bclarke1990 Member

Honestly, you should be eating to live, not living to eat. If you're able to eat X calories, maintain your weight, and not be hungry, that should be enough. You can fit in treats and do extra exercise if necessary. If you're hungry and not gaining weight, you may need more calories (or better food choices)

You can eat so many incredible tasting meals involving grains, veggies, spices, potatoes, fruits, etc. if you just put in some time. It's a lot healthier than just eating (insert x animal protein), brown rice and broccoli every day, and it's a lot more sustainable/enjoyable too. You don't need to fear carbs or eat 250g of…

Do eggs have some useful vitamins and fats? Sure. So do hundreds of other foods. Eggs also lack fiber and tend to raise cholesterol. I wouldn't advocate dairy for someone looking to improve their health, (but I'm vegan), let alone assert that you NEED to eat eggs. If you don't like them; don't eat them. Have oatmeal and…

Anyone want my liver? I don't need it to detoxify my blood; I'll just replace my blood with apple cider vinegar

Your body is made mostly of water. So is your blood. You're always going to "hold onto water". If you didn't, you would die.

I'm not sure if this is a troll or you're just really bored and trying to upset people with anecdotal arguments

Lots of people naturally lose weight on a vegan diet. If you eat more plant foods with more fiber you tend to be less hungry and may take in less calories, and fats are easier to overeat on. That being said, if you correctly track your macros, this shouldn't matter too much. I personally went vegan and cut out added…

I put 5-10g in every smoothie and I NEVER notice it. I put cacao nibs in, and I notice those, but the seeds I use get ground up. Try a smoothie instead of a "protein shake"?

Unless you're trying to be keto, or you're only getting under 40 or 50g of protein, you really don't need to worry about going over on carbs. I initially set my protein over 100 and my fat over 40, and I pretty much always end up way under on both, and 100+ on carbs. I like to eat fruit, veggies and starches. They're good…

Sounds healthy :^)

Like I tell everyone, if you're absolutely starving after intense exercise, have some fruit or some carrots or a lower calorie snack that won't break the calorie bank (don't have a 700 calorie banana smoothie). Otherwise, exercise to be healthy and eat at a consistent deficit. Otherwise it gets really complicated if you're…

I walk every single day. Every time I see someone, my only two thoughts are "Wow, I wish I had that person's dedication", or "Good for them". Just do what you need to do to make yourself happy :). The opinion of strangers don't matter in the grand scheme of everything.

When one choice has such a drastic impact on the environment I hardly consider it a bad thing to try to convert people into a sustainable diet. But if you want to think inside of a vacuum where choices only affect you that's fine :^)

I'm essentially vegan. I'm using up the last big order of whey protein I bought in my oatmeal, but otherwise I don't eat any dairy or meat products. In my view, there's just no need. The environmental factors are incredible, and dairy and saturated fat aren't particularly desirable. At the end of the day it's easy for me…

No. Density and mass are different. Water has a density of 1.0. Other liquids/solids do not. Unfortunately, countries like Canada almost exclusively use measurements which makes "1/2 a cup" of something large and spacious quite annoying to fill out. Just weight things and then enter "13g of fat free mayo" etc. when you…

This sounds like a very very poor excuse to binge, lol.

I started eating Oat Bran, and it's really really similar to cream of wheat. As long as you cook it enough (on the stove) it will thicken up and reminds me of the C.o.wheat I used to eat as a kid. Oat Bran has better macros though, in terms of fiber/protein. Add some coco powder & fruit and it's pretty delicious and…

It's yummy, but I don't think you're the first person to mix bananas and chocolate with milk :P

I don't really agree with this train of thought. I'm not suggesting to put labels on every food or to develop an unhealthy relationship with food, but I think it's naive to preach "IIFYM!! EAT KFC AND DEEP FRIED TWINKIES JUST IN SMALLER AMOUNTS!!". Obviously exaggerating, but if you're going for aggressive fat loss (which…

Obviously diet soda is fine, but jesus christ it comes off in this thread as if they're inter-changable liquids

Because when you stop dieting if your body is used to 1000 calories for a prolonged period of time, you're not only going to be malnourished and have to deal with hormone levels among other things, but you're going to have to be very careful with your transition to maintenance. Extreme scenario: if you eat 700 calories a…

Not even being rude, but you could probably just google calorie dense foods and choose the options with more nutrients (nuts. nut butters, liquids/shakes, dried fruit, etc.)

Cheese is not good for you.

This is how poor information gets spread. I'm almost certain the poster above doesn't need to be eating anywhere near 250g of protein (and two shakes a day). If you replaced some of those calories with more legumes, beans and healthy whole foods you could probably get a lot more nutrients in.

When I said macros, I moreso meant people look at food and say "Oh this ice cream has great macros it has 4 grams of protein and only 3g of fat!" or "wow this cereal only has 45 carb and 1g of fat those macros aren't bad", and they don't even consider the calories per micronutrient or satiation or even just how processed…

A piece of cheesecake can be like 600 cals :)

Really bad analogy. If you put gas in your car and then drive the next day without refilling your car, your still going to have fuel left-over. Your cells don't exclusively burn recently digested glucose for energy. That said, I like to eat smaller meals throughout the day. I used to do IF and convince myself that I needed…

Not usually. Exercise to be in a deficit and if you work out very aggressively have an apple and some carrot sticks so you're still fueled.

This has always been my biggest struggle. I've honestly found that the more I occupy myself, the less food I actually want. If I'm bored and all I have to do is hours of homework, I feel like I need/want to eat every 20 minutes. If I alternate between studying, watching a tv series or playing a game I can go 5-6 hours…

Just don't get a double double =P. I carry a small bottle of MyProtein flav drops and add 3~ stevia and some chocolate flav drops to my coffee at school. Two, sometimes 3 coffees a day can't be drinking hundreds of cals :(