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| Motivation | "its easier for men" | Jun 06 2007 04:05 (UTC) |
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| First and foremost congrats on the -35. That is a real accomplishment period, man, woman or child. As a man I always felt a pang of guilt about how easy my loss has been if anyone wanted to tell me that they had a harder time or worked harder to get where they were I would freely concede the point. I have always felt my results and accomplishments stand on their own. I did it for myself and in the end it's how I feel about it that matters, nothing else. Keep up the good work and enjoy the ride. |
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| Foods | Is sugar/glucose-fructose the same as HFCS? | May 28 2007 15:49 (UTC) |
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| Ok HFCS is corn syrup that is converted from 100% glucose to a fructose/glucose mix. It comes in three varieties HFCS 90 (baking), HFCS 55 (soft drinks) and HFCS 45 (sports drinks) with the number being the percent of fructose. It's the high levels of fructose that you body converts into triglycerides when your intake levels are higher then your body's needs (glucose is also turned to fat via insulin). Now sugar (table sugar/sucrose) is 50% glucose/50% fructose, honey's ratio of glucose/fructose is 45% glucose/55% fructose (same as HFCS 55). But here is where we get to the problem of sugar, that it's a problem when you eat to much of it. It really doesn't matter which kind of either (though honey does has some anti-oxidant properties it will still raise triglycerides) in the end added sugar is added sugar. |
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| Foods | Fettucine | May 28 2007 15:16 (UTC) |
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| Nope, it's there (and there, and there, and there....) | |||
| Motivation | Reached My Goal Today YAY!!! | May 27 2007 18:48 (UTC) |
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| WTG! Enjoy the meal. | |||
| Foods | Knives? I need a GOOD knife for preparing food. | May 24 2007 03:28 (UTC) |
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| Great knives are a joy. End of story. But...a good Kiwi steel will be $5 and last years. Found in most Oriental food stores. | |||
| The Lounge | *Talking to myself* Nite Owl Chit Chat Shak! | May 24 2007 03:26 (UTC) |
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| Late night? I have to get up at 4:45 now! I'm headed in one or two but such a good cause, 10k! | |||
| The Lounge | *Talking to myself* Nite Owl Chit Chat Shak! | May 24 2007 03:21 (UTC) |
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| +1 for me and hi all and Ms J! | |||
| Foods | Diet coke?? how bad is it really? | May 23 2007 02:50 (UTC) |
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| The problem with diet soda, and more importantly ANY carbonated beverage (especially for women) is the phosporus, and phosphoric acid. Every carbonated beverage, diet or regular, contains phosphoric acid which is known to depete the bones of calcium. For women, this is a major risk factor for osteoporosis. FWIW the major study on sodas and BMD (bone mineral density) showed that only colas, diet or otherwise, affected anyone and then only women. From the study: "No evidence exists that occasional use of carbonated beverages, including cola, is detrimental to bone," they note. "However, unless additional evidence rules out an effect, women who are concerned about osteoporosis may want to avoid the regular use of cola beverages." |
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| Foods | Olive oil | May 23 2007 02:41 (UTC) |
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| "why does everyone add olive oil to everything?" There is a huge cultural bias toward olive oil also. All Mediterranean cooking is based in olive oil. That is the oil that they not only use but their ancient economies were based on. Also if it is a good olive oil many of us can tell the difference in sauces or sauteed foods. To me Canola oil smells like fish cooked, it's hard to imagine many foods I make with that sm ell. On the other hand I have made muffins with EVOO...YUCK is not a strong enough word. |
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| Foods | Question about Diet Coke consumption | May 21 2007 02:59 (UTC) |
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| A) Never quote a website that claims to be the " CHUPACABRA RESOURCE" and is full of Anti-Semitic articles. B) Women should closely watch their intake of colas, any colas. |
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| Foods | Fast Food Fiction | May 21 2007 02:36 (UTC) |
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| Umm surprise? All food photography (like all commercial photography) is done to present the product in the best possible light. Just as the thewvsr.com photos were done to prove their point. I have eaten at fast food restaurant's I understand what the food looks like and neither exaggeration will sway me either way. | |||
| Weight Loss | Unrealistic? | May 19 2007 22:51 (UTC) |
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| The question is do you have 30 pounds of fat you can lose? Have you checked your body fat precent? | |||
| Weight Loss | Logging in food...Don't want to do it anymore | May 19 2007 16:54 (UTC) |
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| I never logged my calories on site. I keep my log in my PDA, it's with me all the time and it's really the only way that works for me. | |||
| Foods | What's a boy to do? | May 19 2007 04:36 (UTC) |
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| Well a boy could make his own. I make all of the bread I eat any more. And remember that the more food you make the more real control you have over what you eat. I know that isn't as easy as it sounds but it's either that or take the time and be willing search out and to pay for products that don't use HFCS. On HFCS in baked goods they use HFCS 90 most of the time, High Fructose Corn Syrup 90 is 90% fructose* and it's fructose that the body turn to fat if you eat more then you can use at any one time and when 90% of the sugar you eat in a product is fructose you must hit that point early. *Most sodas have HFCS 55 about the same ratio of fructose to glucose as honey, table sugar is 1:1 fructose to glucose and 'sports drinks' use HFCS 45 only 45% fructose. |
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| Foods | hmm what should I eat? | May 18 2007 02:36 (UTC) |
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| What do you have? If it doesn't matter 10 ounces of Tyson chicken breast or 2.5 boca burgers :) | |||
| Foods | Sugar & Brown Sugar | May 17 2007 12:37 (UTC) |
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| The information in the yahoo link is based on "Natural brown sugar" and not standard commercial brown sugar found in most American and UK homes. So with plain commercial brown sugar the difference is slight as it is white sugar with molasses added. So if you are looking to improve your diet look for Demerara or Muscovado or "Sugar in the Raw". |
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| Foods | High calorie, lowfat | May 10 2007 23:39 (UTC) |
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| Why? you need some fat everyday. |
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| Foods | Tomato Replacement?? | May 10 2007 17:49 (UTC) |
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| GERD is funny stuff, it's why I started trying to lose weight. I had chest pain all the time to the point I convinced my self it must be my heart (left side at night, worse after working out.) I feel better now that I know. That and now that I watch how much I eat I don't have the problem. | |||
| Foods | honey .. bad for you? | May 10 2007 17:44 (UTC) |
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| it is sugar, but the glycemic index of honey is lower than other sugars, and 2 teaspoons is only 40 calories. Honey has a low GI because it is more Fructose then Glucose, much like HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup).  In fact honey has the same break of mono-saccharides as HFCS 55 the HFCS used in sodas.  Because more of honey is Fructose and Fructose has to be convert to blood sugar (of Triglycerides) by the liver before it can be used it doesn't have as high an glycemic impact. Now two teaspoons is a huge amount of sugar and sarah your body won't have a problem with this.  It was only 20 calories a tsp 40 calories total but it would not have if it was HFCS (40 calorie) or table sugar (30 calories) or any other sugar.  Sugars are bad for you in large amounts. For more on honey and Fructose levels read this study: Substituting Honey for Refined Carbohydrates Protects Rats from Hypertriglyceridemic and Prooxidative Effects of Fructose |
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| Foods | Help with Pork.. | May 10 2007 17:26 (UTC) |
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| Try this and look at 17 to 20 and 27 - 38.  You will have to estimate the weight.  Good Lu ck Sam. | |||
| Foods | Tomato Replacement?? | May 10 2007 17:20 (UTC) |
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| You need to see a Doctor to figure out why the tomatos that have bothered you did. Sounds like GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) so Prilosec may help but again you should see your Doctor. | |||
| Foods | How many alcoholic drinks do you consume? | May 08 2007 02:27 (UTC) |
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| The entire year plus I've been doing this I had at least two drinks a night with dinner. Edit: PS David I didn't fail. |
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| Foods | 10 Healthy Foods That Aren't | May 02 2007 18:09 (UTC) |
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| Hmm, I can't say much of this list makes any sense. Olive oil is not healthy because it has calories? All fish aren't healthy because some fish may have environmental contamination? Wheat bread isn't healthy because some makers don't make whole wheat loaves? Chicken isn't healthy because McDonalds has a crispy chicken sandwich? |
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| Foods | Special K Chocolate Delight | May 01 2007 22:09 (UTC) |
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| Well a couple things... It's Kellogg's® Special K® Chocolatey Delight not Special K Chocolate Delight. (more on this in the rant at the end of this post.) And there is no Dove Chocolate in this, because there is no chocolate in this. The ingredients are as follows: RICE, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR, CHOCOLATEY CHUNKS (SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL?, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, COCOA, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MILK), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, MALT EXTRACT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BHT (PRESERVATIVE), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D. ?LESS THAN 0.5g TRANS FAT PER SERVING Now that last part is important because there trans-fat in this product, just less then half a gram per 31 gram serving. And this is why it is so important to join dontmesswithourchocolate.com in protecting the currant labeling rules for chocolate. At this time there is a push at the FDA to change what can be labeled chocolate. Under the present rules chocolate has to contain cocoa fat (butter) to be labeled 'chocolate'. If the proposed rules are enacted any vegetable fat (including trans-fats (like PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL) will be able to be used in chocolate. |
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| Foods | Nevermind | May 01 2007 06:57 (UTC) |
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| Well, it seems splenda has calories in it... half the amount of normal sugar. Sugar has 774 calories in a cup, SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granula has 96 calories in a cup.  (SPLENDA ® Sugar Blend for Baking would have half the calories of sugar as it is half sugar.) From the diet coke wikipedia page: In the UK, a 330 ml can of Diet Coke contains around 1.3 Calories (5 kilojoules) compared to 142 Calories (595 kJ) for a regular can of Coca-Cola. So 1.4 calorie per 12 oz can, 1.86 per 16 oz bottle, 2.33 per 20 oz bottle. |
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| Weight Loss | Leptin! Have you heard of it? | Apr 30 2007 18:03 (UTC) |
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| Well said HK, I haven't done well by this list of rules at all and yet I've done well. | |||
| Foods | Are All Calories Equal? | Apr 30 2007 17:35 (UTC) |
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| Well yes a calorie is a calorie but your body treats different macronutrients differently. The two best examples I can think of are sugars and alcohol. First sugars. Say you ate 250 calories of some different sugars; corn syrup (plain), HFCS 90, and brown rice syrup. The plain corn syrup is 100% glucose, when you ate it it would hit your stomach and go directly in to your blood stream causing your insulin to rise which will cause some of the glucose to be made in to glycogen or added to your fat stores. When you ate the HFCS 90 or High Fructose Corn Syrup 90 (the 90 means that it is 90% fructose) the 10% pf that is glucose will go in to the bloodstream and the 90% fructose will go to the liver where all of the fructose not needed at that minute will be turned in to fat. This will lower the insulin impact but have the same net effect. Now the brown rice syrup is 50% complex carbs, 45% maltose and 5% glucose. When you ate your 250 calories of the rice syrup your body will spend much more time breaking down the complex carbs to absorb them. This time combined with the extra time the body needs to convert the maltose in to glucose lowers the insulin impact and evens the blood sugar out. Now alcohol. 250 calories of alcohol goes right to the liver where it is broken down a couple times before it turns to an energy source for the body, acetic acid. Acetic acid can not be turned in to fat but your body will use nothing but acetic acid for energy until it is used up so any other intake ends up as fat. Now in each example the calorie ends up being used as a calorie but that is only half the story. Now as for losing weight eating pasta? Pasta breaks down at reasonable rate but we are used to eating to much pasta (real pasta problem #1) and eating it with calorie leaden sauces (real pasta problem #2). If you can portion your pasta and eat it with healthier lower calorie toppings it is a great food to lose weight with (for most people, some people do have carb problems, most don't). |
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| Motivation | Brag! Let's hear it! | Apr 29 2007 16:45 (UTC) |
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| I was out buying some new threads...Small polos! 32" waist jeans! YIKES! | |||
| Foods | What meats are good for a diet? | Apr 27 2007 05:19 (UTC) |
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| What about some really lean pork tender loin instead of ribs or steak? Turkey burgers? | |||
| Foods | What makes chocolate...real chocolate? | Apr 26 2007 15:38 (UTC) |
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| There was a break down of the cost difference dontmesswithourchocolate.com, it was like $2.50 a pound. I'll spend the extra money to not have transfat or cheap sucky chocolate. |
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