can i eat unhealthy food and not gain weight?
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So if I were to eat nothing but pizza pops and chips everyday you'd say it was a healthy diet as long as I'm staying within my calorie goals?WinoGelato wrote: »The short answer about eating what you want without gaining weight is yes, you can, as long as you are in a calorie deficit.
The better answer for a long term approach is to try to balance a primarily nutrient dense diet with some treats as you can fit them in.
I prefer not to use the phrase "unhealthy foods" because I think that any food can fit within the context of an overall healthy diet.
Pull out a straw man and commence beating, right?0 -
There goes my dessert!0 -
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RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
I thought the exact same thing.0 -
RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
Not sure but I would support a good exercise program.0 -
What's anyone's definition of 'unhealthy' food? Ask 10 people you'll get 10 answers.
Calories in < calories out = weight loss0 -
yeah I've been trying it lately and it does workharrybananas wrote: »Alluminati wrote: »Yes you can as long as you stay within your calorie goal.
This is the answer you're looking for op.
Then that's that. Your question has been answered.0 -
My bad, I misinterpreted what you meant in your post, I thought they were staring you could have a healthy diet composed of pretty much any food types, whether they're nutritionally dense or highly processed.WinoGelato wrote: »
So if I were to eat nothing but pizza pops and chips everyday you'd say it was a healthy diet as long as I'm staying within my calorie goals?WinoGelato wrote: »The short answer about eating what you want without gaining weight is yes, you can, as long as you are in a calorie deficit.
The better answer for a long term approach is to try to balance a primarily nutrient dense diet with some treats as you can fit them in.
I prefer not to use the phrase "unhealthy foods" because I think that any food can fit within the context of an overall healthy diet.
I think you must have misunderstood my post.
Let me state it again.
For weight loss, what matters is to be in a calorie deficit. You can do that eating nothing but pizza, pop, and chips.
If you eat pizza, pop and chips as part of your overall diet which includes primarily nutrient dense foods, then yes, I think that can be healthy.
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Try to shoot for a 40/30/30 macro nutrient ratio daily (carbs, protein, fat) and foods mostly bought from the outside aisles of the store. An occasional less than ideal meal shouldn't be a concern as long as they are the exception and not the norm. Best wishes!0
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Scientifially-speaking you probably CAN but, in the long run, it will probably back-fire (especially as you get older). Do your best to eat healthy unprocessed foods 80% of the time and throw in 20% "unhealthy" treats if you need to in order to stick with it. Good luck.0
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So if I were to eat nothing but pizza pops and chips everyday you'd say it was a healthy diet as long as I'm staying within my calorie goals?WinoGelato wrote: »The short answer about eating what you want without gaining weight is yes, you can, as long as you are in a calorie deficit.
The better answer for a long term approach is to try to balance a primarily nutrient dense diet with some treats as you can fit them in.
I prefer not to use the phrase "unhealthy foods" because I think that any food can fit within the context of an overall healthy diet.
and the point... when WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH.
But since you asked- YES you could eat nothing but pizza pops (what is a pizza pop?) and chips and still lose weight. But A.) Not a single effing person suggested that and B.) What about that is balanced?0 -
My bad, I misinterpreted what you meant in your post, I thought they were staring you could have a healthy diet composed of pretty much any food types, whether they're nutritionally dense or highly processed.WinoGelato wrote: »
So if I were to eat nothing but pizza pops and chips everyday you'd say it was a healthy diet as long as I'm staying within my calorie goals?WinoGelato wrote: »The short answer about eating what you want without gaining weight is yes, you can, as long as you are in a calorie deficit.
The better answer for a long term approach is to try to balance a primarily nutrient dense diet with some treats as you can fit them in.
I prefer not to use the phrase "unhealthy foods" because I think that any food can fit within the context of an overall healthy diet.
I think you must have misunderstood my post.
Let me state it again.
For weight loss, what matters is to be in a calorie deficit. You can do that eating nothing but pizza, pop, and chips.
If you eat pizza, pop and chips as part of your overall diet which includes primarily nutrient dense foods, then yes, I think that can be healthy.
You can- as long as it's varied.0 -
It was a rhetorical question. I'm all about nutrition and fitness. I've spent countless hours studying different foods, workouts, and supplements. I know you could lose weight, what I was asking was if the OP thought I could truly build a balanced diet off of it. Both of which I haven't eaten in almost a year. I've noticed you quite often make assumptions in others threats immediately replying with an unnecessary post. Pizza pops are a miniature calzone type deal sold in packages. They're about as processed as you can get, exactly why I used them for my example.
So if I were to eat nothing but pizza pops and chips everyday you'd say it was a healthy diet as long as I'm staying within my calorie goals?WinoGelato wrote: »The short answer about eating what you want without gaining weight is yes, you can, as long as you are in a calorie deficit.
The better answer for a long term approach is to try to balance a primarily nutrient dense diet with some treats as you can fit them in.
I prefer not to use the phrase "unhealthy foods" because I think that any food can fit within the context of an overall healthy diet.
and the point... when WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH.
But since you asked- YES you could eat nothing but pizza pops (what is a pizza pop?) and chips and still lose weight. But A.) Not a single effing person suggested that and B.) What about that is balanced?
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Pizza pops are a miniature calzone type deal sold in packages. They're about as processed as you can get, exactly why I used them for my example.
Whoa I didn't know those were a thing. I just thought there were missing commas: pizza, pop, chips. Like pop = soda. I mean we call it soda where I live but there's a lot of weird Midwesterners who call it pop (and I try not to laugh out loud). Don't get me started on the people who call any soda a coke...0 -
It was a rhetorical question. I'm all about nutrition and fitness. I've spent countless hours studying different foods, workouts, and supplements. I know you could lose weight, what I was asking was if the OP thought I could truly build a balanced diet off of it. Both of which I haven't eaten in almost a year. I've noticed you quite often make assumptions in others threats immediately replying with an unnecessary post. Pizza pops are a miniature calzone type deal sold in packages. They're about as processed as you can get, exactly why I used them for my example.
So if I were to eat nothing but pizza pops and chips everyday you'd say it was a healthy diet as long as I'm staying within my calorie goals?WinoGelato wrote: »The short answer about eating what you want without gaining weight is yes, you can, as long as you are in a calorie deficit.
The better answer for a long term approach is to try to balance a primarily nutrient dense diet with some treats as you can fit them in.
I prefer not to use the phrase "unhealthy foods" because I think that any food can fit within the context of an overall healthy diet.
and the point... when WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH.
But since you asked- YES you could eat nothing but pizza pops (what is a pizza pop?) and chips and still lose weight. But A.) Not a single effing person suggested that and B.) What about that is balanced?
pizza pops sound delicious. sound like bagel bites.
I'd totally eat those.
You didn't appear to be replying to the OP- but it seemed exactly like you did what a lot of other people do when someone says any version of IIFYM which is: "so you're saying I can do X"... it happens a lot.
And clearly I wasn't the only one who "appeared" to see the same thing.
And how is my post any different than the 2 or 3 others that said the same thing and yet mine is totally unnecessary. mmmkkkkk0 -
I'm sure some of the references are the comparisons between low-glycemic and high-glycemic carbs and they're being zero to only a marginal difference in weight-loss in the low-glycemic groups. While that does seem to be true, weight management is not the only thing to consider, micro-nutrients and blood sugar management for long-term HEALTH are also important.0
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It was a rhetorical question. I'm all about nutrition and fitness. I've spent countless hours studying different foods, workouts, and supplements. I know you could lose weight, what I was asking was if the OP thought I could truly build a balanced diet off of it. Both of which I haven't eaten in almost a year. I've noticed you quite often make assumptions in others threats immediately replying with an unnecessary post. Pizza pops are a miniature calzone type deal sold in packages. They're about as processed as you can get, exactly why I used them for my example.
So if I were to eat nothing but pizza pops and chips everyday you'd say it was a healthy diet as long as I'm staying within my calorie goals?WinoGelato wrote: »The short answer about eating what you want without gaining weight is yes, you can, as long as you are in a calorie deficit.
The better answer for a long term approach is to try to balance a primarily nutrient dense diet with some treats as you can fit them in.
I prefer not to use the phrase "unhealthy foods" because I think that any food can fit within the context of an overall healthy diet.
and the point... when WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH.
But since you asked- YES you could eat nothing but pizza pops (what is a pizza pop?) and chips and still lose weight. But A.) Not a single effing person suggested that and B.) What about that is balanced?
You know what's more processed than pizza pops? Supplements! I just mention this because there is a huge break in belief among those who like to believe that they eat "clean", to whatever definition, yet have no issue downing hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of supplements a year when they will fail any definition of "clean", yet they are always given some funny reason for an exception like being protein or vitamins or whatever bogus excuse they can make to justify this glaring dichotomy. It's funny really.0
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