What ONE food would you recommend cutting out for weight loss?
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high fructose items are worse for you than even sugar. They don't let you feel full and they are habit forming. really they are very addicitive for most people16
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title015944 wrote: »rose_lemonade wrote: »My friend's mum dropped a dress size in two weeks just from cutting out butter. Have any of you guys found cutting out/cutting down on one certain thing from your diet to be super helpful in terms of weight loss?
Bread? Sugar? Meat? Dairy? Cooking oil? Alcohol?
Bread and Pasta
I'm having bread & pasta for dinner
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boopsiegrl wrote: »high fructose items are worse for you than even sugar. They don't let you feel full and they are habit forming. really they are very addicitive for most people
They don't let you feel full? What does that even mean? I eat HFCS sometimes and I never had an experience of it disabling my ability to register when my stomach was full.6 -
DaveMurphy6 wrote: »The three white poisons....Sugar, Flour, and Salt..Food item would be Pizza..Calories there are crazy
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I don't think it's necessary to cut out certain foods in order to lose weight but for me, avoiding drinking my calories (especially from alcohol) has helped because 1) less instances of drunken munchies and 2) more calories available for healthy, filling food which makes me less hungry and less likely to over-eat or binge at night. I do still drink, just not as much or as often as I used to.6
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I would say not to cut out, but cut back on most calorie dense foods. I eat everything, but waaay less of rice, pasta, cheese, chips and crackers, candy, ice cream, bread, cake, butter, oil, peanut butter, preserves, hummus, olives, even way less sugar in my coffee, and only black in the afternoon. That took the most time to gradually adjust, lol. I loved my coffee sweet.0
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Agree with the others that no one food is going to cause weight gain or weight loss... It's all about the plan. That being said, I would much rather eat my calories than drink them. I cut out soda and alcohol. It made it easier for me to stay within my calorie goals when I didn't have to factor in beverages.0
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Food that takes you over your calorie intake2
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Nothing. I do prefer to eat my calories rather than drink them, though. I love all the food. ALL THE FOOD.3
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Fast food in general.
I can make all those items at home and the taste is much better at a fraction of the calories.2 -
Any place that has a drive thru
And Soda2 -
I cut out Pepsi. I just couldn't afford the extra 1000 calories of it I was drinking per day. Everything else is fair game.2
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Added sugar for me2
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Processed food. Most experts agree that processed food is awful for our health & it's very inflammatory to the majority of people.
Our gut health is a huge culprit in America's obesity epidemic. If you're at all interested, I highly recommend you check out Chalene Johnson's (free) podcast, The Chalene Show - she talks a lot about the issue & it's very educational. http://www.chalenejohnson.com/podcasts/dr-zach-bush-on-metabolism-chronic-health-issues-and-gut-health/15 -
I honestly didn't cut out anything entirely. I drink far less pop than I once did, but I still drink it sometimes.1
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Courtney_Pagh wrote: »Processed food. Most experts agree that processed food is awful for our health & it's very inflammatory to the majority of people.
Our gut health is a huge culprit in America's obesity epidemic. If you're at all interested, I highly recommend you check out Chalene Johnson's (free) podcast, The Chalene Show - she talks a lot about the issue & it's very educational. http://www.chalenejohnson.com/podcasts/dr-zach-bush-on-metabolism-chronic-health-issues-and-gut-health/
Nearly every commercially available food is processed in some way. I'm not sure how a blanket statement that processed food (which could include things like greek yogurt, baby carrots, steel cut oats, and salmon) is awful for our health is helpful, and I'm not sure how you assess inflammation in the majority of people. I eat many of these foods (as well as things that many would consider ultra processed like frozen meals, even Hamburger Helper) on occasion and am pretty sure I'm not suffering from inflammation, nor is my health suffering as a result.5 -
Sodium!rose_lemonade wrote: »Wow really? I know it's bad for your heart and stuff but didn't realise it made a difference with fat loss.
Me giving up excess salt for Lent made no difference on the scale.2 -
rose_lemonade wrote: »
Not fat loss, but you would see a scale drop due to less water retention.
Plus sometimes the salty foods are the calorie dense ones...
Interestingly, I retain water from take-out Chinese food like Pu Pu platters, but not home made Thai food. I'm making Pad Se Ew tonight which has a hefty amount of fish sauce, oyster sauce, and soy sauce, but I will not see any gains on the scale from this.0 -
I haven't really cut anything out, but my food environment is sparse. There are no cookies, candy, chips, or even fruit in my apartment. I do not eat pasta for dinner, but I will eat it in a restaurant once in awhile if it is HANDMADE only. No bread really, again on occasion when it is fresh.
I choose to reduce carbs because I like protein and moderate amount of fat.2
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