No junk food challenge!

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  • ilovemycoffee19
    ilovemycoffee19 Posts: 21 Member
    Okay, we all have our opinion and i respect it and wont argue over that :)
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    edited December 2015
    ilovemycoffee19 wrote: »
    Reasons why i know those are bad foods is last year they caused me WAY higher blood sugar than ever when i began eating them everYday, in moderation, i was losing weight but my mouth was extremely dry all the time and its because of too much added sugar in them. Was drinking more than 3L water everyday but it wasn't a help.

    The best thing i did for my health was giving up fizzy drinks and no way that i could drink them again even if someone said they aren't as bad.

    It's not that i am giving up those food forever!

    I think it's okay to have your own opinion on anything but judging somebody's effort in trying to live as healthiest possible and choosing not to eat food that we all know is bad and addictive is silly. Again, it's my opinion on this!

    I don't know any food that is addictive, no food is bad either unless it is off.

  • cookielover_96
    cookielover_96 Posts: 177 Member
    Peanut butter isn't junk food if it has no additives in it.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    ilovemycoffee19 wrote: »
    Great keep update how it's going! :D
    I'm not sure,maybe because in most of them there is lots of added sugar!

    Is there? So why not buy the kind that is only peanuts and salt?
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    ilovemycoffee19 wrote: »
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    i didnt realise peanut butter and white bread is junk food
    why isnt bacon on the list too?

    In white bread there is much added sugar. I consider bacon is not as bad as all these. Again, it's not a list that i made

    Not necessarily. Again, it depends on what you buy. If you choose to buy the kind that has "lots of added sugar" that's a choice. Nothing inherent about white bread. (I don't eat a lot of bread and usually prefer whole grain because of the taste and fiber, so I don't think it's weird to choose whole grain bread, but the nutritional difference is not that great.)

    Anyway, for some reason we have decided to have homemade pizza as a family for Christmas Eve. I made the dough for the crusts. It is "white" and yet there is not, in fact, "much added sugar."
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    ilovemycoffee19 wrote: »
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    i didnt realise peanut butter and white bread is junk food
    why isnt bacon on the list too?

    In white bread there is much added sugar. I consider bacon is not as bad as all these. Again, it's not a list that i made

    Not necessarily. Again, it depends on what you buy. If you choose to buy the kind that has "lots of added sugar" that's a choice. Nothing inherent about white bread. (I don't eat a lot of bread and usually prefer whole grain because of the taste and fiber, so I don't think it's weird to choose whole grain bread, but the nutritional difference is not that great.)

    Anyway, for some reason we have decided to have homemade pizza as a family for Christmas Eve. I made the dough for the crusts. It is "white" and yet there is not, in fact, "much added sugar."

    The yeast need love too.
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    ilovemycoffee19 wrote: »
    Well, whole grain bread isn't junk but white bread is :) but i don't eat bread anyway!

    White bread is considered junk?? Lol, that's news to me. I eat it everyday.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    ilovemycoffee19 wrote: »
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    i didnt realise peanut butter and white bread is junk food
    why isnt bacon on the list too?

    In white bread there is much added sugar. I consider bacon is not as bad as all these. Again, it's not a list that i made
    That depends on the bread. Some whites have just as much as needed. Some have HFCS. The "whiteness" of the bread doesn't mean it has more added sugar, it just means it's been bleached, stripped, and likely enriched. But yes, some do add HFCS.

    Peanut butter isn't "junk food". Peanut butter spread (with all the added sugars and hydrogenated oils) could be argued to be.

    Chocolate isn't in and of itself junk.

    I don't eat a lot of junk food but this list seems so random.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    ilovemycoffee19 wrote: »
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    i didnt realise peanut butter and white bread is junk food
    why isnt bacon on the list too?

    In white bread there is much added sugar. I consider bacon is not as bad as all these. Again, it's not a list that i made

    Not necessarily. Again, it depends on what you buy. If you choose to buy the kind that has "lots of added sugar" that's a choice. Nothing inherent about white bread. (I don't eat a lot of bread and usually prefer whole grain because of the taste and fiber, so I don't think it's weird to choose whole grain bread, but the nutritional difference is not that great.)

    Anyway, for some reason we have decided to have homemade pizza as a family for Christmas Eve. I made the dough for the crusts. It is "white" and yet there is not, in fact, "much added sugar."

    The yeast need love too.

    Yeast are into moderation, so a little sugar will suffice. ;-)

    No black and white thinking for yeast!
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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    vinegar_husbands wrote: »
    I can't help but notice that this list doesn't include alcohol.

    My diet cream soda and nut butter are here to stay.

    I noticed that about alcohol. So one could comply with this fad by adhering to a 21 day diet of bacon, homemade french fries, beer and vodka. Seems legit.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    ilovemycoffee19 wrote: »
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    i didnt realise peanut butter and white bread is junk food
    why isnt bacon on the list too?

    In white bread there is much added sugar. I consider bacon is not as bad as all these. Again, it's not a list that i made
    That depends on the bread. Some whites have just as much as needed. Some have HFCS. The "whiteness" of the bread doesn't mean it has more added sugar, it just means it's been bleached, stripped, and likely enriched. But yes, some do add HFCS.

    Peanut butter isn't "junk food". Peanut butter spread (with all the added sugars and hydrogenated oils) could be argued to be.

    Chocolate isn't in and of itself junk...

    Agreed. I already moderate or don't eat everything on this list, so I'm good.

    But I'm happy to support anyone who does this!
  • pdxwine
    pdxwine Posts: 389 Member
    edited December 2015
    Other than chocolate, I live this way. I do not eat any of the other items on the list. Not due to my "diet", but simply because they are not foods that I buy.

    Now, if I wanted to have something from this list, I would, but I would count it into my daily intake.

    I eat chocolate everyday, it fits in to my calorie count.
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  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    I don't tend to eliminate pointlessly so I don't think I will be trying it.
  • quiltlovinlisa
    quiltlovinlisa Posts: 1,710 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I don't tend to eliminate pointlessly so I don't think I will be trying it.

    This.

    My go to lunch is a large Wendy's chili. Filling, low in calories, high in protein and it always fits nicely into my daily macros. Win/win. Just because it's "fast food" doesn't mean it's bad.

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