Weight-Loss Bread...?

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almostthere

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I'm a 5'10 Male, age 19. Well I've gotten sick over the past week and have tried really hard to not eat anything that'll completely nuke my diet. Pretty much its been nothing but bowls of chicken soup and porridge over the past week and just yesterday I started feeling a little bit better so I decided to feed my cravings just a little bit. I had 2 sandwiches, a slice of turkey and ham with a little bit of mustard. The one distinct thing I had was a ton of sourdough bread. I bought one of those big big rolls that come in a bag from safeway and ate probably half of it in the car going back to work for lunch. According to the nutritional facts, that in itself was 600 calories :eek: . Well throughout the day I had 3 slices of wheat bread (300 calories) a bowl of porridge (200 calories... overestimating a bit) for breakfast, lunch I had that sandwich and the sourdough bread (1000 calories together?) and dinner I had another sandwich (400-500 calories?) which adds up to roughly 2000 calories. The nutritional facts on the bread said nothing about saturated fat or calories from fat... in fact it was probably 0% down the board. Now... before and during my sickness I weighed in at roughly 172~ lbs, just this morning after all that bread from yesterday I weighed in a whopping 175! I almost fainted and cried out for sweet mercy when I saw that on the scale! When I was sick I was definitely eating under 2000 calories a day... but I wasn't really doing much except sitting on the computer trying to recover. Yesterday, I had to run some errands downtown so I was moving around walking for a good 30-40 minutes. So can someone please please tell me why the scale hates me so? :confused:
 
cold cuts have a lot of sodium in them - as does mustard so it's not th calories that made the scale move...

just keep focused on what you're doing and make sure you are eating enough for the day
 
Ah... right... sodium levels I almost forgot about that. But it wasn't a ton of meat, it was literally 1 slice of turkey and 1 slice of ham (it was one of those safeway prepared sandwiches for 2.99, I just took out the cheese) Would the sodium in the bread have caused me to retain extra water as well?
 
sodium in anything - processed meats especially - can make you retain water...just drink up more water and it will eventually balance out.

But honestly dont be so focused on the number on the scale -especially if you've been sick - when you were sick you were undereating so when youo get back to normal eating yuo might gain a few at the outset but it will even out...
 
Can anyone also tell me if eating too much bread can be bad? I'm really odd and when my friends hear it they laugh but I love the stuff lol. I can literally eat JUST bread with nothing on it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So is too much bad for me, namely sourdough?
 
Different trains of thought...

almostthere said:
Can anyone also tell me if eating too much bread can be bad? I'm really odd and when my friends hear it they laugh but I love the stuff lol. I can literally eat JUST bread with nothing on it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So is too much bad for me, namely sourdough?
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Atkins, Kimkins and low carb program followers would cringe at that diet plan and tell you its all wrong in a second. Bread itself is not so bad in itself, but of course whole grain and whole wheat breads are always better and higher in nutrients than white bread. I too am a bread lover, but I have been really watching what is "in" that bread. I guarantee the stuff you are buying from Safeway is not only high in sodium, but sugar and all sorts of other hidden nasties too. Have a look at fitday.com's calorie counter and honestly input the amounts and types of breads and processed meats you are eating. That Sandwhich and Sourdough day you had there seemed like an AWFUL lot more than 2000 calories to me. Remember, all the other stuff you put on is also adding to the over all total. I was shocked to find a small tablespoon of peanut butter had 125'ish caloires. I used to put 4-6 tablespoons on per slice!!!

Have a look at fit day and honestly input all the food you are eating for the day and you may be suprised to find your caloire counts higher than you thought....

Also, after a week of being sick, no exercise and eating less than 2000 calories a day, your metabolism likely slowed down, causing a couple unwanted pounds to spring up. Once you get active and get eating better you should be fine. Another thing you may want to consider is adding a few veggies and fruits to that diet. Sandwichs alone, although argualbly delicious, dont make for a very balanced diet. Everything you described is highly processed, high sodium and high additive laden foods. In that particular days food, I didnt see one whole or fresh food, everything came out of a package.

Mix it up a bit and you should see a much bigger difference in a hurry. If you really want to kick start your diet and weight loss, you need to give your body all the tools it needs. Meat and bread as your primary fuel source wont cut it. Remember all the stories of the sailors who would die of scurvey on the high seas? They had lots of dried meat and bread, but no fresh fruit and veg.... Its more important than you might think.

sirant
 
Yah I tried to count calories as much as possible. I took the cheese out of the sandwiches at safeway and trust me, there was nothing on the sandwich except a slice of turkey, a slice of ham, the about 7 or 8 inch white roll, and a packet of mustard on that thing. I know that this "diet" plan is extremely high in carbs but I was just hoping bread by itself won't kill me. I was also shocked to learn peanut butter had that many calories in it, I really wanted to add some to the bread lol but with the name butter in its name I wasn't entirely floored to see the caloric count.
 
It is Ok if this is a one day act.If it continues it is harmful to you and moreover spoil your dreams on weight losing.
 
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