Anonymous
01/14/2018 06:25
Subject: Re:Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Anonymous wrote:we eat a lot because the food is tasty and cheap. 2000 calories a day is a joke. Most inactive, sedentary women need 1600 or less
FTFY
Anonymous
01/13/2018 23:14
Subject: Re:Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
we eat a lot because the food is tasty and cheap. 2000 calories a day is a joke. most women need 1600 or less
Anonymous
01/13/2018 13:11
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Anonymous wrote:Moved to US and was constantly hungry. Back at home my diet consisted of black bread, potatoes, pork, vegetables, eggs, milk. I ate 3 times a day with some snacks in between. The snacks were mostly black bread face up sandwiches. Hardly eve thought of food. My brain didn't remind me that there is food to be had. Also, most outings were not around food. Theater, iceskating, swimming, concerts, hanging out- nothing was paired up with food. We ate when we got back home and nobody had starved to death meanwhile.
Moved here at 19. Being An Au Pair to 3 kids was not sedentary, but I started to put on weight. Same actually happened to my super skinny friend. Never thought she can even put on weight.
So what did I eat at 19 in US to put on weight and still feel hungry as hell?
Every cereal available, chicken mcnuggets, fishsticks, french fries (vs at home boiled, mashed or baked potato),
pancakes, oodles and noodles, pizza, chinese, mac and cheese.I finished all their fruits because I was so hungry and kids didn't eat them. I think they also had a lot of snacks around- chips, pop-tarts, a cookie jar for oreos, icecream available at all times. Lots of white bread. Never saw black bread in the house.
I'm not picky eater, I ate whatever was in the house. I don't remember eating many grains. They did make oatmeal, but it was the sweet kind. Surprised I didn't end up with diabetes. Also, the biggest meal was dinner, vs lunch back at home.
Now looking back- the food was horrible. But this is America, if it were so bad, they woudln't sell it, right? One of the kids was overweight and so was the mother.
Now, 20 years later, I'm heavier than all my friends back at home. I don't have a sedentary job- I wait on tables and literally walk 25 hours a week plus run after my toddler day time. I cannot walk off all the sugar and calories food here has.
I cook barley, buckwheat, borsh, pork stew with rutabaga and cabbage, greenpea soup with carrots and corn. I eat the stuff several days until it's gone. My weight is the same 170 for last 10 years. I still eat too much sugar- icecream for kids, ricepudding, gingerbread cookies, waffles, too much fruit probably, P&j sandwich, no soda though.
Need to cut down on all sugar and gluten and limit starch, also ramp up exercise. Not other way to get down to 140-150. I'm 5'7".
My friend moved back home after a year here and lost the weight in a month.
Have you thought of writing a blog, video log, or book about your experiences? Is it possible to switch back to your original diet from your native country? Did you ever make suggestions to the family about the amount of sugar their kids were eating?
Anonymous
01/13/2018 13:00
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Anonymous wrote:It's not that we eat so much, it's what we eat: carbs, carbs and more carbs. Increase proteins and vegetables and you won't be nearly as hungry.
Vegetables are carbs.
Protein
Fat
Carbs
Your carbs can consist of vegetables, fruit, and whole grains.
Anonymous
01/13/2018 12:13
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you felt better not eating for 36 hours, you’re probably eating stuff that is caudpsing you inflammation on the regular. Maybe try cutting out dairy, wheat, sugar....
Probably, that was one of the reasons I tried fasting, it is supposed to help with health issues, not because I don't enjoy food. I do, too much, in fact. But, I had bad Lyme disease for a few years, and even since I was cured, nothing seems to truly help with remaining issues, but this helped. This was the longest I've ever done it, I've done a few 16-8, and this had pretty fast impact for the better.
I'm like you, OP. When I fast, I start feeling so much better, and not hungry at all. I can go for days, and don't feel tired or grumpy. I get more energy and my aches and pains magically fade. I have chronic inflammation issues, autoimmune issues, and many foods have a strongly inflammatory effect on me.
So yes, we don't need as much food as we tend to eat, and certain foods can make us feel worse overall. If you read up on inflammatory types of foods, and work on changing what you eat, you'll probably find you do well. It is hard in our culture, so full of excess and junky food.
Anonymous
01/13/2018 09:55
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
It's not that we eat so much, it's what we eat: carbs, carbs and more carbs. Increase proteins and vegetables and you won't be nearly as hungry.
Anonymous
01/13/2018 09:50
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Moved to US and was constantly hungry. Back at home my diet consisted of black bread, potatoes, pork, vegetables, eggs, milk. I ate 3 times a day with some snacks in between. The snacks were mostly black bread face up sandwiches. Hardly eve thought of food. My brain didn't remind me that there is food to be had. Also, most outings were not around food. Theater, iceskating, swimming, concerts, hanging out- nothing was paired up with food. We ate when we got back home and nobody had starved to death meanwhile.
Moved here at 19. Being An Au Pair to 3 kids was not sedentary, but I started to put on weight. Same actually happened to my super skinny friend. Never thought she can even put on weight.
So what did I eat at 19 in US to put on weight and still feel hungry as hell?
Every cereal available, chicken mcnuggets, fishsticks, french fries (vs at home boiled, mashed or baked potato),
pancakes, oodles and noodles, pizza, chinese, mac and cheese.I finished all their fruits because I was so hungry and kids didn't eat them. I think they also had a lot of snacks around- chips, pop-tarts, a cookie jar for oreos, icecream available at all times. Lots of white bread. Never saw black bread in the house.
I'm not picky eater, I ate whatever was in the house. I don't remember eating many grains. They did make oatmeal, but it was the sweet kind. Surprised I didn't end up with diabetes. Also, the biggest meal was dinner, vs lunch back at home.
Now looking back- the food was horrible. But this is America, if it were so bad, they woudln't sell it, right? One of the kids was overweight and so was the mother.
Now, 20 years later, I'm heavier than all my friends back at home. I don't have a sedentary job- I wait on tables and literally walk 25 hours a week plus run after my toddler day time. I cannot walk off all the sugar and calories food here has.
I cook barley, buckwheat, borsh, pork stew with rutabaga and cabbage, greenpea soup with carrots and corn. I eat the stuff several days until it's gone. My weight is the same 170 for last 10 years. I still eat too much sugar- icecream for kids, ricepudding, gingerbread cookies, waffles, too much fruit probably, P&j sandwich, no soda though.
Need to cut down on all sugar and gluten and limit starch, also ramp up exercise. Not other way to get down to 140-150. I'm 5'7".
My friend moved back home after a year here and lost the weight in a month.
Moved here at 19. Being An Au Pair to 3 kids was not sedentary, but I started to put on weight. Same actually happened to my super skinny friend. Never thought she can even put on weight.
So what did I eat at 19 in US to put on weight and still feel hungry as hell?
Every cereal available, chicken mcnuggets, fishsticks, french fries (vs at home boiled, mashed or baked potato),
pancakes, oodles and noodles, pizza, chinese, mac and cheese.I finished all their fruits because I was so hungry and kids didn't eat them. I think they also had a lot of snacks around- chips, pop-tarts, a cookie jar for oreos, icecream available at all times. Lots of white bread. Never saw black bread in the house.
I'm not picky eater, I ate whatever was in the house. I don't remember eating many grains. They did make oatmeal, but it was the sweet kind. Surprised I didn't end up with diabetes. Also, the biggest meal was dinner, vs lunch back at home.
Now looking back- the food was horrible. But this is America, if it were so bad, they woudln't sell it, right? One of the kids was overweight and so was the mother.
Now, 20 years later, I'm heavier than all my friends back at home. I don't have a sedentary job- I wait on tables and literally walk 25 hours a week plus run after my toddler day time. I cannot walk off all the sugar and calories food here has.
I cook barley, buckwheat, borsh, pork stew with rutabaga and cabbage, greenpea soup with carrots and corn. I eat the stuff several days until it's gone. My weight is the same 170 for last 10 years. I still eat too much sugar- icecream for kids, ricepudding, gingerbread cookies, waffles, too much fruit probably, P&j sandwich, no soda though.
Need to cut down on all sugar and gluten and limit starch, also ramp up exercise. Not other way to get down to 140-150. I'm 5'7".
My friend moved back home after a year here and lost the weight in a month.
Anonymous
01/13/2018 09:27
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Anonymous wrote:If you felt better not eating for 36 hours, you’re probably eating stuff that is caudpsing you inflammation on the regular. Maybe try cutting out dairy, wheat, sugar....
Probably, that was one of the reasons I tried fasting, it is supposed to help with health issues, not because I don't enjoy food. I do, too much, in fact. But, I had bad Lyme disease for a few years, and even since I was cured, nothing seems to truly help with remaining issues, but this helped. This was the longest I've ever done it, I've done a few 16-8, and this had pretty fast impact for the better.
Anonymous
01/13/2018 08:47
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
If you felt better not eating for 36 hours, you’re probably eating stuff that is caudpsing you inflammation on the regular. Maybe try cutting out dairy, wheat, sugar....
Anonymous
01/12/2018 15:20
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Fasting is like trying to drive your car on an empty tank of gas or with no electric charge. Our bodies need food for fuel to run properly.
I think people tend to under-eat the right food.
I have been a healthy body weight my entire life, and I can't skip breakfast. Break Fast is when you break the fasting from not eating since the night before. If you stop eating at 7 p.m. and you don't eat again until 7 a.m., you will be hungry in the morning. You fasted 12 hours, nearly half of your 24 hour day. That is fasting.
Going more than 12 hours without food for me would leave me irritable, not to mention my digestive system would be messed up. My dog eats at least twice a day with a few treats. He pees 4x and poops 2x a day. Would you think it's humane not to feed a dog for 36 hours? To mess up his poop?
I think people tend to under-eat the right food.
I have been a healthy body weight my entire life, and I can't skip breakfast. Break Fast is when you break the fasting from not eating since the night before. If you stop eating at 7 p.m. and you don't eat again until 7 a.m., you will be hungry in the morning. You fasted 12 hours, nearly half of your 24 hour day. That is fasting.
Going more than 12 hours without food for me would leave me irritable, not to mention my digestive system would be messed up. My dog eats at least twice a day with a few treats. He pees 4x and poops 2x a day. Would you think it's humane not to feed a dog for 36 hours? To mess up his poop?
Anonymous
01/12/2018 14:54
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How sad that you're looking at food as just a matter of calories, and not nutrients and nourishment.
You were trying to diagnose me, but it seems to me you actually diagnosed yourself and why you eat. Thanks anyway!
Uh.
Wut?
Anonymous
01/12/2018 12:21
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Anonymous wrote:How sad that you're looking at food as just a matter of calories, and not nutrients and nourishment.
You were trying to diagnose me, but it seems to me you actually diagnosed yourself and why you eat. Thanks anyway!
Anonymous
01/12/2018 11:35
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course I know why we all overeat, (mental, abundance, advertising, feeling stressed, etc...)but I am hoping to start a discussion about how much should an average human eat, how many calories per day. I think we are almost all(in the country) overeating by a lot, probably taking in 2 to 4 times more calories per day than we actually need. Recently I gave fasting a try. I recently did a 36 hour fast. After the initial morning hunger, that dissipated, I was not hungry. That was a surprise to me. I meant to do 24 hour fast, but I was not hungry after 24 hours and it turned into 36 hours. Next morning, I was not hungry, nor feeling faint, in fact, I felt great. So, why are we all eating so much? I noticed that I often eat not out of hunger, but because of psychological need. So, I am starting to believe that most humans do not need around 2000 calories per day, not anymore. I felt better when fasting than in a long time, why? And then, why the next day, all I want to do it eat? I am not hungry, but I end up eating.
Our bodies can fast (although I do not believe it is healthier than eating regular meals) and then after fasting it is normal to eat, to want to eat.
I think the issue is not that people eat too many calories, I think the issue is that people are too sedentary. Office jobs, desk jobs, may pay well but they are unhealthy. Some of the most unhealthy people are truckers, who are forced by their job to sit for many hours and not get up. People who move a lot and eat a lot are much healthier than people who don't move a lot and don't eat a lot.
Anonymous
01/12/2018 11:27
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
How sad that you're looking at food as just a matter of calories, and not nutrients and nourishment.
Anonymous
01/12/2018 11:12
Subject: Why do we eat so much? How much should we eat?
Yes, of course I know why we all overeat, (mental, abundance, advertising, feeling stressed, etc...)but I am hoping to start a discussion about how much should an average human eat, how many calories per day. I think we are almost all(in the country) overeating by a lot, probably taking in 2 to 4 times more calories per day than we actually need. Recently I gave fasting a try. I recently did a 36 hour fast. After the initial morning hunger, that dissipated, I was not hungry. That was a surprise to me. I meant to do 24 hour fast, but I was not hungry after 24 hours and it turned into 36 hours. Next morning, I was not hungry, nor feeling faint, in fact, I felt great. So, why are we all eating so much? I noticed that I often eat not out of hunger, but because of psychological need. So, I am starting to believe that most humans do not need around 2000 calories per day, not anymore. I felt better when fasting than in a long time, why? And then, why the next day, all I want to do it eat? I am not hungry, but I end up eating.