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    sweet potato. Eat or not to eat?

    Posts: 98 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    Trying to watch what I eat or portion control. And don't know if seer potatoes is one of those vegetables to limit, like corn or white potatoes. I eat maybe 1/2 sweet potato every other day. They seem to be the only thing that keeps the cravings away.

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    • Posts: 80 Member
      If it's just about calories, just make sure it fits in your goal for the day. Sweet potatoes are pretty good for you from my understanding. I have some a couple times a week now that it's fall.
    • Posts: 577 Member
      Sweet potatoes are full of fiber, vitamins, and will make you feel full! Eat them! Just make sure you weigh them to get an accurate calorie count.
    • Posts: 14,261 Member
      IF it fits in your calorie limit there is no reason not to eat sweet potato.
    • Posts: 161 Member
      edited October 2015
      I limit them myself to a couple times per week. Just my preference. But, you can eat them at every meal if you want. It's the simple carbs that should be limited imo.

      ETA - They are so delicious with the queaollso chipotle laughing cow wedges... Yummy!!
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      it's an evil whole food...don't do it...

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    • Posts: 14,464 Member
      Great source for vitamin A, for the win.
    • Posts: 6,338 Member
      I eat sweet potatoes just about every day...sometimes even just as a pre or post-workout snack. Half of a small one, with a touch of butter and seasalt tend to fight off that crazy monster hunger I get after a good workout...and alternatively, it helps me to have the energy I need to do a good workout in the first place! xo
    • Posts: 8,423 Member
      lindssaurus wrote: »
      Trying to watch what I eat or portion control. And don't know if seer potatoes is one of those vegetables to limit, like corn or white potatoes. I eat maybe 1/2 sweet potato every other day. They seem to be the only thing that keeps the cravings away.

      In terms of weight loss, if it fits your calorie goal you can eat whatever food you want.
      Enjoy your sweet potato.
    • Posts: 6,338 Member
      cwolfman13 wrote: »
      it's an evil whole food...don't do it...

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      Ooo..I love her haircut!
    • Posts: 6,212 Member
      Do you LIKE sweet potatoes?
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      edited October 2015
      ceoverturf wrote: »
      Do you LIKE sweet potatoes?

      This is the question.

      Seriously, sweet potatoes ARE similar to corn or potatoes -- more of a starch course than what we normally think of as vegetables, but that just means they have more calories, not that they are bad foods to eat. Sweet potatoes have lots of things going for them nutritionally, and I think they are delicious roasted.

      And if they help you with cravings, that's even better.
    • Posts: 13,575 Member
      If you like them and they keep cravings away, why would you even consider not eating them?
    • Posts: 567 Member
      I'm having sweet potato, green bean and cauliflower curry tonight and eat them quite often. They're full of vitamins and fibre and a lot less calories pro-rata than rice or pasta. Why wouldn't you eat them?
    • Posts: 551 Member
      Eat ALL the sweet potatoes!! They are delicious. It's what you add to them that can hinder your goals.
    • Posts: 242 Member
      I love sweet potato, just finished 85 grams of it with my lunch. Full of nutrients. If you like them work them into your eating plan & enjoy!
    • Posts: 527 Member
      JustMissTracy wrote: »
      I eat sweet potatoes just about every day...sometimes even just as a pre or post-workout snack. Half of a small one, with a touch of butter and seasalt tend to fight off that crazy monster hunger I get after a good workout...and alternatively, it helps me to have the energy I need to do a good workout in the first place! xo

      I love eating sweet potatoes that way! Often I'll have 1/3-1/2 a sweet potato and one or two hard boiled eggs as breakfast. Holds me over nicely until lunch.
    • Posts: 19,251 Member
      This would depend on your weight loss approach, wouldn't it?
    • Posts: 17 Member
      suziecue20 wrote: »
      I'm having sweet potato, green bean and cauliflower curry tonight and eat them quite often. They're full of vitamins and fibre and a lot less calories pro-rata than rice or pasta. Why wouldn't you eat them?
      Can you share this recipe? Sounds amazing!
    • Posts: 6,338 Member
      questionfear wrote: »
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      I love eating sweet potatoes that way! Often I'll have 1/3-1/2 a sweet potato and one or two hard boiled eggs as breakfast. Holds me over nicely until lunch.

      You are my twin! That was my brekkie today too!
    • Posts: 74 Member
      Russet potatoes trigger rebound carb cravings for me, but sweet potatoes are very satisfying and help to keep the cravings away. I eat a lot of sweet potatoes and very few russets.
    • Posts: 28,055 Member
      edited October 2015
      I had 4.5 ounces of baked sweet potato last night with dinner and am fixing to have some with scrambled eggs and veggies for lunch. (I count sweet potatoes as a starch rather than a veg.)
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      I'm so used to grams now that I just realized that 4.5 oz of sweet potato means nothing to me, like how I feel kind of blank when someone says 65 kg until I do the math.

      Weird. Almost unpatriotic. ;-)
    • Posts: 5,424 Member
      I eat all the potatoes, sweet & regular ones.
    • Posts: 288 Member
      EAT!
    • Posts: 887 Member
      suziecue20 wrote: »
      I'm having sweet potato, green bean and cauliflower curry tonight and eat them quite often. They're full of vitamins and fibre and a lot less calories pro-rata than rice or pasta. Why wouldn't you eat them?

      Recipe please
    • Posts: 28,055 Member
      lemurcat12 wrote: »
      I'm so used to grams now that I just realized that 4.5 oz of sweet potato means nothing to me, like how I feel kind of blank when someone says 65 kg until I do the math.

      Weird. Almost unpatriotic. ;-)

      I left my digital scale at mom's and am making due with my spring scale until I get back over there.

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    • Posts: 74 Member
      I wish I could eat the regular ones without craving carbs later, but on the bright side, that's the only common non-sweet starchy food that causes such problems. I've talked to people on here who can eat potatoes but not pasta or bread. That would be a lot harder for me.
    • Posts: 527 Member
      JustMissTracy wrote: »
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      You are my twin! That was my brekkie today too!

      Awesome! My coworkers think it's crazy, but then they tell me how good it smells after I heat it up. :)
    • Posts: 9,150 Member
      Sweet potatoes are fine to eat because they are not white.
    • Posts: 6,474 Member
      eat of course. eat what you want. work it off. simple.
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