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kurtzapril4

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41. We'll have to agree to disagree, LOL!

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 05:49 PM

Feb 2013

It's a law of physics....take in more than you burn, you are going to gain weight. Good calories are nutrient dense. Your key statement is that the people you are talking about are atheletes. They burn off more than they take in, or their energy intake/energy output is at an equilibrium.

Just recently a guy went on a diet that consisted entirely of junk food. He lost weight. He was also athletic. But for sure his health suffered for his diet.

I'm not advocating for junk food, or processed food. All I am saying is that at this point, according to science, at a base level, one's body interprets a calorie as a calorie. Doesn't matter where it came from. There are interesting studies being done as I type that refute that belief, and I will be interested to read the results of those studies.

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What 200 Calories Look Like in Different Foods [View all] michigandem58 Feb 2013 OP

That was cool. sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #1

Thanks riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #2

Hmm... progressoid Feb 2013 #5

Thanks, most folks have no clue nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #3

Cool cyberswede Feb 2013 #4

Really interesting, thanks! I was disappointed in the grapes and melon - since petronius Feb 2013 #6

Interesting that on the Weight Watchers program (which I've done successfully and highly NRaleighLiberal Feb 2013 #8

I agree that's a pretty important distinction - calories alone is one-dimensional petronius Feb 2013 #11

thanks! going well - from 258 in Jan 2011, down to 196 last summer - crept up a bit NRaleighLiberal Feb 2013 #13

Some of the pictures misled me a bit frazzled Feb 2013 #7

Actually, it is what is *IN* the calories that counts more for your health IdaBriggs Feb 2013 #9

My problem is I would add butter and cheese to the brocolli :( patricia92243 Feb 2013 #10

Chop it fine, caraway seeds, lemon juice, salt pepper and a drizzle of good Luminous Animal Feb 2013 #29

I'll try it! I'm always pleasantly surprised how just a little bit of lemon juice makes such a huge patricia92243 Feb 2013 #30

Interesting! Thanks! Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #12

WOW-- very interesting. Marr Feb 2013 #14

Very interesting. Who would have thought there are so many calories in balsamic vinegar? Shrike47 Feb 2013 #15

bigger pile of bacon than I imagined. Lots of photos of candy Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #16

Thanks. Interesting. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #17

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Mmmmmmmmmmmm...... Chakab Feb 2013 #18

Potato chips are the worst. BlueStreak Feb 2013 #19

Good visuals nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #20

Any of those foods kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #21

I'm going to go for the avacados! LOVE THEM. KittyWampus Feb 2013 #32

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My point was kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #36

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Oh, okay! Didn't mean to come off as testy. kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #38

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We'll have to agree to disagree, LOL! kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #41

Why I upload on 2-3 sticks of celery exboyfil Feb 2013 #22

What is even more amazing exboyfil Feb 2013 #23

1 tablespoon of butter has 100 calories. 28 grams is not a whole ounce. n/t patricia92243 Feb 2013 #24

Grams are a measurement of weight kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #34

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2013 #25

200 calories is an appetizer DotGone Feb 2013 #26

If people weighed out their food, RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #27

Easy to see how people can over eat jambo101 Feb 2013 #28

Back in the day rrneck Feb 2013 #33

I'll take the Baileys RockaFowler Feb 2013 #40