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Carbs vs. calories

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  • OldAssDude
    OldAssDude Posts: 1,436 Member
    whmscll wrote: »
    OldAssDude wrote: »
    Eat all the food groups, but just stay within your calories (either by burning more, eating less, or a combination of both).

    If you are exercising regularly, you need more carbs to fuel your workouts. Good carbs (veggies), not bad carbs (pizza).

    But if you exercise a lot like me there is certainly nothing wrong with have "some" pizza.

    I think defining “good” carbs as veggies only is really short-sighted. Plenty of good carbs in whole grains, beans, legumes and even dairy products. And pizza is mostly fat (think cheese).

    i was just using an example of good and bad.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,388 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    You will only lose weight if you eat low calorie - low enough to be less than you burn. That is regardless of whether you eat high carb, low carb, pay no attention to carbs.

    I doubt anyone recommends eating huge quantities of cheese, bacon etc or cutting out fruit and veg - but that is a separate issue to low calorie.

    I wish you were correct, but there are people who argue we will be better off eliminating fruits and vegetables from our diet.

    I think anyone arguing we should eliminate fruit and veg from our diets is very confused about nutrition - but ok, I take your point there are such people.

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