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    For cryin' out loud. I eat pasta, fast food and ice cream!

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    • Posts: 437 Member
      Well said. I cant live off lettuce and nuts I love food,
    • Posts: 1
      I agree. Your annoying.
    • Posts: 34 Member
      shrinkinjoggl





      Joined Apr 2011

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      Mon 07/16/12 04:38 PM


      QUOTE:


      Hmmmm...this does seem to be a very sensitive subject to some, doesn't it? One question...what is a macro? Is that my other nutrients (fiber, fat, protein, etc.)?



      you got it!! :)

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      kylTKe





      Joined Apr 2012

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      Mon 07/16/12 04:38 PM


      QUOTE:


      Hmmmm...this does seem to be a very sensitive subject to some, doesn't it? One question...what is a macro? Is that my other nutrients (fiber, fat, protein, etc.)?



      http://www.phfitness.net/2012/03/whats-are-macros.html



      Thanks!!
    • Posts: 34,415 Member
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      I'm sorry. I just get upset when I've already had so much success in weight loss and then to get bombarded with messages with the sentiment that I'm doing it wrong. I've lost almost 60 pounds (most of which before joining MFP) so clearly I must be doing something right. :P

      Congratulations on your success so far. I truly hope you reach your ultimate goal.

      And when you reach your goal, you'll completely understand what it took to get there. But until you do, you might want to resist the urge to dole out too much advice for everyone else based on what you *think* will get you there from where you are now.
    • Posts: 63 Member
      If I'm going to try and lose weight /get fit/ I'm putting 110% into it, which for me is about portion control but also making an actual "healthy" lifestyle change and eat foods that are good for my body. Its not just about losing lbs for me.
    • Posts: 33
      Amen to that! I eat everything I want, every day, just in moderation! And I'm melting the fat off!
    • Posts: 780 Member
      I like my sweets but I try to make them myself and I am an excellent baker (I worked in an organic bakery for 2.5 years) but some times nothing beats a hostess ding dong (lol I have made those too), or candy bar with almonds. when I do get bakery items I go to the one I used to work at. I have been making my on pizza crust and sauce, and marinara sauce, growing veggies, working on noodles I made egg noodles.
      Also have been buying meat from farm fresh butcher a little out of town the hamburger is so good!
      Anyway I try but some times I fail but if I didn't eat sweets I would go crazy
    • Posts: 13 Member
      SOOO true! I still eat what I want for special treats (like that delicious burrito) but only on days I know I am going to Zumba so I have the calories I need to afford the intake.

      I ate cobbler on the 4th - just not 2 cups like I would have before ;)
    • Posts: 877 Member
      Quote;
      Congratulations on your success so far. I truly hope you reach your ultimate goal.

      And when you reach your goal, you'll completely understand what it took to get there. But until you do, you might want to resist the urge to dole out too much advice for everyone else based on what you *think* will get you there from where you are now.

      I agree 100% you still have much more weight to loose and the closer you get to your goal the more on top of your calories you will have to be. When this happens you may realize that pasta eats up your calories fast! You are evolving and becoming smarter about food choices everyday, just think where you will be 40 pounds from now. Keep up all the hard work you are doing terrific!
    • Posts: 84 Member
      Quote;
      Congratulations on your success so far. I truly hope you reach your ultimate goal.

      And when you reach your goal, you'll completely understand what it took to get there. But until you do, you might want to resist the urge to dole out too much advice for everyone else based on what you *think* will get you there from where you are now.

      I agree 100% you still have much more weight to loose and the closer you get to your goal the more on top of your calories you will have to be. When this happens you may realize that pasta eats up your calories fast! You are evolving and becoming smarter about food choices everyday, just think where you will be 40 pounds from now. Keep up all the hard work you are doing terrific!

      Amen to you both!
    • Posts: 13,247 Member
      A normal 2 oz serving of pasta (without a sauce) is about 200 calories. Just how little are other people eating that 200 calories is a big deal?!
    • Posts: 146 Member
      A normal 2 oz serving of pasta (without a sauce) is about 200 calories. Just how little are other people eating that 200 calories is a big deal?!

      Yea... and there are 8 servings in a single box of spaghetti. I don't know about you but I can put away a box by myself easily, that's a nice 1600 calories right there (almost all sugars).

      So many of us have a mild addiction to carbohydrates. I understand it, but people shouldn't be so proud of their addictive behaviors.
    • Posts: 64 Member
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      THIS is exactly what I am telling EVERYONE!! I am losing because of portion control and exercise. I had Mc Donalds the other night...yup, Grilled chicken, side salad, and a yogurt! and worked it right in.
      AND..I eat alot of ice cream too. It's 100 degrees here!

      This makes me wonder if people actually know whats in McDonald's food! Bleh! Even when I was unhealthy and ate whatever I wanted, filled myself up with junk and didn't care, I would NEVER eat McDonalds!
    • Posts: 2,996 Member
      Do you mind if I tell you that I love you? Because I do.
    • Posts: 13,247 Member
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      Yea... and there are 8 servings in a single box of spaghetti. I don't know about you but I can put away a box by myself easily, that's a nice 1600 calories right there (almost all sugars).

      So many of us have a mild addiction to carbohydrates. I understand it, but people shouldn't be so proud of their addictive behaviors.

      I can honestly say I've never had an entire box of spaghetti in one sitting. I rarely cook spaghetti, though. I normally have pastas that take up more space in a bowl or on a plate, like penne or bowtie, have it with a pile of vegetables and a protein (chicken, sausage, meatballs, etc.) When I cook lunch for just myself, I usually make about 1.5 oz, but when making dinner for my husband and me, I make about 5 oz since he eats more than I do.
    • Posts: 1,479 Member
      Well said!!!!! :drinker:
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      And when you reach your goal, you'll completely understand what it took to get there. But until you do, you might want to resist the urge to dole out too much advice for everyone else based on what you *think* will get you there from where you are now.

      You might want to resist the urge as well, or at least avoid the condescending tone you adopt in that post.
    • Posts: 13,247 Member
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      What happens at 501?

      It rolls over to a new thread.

      I get to repost my favorite Meal category:

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      p.s. I do not eat "clean", though I do eat a lot of clean food.
      I've lost 30 pounds and 10% bodyfat.
      I lift big. I eat big.
      And to a previous poster... hitting your 30's doesn't make your metabolism slow down. Slowing down and/or eating too little does.
      <--is 37.
    • Posts: 1,580
      Congratulations on your success so far. I truly hope you reach your ultimate goal.

      And when you reach your goal, you'll completely understand what it took to get there. But until you do, you might want to resist the urge to dole out too much advice for everyone else based on what you *think* will get you there from where you are now.

      I honestly was defending myself more than giving advice but whatever. XD
    • Posts: 40
      I agree with everything the OP said. The ONLY thing that matters, the most purely fundamental thing is calories in/calories out. I think a lot of overweight people use the "I don't want to diet because I don't want to give up chocolate cake" excuse. You can still eat chocolate cake, just in moderation. As long as you have a deficit in calories, you are going to lose weight.
    • Posts: 13,247 Member
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      I honestly was defending myself more than giving advice but whatever. XD

      I think what you've done already - more than halfway to your goal, right? - is pretty awesome, and as someone who has reached her goal, the only thing I changed as I neared it was adding more protein and lifting weights. The biggest thing I had to change was my expectations that I'd lose at the same rate as when I started and had more to lose.
    • Posts: 34,415 Member
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      I honestly was defending myself more than giving advice but whatever. XD

      Hey now...don't let minor facts like that detract from my otherwise awesome post. =P

      But seriously, the good news is, as you make your way to your ultimate goal, if you ever find yourself not making the progress you want to make, this thread is packed full of advice that may be helpful, much of it from people who have actually been where you are now (and some from people who have actually been where you *will be* in the months ahead). Bookmark it...(or better, make a copy since contentious threads like this have a tendency to completely disappear).
    • Posts: 1,580
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      Hey now...don't let minor facts like that detract from my otherwise awesome post. =P

      But seriously, the good news is, as you make your way to your ultimate goal, if you ever find yourself not making the progress you want to make, this thread is packed full of advice that may be helpful, much of it from people who have actually been where you are now (and some from people who have actually been where you *will be* in the months ahead). Bookmark it...(or better, make a copy since contentious threads like this have a tendency to completely disappear).

      I love details, mmkaaaay? :P

      I'll probably just do a search of the topics if I'm looking for specific anyway. I'll just remember this thread as the "dirty vs. clean thread." :laugh:
    • Posts: 1,580
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      I think what you've done already - more than halfway to your goal, right? - is pretty awesome, and as someone who has reached her goal, the only thing I changed as I neared it was adding more protein and lifting weights. The biggest thing I had to change was my expectations that I'd lose at the same rate as when I started and had more to lose.

      Right! 56% of the way in fact. Although some miltary body fat % (fat2fit radio I think) calculator told me that my lean body mass is 160 so I may be done sooner than I think? I'll figure it out when I get there. >.>

      I eat a lot of protein, I'm over MFP's protein limit pretty much every day.
    • Posts: 34,415 Member
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      You might want to resist the urge as well, or at least avoid the condescending tone you adopt in that post.

      I completely stand behind the content of my posts in this thread *and* their tone...

      ...but thanks for the advice.
    • Posts: 1,578 Member
      No problem. I used to be a snotty know-it-all myself once, and I thought you could save yourself years of pain by taking the advice of someone who has been where you are now.
    • Posts: 34,415 Member
      No problem. I used to be a snotty know-it-all myself once, and I thought you could save yourself years of pain by taking the advice of someone who has been where you are now.

      Based on your comment, I'd say you still have some work to do before you can claim that you're fully recovered.

      That, and while I don't actually know you (and you don't know me), I am fairly certain that you have never been anywhere close to where I am now. But when my years of pain begin, I'll remember that you tried to save me.

      Finally, you probably didn't notice, but while you were white-knighting, OP and I had a little dialogue and I think reached some resolution. Yay, internet dialogue.

      (I look forward to your inevitable further words of wisdom.)
    • Posts: 306 Member
      I have no clue what people mean by clean eating, but I'm all for science, and seeing the same things on my food packages that I work with in the lab scared me. Our bodies have not yet evolved to be able to handle vast amounts of preservatives. I like eating things that I can fully understand the ingredients of.

      Examples: Chicken and rice? Chicken and rice. French fries? Oil and potatoes, not so good but still not evil. Bags of cheetohs? Delicious, but the long words and addition of non-food-items sends up a red flag. McDonalds Chicken nuggets? The USA recipe can not be called chicken legally in some countries.

      I won't begrudge you a couple slices of delicious chocolate cake, or an entire watermelon, or a thousand calories of pasta if that's what you crave that day , but just remember what you put into your body is what your baby is being formed of, and I personally wouldn't want my baby formed of and being affected by in its crucial growth stages McDonalds who-knows-what ingredients. If it were me. But to each their own! There are better ways to get good food fast than fast food.

      Also, be nice everyone! In your own world you're right but in someone else's world they're right, this is the concept of perspectives. Let it all go. Opinions and advice kindly stated is friendly but bashing is not.
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