withoutasaddle
    withoutasaddle Posts: 191 Member
    While that's fantastic for a day, you could be missing a lot more than the app tell you. You might get 100% of your vitamin A, C, calcium and whatever... But what about zinc? Vitamin B? Antioxidants? A good rule of thumb is to eat 30 different foods a week (Which might be ambitious for most people). It's great once or twice a week, but maybe make it your Tuesday meal, not your 7days a week meal
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    alw21394 wrote: »
    Okay so I was playing around with the app and I was trying to find at least a somewhat routine diet for a base to start from that would meet all of my nutritional needs. I got a little silly with it, but then this is what I found. Supposedly if I eat:
    -4 Centrum flavor burst vitamins (that's the kind I like and the correct serving size)
    -1 cup of dried peach halves
    -1 cup of raw spinach
    -1 cup of cashews
    -1 baked potato with skin
    -1 scoop of Body Fortress protein powder
    I can meet all of my nutritional needs for the most part? My calorie goal is 1660 and that takes me to 1523. That diet also would supply me with 55g of fat (kind of a lot but still reasonable), plenty of potassium, fiber, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and 60% of iron recommended. Thoughts?

    You'd have to try it to see how satisfied it makes you. If it works for you then that's good I guess.

    It would be difficult to eat that way for long I think and pretty hard to learn how to eat out, eat with other people or how to handle special occasions. The list looks boring and a bit sad as well. I'd rather eat a variety of regular foods than use powders or vitamins to try to meet my nutritional needs.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,334 Member
    I think as whacky hypothetical diets which fulfil your nutritional needs go, you could do better.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Theoretically, this would work but, realistically, it sounds boring and weird.

    How did you come up with the nutrition information info for peaches and cashews based on cups? How big is your potato? I am curious about the nutrition breakdown for all of this.
  • CJsf1t
    CJsf1t Posts: 414 Member
    So that is a shake? Just one throughout the day? How long do you think you can follow that "diet"? What will you eat after a few hours when you are hungry and have used up all your cals already?
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    A cup of cashews is a waste of a lot of calories for a serving that won't keep you full for long.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    I would get through half a day on that 'diet' before i threw in the towel. Not sustainable.
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