Godd calories, bad calories, or just calories?

I’d have thought that any regular STW reader would already know about the iFad diet.

I’d have thought that any regular STW reader would already know about the iFad diet.

Colin, stop being a troll…

Pedant. A calorie is the energy to heat one gram (not a litre) of water by one degree.

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Diet probably has more bobbins talked about and believed about relating to it that anything else bar religion.

I am not saying 1Dave is bobbins but it is not accepted mainstream thought – but it is not faddish and poor / unbalanced diet either.

Buet some of the nonsense talked about an accepted is frankly worrying.

Oh dear lord make these threads stop 🙂

Watch the tubs video and make your own minds up

…and although I go on about it almost as much as you go on about iDave, I still find the thought and sight of the most well fed, well supplied, well optioned, well medicined people in the whole wide world chundering on about which calories to eat or not to eat to avoid them being fat bastards to be more than a little distasteful…

What a bizarre thing to say. As far as I’m aware it’s not iDave’s fault that kids are dying of starvation in Africa. 😕

Pedant. A calorie is the energy to heat one gram (not a litre) of water by one degree.

in the context of food, it’s the Kcal that is used i.e 1 kilo of water.

As far as I’m aware it’s not iDave’s fault that kids are dying of starvation in Africa.

Which is why I didn’t say it. But do carry on.

to go back to OP how about a banana or apple? or low fat / low cal yoghurt? Granary roll and low fat cheese spread?

Muesli is ok but some are full of sugar and saturated fats especially the “crunchy” ones – i don’t buy Jordans so not sure

As far as I’m aware it’s not iDave’s fault that kids are dying of starvation in Africa.

Which is why I didn’t say it. But do carry on.

So what was your point again? That thinking about what you eat is morally wrong?

Glutens bad for you?

Cooked meat is as well. ****, I’m loving the uninformed opinions in this thread.

So what was your point again? That thinking about what you eat is morally wrong?

I made my point further back in the thread. You appear to have a problem interpreting it, which is not my problem. 😉

I am having trouble interpreting it yup, on the face of it it seems non-sensical and ridiculous, but if you’re not up for explaining….

I am having trouble interpreting it yup, on the face of it it seems bizarre and ridiculous, but if you’re not up for explaining….

Not to you, no.

According to many

Oh yeah, that well known source…

we are in a position to figure out why we … feel a little bloated after a big meal etc etc.

Because we’re greedy knackers who eat too much.

HTH.

I think I’m with the prophet TJ on this.

I’m loving the uninformed opinions in this thread

Read my post again.

just eaten fried liver, mushrooms, green beans and corn on the cob.

good calories or bad calories……….. 😆

I’m confused. Bacon roll or Jordan’s tomorrow? Which will murder me to death quicker?

Me, I’d have the bacon roll.

I’d just like you all to know ive entertained a client whilst drinking 3 pints of Honeydew. I’m about to get a chinese takeaway on the way home.

I shall consider the advice herein and let you know what my decision was after I’ve settled into work with my bacon roll tomorrow.

Ps. My current thought process may be affected by mind altering substances.

If you’re getting a Chinese takeaway I don’t think what you have for breakfast is going to matter too much.

Mmmmm…. MSG….

Its OK, I went via an alternative route, bypassed the MSG and am sitting here eating an oaty biscuit.

If you’re getting a Chinese takeaway I don’t think what you have for breakfast is going to matter too much.

Mmmmm…. MSG….

Which is kind of my point, grum.

I’m suggesting that in a society like ours, where we have so much choice, so many options, so much opportunity and inspiration with regard to food, where food has become so much more than a source of calories, this constant angst about what to eat is, to my mind, distasteful.

I’ve just been to the chip shop, so am feeling the warm glow of gravy.

this constant angst about what to eat is, to my mind, distasteful

It’s not angst. At least not here. It’s about science. I’m not agonising over moral choices, I just don’t want to be fat.

That’s surely not distasteful, is it?

I was trying to think of something that would be distasteful, but I just can’t, beyond nasty jokes.

3 (obviously simplified, for the hard of thinking) options:

i. Be careful about what you eat and stay trim.
ii. Eat what you want and turn into a biffer.
iii. Eat what you want and HTFU and burn it off.

Option 3 wins for me every time. Eat good food, eat crap food, drink lots of beer, vino and whisky…

Then lay down the pain on the bike. Not cake and pie between downhill pootles pain. Sweating your lungs out and don’t think I’ll ever move again without throwing my ring up pain.

Or moderation in all things, whatever.

Ok, maybe it’s me being a knob.

I seem to be surrounded by people, not just here, but at work and on the telly who are so concerned with something that seems only to be a problem because there is too much of it.

I’ll shut up.

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just eaten fried liver, mushrooms, green beans and corn on the cob.

good calories or bad calories………..

We had chicken, onion, courgette, sugar snap peas, mange tout, carrot, shredded cabbage, garlic, bean sprouts. Fried the chicken breast chunks, then chucked the veg in the pan in layers on top of it, sprinkled with ground cumin, coriander and paprika and drizzled some soy sauce and lemon juice on top and left it steaming while we got the kids to bed.

Hand a plateful. Absolutely lush and definitely good calories 🙂

Ok, maybe it’s me being a knob.
I seem to be surrounded by people, not just here, but at work and on the telly who are so concerned with something that seems only to be a problem because there is too much of it.
I’ll shut up.

I still don’t really get it. I mean, yes it’s obscene that we have an obesity problem in the western world when millions are starving, but I really struggle with seeing how that make it distasteful to talk about healthy eating. Seems a very bizarre cognitive leap.

Today for lunch I had..

Pan fried scallops with a carrot and apply puree and pork crackling.
Fillet steak in a fancy mushroom sauce with green beans spinach and mash.
Chocolate tarte with salted caramel ice cream.

Each and every calorie was fantastic. So good I could’ve licked the plates.

iii. Eat what you want and HTFU and burn it off

Aarrghh.. must not bite… argh…

I’ve just been to the chip shop, so am feeling the warm glow of gravy

You’re not supposed to roll in it…

I’d be interested in what Mick Ives eats. That’s how I want to be at his age.

but I really struggle with seeing how that make it distasteful to talk about healthy eating. Seems a very bizarre cognitive leap

Maybe I’m not quite getting across what I mean, and perhaps I can’t. It seems strange/bizarre/discomfiting/insert unsettling word of your choice to be so obsessed/concerned/over interested/insert word of your choice meaning ‘thinking lots about’ the kind of food we eat when the basic problem is that we consume too much (and probably do too little although that is yet another argument).

Anyway, as I said, I’ll shut up.