Does the quality of calories intake affect fat loss?

deejay1230
deejay1230 Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello,

For all of those out there who were able to lose fat.

I am wondering if the quality of food impact the fat loss even if you completely respect your calories intake limit ?

For example I am a last meal to eat and I don't want to cook or anything and get some burger but respect my caloric limit and training for the day, does that have a big impact ?

For those who tried training and respecting calorie limit while eating some fast food a few times a week, did you get results ?

Thanks a lot !!!

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  • HarveysBud
    HarveysBud Posts: 421 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Weight management is about calorie (energy) balance...not a particular food.

    A calorie is a unit of energy. Your body requires a certain amount of energy to function and maintain the status quo. When we consume energy in excess of what is needed, that energy is stored as fat...it's basically like your backup generator. When we consume less energy than we require, that deficiency has to be reconciled...so your backup generator kicks on and you burn fat to make up the difference.

    The quality of your calories is going to have an impact on your overall nutrition, satiety levels, and possibly performance...but I typically look at my diet as a whole rather than individual meals and food items. I meet my nutritional needs throughout the day and the week and that's what's important...the fact that I have pizza and movie night most Fridays with the family is pretty irrelevant to my diet on the whole.

    Well said.
  • deejay1230
    deejay1230 Posts: 5 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Weight management is about calorie (energy) balance...not a particular food.

    A calorie is a unit of energy. Your body requires a certain amount of energy to function and maintain the status quo. When we consume energy in excess of what is needed, that energy is stored as fat...it's basically like your backup generator. When we consume less energy than we require, that deficiency has to be reconciled...so your backup generator kicks on and you burn fat to make up the difference.

    The quality of your calories is going to have an impact on your overall nutrition, satiety levels, and possibly performance...but I typically look at my diet as a whole rather than individual meals and food items. I meet my nutritional needs throughout the day and the week and that's what's important...the fact that I have pizza and movie night most Fridays with the family is pretty irrelevant to my diet on the whole.

    Thank you so much for the answer ! Do you trust the fitness pal calories and macro split based on age, exercise and weight ?
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    deejay1230 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Weight management is about calorie (energy) balance...not a particular food.

    A calorie is a unit of energy. Your body requires a certain amount of energy to function and maintain the status quo. When we consume energy in excess of what is needed, that energy is stored as fat...it's basically like your backup generator. When we consume less energy than we require, that deficiency has to be reconciled...so your backup generator kicks on and you burn fat to make up the difference.

    The quality of your calories is going to have an impact on your overall nutrition, satiety levels, and possibly performance...but I typically look at my diet as a whole rather than individual meals and food items. I meet my nutritional needs throughout the day and the week and that's what's important...the fact that I have pizza and movie night most Fridays with the family is pretty irrelevant to my diet on the whole.

    Thank you so much for the answer ! Do you trust the fitness pal calories and macro split based on age, exercise and weight ?

    It's generally a bit light on protein, but otherwise fairly good.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    stanmann571 wrote: »
    deejay1230 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Weight management is about calorie (energy) balance...not a particular food.

    A calorie is a unit of energy. Your body requires a certain amount of energy to function and maintain the status quo. When we consume energy in excess of what is needed, that energy is stored as fat...it's basically like your backup generator. When we consume less energy than we require, that deficiency has to be reconciled...so your backup generator kicks on and you burn fat to make up the difference.

    The quality of your calories is going to have an impact on your overall nutrition, satiety levels, and possibly performance...but I typically look at my diet as a whole rather than individual meals and food items. I meet my nutritional needs throughout the day and the week and that's what's important...the fact that I have pizza and movie night most Fridays with the family is pretty irrelevant to my diet on the whole.

    Thank you so much for the answer ! Do you trust the fitness pal calories and macro split based on age, exercise and weight ?

    It's generally a bit light on protein, but otherwise fairly good.

    +1. Many of us had success by viewing the MFP goals for protein and fat as minimums rather than goals. I found the calorie target to be pretty spot on, but you do need to give it 6-8 weeks and then tweak if your results aren't where they should be (up or down). Any calculator just gives you a starting point, and then you let your real world data direct you moving forward.

    I did lose weight as expected while occasionally eating fast food and other not-stereotypically-diet foods. :drinker:

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