kissa714 wrote: » mccindy72 wrote: » jplis wrote: » Analyze and reflect on your lunch choice for today. Is it healthy? Let's discuss in a paragraph. Be careful with that word. Healthy? Hm. You can eat 1,000 calories worth of food that is considered 'healthy' and go over your deficit and have a bad macro balance. Or you can eat a meal that some would consider 'unhealthy' that stays within your calorie goals, and maintains your calorie goals. say you eat a whole avocado, and have several stalks of celery filled with natural peanut butter. Dip some baby carrots in hummus, drink some homemade lemonade with it. have a plate of fresh cut fruit. toss in a couple of handsful of almonds. you've got a lot of calories in this one meal, a lot of fat and sugar. but a lot of people would call this a 'healthy' meal. Now have a small burger made with a slice of deli cheese on a bun with a small order of fries on the side. Put lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and onions on the burger, and you've got a very well-rounded meal, macro-wise. Protein, carbs, fat, and it's about 600 calories, if you kept it to a decent size. see how it can be a misconception to call things healthy or unhealthy? Who cares about macro balance? And what does this MFP know about being healthy anyway? When i first signed up for it it had me eating 1200 calories a day which was pretty much starving myself to lose weight even with the extra calories that i burned at the gym. anyway my point is fresh veggies are always going go be "healthier" than french fries and mccdonalds "meat". plus if you're really worried about balancing macros you can always account for that later in the day.
mccindy72 wrote: » jplis wrote: » Analyze and reflect on your lunch choice for today. Is it healthy? Let's discuss in a paragraph. Be careful with that word. Healthy? Hm. You can eat 1,000 calories worth of food that is considered 'healthy' and go over your deficit and have a bad macro balance. Or you can eat a meal that some would consider 'unhealthy' that stays within your calorie goals, and maintains your calorie goals. say you eat a whole avocado, and have several stalks of celery filled with natural peanut butter. Dip some baby carrots in hummus, drink some homemade lemonade with it. have a plate of fresh cut fruit. toss in a couple of handsful of almonds. you've got a lot of calories in this one meal, a lot of fat and sugar. but a lot of people would call this a 'healthy' meal. Now have a small burger made with a slice of deli cheese on a bun with a small order of fries on the side. Put lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and onions on the burger, and you've got a very well-rounded meal, macro-wise. Protein, carbs, fat, and it's about 600 calories, if you kept it to a decent size. see how it can be a misconception to call things healthy or unhealthy?
jplis wrote: » Analyze and reflect on your lunch choice for today. Is it healthy? Let's discuss in a paragraph.
