Paddy Dreadful wrote: » When trying to lose weight you have a budget of calories you must stay within so you in a deficit every day and lose weight , eating bread and any food is fine as long as you budget it within your calories allotment , here's the thing though . When eating to lose weight you will be hungry in lower calories and you need to try and keep hunger at bay . This is the very reason fruit and veg are recommended by fitness professionals to be the bulk of your diet , the volume of food you would get from 500 calories of fruit and veg will be much bigger than 500 calories of bread or carb type foods , lean cuts of meats such as chicken, fish and steak are also hunger busters , so yes your allowed any food but you need to be prepared to be hungrier in the same calories if you choose more carb type foods , 1 carb food that's very filling though are baked potatoes , probably because they aren't processed
mada82 wrote: » I was thinking myself that the calorie deficit is the most important thing. I'll log my diet into fitness pal and see if and sandwich can be squeezed in for lunch instead of salads. I can't stand salads.
mada82 wrote: » Just thought of another reason why they recommend no bread etc. it's to stop your insulin (or something along those lines) spiking and preventing weight loss. Does that theory carry much weight? Pardon the pun
mada82 wrote: » So to throw out another one..... I can eat a bar of chocolate and not suffer weight gain once in a calorie deficit
Paddy Dreadful wrote: » 1 carb food that's very filling though are baked potatoes , probably because they aren't processed
Paddy Dreadful wrote: » you could be eating 10 slices of toast with jam and it would spike you insulin levels but if you were in a deficit , it wouldn't make 1 iota of a difference
syklops wrote: » A slice of toast is about 200 calories. add the jam, thats 250 calories. Eat 10 of them thats 2500 calories. Unless you are doing serious workouts, thats no longer a deficit. Just saying.
Wizard! wrote: » Not everyone agrees with that. Many nutritionists agree that eating fat is much better for your health than processed foods (bread, cereal, etc) and makes you feel full with less calories.http://authoritynutrition.com/top-13-nutrition-lies-that-made-the-world-sick-and-fat/
pepper61 wrote: » I think it is down to the individual. I can have a calorie deficit and follow any of the major diets like Weight Watchers at 1200 calories. But after the first 2 weeks I only lose about 1 pound in a month. However when I cut out bread, starch, and highly processed foods I have lost 7 pounds per month for 8 months still eating 1200 calories per day with no hunger. I still have a square of dark chocolate per day and lots of fruit, veg, and lean protein and yoghurt for dairy. I track my food using myfitnesspal and it is working. The weightloss is self-motivating where I found standard 1200 calorie diets a waste of effort. Lunches aren't as simple as a sandwich but now most places will do salad with a lean protein. Mostly I have chicken or fish but I order a cheeseburger without bun and with salad/ no fries for a change. It can be done still eating out with friends and not feeling deprived.
Paddy Dreadful wrote: » Carbs are stored as glyogen in the muscles when you cut them you will lose more scale weight but its not fat its water, at the end of the day carbs and protein have the same calories per gram, but when you eat carbs you store more water
pepper61 wrote: » That is true for the first few weeks of loss. But I haven't lost 50 pounds of water and gone down 6 sizes in the last 8 months by losing water.
