Anybody eat junk food fairly regularly and just work it into calorie budget?
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Meeee! I eat cookies and donuts throughout the week and we order out for fast food or pizza once a week.
I've lost 110 pounds. I have not had significant gain in over 2 years.
Eat what you want is my motto. You can get nutrition from almost any food.14 -
I meet my nutritional needs...you don't get extra credit for more broccoli (though I love broccoli). I am also a health nut, but my Popeye's Chicken that I will be having this evening doesn't magically undo all of my other nutrition throughout the day and week and month, etc. I also eat desert pretty much every night.
Good nutrition happens on a broad spectrum...it's cumulative of your overall diet as a whole, not based on an individual food item or any one particular meal.9 -
Yeah I eat candy, cheesecake, bbq etc etc. However it’s all in limited quantities and I track it. If it’s cals it counts. Healthy or not. Balancing it is just getting the fuel your body needs. Of course exercise is always part of the equation. I don’t do soda and only fried food is maybe 8 wings I may have in a week from Wingstop. Don’t really do a lot of eating out or fast food. Don’t do any type of sodas and only thing I gave up since 2019 is delicious Indian Food (creams, carbs, fried and sodium) to much deliciousness to really know what I’m putting in. And checking in with a Dr for annuals is a must. Full bloodwork to keep tabs on what the insides are doing.2
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Yeah I eat candy, cheesecake, bbq etc etc. However it’s all in limited quantities and I track it. If it’s cals it counts. Healthy or not. Balancing it is just getting the fuel your body needs. Of course exercise is always part of the equation. I don’t do soda and only fried food is maybe 8 wings I may have in a week from Wingstop. Don’t really do a lot of eating out or fast food. Don’t do any type of sodas and only thing I gave up since 2019 is delicious Indian Food (creams, carbs, fried and sodium) to much deliciousness to really know what I’m putting in. And checking in with a Dr for annuals is a must. Full bloodwork to keep tabs on what the insides are doing.
oof wingstop, the only place that makes wings hot enough for me0 -
Definitely! Sometimes I just have to grab something while I’m out, which limits my choices. Other times I just want something that others would categorize as junk (like a candy bar or a pastry for breakfast. It’s all part of a balanced diet to me. My entire day isn’t junk food, I still get all my nutrients, but if this is long term then I need to include unhealthy things as well. I lost and maintained 60lbs previously using this method, now I’ve lost all my pregnancy weight and an additional 15lbs. So this definitely works for me.5
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Me. I've been restrictive in the past and that kind of lifestyle only led to binging. Now I eat a pretty balanced diet, but I will NOT give up chocolate. Add chocolate chips to my oatmeal, my waffles, my yogurt, I don't even care. I just log it into my diary like everything else.1
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I don't eat fast food or drink soda because i don't care for it, haven't had for years. But i love chips, pretzels, chocolate, cake, cookies, candy bars and eat those every day. I have pizza here and there, because wife loves it and i join in. I have lost about 80 lbs, and in maintenance for 4 years. So just manage the calorie intake. Other than my junky snacks i eat a lot of veggies and fruit, overall a good balanced diet.2
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I eat what some consider junk food every day. I lost 1/2 my body weight, so it works for me. I just work it into my calorie allotment, and keep track of nutrition numbers.7
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I had 2 egg McMuffins for breakfast today. Logged it.6
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I just finished a Five Guys cheeseburger and little fries. I burned 900 calories this morning running a 10k and will burn the same tomorrow during my Sunday run. I’ll be slightly under my calorie goal today, so banking a couple of hundred calories for another day (although I might have extra Green & Black Dark Chocolate later when i have my daily portion). Just log it and move on.
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Losingthedamnweight wrote: »I don’t eat junk everyday, but every now and then I’ll head down to Taco Bell and get some beefy laxatives and work it into my calories.
I know a lot of you are health nuts and don’t ever eat “junk”, but I’d really like to hear from other people that eat whatever they want, work it into their calories and still lose weight.
For me anyway, the more restrictive I am the more I tend to fall off the wagon. So when I’m able to work in the foods I like, I tend to stick to it longer
It depends on what you mean by junk food, some people might consider what I eat junk and others not. I eat dark chocolate everyday, I also eat croissant with butter, homemade milkshake with added sugar etc.. I don't if those are considered "junk".2 -
I absolutely have high-calorie or high fat foods from time to time and work it into my calorie/macro budget. I try to be smart about it though. If I'm just having a sweet craving, then I will have 3 squares of chocolate to satisfy that craving. If I'm having PMS cravings where I want to eat anything that's not nailed down, I go for things like popcorn or rice cakes where I can eat a lot and not blow the budget vs something like potato chips that will do the same thing, but add both calories and fat.
I definitely think moderation is necessary and being smart about it helps not have set backs.5 -
I do, but I also pay a LOT more attention to how certain foods make me feel physically, not just their effect on my waistline. I don't feel well if I eat a heavy meal or too many sweets or fried foods and our family just doesn't get fast food a lot, anyway. Anymore, that's the main reason why I choose more nutrient-dense foods over ones that aren't so much.3
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I'm trying to make this process as easy on myself as possible, so yes, I budget for "junk" because I like food that tastes good. If I cut out pizza and beer and pasta and ice cream and wine and chocolate until my body is an acceptable size, what happens then? Do I pick up where I left off with all of those things? No, if I do that I'll gain it all back, and I don't particularly want to do this again, thank you. I'm learning to coexist with treats and junk, budget for them and be OK with turning them down when necessary. This is not my Last Ever Opportunity to eat a crappy grocery-store cupcake; there will be cake again next month for next month's birthdays. Just because work bought us some mediocre Italian food for lunch doesn't mean I have to eat it. If I want a cupcake that damn badly I can go buy one on my lunch break or after work. If I want to have a beer with dinner, I can plan for that and pre-log it.3
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I just used a leftover KFC chicken breast in my wrap so... yup. It's still chicken 🤷♀️2
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I guess it depends on what you consider ‘junk food’ and how you define ‘fairly regularly’. But I’d say, I’m in that category.1
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For me, a life without chocolate is a life not worth living. Well, I am not really THAT dramatic about it but I do work some some single serving desserts into my plan. I don't always have one but I always have them on hand. Dessert is never off limits. Salty junk snacks don't appeal to me that much but sweets do for sure.2
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Most of the time I cook everything from scratch, get more than 5 fruit and veg a day, and include some sort of sweet snack or dessert on a daily basis. I don't restrict any type of food but generally eat a balanced diet. Now and then I'll have what I consider an "eating like crap" day but it's never like what I used to eat before I started logging food and being mindful about what I was eating. I think that's fine. The key is that it is the exception, not the rule.2
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I treat myself occasionally or I'd never reach my goals.4
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