What JUNK meals did YOU eat while losing weight on a calorie-deficit?

[faqeer]

Hi everyone,

Disclaimer: I'M NOT ENCOURAGING THIS WHATSOEVER.

But it's a good motivator to focus on a calorie-deficit diet if everyone here posts the type of junk they ate everyday while remaining on a calorie-deficit diet and thus lose body fat.

Post your typical meals!

[Mikeez0]

Not cutting or bulking, but everyday I have at least a bag of skittles, chocolate bar, and some cookies, just for enjoyment.

[gbullock32]

Cutting or bulking, I eat whatever I want and just fit it into my needs for the day.

Do have a candy bar most days though, Snickers, Reese's, Twix; whatever sounds good. Been really enjoying my Peanut Butter Snickers lately.

[WolfRose7]

cost-co cookies

Pub pizza

not much else tbh
Most my sugar for the day comes from copious amounts of tea

[autumngirl]

Today I had some nachos with cheese and sauce and diet coke. I skipped breakfast and lunch and ate a light dinner due to its high calories.

In the past also, I had one meal of three fried chicken straight up, large waffle with mixed sauce (bistashio, chocolate, two more sweet sugary toppings), pizza with pepperoni and cheese with olive topping, beef pie, etc.

I also eat almost every other day cheese cake (home made recipe) in small portions and drink chocco milk or sugary juices. I drink diet coke or fuzzy drinks.

I also did a burger, fries, pasta (so many times), vine leaf with rice stuff, thai or chinese food, molten chocolate spread, avocado juices.
It is doable if you track your calories and adjust accordingly.

[screwnuts]

Pizza, Chinese takeout, every once in a while Wendy's or Taco Bell over the course of loosing 84 pounds (so far).

[kraack]

Pizza, burgers, chocolate, pancakes, list goes on brah. IIFYM.

[yoojungl]

ice cream, cookies, pizza, and fries

[PSBallard]

Weekdays (Training) - Usually a bowl of kids cereal post workout

Rest Days - Bowl of Ice Cream with a Poverty Brownie before bed

Weekends - Whatever I want and can fit into the daily macros

[shesprints]

Training: chocolate chip pancakes
At night: Enlightened triple chocolate protein ice cream (honestly, the GOAT of the "diet/fake" ice creams)

Apart from chocolate and white-flour carbs around workouts, I pretty much eat stereotypically healthy foods, especially on a cut.

[Tyler2106]

Cutting or bulking, I eat whatever I want and just fit it into my needs for the day.

This ^^^

[PeaceWithin]

Thin crust supreme pizza.

Have not yet reached the control level needed to eat junk on a regular basis without backsliding, lol.

[boo99]

This ^^^

that

OP, da fuq is a junk food to you?
please define?

[ironwill2008]

Hi everyone,

Disclaimer: I'M NOT ENCOURAGING THIS WHATSOEVER.

But it's a good motivator to focus on a calorie-deficit diet if everyone here posts the type of junk they ate everyday while remaining on a calorie-deficit diet and thus lose body fat.

Post your typical meals!

I've never seen a proper definition of what a "junk meal" might be; can you provide one?

[gbullock32]

I've never seen a proper definition of what a "junk meal" might be; can you provide one?

Just spent maybe 3 minutes trying to find an image Googling 'Junk on a plate' and 'Garbage on a plate'... could not find any literal pictures of that, only delicious food.

[ironwill2008]

Just spent maybe 3 minutes trying to find an image Googling 'Junk on a plate' and 'Garbage on a plate'... could not find any literal pictures of that, only delicious food.

smh @ the narrow-mindedness of some people re: food 'names' rather than their macro/micro content.

[ShelbyAlmaria]

Why would it be a good motivator to perpetuate common misconceptions around food that perpetuate and encourage poor relationships with food, rather than encouraging a well rounded and enjoyable diet that suits an individuals calorie and macronutrient needs?

[boo99]

Why would it be a good motivator to perpetuate common misconceptions around food that perpetuate and encourage poor relationships with food, rather than encouraging a well rounded and enjoyable diet that suits an individuals calorie and macronutrient needs?

If you are referring to what some believe is the definition of "junk" then so called "junk" food can fit in fine...they have macro profiles as well...nothing wrong with the DCA for food provided the days overall intake is sufficienctly meeting the person's needs


Or maybe you meant something completely different here

[dwightaroundya]

I just down Taco Bell the morning before I took this pick. I spend more than $20 every time I go to Taco Bell

[ErikTheElectric]

Same as I eat bulking, oats, cereal, vegetables, skittles, etc.

[ironwill2008]

Still waiting for a definition of 'junk food' with some specific examples.


Trans fat and excessive intake of fructose is already a given.

[boo99]

^^^

[faqeer]

Still waiting for a definition of 'junk food' with some specific examples.


Trans fat and excessive intake of fructose is already a given.

"food that is high in calories but low in nutritional content "

Source: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk%20food

[ironwill2008]

"food that is high in calories but low in nutritional content "

Source: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk%20food

LOL

That's really specific.

[PeaceWithin]

Still waiting for a definition of 'junk food' with some specific examples.


Trans fat and excessive intake of fructose is already a given.

That's really specific.

Can I define "junk food" as the high trans fat and excessively sugary foods that I used to overeat? I understand that calories are calories, but is there some merit to staying away from foods that I know I have weaknesses for, at least until I develop better habits?

[ironwill2008]

Can I define "junk food" as the high trans fat and excessively sugary foods that I used to overeat?

Industrial trans fat should always be avoided. As far as sugary foods are concerned, it's a matter of degrees; a handful of cookies, or a chocolate bar, or whatever, isn't going to cause one's nutrition plan to sail out the window---unless such foods are eaten to such an excess that one's daily calorie intake goes out that window. It's all about fitting such foods into one's daily nutrition plan.

I understand that calories are calories, but is there some merit to staying away from foods that I know I have weaknesses for, at least until I develop better habits?

That's a personal choice that each of us must make based on our own individual level of nutritional discipline. I, for example, will eat mashed potatoes (my one and only real food jones) until they come out of my ears, so I greatly limit the number of meals in which I include them.











The usual reply in threads such as this one is a litany of foods that, based on their name, are almost universally denigrated as "junk," but, if broken down into their component parts, magically become "balanced meals."



Two such common examples:




Typical Cheeseburger ingredients:





Typical Pizza Ingredients:














Again, it's not about the names of the foods we eat but rather, their calorie, macro, and micro contents.

[PeaceWithin]

Industrial trans fat should always be avoided. As far as sugary foods are concerned, it's a matter of degrees; a handful of cookies, or a chocolate bar, or whatever, isn't going to cause one's nutrition plan to sail out the window---unless such foods are eaten to such an excess that one's daily calorie intake goes out that window. It's all about fitting such foods into one's daily nutrition plan.


That's a personal choice that each of us must make based on our own individual level of nutritional discipline. I, for example, will eat mashed potatoes (my one and only real food jones) until they come out of my ears, so I greatly limit the number of meals in which I include them.

The usual reply in threads such as this one is a litany of foods that, based on their name, are almost universally denigrated as "junk," but, if broken down into their component parts, magically become "balanced meals."

Two such common examples:

Typical Cheeseburger ingredients:

Typical Pizza Ingredients:

Again, it's not about the names of the foods we eat but rather, their calorie, macro, and micro contents.

Appreciate the great response. I don't think I have the individual nutritional discipline (yet) but I might start sprinkling some foods in intermittently in limited quantity to help develop some... I guess I'll have to find the eventual balance of being strict enough that I am healthy, but not so strict that I'm tempted to binge.

Cheers

[3maj]

Again, it's not about the names of the foods we eat but rather, their calorie, macro, and micro contents.

When it comes to body composition, sure. However, I do consider certain foods junk, and yes, they invariably come from fast food outlets. I'm not going to name them here (as they will be meaningless to all but a handful of members from this part of the world), but lowest quality, cheap meat/produce which would not be able to be sold on its own, processed into something resembling, for example, a hamburger, is indeed junk.

[ironwill2008]

When it comes to body composition, sure. However, I do consider certain foods junk, and yes, they invariably come from fast food outlets. I'm not going to name them here (as they will be meaningless to all but a handful of members from this part of the world), but lowest quality, cheap meat/produce which would not be able to be sold on its own, processed into something resembling, for example, a hamburger, is indeed junk.

Even the cheapest, lowest-grade animal protein source will still provide both of the essential macros---protein and fat.

[desslok]

I've never seen a proper definition of what a "junk meal" might be; can you provide one?

I heard that a junk food meal was comprised of empty calories. Since empty means 0, then any meal with 0 calories is junk. So technically, if you skip a meal, that contains 0 calories, thus is junk by definition. Logic.