Am I eating too much cheese

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  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    I :heart: CHEESE!

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/424809-my-fantasy-revisited

    YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH!

    :love: :love: :love:
  • it_be_asin
    it_be_asin Posts: 562 Member
    I love cheese myself, but since joining MFP I have eaten less cheese and focussed on eating low fat cheese instead of full fat cheese. I never thought I would like low fat cheese before, but I started eating it so I could eat more cheese for the calories, and now it's hard to go back to the high fat stuff.

    Also, cottage cheese and ricotta are your new low fat diet cheese friends - they are awesome on toast (ricotta pairs well with a little honey, and cottage cheese is great with tomato relish). Cheese crackers with cottage cheese are deliciously more-ish with two cheese flavours at once. I am continuing my extensive investigations on how you can eat cottage and ricotta cheese, it's a hard job but someone has to do it!
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    I LOVE cheese! I'm a vegetarian and I often say cheese is the only reason I don't go vegan, haha :tongue:

    As long as you're still staying with your calorie goal and losing weight, I don't think it's an issue! I eat tons of cheese and have still been losing weight right on track. It is high in calories so you may have to exercise a bit more to make up for it, but I think that's totally worth it!
  • grobbygru
    grobbygru Posts: 292 Member
    bump
  • _John
    _John Posts: 27 Member
    James

    You said "I became a vegetarian because I want to be healthy and move away from all of those things that ...leads to heart problems" and then you go on to tell us you're eating cheese, cake and popcorn and you refuse to eat beans and eggs?!

    If you're serious about losing weight and/or being healthy you need to make better choices. There's lots of people here to help you (friend request me if you like), but you have to help yourself too.
  • gashinshotan
    gashinshotan Posts: 749 Member
    Cheese I my favorite but to satisfy my cravings with a little is not gonna happen!
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    I may have a cheese biscuit which includes 1 oz. of cheese and for dinner I always have mac & cheese.

    I don't think it matters if you're within calories and fat or not, eating just mac & cheese for dinner every day is not healthy. Even if it's not all your eating for dinner, it's probably not too healthy. Packaged mac & cheese is generally a nutritional nightmare. Try switching to whole grains and vegetables. If you must have mac&cheese, make your own with whole grain pasta and a little low-fat cheese grated over it. Serve it with a bunch of veggies. If you really love full on mac & cheese, save it for an occasional treat.
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    I am a vegetarian so it is hard for me to get proteins as I hate beans. I can only drink almond or soy milk as well. I have also found that cheese satisfies me unlike other things I eat. Should I lay back on it? I am obser by Christmas break now so I have almost no access to whey until the semester starts btw.
    OUCH!
    You'd be better off sneaking in some fish when nobody's looking....
  • YouAreTheShit
    YouAreTheShit Posts: 510 Member
    I eat cheese regularly in small amounts and I am losing weight.

    Remember to portion it out and make sure it doesn't throw off your daily numbers...
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    I am a vegetarian so it is hard for me to get proteins as I hate beans. I can only drink almond or soy milk as well. I have also found that cheese satisfies me unlike other things I eat. Should I lay back on it? I am obser by Christmas break now so I have almost no access to whey until the semester starts btw.
    OUCH!
    You'd be better off sneaking in some fish when nobody's looking....

    Or teaching yourself to eat beans (and quinoa, brown rice, etc.). Or eating nuts, or reduced fat peanut butter (which you can make by buying natural peanut butter and dumping the oil off the top). Or drinking low fat milk, or eating yogurt.

    Can you tell I find the, I eat cheese because I need protein argument a little flimsily?
  • liberella
    liberella Posts: 57 Member
    Quinoa is a great option ...

    Not only is quinoa high in protein, but the protein it supplies is complete protein, meaning that it includes all nine essential amino acids. Not only is quinoa's amino acid profile well balanced, making it a good choice for vegans concerned about adequate protein intake, but quinoa is especially well-endowed with the amino acid lysine, which is essential for tissue growth and repair.

    http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=142&tname=foodspice
  • squattingbullwinkle
    squattingbullwinkle Posts: 4
    The chemical properties within cheese activate dopamine pathways in your brain to trigger feelings of desire and pleasure. Also, because you eat mac and cheese every night, it is likely that you have a learned reward response associated with the sensory properties of cheese (smell, taste, texture, etc.). :) It is not surprising that it satisfies you more than any other food.

    I knew a man who ate mac and cheese ALL the time, but he had a very restricted diet because he only tolerated certain foods. If you are like him, beans and eggs are so nasty they make you sick just thinking about them, so learning to eat them is just not an option. What is the rest of your diet like?
  • calvert6183
    calvert6183 Posts: 539 Member
    If are having problems going poo then yes you are eating too much cheese.
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