Eating Minus Cals

seal57
seal57 Posts: 1,259 Member
in Food and Nutrition
OK, I started having juice for breakfast and yesterday I just picked total cals because I didn't know how to work them out....


So today I did the working out and, if I'm correct, for breakfast my total cals was -611cals.

Here is the breakdown....

Carrots > 279g > 115cal
Apple > 478g > 254 cal
Total cal = 369 cal

Weight of fibre = 245g
cals of fibre = 245 * 4 = 980 cals there is 4 cals in 1g of fibre.....

To get total cals of juice you need to take the fibre cals from the ingredients cals...
369 - 980 = -611

Here is the site where I found out how to work out the cals in juicing..
http://www.ehow.com/how_5155227_count-calories-juicing.html

Is it possible to eat minus calories????
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  • onedayillbamilf
    onedayillbamilf Posts: 662 Member
    :huh:
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    not in this universe
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    *head explodes*
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    OK, I started having juice for breakfast and yesterday I just picked total cals because I didn't know how to work them out....


    So today I did the working out and, if I'm correct, for breakfast my total cals was -611cals.

    Here is the breakdown....

    Carrots > 279g > 115cal
    Apple > 478g > 254 cal
    Total cal = 369 cal

    Weight of fibre = 245g
    cals of fibre = 245 * 4 = 980 cals there is 4 cals in 1g of fibre.....

    To get total cals of juice you need to take the fibre cals from the ingredients cals...
    369 - 980 = -611

    Here is the site where I found out how to work out the cals in juicing..
    http://www.ehow.com/how_5155227_count-calories-juicing.html

    Is it possible to eat minus calories????
    Huh?
    Just drink your juice and use the food data base to count calories BY VOLUME.
    1 cup of apple juice ect,

    Close enough.
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    Not really. Yes, you burn calories digesting and chewing. Yes, you eat calories when food enters your body. No, fiber rich foods, celery, apples, whatever-else-is-listed-as-negative-calorie are not magical and do not use superpowers to make themselves calorie free.

    the fact is you use up a few calories to live
    you eat a few calories cause you are hungry

    this + that = energy. try to have exactly enough energy or sometimes less ( if you want to lose weight) than you need to use that day.

    This is where BMR, TDEE come in. Look them up and really understand what you are doing :)
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    No, you drank 369 calories. :huh:
  • mcschu
    mcschu Posts: 20
    I don't think that there are 245 grams of fiber in your recipe. I think that's where your math is off.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Eating something and expecting it to sap energy(rather than give it to you) from your body is nonsense.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    I don't think that there are 245 grams of fiber in your recipe. I think that's where your math is off.
    This too....if there were 245 grams of fiber in that...you wouldn't have much time to type your post between crapping your brains out.
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    Is this a joke? :huh:
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
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  • BeachedBumm
    BeachedBumm Posts: 11
    my brain just melted.
  • ladybug1620
    ladybug1620 Posts: 1,136 Member
    do what?
  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
    LMAO!
  • onedayillbamilf
    onedayillbamilf Posts: 662 Member
    my brain just melted.

    Hahaha....yeppers. Mine too.
  • Gemmageldmacher
    Gemmageldmacher Posts: 45 Member
    I'm not sure why you are subtracting the fiber from the calories...the only time I know of that you're supposed to do that is when you're counting carbs. You subtract the total grams of fiber from the grams of carbs to get net carbs. Is that what you're thinking of? As a side note, I would add some protein to your breakfasts. Just having juice would get me hungry real fast, plus protein helps in weight loss. (my unasked for two cents :wink: )
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    If there is 245g of fiber in your juice, it is not juice. You do not chew juice.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    A. You are no supposed to subtract calories from fiber.

    B. There's no way your breakfast had 245grams of fiber.
  • grannygethealthy1111
    grannygethealthy1111 Posts: 422
    I think some of that juice must of fermented into wine. :laugh:
  • princessputz
    princessputz Posts: 283 Member
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    ^^this
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    I'm not sure why you are subtracting the fiber from the calories...the only time I know of that you're supposed to do that is when you're counting carbs. You subtract the total grams of fiber from the grams of carbs to get net carbs. Is that what you're thinking of? As a side note, I would add some protein to your breakfasts. Just having juice would get me hungry real fast, plus protein helps in weight loss. (my unasked for two cents :wink: )
    Protein doesn't help in weight loss directly, to be clear. It just helps you to feel more full for longer, to help you avoid eating too much. Just wanted to clear that point, in case people are thinking about drinking gallons of whey protein to get skinny fast.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Why not just eat the fruit? The fiber is one of the most important parts. Otherwise you're just drinking sugar water with a little bit of vitamins in it.

    In summary, I will leave you with this:

    lol-wut.jpg
  • b417adriana
    b417adriana Posts: 56 Member
    :noway:
  • PhunkyBrewster
    PhunkyBrewster Posts: 14
    the-wire-hands-up.gif

    #dead
  • MaggiePuccini
    MaggiePuccini Posts: 248 Member
    wrt deducting the fibre, my mum used to use a very old weight watchers formula and if she were calculating the points in say a bowl of all bran, she would calculate it like this, say 140 cals = 2 points + .2 sat fat = 2.05 but then, she'd take the grams of fibre in it and divide by four and subtract it!!!

    OBVIOUSLY this is over thinking things because carrots and all bran don't make you fat, but YES, i have heard of this system of subtracting the fibre/4
  • duetwithjosh
    duetwithjosh Posts: 121
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    Yes! :D
  • grimmaster1983
    grimmaster1983 Posts: 89
    ive just read this 4 times and then i gave up...???
  • kdelost630
    kdelost630 Posts: 196 Member
    I've had this problem before, figuring out how to count juicing. The calories remain the same, you just aren't eating the fiber. The calories from a raw apple is the same as the calories in the juice from that apple. It's just a more concentrated way to consume it---and no, you're not getting rid of the vitamins and minerals.. Those stay in the juice.
  • 8bitAlina
    8bitAlina Posts: 353 Member
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    ^this.......245g of fibre? :noway:
  • doughnutwretch
    doughnutwretch Posts: 498 Member
    :noway:

    There's no way there are 245g of fiber in that juice.

    Just eat the actual fruit and save yourself the time and energy juicing it or.... thinking. Fiber is good for you. Helps you poop :bigsmile:

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