Can you really eat what you want?

lynn_glenmont · May 2019

Kathryn247 wrote: »

Hmm,
How did you calculate the calories in the panini and chips? Did you make it yourself and weigh all of the ingredients in grams to log them? That's the only way to know for sure if the calories you logged for it are correct. If they're from a restaurant, even a restaurant that posts nutrition info, it's mostly a guess.
Cheat meals still count, no matter what you call them. You aren't cheating anyone, your body still takes in the calories.
You can really eat what you want, no matter what it is, and if you stay in a calorie deficit you will lose weight.

I eat out in restaurants (including the fast-casual sort that serve panini and chips) all the time, and have for years through weight loss and maintenance. I don't bring scales to the restaurant. I log using their nutritional data if they have it, and if they don't, I either mentally deconstruct the dish and log estimated amounts of the various components or I log something similar from a different chain that I'm familiar enough with to know that it really is similar in ingredients, cooking method, and amount. Those guesses have worked fine for me. There's no need to try to convince the OP that the data they log for meals out are meaningless. Being a guess doesn't make something a "cheat."

WinoGelato · May 2019

OP can you clarify why you felt that meal was “a cheat”? What are you cheating on? Have you made sweeping changes in diet - ie low carb, such that a meal that fits within your cals but isn’t how you normally eat, feels like you are cheating?

Kathryn247 · May 2019

@lynn_glenmont - I do the exact same thing you do for restaurant food, and guessing/estimating has worked fine for me, too. I didn't say or try to convince OP that the data logged for meals out was "meaningless," I said it's a guess and it still counts.
I didn't say a guess makes something a cheat, either - I don't understand what you meant by that TBH, but cheats aren't really a thing IMO since it all still counts.

ErinWard1986 · May 2019

Tomorrow marks 2 weeks for me. So far, I’m down 7 lbs staying within my calorie deficit. I eat chocolate every night and oh, I had a milkshake yesterday! My diary is open. I could never make it if I couldn’t eat foods that I enjoyed! I’m already feeling better!

lynn_glenmont · May 2019

Kathryn247 wrote: »

@lynn_glenmont - I do the exact same thing you do for restaurant food, and guessing/estimating has worked fine for me, too. I didn't say or try to convince OP that the data logged for meals out was "meaningless," I said it's a guess and it still counts.
I didn't say a guess makes something a cheat, either - I don't understand what you meant by that TBH, but cheats aren't really a thing IMO since it all still counts.

OK. Obviously you would know better than I what your intended meaning was. I responded to it as it came across to me, and upon re-reading, it still comes across that way. Clearly what we have here is a failure to communicate.

Can you really eat what you want?

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