Lose weight eating white rice??

Okay, I dont diet anymore. I just got off a diet for a month and a half consuming 1700 calories a day and I barely lost any weight at all! I still do cardio 6 days a week and weight train 4. My "diet" now consists of

Breakfast- 1 cup oatmeal, small fruit (apple)

Meal 2- 2 cups white rice with turkey breast and 2 fruits

Meal 3- 2 cups white rice with turkey breast and 2 fruits

Meal 4- 2 cups white rice with turkey breast and fruit and nut Nature Valley Bar

Since eating this way, the lbs began coming off. It equals about 2500 cal a day and I feel full all the time. Is this normal with eating all this rice? I always here that too much rice will make you fat but it seems to be working for me, why is this? I also take a multivitamin and fish oil supplements.

You don't want to miss out on vitamins and nutrients that a varied diet gives.. for starters, where are your vegetabes? Are you getting enough iron?

I work a 12 hour shift and it prevents me from preparing alot of my meals so I usually just pick up a few fruits a the grocery store and order white rice from a chinese store on my way to work. I usually stay on eating like this for 3 days and then I vary it by adding some veggies when I have time to cook. I just replace one of the rice meals with a plate of uncooked vegetables or I keep the white rice and add in V8 vegetable juice. Like I said, I stay full and I'm loosing weight!! Oh and I only put in enough turkey to give the rice some flavor, which is similar to the chinese diet!

Original Post by jtuto09:

I always here that too much rice will make you fat but it seems to be working for me, why is this?

I can't answer why but all I can say is, you don't see a lot of fat Asians do you? And rice is their staple food.  A billion Asians can't be wrong.

God I love rice!  That definitely doesn't sound like a "healthy" way to lose weight,  but I would enjoy it very much! :)

When I have rice with my meals, I always cheat and pick up a pint at the Chinese place....already cooked, steaming hot, and only like $1, LOL.

But that's true, Asians eat rice with every meal and they are itty bitty!!

I eat rice at least 5 days a week but I measure to make sure I am within my calorie range.  Also cold white rice is an RS or resistant starch.  If you haven't read about that google it, it's interesting.

it isn't the rice that makes us fat...that is low calorie and low fat,...it is oil, fat, sugars, if you are gettnig your veggies, and are losing, go for it.

you've given me some hope.  for a very long time, i've cut out rice from my diet.  today i had some and it taste so good, i just hope i don't overeate or binge on them.

You can lose weight eating the right amount of anything.

 

White rice is all right as a source of carbs, but brown rice is much more nutritious and has fiber to boot.  Takes a bit longer as it needs to soak before cooking, but it's very tasty.

 

 

When they remove the hull of the rice to make white rice, they also remove most of the vitamins and fiber.  White rice and brown rice have almost the same calories,so you may as well eat the brown and get the nutrition while yo're at it.

Eating white rice is totally fine. I'm from Thailand....my country's main export ingredients is rice...have you ever herd of Jasmine Rice???...That should be from my country!!

It's not that rice will make you fat..it's the AMOUNT that makes you fat. Billion of Asian don't get fat after eating rice is because they eat in a good portion and did NOT put butter on it. We eat steamed white rice with soy sauce or we stire fry them quickly. Many American people OVER EAT the portion. Those EXTRA TOO MUCH white rice will be the thing that make it hard for you to lose weight! 

 

Back in Thailand...eating rice almost EVERY MEAL...I even lose weight or I can maintain eating whatever food I want (except butter, cookies and fast food...I still eat a lot of ice cream and chips, though---did not gain any weight)