Whats the worst thing to eat that makes YOU gain weight?

galaxyem
galaxyem Posts: 8 Member
edited November 21 in Health and Weight Loss
I found that eating a lot of fried food or candy gets me to gain weight. What makes you gain a lot of weight? Are you still eating it or did u cut down?
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  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    Do you mean actual fat gain or water weight?
  • jaga13
    jaga13 Posts: 1,149 Member
    There isn't one food or food group that makes me gain weight. Simply too much food does it. So I cut down on everything.
  • jonnybhoy
    jonnybhoy Posts: 84 Member
    Basically you put on weight if you eat more calories than you burn.
  • kguerriere
    kguerriere Posts: 34 Member
    surplus calories... from any source
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    edited July 2015
    Eating more calories than I burn makes me gain weight. Not exercising makes me gain weight. But if I had to pick a calorie culprit that was MOST to blame for me weighing my highest 240 lbs? I'd say Mountain Dew.
  • mom2kpr
    mom2kpr Posts: 348 Member
    Excess calories is the only thing that causes weight gain, so yes I did cut back on what made me gain weight. I did not cut out any specific foods.
  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    galaxyem wrote: »
    I found that eating a lot of fried food or candy gets me to gain weight. What makes you gain a lot of weight? Are you still eating it or did u cut down?

    Eating over my maintenance causes me to gain. Very easy to do with fried food and candy . . .so I make sure I measure everything I eat to the gram.
  • ajnb88
    ajnb88 Posts: 339 Member
    I wish I knew.

    :disappointed:
  • allbarrett
    allbarrett Posts: 159 Member
    eating more calories than I burn
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    I still eat the same things now that I used to, I just eat one serving instead of 2-3.
  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    WBB55 wrote: »
    Eating more calories than I burn makes me gain weight. Not exercising makes me gain weight. But if I had to pick a calorie culprit that was MOST to blame for me weighing my highest 240 lbs? I'd say Mountain Dew.

    I'd say cokes, alcohol, and coffee drinks. It turns out I really wasn't eating all that much after all.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Having second helpings
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  • ruffalicious
    ruffalicious Posts: 779 Member
    Chinese buffet. Soda. Cake. Ice cream. Chocolates :(
  • toriraeh
    toriraeh Posts: 105 Member
    For me, it's about moderation. I have never been one who gained weight from day to day eating. I'm not terribly worried about maintenance. My struggle is things like going on vacation and eating out 3 meals a day. So eating at restaurants is a struggle for me. Now, though, 6 days a week, if I want to eat out, I'll simply fit it into my calories. 1 day a week, I eat 2 very sensible meals (around 200 cals) and then go to a restaurant or to a friend's house/party and eat what I want. I never log anything on this day. It's a day for me to take a break mentally and from the restrictions of the diet… not that there are many. For the most part, I eat what I want, just less… but when you're only allowed 1210 cals a day, it's hard to fit some things in and still be full.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    Eating too many calories made me gain weight. I did find that I ate more when I ate lots of sugars in carbs(pop, candy, potatoes). I restricted my sugars and carbs, as well as my calories, to lose weight. It is working for me.
  • Goooosfraba333
    Goooosfraba333 Posts: 51 Member
    Wine by the bottle.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Mycophilia wrote: »
    Do you mean actual fat gain or water weight?

    ^This was my first thought, too. There are plenty of things that I eat that will show a bump on the scale the next day, but it's just water retention.

    The only things I've cut completely from my diet are things I don't like. I've seriously cut down on things that I can't be trusted with (Oatmeal Creme Pies come to mind) but I'll still eat them occasionally.

  • Sirius_12
    Sirius_12 Posts: 54 Member
    My pre-dinner Big Macs.
  • Kelly2300
    Kelly2300 Posts: 43 Member
    Its more stuff I can't be trusted with because I eat too much...chocolate; homemade mac and cheese, almond butter...I call these my trigger foods
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Having ovaries makes me gain.
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    Are you looking for my trigger foods?

    Foods that I can easily eat well over the recommended serving:

    Bread (from white to flavored, like raisin bread with frosting, pumpkin bread, zucchini bread, banana bread, etc)
    Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
    Mac & Cheese
    Pretty much and dessert (especially brownies and cookies)
    Peanut butter, Biscoff, Nutella
    Chips and pork rinds
    Nuts (I really have to be diligent about weighing out a proper portion. I've eaten a whole can!)
    Booze, but I'm good at portioning out my wine and bottled beers. Craft beers and liquor get me.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    ANY food that goes over my calorie limit makes me gain weight. ;)
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    Making delicious dinners and then eating a second helping. Drinking 3 drinks a night 5-7 times a week. Oreos and milk. Little debbies snack cakes.

    During good weeks I can eat all this in moderation. During bad weeks I will eat all this in a span of 2 hours.
  • gaelicstorm26
    gaelicstorm26 Posts: 589 Member
    If we're talking about water weight, chips are the worst for me. So much salt in those suckers that the next day I just feel bloated! I know it's temporary, but still, the feeling is less than pleasant.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I have little self control around Kettle chips, roast lamb, goose fat roast potatoes and chips/fries. So I don't have them at home unless it's a treat.

    Otherwise just generally mindlessly overeating is what made me fat.
  • JeanMBK
    JeanMBK Posts: 728 Member
    SingRunTing wrote: »
    I still eat the same things now that I used to, I just eat one serving instead of 2-3.

    This
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Cheese and dip (chips and dip, veggies and dip, fuit and dip, crackers and dip, it doesn't matter, if there's dip, I'll probably eat too much). Cheese makes me bloat if I eat much of it.

    I eat cheese fairly often, but not much at a time. I save dip for special occasions.
  • ljashley1952
    ljashley1952 Posts: 275 Member
    For me, it's bread. I have been baking my own bread for over a year and the carb intake is making weight loss agonizingly slow, if any. Also, my habitual coffee creamer. Both are needing to go, at least for a while. Portion control is a big factor. I need smaller portions and no seconds.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Excess calories.
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