The 3 main reasons that dieting sucks...

08-04-2008, 02:15 PM

The food does not tastes as good, Im no gormet chef or anything but I can cook a little bit, but I dont care what you say, it does not taste as good, fat, grease, and sugar tastes good to me, Fried chicken > grilled chicken.

Its more expensive, there is nothing healthy on the .99 cent menu....

It takes to long, I dont have time to prepare 3 healthy full blown meals per day......

But mainly, the food sucks....

**MianoSM** · 08-04-2008, 02:20 PM

Over time your taste buds adjust. After a while you can't stand things that are overloaded with sugars.

It's a lifestyle, I'm not a hard core healthy eater, I cheat more then one day a week, but I can dig it.

**Regina** · 08-04-2008, 02:21 PM

Ok, what does this have to do with "health" and fitness? Eating healthy does not equal dieting, by the way. I'm not sure this belongs in here.

I know that since I've been eating healthy, whenever I eat something loaded with chemicals or whatever I get sick.

08-04-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Regina

Ok, what does this have to do with "health" and fitness? Eating healthy does not equal dieting, by the way. I'm not sure this belongs in here.

I know that since I've been eating healthy, whenever I eat something loaded with chemicals or whatever I get sick.

Oh gosh quit over analyzing everything.... Maybe I should have said "Controlling your diet" or "cutting" cuz semantics are soooo important on the internet!!!

**Matt Vassallo** · 08-04-2008, 02:38 PM

will, i was having this same discussion with somebody last week. after a year or two of "diet" or "eating healthy" it just turns into "eating".

What you can do.

experiment with salts, mustards, vinegars, and all different kinds of peppers. experiment with reductions including small amounts of honey. caramelize natural sugars to make simple syrups, just be careful with them.

and last but not least man, you gotta have a cheat day once a week. once a week go all out. breakfast at mcdonald's (get there before 10:30!), lunch at sonnys, chinese buffet for dinnner, and later on when chilling with the gang, hungry howie's pizza for the munchies. seriously. one day a week it wont' kill you, make sure you include plenty of beer and soda as well.

As long as you're squatting, deadlifting, or just lifting heavy and playing hard in general the next day, and the day prior, you'll be fine. sometimes i don't even workout on my cheat days, but since my induction into crossfit, i've been much more active. i can use all the calories i can get.. I'm the lightest i've been in over a year.

christianlooney · 08-04-2008, 02:41 PM

I mean i hate to agree with Willy but shit eating healthy is way more of diet that most of the scams out there and ppl cutting out everything but proteins or no sugar no carbs....eating healthy while not going to extremes is way harder than diet plans out there.
i hate eating healthy i do great on the weekdays and then the weekend hits and boom out the window that why i am semi stuck where i'm at. PPl at work and my personal life keep asking if i've lost lbs. but i have not still 225ish but i lose some body fat gain some muscle and i look thinner but no diff in lbs...
it all sucks it was much easier (not happier) just being fat and not caring. Much easier!

**Regina** · 08-04-2008, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by christianlooney

I mean i hate to agree with Willy but shit eating healthy is way more of diet that most of the scams out there and ppl cutting out everything but proteins or no sugar no carbs....eating healthy while not going to extremes is way harder than diet plans out there.
i hate eating healthy i do great on the weekdays and then the weekend hits and boom out the window that why i am semi stuck where i'm at. PPl at work and my personal life keep asking if i've lost lbs. but i have not still 225ish but i lose some body fat gain some muscle and i look thinner but no diff in lbs...
it all sucks it was much easier (not happier) just being fat and not caring. Much easier!

It's fine if you eat healthy all week long and let loose on the weekend. I would say, cutting everything but protein is definitely a diet. I think eating healthy is having a well balanced diet (balanced properly, not like old school).

**NeENeRs** · 08-04-2008, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Regina

I know that since I've been eating healthy, whenever I eat something loaded with chemicals or whatever I get sick.

this comment reminds me of that episode of wife swap where one family, who had an entirely raw diet, had to switch places with a family who not only cooked all their food but also ate out many times a week.

after their first "dining out" experience everyone was spewing their guts out and the dad was crying saying this family was poisoning his kids.

it was actually really funny seeing a grown man blubber like a baby

08-04-2008, 02:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
DirtyNerdy Guest	The 3 main reasons that dieting sucks... The food does not tastes as good, Im no gormet chef or anything but I can cook a little bit, but I dont care what you say, it does not taste as good, fat, grease, and sugar tastes good to me, Fried chicken > grilled chicken. Its more expensive, there is nothing healthy on the .99 cent menu.... It takes to long, I dont have time to prepare 3 healthy full blown meals per day...... But mainly, the food sucks....

08-04-2008, 02:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
MianoSM Custom User Title	Over time your taste buds adjust. After a while you can't stand things that are overloaded with sugars. It's a lifestyle, I'm not a hard core healthy eater, I cheat more then one day a week, but I can dig it.

08-04-2008, 02:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Regina 5 Foot Fury	Ok, what does this have to do with "health" and fitness? Eating healthy does not equal dieting, by the way. I'm not sure this belongs in here. I know that since I've been eating healthy, whenever I eat something loaded with chemicals or whatever I get sick.

08-04-2008, 02:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Matt Vassallo lifelong learner	will, i was having this same discussion with somebody last week. after a year or two of "diet" or "eating healthy" it just turns into "eating". What you can do. experiment with salts, mustards, vinegars, and all different kinds of peppers. experiment with reductions including small amounts of honey. caramelize natural sugars to make simple syrups, just be careful with them. and last but not least man, you gotta have a cheat day once a week. once a week go all out. breakfast at mcdonald's (get there before 10:30!), lunch at sonnys, chinese buffet for dinnner, and later on when chilling with the gang, hungry howie's pizza for the munchies. seriously. one day a week it wont' kill you, make sure you include plenty of beer and soda as well. As long as you're squatting, deadlifting, or just lifting heavy and playing hard in general the next day, and the day prior, you'll be fine. sometimes i don't even workout on my cheat days, but since my induction into crossfit, i've been much more active. i can use all the calories i can get.. I'm the lightest i've been in over a year.

08-04-2008, 02:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
christianlooney JackedTitan07'	I mean i hate to agree with Willy but shit eating healthy is way more of diet that most of the scams out there and ppl cutting out everything but proteins or no sugar no carbs....eating healthy while not going to extremes is way harder than diet plans out there. i hate eating healthy i do great on the weekdays and then the weekend hits and boom out the window that why i am semi stuck where i'm at. PPl at work and my personal life keep asking if i've lost lbs. but i have not still 225ish but i lose some body fat gain some muscle and i look thinner but no diff in lbs... it all sucks it was much easier (not happier) just being fat and not caring. Much easier!