Eating spaghetti
Jcorn7
Posts: 25 Member
Hi all. The past few weeks I've cut out all sweets and snacks, with the exception of raw, unsalted almonds. This means no chips, ice cream, candy, chocolate, cake, cookies, crackers, etc., with the exception of Christmas meal. Monday-Friday was consisting of a sausage, egg, and cheese bowl with water. Lunch was turkey(about 5 slices) and 1 slic3 of pepper jack cheese on wheat bread, yoplait yogurt, and water. Dinner is 2 healthy choice chicken fettuccine with alfredo sauce meals for dinner. Saturday and Sunday it's just those 2 healthy choice meals. I exercise at the gym for about 1 hour 5 days a week, with a mix of cardio and lifting. I have been losing weight using this meal plan, and I feel much better all around. Much less bloating and gas. More energy. I'm wondering if all I eat today is a big bowl of spaghetti. I've already exercised today. I can resist it if necessary to maintain my progress. Just wondering if it would be okay. Thanks.
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Of course you can have spaghetti. Log it and count it. You can eat maintenance one day and not derail your progress or keep your deficit and see if it fits it into your weight loss calorie goal.
You can eat a lot more than one bowl of spaghetti a day and lose weight. You could eat spaghetti every day and lose weight if it fits into your calorie goal. Are you counting calories and logging everything?6 -
No foods will keep you from losing weight as long as you're eating to you calorie goal. I eat spaghetti regularly and sometimes every day for a week as I like to batch cook and it has never kept me from losing or maintaining.
Keep in mind that you may see a bump on the scale from water weight, if you've cut out a lot of carbs and then add a good amount back. But, it's water weight and will subside after a few days.
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Does it fit your calories? When it comes to weight liss, that's really the only question that matters. But why would you just eat a bowl of spaghetti? It sounds like you're not eating much?2
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I eat literally the same thing everyday. Believe it or not, it has been helping me lose weight and maintain discipline and willpower. I logged my exercise and food for one day, and I just look to that for reference since I eat the same thing everyday.5
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I'm confident that going from sweets and chips, spaghetti and pizza, some fast food to what I'm doing now is much better. And of course, no soda whatsoever. Only water throughout the day, about 5 or so bottles.5
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How many calories would be in the big bowl of spaghetti?
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Under eating is far, far worse than eating the right number of calories in all the foods you cut out. Eat what you want, but eat enough.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p15 -
My problem is I have no idea what size the bowl is I would be using. I was thinking it shouldn't be holding enough to slow down my progress. I don't believe I am under eating. As I said, I feel much better, less bloating and gas. I just overall feel better.3
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Well, if you aren't counting calories, and you aren't going to measure the portion, there's really no way to know how it fits or how it will affect your progress.
Having said that, one meal off plan isn't important, it's what you do most of the time that counts.
If you are losing weight fast, you might not be eating enough, and that would be doing you no favors. If you are losing at a moderate pace, and you're happy eating the way you are, awesome.
Just be careful. Eating a very limited diet to lose weight can really easily lead to hitting the proverbial wall and gaining it all back. Make sure you're putting a plan in place to maintain a healthy weight for the rest of your life.8 -
As I said, since I eat the same exact thing everyday, I counted the calories for that once and just use that as a reference. I do not stray from this meal plan, maybe some days I forget to eat the almonds, which I only eat a serving size (about 23 almonds). Absolutely no fast food either.3
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Use a smaller bowl. Pair with a side salad.0
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As I said, since I eat the same exact thing everyday, I counted the calories for that once and just use that as a reference. I do not stray from this meal plan, maybe some days I forget to eat the almonds, which I only eat a serving size (about 23 almonds). Absolutely no fast food either.
I'm not really sure what kind of answers you're looking for then. Without knowing your stats, how many calories you usually eat, how much weight you've been losing, and how much pasta you'll be eating, there's really nothing we can tell you. Except that one bowl of pasta should not be too many calories for a full days worth, unless you are eating it out of a giant serving bowl or smothered in a fatty sauce.
A successful way of eating allows for some flexibility, so I hope you're bowl of spaghetti works out for you.5 -
As I said, since I eat the same exact thing everyday, I counted the calories for that once and just use that as a reference. I do not stray from this meal plan, maybe some days I forget to eat the almonds, which I only eat a serving size (about 23 almonds). Absolutely no fast food either.
Are you planning to eat that exact food every day for the rest of your life? If not, then your current plan is not realistic or sustainable. In addition, there are no fruits or vegetables in your meals. Over the long term, this will put you at risk for various micronutrient deficiencies.9 -
Do I need to count calories everyday if I am strictly eating the same thing every single day?2
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How do you know that you're eating the same amounts exactly every day?3
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Do I need to count calories everyday if I am strictly eating the same thing every single day?
You don't need to count calories at all if the way you are eating gets you into a calorie deficit anyway. It just makes it impossible for strangers on the internet to answer your question. I've tried my best several times with the limited info. I eat spaghetti all the time, so I'd guess you'll be fine.0 -
The bowl is about 4 inches tall (I would fill it about 3 inches high with spaghetti). It's about 6-8 inches wide, tapering toward the bottom. That's the best I can describe it.6
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@Jcorn7 What is your daily calorie budget before you log your exercise?0
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Hi all. The past few weeks I've cut out all sweets and snacks, with the exception of raw, unsalted almonds. This means no chips, ice cream, candy, chocolate, cake, cookies, crackers, etc., with the exception of Christmas meal. Monday-Friday was consisting of a sausage, egg, and cheese bowl with water. Lunch was turkey(about 5 slices) and 1 slic3 of pepper jack cheese on wheat bread, yoplait yogurt, and water. Dinner is 2 healthy choice chicken fettuccine with alfredo sauce meals for dinner. Saturday and Sunday it's just those 2 healthy choice meals. I exercise at the gym for about 1 hour 5 days a week, with a mix of cardio and lifting. I have been losing weight using this meal plan, and I feel much better all around. Much less bloating and gas. More energy. I'm wondering if all I eat today is a big bowl of spaghetti. I've already exercised today. I can resist it if necessary to maintain my progress. Just wondering if it would be okay. Thanks.
How much weight have you lost and exactly how many weeks has it been?
How much weight do you need to lose before you reach your goal weight?1 -
The bowl is about 4 inches tall (I would fill it about 3 inches high with spaghetti). It's about 6-8 inches wide, tapering toward the bottom. That's the best I can describe it.
Fill the bowl that high with water, and then measure the water. How many cups is it?
1 cup of cooked spaghetti is about 200 calories.2 -
Hi all. The past few weeks I've cut out all sweets and snacks, with the exception of raw, unsalted almonds. This means no chips, ice cream, candy, chocolate, cake, cookies, crackers, etc., with the exception of Christmas meal. Monday-Friday was consisting of a sausage, egg, and cheese bowl with water. Lunch was turkey(about 5 slices) and 1 slic3 of pepper jack cheese on wheat bread, yoplait yogurt, and water. Dinner is 2 healthy choice chicken fettuccine with alfredo sauce meals for dinner. Saturday and Sunday it's just those 2 healthy choice meals. I exercise at the gym for about 1 hour 5 days a week, with a mix of cardio and lifting. I have been losing weight using this meal plan, and I feel much better all around. Much less bloating and gas. More energy. I'm wondering if all I eat today is a big bowl of spaghetti. I've already exercised today. I can resist it if necessary to maintain my progress. Just wondering if it would be okay. Thanks.
It seems like you've embarked on a similar strategy at least a couple times before back in June, and a couple years ago before that. In fact, last June you stated that you didn't want to go six months and not make any progress.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10677877/30-day-challenge
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10469753/are-my-diet-and-exercise-sufficient
So did you make any progress or not? If not, why keep doing these plans that focus on the minutia and not your overall strategy to meet your goal?
So, to answer your question, you can have the spaghetti or not, it's only one meal and if your strategy were working it wouldn't be more than a day's setback.
But regardless, your meal plan is an arbitrary mess and you don't ever have seem to have tried to estimate how many calories you are eating or what your calorie target should be. I suspect you are really under-eating on this plan, but that's just based off what you described.
Anyway, I suspect that your past efforts didn't yield more than temporary results, and this one will probably end the same way because you haven't made any changes to your approach. Until you do, you're always going to be worrying about whether or not you can have a bowl of spaghetti and if it's in the right shaped bowl because you don't have a clue what you're doing overall.12 -
Honestly...your "plan" sounds like something you just randomly made up. Zero veggies or anything other than what's in TWO frozen dinners every night? Wut? Not healthy. Boring. Probably not sustainable. Why not actually get a legitimate plan where you don't have to ask about having a 4"x2" slightly tapered at the bottom (or whatever dimensions you said) bowl of spaghetti one day? I mean...do something that's nutritious, sustainable, and satisfying? Instead of...whatever it is you're doing now. Just because you're currently losing weight on it hardly qualifies it as a smashing success.6
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As I said, since I eat the same exact thing everyday, I counted the calories for that once and just use that as a reference. I do not stray from this meal plan, maybe some days I forget to eat the almonds, which I only eat a serving size (about 23 almonds). Absolutely no fast food either.
The problem with your plan is that it is for losing weight only. What happens when you get to goal? Do you then start to measure and log "regular" food? OR do you continue to eat the same meals each and every day, except at maintenance calories? Learn how to eat forever.....not how to eat to lose weight.
Of course spaghetti is okay, just figure out how many calories (or make your best guess) and fit it into your day.
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Just spaghetti doesn't sound satisfying, but if you want to know the calories, measure the spaghetti and measure whatever you put on it.0
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I ate plenty of pasta when losing weight, but measured it out, added sauces that included lots of veg and protein, and ate it in the context of a normal diet (in other words, I might have been eating 1500 per day and spent 500 on a dinner with pasta, where about 200 was from the pasta).0
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This question seems to have a simple answer - forget the bowl size and just weight the spaghetti - either cooked or uncooked and pick the right entry for that.
If it fits into your calorie allowance for the day - ie whatever you eat everyday plus the spaghetti, then it fits.
or take something out of the everyday list and substitute for spaghetti for this one day.
or eat bit over for one day and that is ok too.2
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