Weight loss question

BuellerFerrisBueller wrote: »

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

BuellerFerrisBueller wrote: »

If you get enough exercise, eat a good variety of healthy and nutritious foods, and shun the unhealthy foods, your calories, your weight, and your figure will largely take care of themselves.

Lmao no. Plenty of people become overweight by eating "healthy foods". Calories are all that matter in the scheme of weight loss.

Not all calories are created equal.

One serving of Post Shredded Wheat 'n Bran cereal has 210 calories. One serving of Post Fruity Pebbles cereal has 140 calories. Can you really say with a straight face that Fruity Pebbles is healthier or more suitable for weight loss?

That serving of Post Shredded Wheat 'n Bran has 8 grams of fiber, 7 grams of protein, and NO added sugar. That serving of Post Fruity Pebbles has NO fiber, just 1 gram of protein, and a whopping 12 grams of added sugar. According to the World Health Organization, daily sugar consumption should be limited to just 24 grams for women and 36 grams for men. So depending on your gender, just one serving of Fruity Pebbles blows through 1/3 to 1/2 of a day's ration. (In my opinion, people trying to lose weight should adhere to even lower limits.)

According to the calorie cult, Fruity Pebbles is healthier than Shredded Wheat 'n Bran. But if you eat Fruity Pebbles for breakfast, you'll be hungry again an hour later as the sugar high wears off, and you'll end up eating more calories. And the kind of people who eat Fruity Pebbles for breakfast are probably NOT snacking on fruits or vegetables. The Shredded Wheat n' Bran will satisfy you longer because of the fiber and protein. So you might not feel the need to eat until lunchtime.

Thus, eating Shredded Wheat 'n Bran is healthier. After you take into account the snacks that happen when the sugar high wears off, the Shredded Wheat 'n Bran path is actually LOWER in calories than the Fruity Pebbles path.