Whats the worst thing to eat that makes YOU gain weight?
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Popeyes fried chicken, apple fritters, and that second hamburger.0
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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?
It's a valid question actually.
When i put on weight, it was down to eating takeaways 3 or 4 times a week and sweet treats like doughnuts, chocolate & cakes....plus i ate my regular Meals as well on top of that. Oh yeah, and alcohol.
As we all know, it's very easy to eat say 1000 cals worth of Mcdonalds in one sitting.
So when you add that to another 1500+ cals of other foods (with little/no exercise), it's pretty much a recipe for disaster. Lol
There's no way i could eat as much as 2500 cals worth of "heathy food" a day, so could never see myself gaining weight eating "clean". But then, i don't eat clean anyway.
I still eat these calorific foods (almost every day, in some form or another), but in moderation.0 -
I replaced frequent
with infrequent
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What makes you gain a lot of weight?
Calories beyond my maintenance level. No specific food causes weight gain unless you tend to overeat it. There is no food that I am unable to control my intake of (some foods I want to eat in overly large quantities when I eat them, given the calories, and so I eat them rarely and eat less other foods on those days).Are you still eating it or did u cut down?
I generally eat at or less than my maintenance.0 -
SWEET FROG!!! I can't control myself in there!0
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High fructose corn syrup.0
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Loser_Winner wrote: »My pre-dinner Big Macs.
That would do it for sure.
This might seem weird but milk seems to have made a big difference for me, and I've never had a lactose issue or anything else of the sort. It's that I found that 5 - 6 coffee's a day, with 1/2 cup 2% milk @~70 cals each, adds up to a butt load of liquid calories I had to work my *kitten* off to get rid of.
Back on the black no sugar jag and loving it. I can grab a cup anytime, everytime.
Don't judge my caffeine intake.
Good luck
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Ice cream. I eat to much of it so I don't buy it. Some ppl control themselves but I eat to much.0
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Anything that puts you over your maintenance calorie amount.0
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Another vote for the food that is consumed after hitting calorie maintenance is the one that leads to gaining weight.0
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I still eat bad foods every now & then but they don't make me gain weight bc I eat them in proportion & don't go over my calories for the day.0
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Me personally? Alcohol.0
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Loser_Winner wrote: »My pre-dinner Big Macs.
That would do it for sure.
This might seem weird but milk seems to have made a big difference for me, and I've never had a lactose issue or anything else of the sort. It's that I found that 5 - 6 coffee's a day, with 1/2 cup 2% milk @~70 cals each, adds up to a butt load of liquid calories I had to work my *kitten* off to get rid of.
Back on the black no sugar jag and loving it. I can grab a cup anytime, everytime.
Don't judge my caffeine intake.
Good luck
Weird question, but I currently drink my coffee with milk and sugar and really want to transition into having black coffee with no sugar... at the moment that tastes a bit bleh though. How long did it take for you to get used to it?0 -
Cheese !0
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Snacking in general is my weakness. I had to pretty much cut it out completely. I eat cereal when I need something now to snack on... easier to control. There are very few things I will eat... so I stick to the same few meals, and cutting out snacks it easiest because if I don't have crackers, cookies, poptarts in the house I can't eat them on autopilot. lol0
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Liquid calories. I managed to gain a lot of weight over two years practically eating nothing - I typically only ate once a day - just because I was drinking so much darn soda! (Over a 12-pack each day.) When I quit soda cold turkey, I tried some alternatives. I didn't care much for the Crystal Light, so I tried tea and coffee. I had to add sugar/milk to those to make them bearable, so I ended up with a lesser evil. I'm drinking Coke Zero now and weaning myself off slowly, but it's torture.0
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Eating like a hobbit; breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. In other words, grazing all day. And candy of course. I'm more of a sweets person than a savory one.0
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Eating more than my body needs to maintain its weight would cause me to gain fat.
Lots of things cause me to retain water. I don't pay them much mind.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Right? I can (and have) eaten much more in "healthy" food.
For me it's Oreos. I cannot eat just a couple. I have to eat all of them. So I usually just don't eat them0 -
I love you for using this simile.rachelbouc wrote: »Eating like a hobbit; breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. In other words, grazing all day. And candy of course. I'm more of a sweets person than a savory one.
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noobletmcnugget wrote: »Loser_Winner wrote: »My pre-dinner Big Macs.
That would do it for sure.
This might seem weird but milk seems to have made a big difference for me, and I've never had a lactose issue or anything else of the sort. It's that I found that 5 - 6 coffee's a day, with 1/2 cup 2% milk @~70 cals each, adds up to a butt load of liquid calories I had to work my *kitten* off to get rid of.
Back on the black no sugar jag and loving it. I can grab a cup anytime, everytime.
Don't judge my caffeine intake.
Good luck
Weird question, but I currently drink my coffee with milk and sugar and really want to transition into having black coffee with no sugar... at the moment that tastes a bit bleh though. How long did it take for you to get used to it?
When I first drank coffee i drank it with so much sugar. then i started weening myself off. I bought sugar in the raw in PACKETS! I started with 2 packs. (10 grams) then 1.5 and worked my way back down to nothing. honestly 1 packet of sugar is 20 calories 5grams of sugar so if you cant drink with out sugar it its not the WORST. But at least i knew how much I was taken in 0 -
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PeachyCarol wrote: »
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Greasy fast food. I can eat a lot of it, feel like garbage yet be hungry 2 hours later and since I already ate a Big Mac may as well eat...
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SconnieCat wrote: »
I prefer
Same amount or less (it's supposed to represent a serving size in a small bowl), multiple flavors if one wants, and no eating out of the package.
If I scoop ice cream into the bowl, I'm perfectly happy with the amount I scoop in.
If I were to eat out of the pint, would I eat closer to half the pint, or be tempted to? Most likely, so I don't.
I think sometimes people think they can't stop eating when they are giving themselves cues (like eating out of a package that contains way more than a serving size) that of course contribute to that bad habit.
If I load my plate with pasta OR chicken I'll be tempted to eat it all, but that has nothing to do with an inability to control my consumption of either. It's because I have a stupid habit of wanting to clean my plate. So I am careful to control what I put on my plate.
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alcohol, I'll have a glass of wine about once a month now.0
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