would takeaway food make you gain weight??

nessy382

Hi i'm just wondering, would eating takeaway food make you gain weight as iv heard once or twice that it would not.
Iv heard if you eat healthy stuff like bread an that, that it will make you gain weight.
Answers would be very helpful..

SimonLynch

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clappyhappy

Really?????

Eating take away salads are ok, eating a pizza, burger, Chinese take outs regularly with out exercise will result in weight gain.

Everything in moderation. Anyway its cheaper and healthier and more enjoyable to buy,cook and eat your own food.

Pamela13

Yep, it would make ME gain weight in that the portion sizes for take-away food are huge, BUT if you can eat half today and the rest tomorrow, then it might be okay (e.g. I love lamb sag so one night I ate half the rice, lamb and some of the sauce; the next, I finished the rice, added chicken and the rest of the sag sauce). In 2010, I lost 50lbs, which I kept off until I got pregnant in 2011 by limiting and creative eating (like above) -- but I cut out bread, potatoes and pasta except for perhaps once a week. I'm now 3 1/2 months since baby was born and went back to healthy eating on 1st May, I've lost 5lbs in two weeks (so it would mean about 10lbs a month), but it was with smaller portions and no snacks; some alcohol but no bread, so it can be done, but you have to just be careful.

best wishes

nessy382

clappyhappy wrote: »

Really?????

Eating take away salads are ok, eating a pizza, burger, Chinese take outs regularly with out exercise will result in weight gain.

Everything in moderation. Anyway its cheaper and healthier and more enjoyable to buy,cook and eat your own food.

haha I know thats true
just wondering cause iv been eating them the last 3-4 weeks nearly everyday! not good at al i know but I had no choice as i'm in a bnb so have no where to cook also would the weight you gain just go on to your stomach or would it go everywhere?

Thrill

Consuming more calories than you burn will make you put on weight, no matter what those calories are made up of.

It's best for your health to eat healthy food, fruit, veg etc.

nessy382

Pamela13 wrote: »

Yep, it would make ME gain weight in that the portion sizes for take-away food are huge, BUT if you can eat half today and the rest tomorrow, then it might be okay (e.g. I love lamb sag so one night I ate half the rice, lamb and some of the sauce; the next, I finished the rice, added chicken and the rest of the sag sauce). In 2010, I lost 50lbs, which I kept off until I got pregnant in 2011 by limiting and creative eating (like above) -- but I cut out bread, potatoes and pasta except for perhaps once a week. I'm now 3 1/2 months since baby was born and went back to healthy eating on 1st May, I've lost 5lbs in two weeks (so it would mean about 10lbs a month), but it was with smaller portions and no snacks; some alcohol but no bread, so it can be done, but you have to just be careful.

best wishes

Thanks Pam..
its just my stomach and only my stomach is getting bigger and firmer and im getting lower back pain, peeing alot and alot more symptoms that relate to pregnancy and i just dont know what would be causing my tummy to be like this.

seamus

i just dont know what would be causing my tummy to be like this

Uh, pregnancy perhaps?

This is a wind-up, right?

nessy382

I was thinking maybe it could be from eating that but i don't think so at all head is warped lol

tfitzgerald

I only have to look at kfc and I put up weight

nessy382

tfitzgerald wrote: »

I only have to look at kfc and I put up weight

bahahahahaha

nessy382

seamus wrote: »

Uh, pregnancy perhaps?

This is a wind-up, right?

haha no not wind up y u ask?

SimonLynch

nessy382 wrote: »

Thanks Pam..
its just my stomach and only my stomach is getting bigger and firmer and im getting lower back pain, peeing alot and alot more symptoms that relate to pregnancy and i just dont know what would be causing my tummy to be like this.

Ah, it's Abrekabra you're going to, switch to KFC and you'll be fine

clappyhappy

nessy382 wrote: »

Thanks Pam..
its just my stomach and only my stomach is getting bigger and firmer and im getting lower back pain, peeing alot and alot more symptoms that relate to pregnancy and i just dont know what would be causing my tummy to be like this.

Are your breasts tender also? That is usually another symptom

Pamela13

If you are pregnant, then please try to follow a healthy diet -- HOWEVER, if you're not, can you see your GP who could run some basic tests, e.g. iron, thyroid (I had an underactive thyroid which made conceiving almost impossible (if you're trying to have a baby) and/or weight management harder)). BUT if you are eating too much of anything and not doing exercise (it doesn't have to be the gym, but maybe getting off the bus a stop earlier, doing more walking, etc.), you will, unfortunately, gain weight.

I loved KFC when pregnant, but took the skin off the chicken and tried to eat fries only occasionally -- I did gain loads of weight when pregnant, but all but 2 stone came off after LO came -- unfortunately, I continued to pig out after baby came, hence, having to be strict now!

best wishes

rubadub

If you ate small amounts you would not put on too much.
This is about the supersizeme documentary on mcdonalds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me#Criticism_and_statistical_notes

Soso Whaley, an independent film producer, made a YouTube movie reply titled Me and Mickey D's, in which she also ate all meals at McDonald's, yet lost weight—20 pounds over 60 days; 30 pounds in 90 days. Whaley's results were quite different because of the reduced calorie diet, and inclusion of exercise.

Fitness advocate Chazz Weaver also created a documentary video of his own 30-day McDonald's diet in response to Spurlock's film.[20] Weaver's thesis was that without exercise, the fat-laden diet he ate at McDonald's would have resulted in a weight gain. His result was weight loss (222 lbs. down to 214 lbs.), as well as improved blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides.

PandaX9

nessy382 wrote: »

Hi i'm just wondering, would eating takeaway food make you gain weight as iv heard once or twice that it would not.
Iv heard if you eat healthy stuff like bread an that, that it will make you gain weight.
Answers would be very helpful..

Yes, all food can make you gain weight but you're more at risk from take-away (depending on where you get it from) as the food may contain preservatives and various other chemicals, if it's not a very reputable place. And of course, you are less at risk of weight gain if you eat a varied diet, I know you said you're in a B&B and therefore have no place to cook but eating take away every day isnt a healthy thing to be doing at all. Perhaps go to the nearest supermarket, buy some fruits and make a salad (only requires a knife and bowl) or a sandwich (requires nothing but ingredients)

And sorry, but bread is far from a "healthy" food