bad food

Also, "I don't eat vegetables" ? Eh, I don't know... You gotta figure that one out at some point in your life. Take a cooking class, get some books with good ideas, try some new things, learn about the hundreds of vegetables out there that provide huge amounts of the nutrition we need and the thousands of ways to prepare them and I'd hope you'd be able to find something you can handle.

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Katzedernacht wrote: »

No one,gee but a guy said you can live on twinkies and cake and lose weight if you eat less calories overall, which I may agree but I think QUALITY of calories matters a lot,not just the numbeeeeers

Yes, but no one said other things don't matter, for nutrition. Your post suggested that others were saying it was recommended to eat just Twinkies, when in fact if anyone proposed that they'd be told that was a bad idea (although you could lose weight doing it if you could manage not to overeat).

^Out of all of the posts on this thread, why on Earth was this one flagged? It doesn't meet any of the criteria of abuse! I can't even figure out how it was read as anything other than a calm, factual response.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10007789/flagged-content-reported-posts-warning-points

First of all, there are no "bad" foods. There are healthy choices and not so healthy choices. You have to make the decision of what is important to you. Do you really want to lose the weight or would you rather pig out on whatever it is that you have decided is "bad"?

cityruss wrote: »

Eat at a calorie deficit.

This ^^

If weight loss is your only goal, all you need to do is eat less than you burn.

ndj1979 wrote: »

Katzedernacht wrote: »

ndj1979 wrote: »

Katzedernacht wrote: »

Yeah caloric deficit but I never overlook food quality, living on twinkies can't be really good. I'd try to choose healthier food and well,allow some indulgence here and there.

who is advocating living on twinkies...???

No one,gee but a guy said you can live on twinkies and cake and lose weight if you eat less calories overall, which I may agree but I think QUALITY of calories matters a lot,not just the numbeeeeers
that's all

That poster said you could do it and lose weight but it would not be the best option from a nutritional stand point and then you created a straw man about a diet of twinkles...

I created nothing, I just don't like how people think what matters is only the calorie deficit, that is it. relax

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Katzedernacht wrote: »

No one,gee but a guy said you can live on twinkies and cake and lose weight if you eat less calories overall, which I may agree but I think QUALITY of calories matters a lot,not just the numbeeeeers

Yes, but no one said other things don't matter, for nutrition. Your post suggested that others were saying it was recommended to eat just Twinkies, when in fact if anyone proposed that they'd be told that was a bad idea (although you could lose weight doing it if you could manage not to overeat).

Seriously...this got flagged? SMH.

Katzedernacht wrote: »

ndj1979 wrote: »

Katzedernacht wrote: »

ndj1979 wrote: »

Katzedernacht wrote: »

Yeah caloric deficit but I never overlook food quality, living on twinkies can't be really good. I'd try to choose healthier food and well,allow some indulgence here and there.

who is advocating living on twinkies...???

No one,gee but a guy said you can live on twinkies and cake and lose weight if you eat less calories overall, which I may agree but I think QUALITY of calories matters a lot,not just the numbeeeeers
that's all

That poster said you could do it and lose weight but it would not be the best option from a nutritional stand point and then you created a straw man about a diet of twinkles...

I created nothing, I just don't like how people think what matters is only the calorie deficit, that is it. relax

What matters for weight loss, is only the calorie deficit.

What matters for overall health and satiety is to eat a nutritionally dense diet, and if trying to lose weight, make sure that you are in a calorie deficit.

OP seemed despondent that they couldn't lose weight because they thought they had to completely overhaul what they were eating and cut out "bad foods". People were simply pointing out that by making small changes, you can continue to eat the foods you enjoy, and still lose weight. Many people who start out by just eating smaller portions of the same things they were already eating, eventually start incorporating other, more nutrient dense foods, into their diet, to help with satiety.

-sighs- fine you people win.
i shall be quiet now.