What foods to cut out?

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

mrramsey1969 wrote: »

Jodysmith999 wrote: »

I want to cut some foods out of my diet, does anyone know some of the best foods to cut out of your diet and the worst foods to cut out of your diet? Thanks

Depends on what you are defining as 'food'? The things with fewer ingredients and less processed the better as the calories from these types of foods will produce 'better' calories or fuel for your body than say calories from a poptart. Yes you could eat nothing but poptarts and stay under your calorie goal and still lose weight BUT, you wouldn't be able to sustain that type of eating long term.

Who on earth is advocating a diet of only poptarts?

But, in terms of weight loss it doesn't matter what foods you eat-as long as you're in the correct calorie deficit for your weight goals you'll lose weight, regardless of what you're eating. And there are no good/bad 'calories' since calorie is a unit of energy

Then you missed my point. There are good an bad. If you were to eat nothing but poptarts (just a hypothetical scenario) you would lose weight IF you ate your calorie goal. You would not be able to sustain this 'diet' without crashing and ultimately you would relapse and gain it all back.

For long term success it DOES matter what foods (fuel) you put in your body. Yes a calorie is just a unit to measure energy. So based on that eat crappy food with the same calories count for a week and see how you actually feel then eat the same amount of calories from good foods for a week and see how you feel.

If you want to not look at it like good and bad calories then look at it from the standpoint of 'where the calories come from'. This is 100% important for long term success.

I never could be successful when it came to cutting things completely out because I would always fail and go back to eating those things and would binge. I found that once I started MFP and trying to stay within my calorie limit but still feel full every day, I started looking at everything as is this worth a lot of calories and not being able to eat much the rest of the day? Most time the food I struggle with the most are not worth those calories and I have cut down on them but I also allow myself a cheat day where if I go over my calorie limit a little it's not a failure.

mrramsey1969 wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

mrramsey1969 wrote: »

Jodysmith999 wrote: »

I want to cut some foods out of my diet, does anyone know some of the best foods to cut out of your diet and the worst foods to cut out of your diet? Thanks

Depends on what you are defining as 'food'? The things with fewer ingredients and less processed the better as the calories from these types of foods will produce 'better' calories or fuel for your body than say calories from a poptart. Yes you could eat nothing but poptarts and stay under your calorie goal and still lose weight BUT, you wouldn't be able to sustain that type of eating long term.

Who on earth is advocating a diet of only poptarts?

But, in terms of weight loss it doesn't matter what foods you eat-as long as you're in the correct calorie deficit for your weight goals you'll lose weight, regardless of what you're eating. And there are no good/bad 'calories' since calorie is a unit of energy

Then you missed my point. There are good an bad. If you were to eat nothing but poptarts (just a hypothetical scenario) you would lose weight IF you ate your calorie goal. You would not be able to sustain this 'diet' without crashing and ultimately you would relapse and gain it all back.

For long term success it DOES matter what foods (fuel) you put in your body. Yes a calorie is just a unit to measure energy. So based on that eat crappy food with the same calories count for a week and see how you actually feel then eat the same amount of calories from good foods for a week and see how you feel.

If you want to not look at it like good and bad calories then look at it from the standpoint of 'where the calories come from'. This is 100% important for long term success.

Again-who's advocating eating a diet consisting of 'crappy' food? I'm definitely focused on the long term, (I'm several years into maintenance at this point). I focus on what I can do long term and cutting out foods that I like would just lead to frustration and failure. But, that doesn't mean that I'm eating only pop tarts or crappy food (whatever that even means). If you look at those who are nailing their weight, health and fitness goals most of them eat a balanced diet full of all sorts of foods-from veggies and fruit, to ice cream and the occasional beer The OP doesn't have to arbitrarily cut out foods like bread (her example), if she enjoys eating it. She just needs to learn how to fit it into her goals.

mrramsey1969 wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

mrramsey1969 wrote: »

Jodysmith999 wrote: »

I want to cut some foods out of my diet, does anyone know some of the best foods to cut out of your diet and the worst foods to cut out of your diet? Thanks

Depends on what you are defining as 'food'? The things with fewer ingredients and less processed the better as the calories from these types of foods will produce 'better' calories or fuel for your body than say calories from a poptart. Yes you could eat nothing but poptarts and stay under your calorie goal and still lose weight BUT, you wouldn't be able to sustain that type of eating long term.

Who on earth is advocating a diet of only poptarts?

But, in terms of weight loss it doesn't matter what foods you eat-as long as you're in the correct calorie deficit for your weight goals you'll lose weight, regardless of what you're eating. And there are no good/bad 'calories' since calorie is a unit of energy

Then you missed my point. There are good an bad. If you were to eat nothing but poptarts (just a hypothetical scenario) you would lose weight IF you ate your calorie goal. You would not be able to sustain this 'diet' without crashing and ultimately you would relapse and gain it all back.

For long term success it DOES matter what foods (fuel) you put in your body. Yes a calorie is just a unit to measure energy. So based on that eat crappy food with the same calories count for a week and see how you actually feel then eat the same amount of calories from good foods for a week and see how you feel.

If you want to not look at it like good and bad calories then look at it from the standpoint of 'where the calories come from'. This is 100% important for long term success.

Strawman argument is strawman.

No one is advocating a diet of nothing but "crappy" foods. It is entirely possible though to eat a nutrient balanced diet that includes things like Poptarts. Personally I would feel like crap eating nothing but chicken and broccoli for a week either - fortunately I know that very few people are actually recommending that (although I think they do exist) - so I don't even consider it.

Also, you seem to be making the common mistake of conflating "calories" with "foods" or "nutrition". All calories are equal from an energy balance/weight loss perspective. That doesn't mean that all foods are equal in nutritional value.

Telling someone they don't have to cut out foods they love is not the same as telling them to eat nothing but poptarts. Why do people continually misinterpret this recommendation?

mrramsey1969 wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

mrramsey1969 wrote: »

Jodysmith999 wrote: »

I want to cut some foods out of my diet, does anyone know some of the best foods to cut out of your diet and the worst foods to cut out of your diet? Thanks

Depends on what you are defining as 'food'? The things with fewer ingredients and less processed the better as the calories from these types of foods will produce 'better' calories or fuel for your body than say calories from a poptart. Yes you could eat nothing but poptarts and stay under your calorie goal and still lose weight BUT, you wouldn't be able to sustain that type of eating long term.

Who on earth is advocating a diet of only poptarts?

But, in terms of weight loss it doesn't matter what foods you eat-as long as you're in the correct calorie deficit for your weight goals you'll lose weight, regardless of what you're eating. And there are no good/bad 'calories' since calorie is a unit of energy

Then you missed my point. There are good an bad. If you were to eat nothing but poptarts (just a hypothetical scenario) you would lose weight IF you ate your calorie goal. You would not be able to sustain this 'diet' without crashing and ultimately you would relapse and gain it all back.

OP asked what she should cut out for weight loss.

Lots of people said it depends on her, but there are no foods that need to be cut out for weight loss.

What does this have to do with "eating only poptarts" (which no one would do -- where do people even come up with these ideas?). One can (and should) eat a primarily nutrient-dense diet -- for health, not necessarily for weight loss -- and yet not cut anything out.

I really don't understand how your post fits in with the thread at all.

Personally, I didn't "cut out" poptarts since I don't think I've had one since I was 10, and I didn't like it then. So it would be a foolish thing to cut out. If you tend to find them a trigger food, cut them out, but that's personal. There's no general weight loss or nutritional reason to decide that people should have to exclude poptarts from their diet in order to eat a good overall diet, and certainly not to lose weight.

I always wonder if the people who fear that others might think it's a good idea to eat all junk food used to do that themselves and, if not, why they think others would.

Unless you wake up and eat a stick of butter every morning, you're probably fine not cutting out any specific food. That's a time to enjoy all foods.