Do pumpkins help me lose weight or gain weight?
mirrormirror77
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These days my GERD is getting worse so I ate some steamed pumpkins and they are soooo yummy,plus they are stomach-friendly. (Just look at my diary) however it has STARCH and SUGAR in it... will I get fat if I kept on eating it?
I searched online and some said it is a weight gain food some said weight loss >< I am confused!!!!!
I searched online and some said it is a weight gain food some said weight loss >< I am confused!!!!!
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You gain or lose weight not by which foods you eat, but whether you eat at a calorie surplus or deficit. If you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight. If you eat less calories than you burn, you will lose weight. This is the same if your calories come from pumpkins or tacos or cheese. So as long as pumpkin fits within your goal it is fine to consume.23
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The only way to gain weight is to eat more calories than you burn. There are no foods that inherently cause weight gain, only if you eat too much of it. Luckily, pumpkin is very low calorie so overeating it is difficult to do.
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There's no such thing as a weight gaining or losing food. Eat whatever food you like within your calorie goal to lose weight. Make sure you're getting adequate nutrition. If you like pumpkins, there's no reason not to eat them.14
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As you have been told in other threads, there is no food that is good for weight loss and no food that is bad for weight loss. This concept of “good” and “bad” foods for weight loss simply is not true. Weight loss happens when you eat fewer calories than your body burns, and it has nothing at all to do with what specific foods you eat.17
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Enjoy your pumpkin and maintain your deficit--it's as simple as that!! I love pumpkin too!3
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Was this frozen pumpkin? I'm assuming fresh pumpkins are out of season. Just asking because I really like pumpkin, and was wondering where you found them.2
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mirrormirror77 wrote: »These days my GERD is getting worse so I ate some steamed pumpkins and they are soooo yummy,plus they are stomach-friendly. (Just look at my diary) however it has STARCH and SUGAR in it... will I get fat if I kept on eating it?
I searched online and some said it is a weight gain food some said weight loss >< I am confused!!!!!
There is no "weight gain food" or "weight loss food"...there is just food...food has calories. You gain weight when you consume more calories than your body requires.7 -
If you hold onto a pumpkin and get on a scale you will gain a pumpkin's worth of weight!
I wish I could find affordable (and easy, by my standards, to "use" pumpkins around here!)
Pumpkins, just like zucchini and various types of squash, tend to be a high bulk, high fiber, low calorie and relatively "filling" for the calories type of foods for me.
I've loved eating them in both sweet and savoury formats when trying to "bulk" up my food while cutting down on calories. And would do so again if I could easily find them at less than the obscene canned pumpkin prices!!!
My previous dog also quite enjoyed his "bulked up with pumpkin" food when he got a bit slower with age!6 -
Pumpkin helps my dog when she gets diarrhea. That's all I've got.8
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If you hold onto a pumpkin and get on a scale you will gain a pumpkin's worth of weight!
I wish I could find affordable (and easy, by my standards, to "use" pumpkins around here!)
Pumpkins, just like zucchini and various types of squash, tend to be a high bulk, high fiber, low calorie and relatively "filling" for the calories type of foods for me.
I've loved eating them in both sweet and savoury formats when trying to "bulk" up my food while cutting down on calories. And would do so again if I could easily find them at less than the obscene canned pumpkin prices!!!
My previous dog also quite enjoyed his "bulked up with pumpkin" food when he got a bit slower with age!
Dang it! I was gonna say that!3 -
My nutritionist said as long as you wash it down with a quart of apple cider vinegar, you can eat pumpkins to your hearts content. Just make sure it's gluten free pumpkin, and never after 7. As pumpkin calories will be converted to fat.38
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loralenoxx wrote: »My nutritionist said as long as you wash it down with a quart of apple cider vinegar, you can eat pumpkins to your hearts content. Just make sure it's gluten free pumpkin, and never after 7. As pumpkin calories will be converted to fat.
Also, don't eat the seeds. They grow in your stomach and make it explode.20 -
loralenoxx wrote: »My nutritionist said as long as you wash it down with a quart of apple cider vinegar, you can eat pumpkins to your hearts content. Just make sure it's gluten free pumpkin, and never after 7. As pumpkin calories will be converted to fat.
This is why you don't go to nutritionists, kids. Unless you live in a country where they're licensed like dieticians.11 -
MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »loralenoxx wrote: »My nutritionist said as long as you wash it down with a quart of apple cider vinegar, you can eat pumpkins to your hearts content. Just make sure it's gluten free pumpkin, and never after 7. As pumpkin calories will be converted to fat.
This is why you don't go to nutritionists, kids. Unless you live in a country where they're licensed like dieticians.
I'm reasonably sure that post was joking, but then they didn't use an emoji so you never can tell 15 -
MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »loralenoxx wrote: »My nutritionist said as long as you wash it down with a quart of apple cider vinegar, you can eat pumpkins to your hearts content. Just make sure it's gluten free pumpkin, and never after 7. As pumpkin calories will be converted to fat.
This is why you don't go to nutritionists, kids. Unless you live in a country where they're licensed like dieticians.
I'm reasonably sure that post was joking, but then they didn't use an emoji so you never can tell
Sad thing is, there are some nutritionists out there who'd actually tell someone something like this in all seriousness.2 -
mirrormirror77 wrote: »These days my GERD is getting worse so I ate some steamed pumpkins and they are soooo yummy,plus they are stomach-friendly. (Just look at my diary) however it has STARCH and SUGAR in it... will I get fat if I kept on eating it?
I searched online and some said it is a weight gain food some said weight loss >< I am confused!!!!!
To everyone who woo'd this post, I would like to draw your attention to these guidelines about the use of the Woo reaction:What is not woo:- A user asking a question about a topic they heard about (ex. I heard fenugreek causes weight loss, is that true?). Even if what they are asking about is not true, they are asking to learn more, not telling people to take it.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43568226/#Comment_4356822620 -
kshama2001 wrote: »mirrormirror77 wrote: »These days my GERD is getting worse so I ate some steamed pumpkins and they are soooo yummy,plus they are stomach-friendly. (Just look at my diary) however it has STARCH and SUGAR in it... will I get fat if I kept on eating it?
I searched online and some said it is a weight gain food some said weight loss >< I am confused!!!!!
To everyone who woo'd this post, I would like to draw your attention to these guidelines about the use of the Woo reaction:What is not woo:- A user asking a question about a topic they heard about (ex. I heard fenugreek causes weight loss, is that true?). Even if what they are asking about is not true, they are asking to learn more, not telling people to take it.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43568226/#Comment_43568226
That's not the terms of use or community guidelines. It's just a post in a thread.15 -
I have eaten pumpkin in my oatmeal everyday for the past 3-4 years. I stay within my calories most days, so it hasn't affected my weight at all.4
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Pumpkin fits in with volume diets and most low carb diets. I’d say eating lots is fine, especially if it’s helping your GERD
My GERD is influenced a little more by stress levels than by food, but something I do that both helps me lose/maintain weight and keep my GERD under control, is to eat more food earlier in the day. It makes a difference to have an emptier stomach before I lie down at night. It is accidental IF as well (although backwards to how everyone else seems to do it). I have veggies with my egg for breakfast and veggies with a protein for lunch, usually a healthy snack in the afternoon (although not always), and that’s it.
Best of luck with both your weight loss endeavours and your GERD.1 -
I echo the sentiments about the importance of eating in a deficit.
However: pumpkins are a fantastic food. For starters, if it’s getting you to eat more vegetables, that’s always something to encourage.
Pumpkins have lots of vitamin A, and are a good source of fibre. Yes, they have some carbs. We need to eat carbs! Carbs are not the devil.
But most importantly, again: to lose weight, eat within a calorie deficit.2 -
Why do people think there are weight gain foods and weight loss foods, which I am interpreting means that those foods cause weight gain or weight loss regardless of cals. I suspect it's that incredibly bizarre assertion of OP that led to the woos (although I did not woo her).
What's the deal? I don't understand how people could believe that, what's the mechanism? It's really an odd assertion. It's like my jr high friend's mom who insisted that eating cheese gave you a huge butt (which was bad in the '80s, I'm old).
kshama, any thoughts, since you are criticizing those who thought it was a bizarre claim?
It reminds me of the "one weird fruit you must avoid" (which is usually banana).5 -
At about 50-80 calories per cup, even on a very low calorie diet, 1200 calories per day, you could have at least 15 cups a day and still be okay on calories. Even the volume eaters on this thread would say that’s a lot of food. You would be low on protein, maybe only 30-40 grams, and your skin would probably turn orange. It’s low on the glycemic scale, so according to the numbers shouldn’t make you hungry. If you like it and it makes you feel good, I say ENJOY!3
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loralenoxx wrote: »My nutritionist said as long as you wash it down with a quart of apple cider vinegar, you can eat pumpkins to your hearts content. Just make sure it's gluten free pumpkin, and never after 7. As pumpkin calories will be converted to fat.
You win the internet today LOLOLOLOL!
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »mirrormirror77 wrote: »These days my GERD is getting worse so I ate some steamed pumpkins and they are soooo yummy,plus they are stomach-friendly. (Just look at my diary) however it has STARCH and SUGAR in it... will I get fat if I kept on eating it?
I searched online and some said it is a weight gain food some said weight loss >< I am confused!!!!!
To everyone who woo'd this post, I would like to draw your attention to these guidelines about the use of the Woo reaction:What is not woo:- A user asking a question about a topic they heard about (ex. I heard fenugreek causes weight loss, is that true?). Even if what they are asking about is not true, they are asking to learn more, not telling people to take it.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43568226/#Comment_43568226
That's not the terms of use or community guidelines. It's just a post in a thread.
I've been advocating changes around this for some time to no avail. That post, by a MFP moderator, is much more clear that what is available elsewhere.1 -
Why do people think there are weight gain foods and weight loss foods, which I am interpreting means that those foods cause weight gain or weight loss regardless of cals. I suspect it's that incredibly bizarre assertion of OP that led to the woos (although I did not woo her).
What's the deal? I don't understand how people could believe that, what's the mechanism? It's really an odd assertion. It's like my jr high friend's mom who insisted that eating cheese gave you a huge butt (which was bad in the '80s, I'm old).
kshama, any thoughts, since you are criticizing those who thought it was a bizarre claim?
It reminds me of the "one weird fruit you must avoid" (which is usually banana).
Good question.
Funny one of my registered dietitians recommended no bananas when i started one round of my weight loss (years ago). I think it related to bananas often being two servings in the size we get them. I didn't ask.
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Why do people think there are weight gain foods and weight loss foods, which I am interpreting means that those foods cause weight gain or weight loss regardless of cals. I suspect it's that incredibly bizarre assertion of OP that led to the woos (although I did not woo her).
What's the deal? I don't understand how people could believe that, what's the mechanism? It's really an odd assertion. It's like my jr high friend's mom who insisted that eating cheese gave you a huge butt (which was bad in the '80s, I'm old).
kshama, any thoughts, since you are criticizing those who thought it was a bizarre claim?
It reminds me of the "one weird fruit you must avoid" (which is usually banana).
Good question.
Funny one of my registered dietitians recommended no bananas when i started one round of my weight loss (years ago). I think it related to bananas often being two servings in the size we get them. I didn't ask.
That's funny and weird. You'd think if that's the reason she or he could just say "half a banana is a serving."0 -
I was talking to a dietician about diabetes and she said bananas are one of the hardest fruits for diabetics to moderate. I didn’t ask why.0
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corinasue1143 wrote: »I was talking to a dietician about diabetes and she said bananas are one of the hardest fruits for diabetics to moderate. I didn’t ask why.
Higher sugar content than other fruit, probably - bananas are pretty calorically dense compared to other fruits, and the makeup of that is mostly sugar with less fiber compared to other fruits. Harder to regulate the insulin spike. I'm not for sure, though.3 -
Calories are calories, so just count them, and you should be fine. Pumpkin is so good for you, loaded with potassium, which most people don't get enough of, and vitamin A, fiber...And if it doesn't bother your GERD, that's a plus. Interesting side note. 3 years ago I was told I had GERD. After learning how to live with it, sort of, I had some testing done in the digestive clinic at our hospital. It turns out I don't have GERD at all, but rather, a hypersensitive esophagus which has begun over reacting to completely normal amounts of stomach acid. The specialist commented that they believe this may be very common but that most people are never tested to find out if they really have GERD or not. Just thought I'd throw that out there, because dealing with "GERD" for those 3 years really was a struggle. Now I don't have to take antacids, worry about what I eat, or keep the head of my bed up on risers. (Pumpkin was never on my forbidden list anyway, though). So now I've got to ask: What are your best pumpkin recipes?1
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Why do people think there are weight gain foods and weight loss foods, which I am interpreting means that those foods cause weight gain or weight loss regardless of cals. I suspect it's that incredibly bizarre assertion of OP that led to the woos (although I did not woo her).
What's the deal? I don't understand how people could believe that, what's the mechanism? It's really an odd assertion. It's like my jr high friend's mom who insisted that eating cheese gave you a huge butt (which was bad in the '80s, I'm old).
kshama, any thoughts, since you are criticizing those who thought it was a bizarre claim?
It reminds me of the "one weird fruit you must avoid" (which is usually banana).
Good question.
Funny one of my registered dietitians recommended no bananas when i started one round of my weight loss (years ago). I think it related to bananas often being two servings in the size we get them. I didn't ask.
I can definitely take up a big chunk of my calories on bananas, those suckers can get big. Of course, I always get the biggest ones at the grocery store because it feels more satisfying even though I pay by the pound, lol.2
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