Ahhhhh! Just read a post that said.....

Ok, so I'm a dumb *kitten* when it comes to nutrition... otherwise i wouldn't be looking for help in here, would I?

But I do know this - I went trough a weight control program, very famous where I live, everybody would loose weight and look slim. To cut a long story short, They got me out of bread, rice, potatoes, milk, fruit and starched vegetables!!!! And this while working out every day of the week, except sundays (I played rugby at the time, and would go for runs and gym workouts in the machines).

Every week, at every weigh in, I realized not only hadn't lost any weight, but put on some!
The so called nutritionist would put me on a different "diet", where I would only eat ham, or eggs for breakfast...

After a month I was feeling so fatigued, and craving raisins (which I don't really enjoy that much...!) and my throat started soaring badly! This went on for another 2 weeks before I got really sick in the throat.
Then I went to my doctor to see what was happening to me.
The lady almost killed me. My organism was literally shutting down. Wasn´t able to deplete a simple cold. I was under attack from the inside of my body and the worst part was, I was doing it to myself!!!

After that I decided I wasn't going to do what people told me. I was going to read and learn what my body had to tell me.
Sure I experiment new things sometimes.

But since then, fruit of any kind and vegetables don't leave my plate. Bread - whole wheat, brown rice and noodles, meat, some brown sugar and honey or whatever I feel like having in controlled portions, I have it and don't look back!!!!

I don't eat junk the majority of the days, but I do have it sometimes. I'm not in prison, I'm not paying any promises to punish myself.
I have some weight to lose, But I don't want to feel like I'm doing this till I loose and then I can go back to those bad habits of eating too few calories or too many!

I'm eating in my TDEE and not below or above and that's what we should be aiming for, right?

Things that don't make you fat.

1. Sugar
2. Carbs
3. fats
4. eating at or after a specific time.
5. eating fructose
6. eating lactose.
7. eating high GI

The thing that makes you fat.
1. Eating above your maintenance calories

If this is true, you have just made me feel a whole lot better.

Things that don't make you fat.

1. Sugar
2. Carbs
3. fats
4. eating at or after a specific time.
5. eating fructose
6. eating lactose.
7. eating high GI

The thing that makes you fat.
1. Eating above your maintenance calories

If this is true, you have just made me feel a whole lot better.

It IS true. Feel better. Really.

I woud eat those banana's. If you are worried cut down to 1 a day but if you like them and they may keep you from making bad choices thorughout the day continue eating 2. There is nothing wrong with banana's.

I love bananas. And so do these guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCkerYMffMo

For what it's worth I have seen legitimate fear mongering over a banana and some corn.

Dead srs.

EDIT: In fact one of the banana bashers sent me a PM once to insult me. Totally unsolicited. I found out he was a Gary Taubes follower though and that's when I realized he obviously had mental issues so I didn't take offense.

Did he insult you over your choice to eat bananas? I tried reading Good Calories, Bad Calories, and Why We Get Fat (or something like that) but I just couldn't get through it. I think there may have been some good advice in there but it was buried under 10,000 studies of how the overall health of third world countries compares to the U.S.

Anyways, I do tend to avoid bananas, not because they are the devil but because they have a lot of calories with minimal nutrients and I'd rather have fruits like berries and oranges. I have one every once in awhile, because while I love fruit, bananas are the only fruit I find filling, so if I'm absolutely starving, I'll grab one.

I don't know if you should eat bananas, have you ever seen a skinny gorilla?

I eat bananas.. not everyday as the texture isn't my favorite thing.
But when I make fruit smoothies, I will not make them without a banana.

Well by the time I eat a banana and greek yogurt I am over my sugar for the day.

I know some would be concerned about this, but I am not. I know all sugar is the same but as long as I get it from fruits and veggies, then I don't sweat it too much. If I had some candy in there I might feel a little guilty. My biggest goals are to be at my calorie target and to get enough protein and fiber, keeping fat low.

Fruit has natural sugar...not fake sugar so eat up