Iowa science teacher loses 37 pounds on a 3 month McDiet

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Regorium

The answer is to eat the amount that is recommended.

You can have a fully processed food diet - just make sure you stay within the caloric limits and hit all of your macronutrient targets. Easier done with real food and veggies than with processed food, but the fact that it's processed has no bearing on the actual nutritional value of the food.

This fails though as eating highly processed food leaves you hungry and more likely to overeat. Also micro-nutrients and vitamens are of critical importance beyond the basic Macro-nutirents of Fat/Carb/Protein. Also things like fibre are also important, not to mention the insulin load that refined sugars put on your body.

A balanced diet of table sugar, butter, protein powder and a multi-vitamen in correct portions is not a healthy diet.

[csnarpy]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

I mean to be condescending with this reply as you were with yours.

What does anything you said have to do with weight loss which is what this thread is about.

I am sure if you search the Off Topic section you can find a support group about how to cope with paying $9 per organic pepper and 3X the amount for Organic "ethical" meat.

Well, ****, I was sarcastically replying to the notion that eating ammonia washed mechanically separated chicken was most likely not the same, nor as healthy as preparing your food at home.

And FYI, this topic is about losing weight and the healthiness of fast food.

Seriously, what don't you get...

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Regorium

The answer is to eat the amount that is recommended.

You can have a fully processed food diet - just make sure you stay within the caloric limits and hit all of your macronutrient targets. Easier done with real food and veggies than with processed food, but the fact that it's processed has no bearing on the actual nutritional value of the food.

True, but the amount of willpower and self control required to stay within your limits when you eat unhealthy foods is mind-boggling.

Easier to just make better food choices, and eat processed/refined/unhealthy foods when there is no other choice.

[Thor]

Yeah I am getting a lot of questions and people asking me advice on how to eat since I got on the Biggest Loser. I really feel like what is working for me is not exactly what others should all be doing, its so personal and my program is not exactly usual considering the amount of exercise put along side the food.

What has been fascinating for me is I have gotten to know a lot of trainers and a number of them are famous here in Iceland, some of their advice has been hilariously bad when it comes to food and supplementation, I wish we had more skeptical trainers in Iceland but I have seen everything from them promoting balance bands, to homeopathy, etc..

[Devils'Advocate]

The freelance writer that interviewed me yesterday finished the article last night. The article is going in a promo book for a local gym as a "client profile". I'm glad that they set out right in the first sentence that they had nothing to do with the weight loss, but are helping with keeping the weight off. I was afraid they would try to take credit where none was due.

Like I mentioned, most of the interview dealt with nutrition and how much conflicting advice is out there: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...%20140108.docx

[troutman]

Thanks, I like the point that there are good and bad veggie diets. Switching to veggie alone won't work if you are not smart about it.