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harmless_little_f***

urbanhippie wrote:

I would worry less about calories in and more about calories out

Food is like sex. If there's no pleasure, there's no point.

And sex is a good way to lose calories.























































By the way, sunflower seeds. Yum.

The Champ

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

well I already eat one fruit per day and supposedly you're not supposed to have more than that (fruit isn't as good for you as people think)

But my mom says fruit IS good for me!! I eat about 4 servings of them fuckers per day and I'm as healthy as they come..*knock on wood*..Seriously, you should shoot your nutritionist asap..

norm

dunkman wrote:

in Scotland its just porridge oats sprinkled with more oats... perhaps a little grated oat if they've been good girls.. otherwise its mainly just oats.

your children are horses?? :eek: that's a lot of oats....careful they don't end up looking like this....:p :D

TrixieCat

The Champ wrote:

But my mom says fruit IS good for me!! I eat about 4 servings of them fuckers per day and I'm as healthy as they come..*knock on wood*..Seriously, you should shoot your nutritionist asap..

Seriously, who told her no more than one fruit a day?????

norm

TrixieCat wrote:

Seriously, who told her no more than one fruit a day?????

hi everybody

TrixieCat

cutback wrote:

hi everybody

He makes me sad...poor guy.

GreenTeaDisease

TrixieCat wrote:

Seriously, who told her no more than one fruit a day?????

trainers and nutritionists. the nutritionist said it's ok to eat anything really, and I shouldn't be so strict, but she did confirm that people do not need as much fruit as is commonly thought (especially in colder climates- it's not natural for us to have access to so much fruit). Plus, eating high glycemic fruits is generally bad for anyone. I stick to apples, pears, oranges/clementines, and cherries in the summer. I don't think my body process sugars very well, so eating too much fruit seems to be very bad for me. Can't freaking eat oranges now though which is pissing me off- I have had acne surrounding my mouth for months now and eating an orange is just plain torturing myself.

dunkman

cutback wrote:

your children are horses?? :eek: that's a lot of oats....careful they don't end up looking like this....:p

that guy's hair isnt real though.. he has just glued snow to his head.

TrixieCat

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

trainers and nutritionists. the nutritionist said it's ok to eat anything really, and I shouldn't be so strict, but she did confirm that people do not need as much fruit as is commonly thought (especially in colder climates- it's not natural for us to have access to so much fruit). Plus, eating high glycemic fruits is generally bad for anyone. I stick to apples, pears, oranges/clementines, and cherries in the summer. I don't think my body process sugars very well, so eating too much fruit seems to be very bad for me. Can't freaking eat oranges now though which is pissing me off- I have had acne surrounding my mouth for months now and eating an orange is just plain torturing myself.

I am finding it difficult to believe that nutritionists are suggesting no more than one fruit a day. That is just plain weird. Fruits contain fiber...essential for good health.
High glycemic fruits generally bad for anyone??? Again...no.
If a bananna has gotten overripe and is full of sugar, yes, probably not the best choice. But keep in mind the amount of potassium (beneficial for people that work out) and fiber.
I am not understanding this and hope no one reads the one fruit idea and takes it as scripture.

dunkman

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

trainers and nutritionists. the nutritionist said it's ok to eat anything really, and I shouldn't be so strict, but she did confirm that people do not need as much fruit as is commonly thought (especially in colder climates- it's not natural for us to have access to so much fruit). Plus, eating high glycemic fruits is generally bad for anyone. I stick to apples, pears, oranges/clementines, and cherries in the summer. I don't think my body process sugars very well, so eating too much fruit seems to be very bad for me. Can't freaking eat oranges now though which is pissing me off- I have had acne surrounding my mouth for months now and eating an orange is just plain torturing myself.

i think you're reading way too much into this.

if you eat 2000 calories in a day and burn 2001 calories then you're fine.

no need to over analyse everything.

GreenTeaDisease

TrixieCat wrote:

I am finding it difficult to believe that nutritionists are suggesting no more than one fruit a day. That is just plain weird. Fruits contain fiber...essential for good health.
High glycemic fruits generally bad for anyone??? Again...no.
If a bananna has gotten overripe and is full of sugar, yes, probably not the best choice. But keep in mind the amount of potassium (beneficial for people that work out) and fiber.
I am not understanding this and hope no one reads the one fruit idea and takes it as scripture.

I used to eat a banana every day for the potassium (and because it gave me enough energy to get through a late-day work out), and my trainer freaked out and told me that I would never lose a pound if I ate bananas. I've since learned he was overreacting as trainers often do, but I've been terrified of bananas ever since. I'll only eat them after a race, and possibly before a soccer game.

but as far as the fruit thing goes, I'm serious, look it up. fruit is good for you, but you can get way more fiber with less sugar from vegetables and whole grains. anything good you can get from a fruit, you can get better from a vegetable.

dunkman

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

I used to eat a banana every day for the potassium (and because it gave me enough energy to get through a late-day work out), and my trainer freaked out and told me that I would never lose a pound if I ate bananas. I've since learned he was overreacting as trainers often do, but I've been terrified of bananas ever since. I'll only eat them after a race, and possibly before a soccer game.

but as far as the fruit thing goes, I'm serious, look it up. fruit is good for you, but you can get way more fiber with less sugar from vegetables and whole grains. anything good you can get from a fruit, you can get better from a vegetable.

your body needs sugar, fructose, glucose, sucrose.. call it what you will.. simple biology that.

and no vegetable can match blueberries or pomegranates for their anti-oxidant qualities.

eat a balanced diet.. keyword being balanced... your body needs certain things.. dairy is bad for you, but you NEED it otherwise you are going to be deficient in calcium... red meat is bad for you apparently... but we need iron and protein.

only eating 1 piece of fruit flies in the face of every piece of nutritional information that is being delivered to every schoolkid in the UK... my daughter has a chart to fill in that means she reaches her 5 a day quota... this 5 a day has been recommended by a team of nutrionists based in London somewhere, not some meathead gym trainer who can't count to 17

failedpersephone

cutback wrote:

hi everybody

muahahahaaaa!!!!! I spit out some water!!!


hahahahaa I read it like that before i even saw the character!!


hahahahahaaaaaa


yeah fruit sugar is the best form of sugar...and we DO need sugar.

GreenTeaDisease

dunkman wrote:

your body needs sugar, fructose, glucose, sucrose.. call it what you will.. simple biology that.

and no vegetable can match blueberries or pomegranates for their anti-oxidant qualities.

YES, but you don't need that MUCH. When did I say you shouldn't eat fruit???

dunkman

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

YES, but you don't need that MUCH. When did I say you shouldn't eat fruit???

I didnt say you said you shouldnt eat fruit

this kinda implied there was such a thing as "too much fruit"

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

but as far as the fruit thing goes, I'm serious, look it up. fruit is good for you, but you can get way more fiber with less sugar from vegetables and whole grains. anything good you can get from a fruit, you can get better from a vegetable.

but as I said.. all the 14.8 million kids in our schools are being taught that they should be eating up to 5 fruit or veg a day.

now that could be 4 fruit and 1 veg.

I mean how can eating 2 apples and a handful of grapes be deemed "un-nutritional".

i think i'll stick to how we're doing it.. good luck finding your snacks ... what about frozen dust?

The Champ

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

YES, but you don't need that MUCH. When did I say you shouldn't eat fruit???

Give it a rest will you with this nonsense..Fruit is not the fucking problem, it's the OTHER shit people eat..Give me a break..It's like ordering a super sized Big Mac and Fries but better make that a diet coke cause you're watching your weight..Generally speaking, the more fruits and veggies in your diet the better..As for Bananas, I eat at least 2 per day no problem...and guess what, even when I was boxing and had to make weight, bananas didn't stand in the way..lol..it's a fucking fruit..Stop reading all the dumb useless literature etc..and get back to basics..thanks....or you can continue listening to the idiot meathead at your gym as suggested by Dunk ..

libragirl

damn..i eat a lot of bananas...I don't care they are good

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

I used to eat a banana every day for the potassium (and because it gave me enough energy to get through a late-day work out), and my trainer freaked out and told me that I would never lose a pound if I ate bananas. I've since learned he was overreacting as trainers often do, but I've been terrified of bananas ever since. I'll only eat them after a race, and possibly before a soccer game.

but as far as the fruit thing goes, I'm serious, look it up. fruit is good for you, but you can get way more fiber with less sugar from vegetables and whole grains. anything good you can get from a fruit, you can get better from a vegetable.

failedpersephone

if your body cant find a use for the complex sugars in the fruit - then you may gain weight. but generally speaking - your body has to work for the sugars...so unless you have a seriously messed up metabolic system fruit should be fine for a snack...However, I agree that if you go for 5 fruits and veggies and you pile in more veggies than fruits you will be fine...but limiting fruits to one per day is a little silly.

and the 5 a day helps to ensure balanced diets...i actually eat what would equate to about 10 portions of veggies/fruits per day.

serving sizes of the fruit also matter...a very large apple may actually be 2 servings.

smarchee

avoid Fudgeeo's

damn

_Crazy_Mary_

raspberries have about 1 calorie apiece so take a pint of raspberries to the office. Or celery with minimal peanut butter. Carrots are another decent snack.