Raw fruit
celeste821
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I eat a lot of raw fruit, I can eat 5 oranges in one sitting. I typically come in under the 1200 calorie count but over the sugar goal. What does this mean towards my weight loss goals?
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Weight loss is determined by the calories you eat, not the amount of sugar. But if you're regularly eating lots of raw fruit and coming in under 1,200 calories, making sure you meet your needs for protein and fat may be a concern.9 -
Nothing. But as stated, you should be making sure you're getting enough fat and protein, as well as HITTING 1200 calories and not being under.5
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You could eat 1200 calories of oranges or 1200 calories of MacDonalds a day and you'd still lose the same amount of weight.
5 oranges a day would have me worrying about your dental health though. Citrus is very acidic and can wear down tooth enamel. I'd recommend cutting back on the citrus and swishing your mouth thoroughly with water after you eat one.5 -
My dentist told me not to brush right after eating cause you can do more damage..just rinse.9
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My quick cheat sheet to how you know if you are eating too much fruit:
Threshold question: Am I eating a lot of it? -- no reason to consider these other things if you are not. If so:
(1) Am I over calories (a reasonable calorie limit, not an artificially low one)? OR
(2) Am I struggling with satiety? OR
(3) Am I low on protein? (consider that you may want more than the MFP default if you are on low calories. Eating about your lean body mass (in lbs) in grams of protein or, say .65-.85 g/lb of a healthy goal weight can be helpful in protecting against muscle loss.) OR
(4) Am I either very low on fat or failing to eat sources of essential fatty acids like fatty fish, avocado, nuts and seeds, olives and olive oil? OR
(5) Am I low on vegetables and perhaps substituting fruit consumption for adequate vegetable consumption.
If no to all of these, I wouldn't worry about the fruit consumption. If yes to one or more, maybe consider if the diet is unbalanced.4 -
Don't strive to come under 1200, reach 1200 net...
If you diet is balanced you are good, if its not, reassess, eat your protein and fats!!2 -
You could eat 1200 calories of oranges or 1200 calories of MacDonalds a day and you'd still lose the same amount of weight.
5 oranges a day would have me worrying about your dental health though. Citrus is very acidic and can wear down tooth enamel. I'd recommend cutting back on the citrus and swishing your mouth thoroughly with water after you eat one.
I do that anyway lol as a child I use to sit at the kitchen table after dinner and watch my grandma, mother, aunts, and great aunt swish with water. I don't know why that was so fascinating to me but it's a family tradition. But at 51 I still have all my teeth and in good condition0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Nothing.
Weight loss is determined by the calories you eat, not the amount of sugar. But if you're regularly eating lots of raw fruit and coming in under 1,200 calories, making sure you meet your needs for protein and fat may be a concern.
I do tend to come in under that, mostly protein so what is the concern with that? Why is the fat important?0 -
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celeste821 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Nothing.
Weight loss is determined by the calories you eat, not the amount of sugar. But if you're regularly eating lots of raw fruit and coming in under 1,200 calories, making sure you meet your needs for protein and fat may be a concern.
I do tend to come in under that, mostly protein so what is the concern with that? Why is the fat important?
Your body needs a certain amount of fat and protein. Going too low can result in you not feeling your best or even make you sick.
They're both essential nutrients.2 -
celeste821 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Nothing.
Weight loss is determined by the calories you eat, not the amount of sugar. But if you're regularly eating lots of raw fruit and coming in under 1,200 calories, making sure you meet your needs for protein and fat may be a concern.
I do tend to come in under that, mostly protein so what is the concern with that? Why is the fat important?
The fat is important because a number of vitamins are fat soluble and your body cannot process them without dietary fat - A, D, E, K being the major ones that require fat intake.4 -
Don't strive to come under 1200, reach 1200 net...
If you diet is balanced you are good, if its not, reassess, eat your protein and fats!!
I am not trying to but my diet is unhealthy I come in under calories and protein but over fat and sodium, so lately I have used the webmd website recommendations to choose healthy frozen dinners because I don't like to cook and routinely order takeout0 -
I would be concerned that you're spending almost half your calories a day on oranges. Seems like you'd be severely lacking in other nutrients.5
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It probably means you are lacking in essential nutrition elsewhere.1
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Try to combine fruit with a good protein or fat, like bananas or apples and nut butter, or melons with cottage cheese, etc. etc.
I get annoyed when MFP warns me about my sugar goal when the only sugar I've had is fresh fruit. Then I eat pancakes and it gives me a high five because the pancakes are "low in saturated fat." OK, MFP.10 -
celeste821 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Nothing.
Weight loss is determined by the calories you eat, not the amount of sugar. But if you're regularly eating lots of raw fruit and coming in under 1,200 calories, making sure you meet your needs for protein and fat may be a concern.
I do tend to come in under that, mostly protein so what is the concern with that? Why is the fat important?
The fat is important because a number of vitamins are fat soluble and your body cannot process them without dietary fat - A, D, E, K being the major ones that require fat intake.
Wow I have vit D deficiency0 -
I wouldn't worry about oranges eating away your teeth, although brushing after eating anything is a good habit. The ph of an orange is between 3 and 4. The same as an apple. Lemons on the other hand, are about 2.0. But few people snack on lemons.
Actually, brushing immediately after something highly acidic is a bad idea, as your enamel is softened from the acid. Better to rinse well and/or wait to brush a while so your saliva can bring the acid levels back to normal.3 -
celeste821 wrote: »I eat a lot of raw fruit, I can eat 5 oranges in one sitting. I typically come in under the 1200 calorie count but over the sugar goal. What does this mean towards my weight loss goals?
IDK about your weight loss goals, but I can't imagine you have a healthy balanced diet if < 1200 calories includes 5 oranges.0 -
You could eat 1200 calories of oranges or 1200 calories of MacDonalds a day and you'd still lose the same amount of weight.
But you surely would not LOOK the same - if you only ate McDonald's or only ate oranges I can't imagine your body shape would be the same. You would probably be puffy on all the McD's sodium.
That said - you need a balance to diet. My trainer recommended a veggie and a protein for every snack/meal.
Some of my favorite combos: oatmeal/peanut butter powder/carrots. Gilbert chicken sausage - scrambled egg - peppers(prefer orange or yellow) or Greek Yogurt with basil and garlic to dip veggies into.0 -
MommyLisa21 wrote: »But you surely would not LOOK the same - if you only ate McDonald's or only ate oranges I can't imagine your body shape would be the same. You would probably be puffy on all the McD's sodium.
I'm not a fan of McD's personally, and am certainly not recommending an all McD's diet (although how healthy it is depends on the choices you make). But an all McD's diet wouldn't make most people puffy (increasing sodium leads to water retention and decreasing leads to a drop, but if it's a pretty standard amount most would likely not be noticeably "puffy," unless they were fitness competitors or some such). More significantly, the McD's diet would include protein, fat, carbs, and even vegetables if you order well (not enough vegetables, IMO, but that's about health, it's unlikely to affect muscle retention or how you look in the short term). A diet of all oranges, on the other hand, would be missing essential nutrients like protein and fats, and be extremely unhealthy for anything but a very short term, and probably would result in more loss of muscle.
Neither is ideal, especially if you only have 1200 calories to play with. But so often people seem to approach nutrition as about bad foods (McD) vs. good foods (fruit and veg) and ignore that the real important thing is whether the overall diet is nutritionally adequate and healthy.That said - you need a balance to diet. My trainer recommended a veggie and a protein for every snack/meal.
Agree with the first sentence, and building all meals around protein and vegetables is my own approach.
If OP wants to build in more room for fruit and is meeting the requirements, though, that can be fine too.3
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