/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.3792939]

How much fast food it too much?

For the past five weeks I have been going to McDonald's once a week. I work late on Friday's and it's the closest thing. Sometimes I only get a burger, sometimes it's a meal w/ dessert and then some.

My exercise is minimal. Short walks bi-daily and some weights every 2-3 days.

Am I at a risk of developing long term health problems and gaining weight from fast food once a week? What is OK? Bi-weekly? Monthly?

[pascal !n5Z3VuZapw No.3792976]

>>3792939
Generally the amount of food is more important than the quality of food for the purposes of gaining or losing weight. As fast food is fairly energy dense, it is easy to overeat.

I would be more concerned about lacking important vitamins or minerals, that might not be present in your diet.

[Anonymous No.3792973]

>>/fit/

[Anonymous No.3793019]

>>3792976
Most of my meals are OK. I snack largely on fruit and have light cereals (wheet biscuits, cornflakes, rice bubbles) for breakfast. But my dinner's vary. Vegetables and meat is moderately common along with stir fry's, homemade pizza, scrambled eggs/omelettes, but plenty of frozen shit like party pies crop up.

Should I be worried about the fast food if it's only once a week? Definitely cutting back a bit though.

[Anonymous No.3793034]

i ate mcdonalds, jack in the box, taco bell etc ALL week long when i was in college. i am 6'3" 175 lbs. just play some pickup basketball once a week and you'll be fine. also after quitting soda i lost 20 lbs. it's the 40g of sugar per can. cut out that sugar and get a bit of exercise and you're fine.

[Anonymous No.3793063]

>>3793034
I can safely say I never at THAT much junk food but yeah I ate a lot and I'm pretty thin too. No muscle and a bit of fat on the belly but when people always call me thin.

Also about the soft drink. I've heard it's worse than the fastfood itself because people drink so much of it without realising that it's going to make you a chub lord. My friend was telling me how his mother cut 'bad foods' out of her diet but still continued to go through two bottles of soft drink a day.

[Anonymous No.3793085]

>>3793063

haha pretty much the same for me. i am pretty skinny with a bit of chub left over on my belly from college.

but not as much as when i graduated. i was about ~200-205 lbs in december. decided to quit drinking soda with sugar and i lost 25-30 lbs like that. 6'3" 205 still looks pretty slim but now i look even more skinny >_< still drink soda but not as much, and it's always coke zero or diet coke or something like that =\

[Anonymous No.3793096]

What is fast food?

-high in calories
-high in sodium
-high in protein
-high in fat
-high in cholesterol

As long as you exercise enough to break up all that cholesterol before it blocks your arteries, there's absolutely nothing wrong with fast food.

It's a huge source of what your body needs: fat, calories, protein, etc.

[Anonymous No.3793098]

>>3793085
>coke zero or diet coke

Fuck that shit. I'd rather go WITHOUT.

[Anonymous No.3793114]

>>3793096
>As long as you exercise enough to break up all that cholesterol before it blocks your arteries

I recommend going for a twenty minute run after the meal if you have time. It will do the job

[Anonymous No.3793125]

>>3793114
>twenty minutes
>enough to prevent the body destroying effects of mcdonalds

[Anonymous No.3793129]

>>3793098

that's what i thought at first man. i hated diet/low calorie stuff. but i was determined to eliminate sugar-heavy items from my diet and now i'm used to coke zero, etc. in fact when i drink sugary soda it tastes way too sweet for me now.

[Anonymous No.3793167]

>>3793034
>>3793096

This. The health effects of fastfoods are mildly exaggerated.

Don't get me wrong, they're still bad for you. But once a week? Sure, there are better choices and you shouldn't get more then a burger or two, but as long as you're not some lard ass who eats it three times a week and has a huge plate of crap for breakfast and sits around watching TV all day you will be fine.

As long as:
-You get occasional exercise
-You have a healthy breakfast/lunch

You can still probably have shit for dinner AND fast food once a week and never gain a noticeable amount of weight or develop any major heart problems (unless you're unlucky).

If you get your advice from /fit/ or a health program, they'll act as though one burger is going to destroy a weeks worth of effort. Just keep in mind that:
1. These are people trying to LOSE weight, not just keep it off.
2. They're trying to become athletes, not just stay healthy and thin.

It's a different game if you're just worried about a little tummy and looking bad for the ladies. You'll be a-ok op. Go eat your Mcdonalds.

[Anonymous No.3793181]

>>3793129

Of all the bad chemicals/ preservatives used by fast food joints, high fructose corn syrup is probably among the worst thing for your body. Don't drink soda.

>>3793114
>I recommend going for a twenty minute run while you eat the meal. It will do the job.

That image makes me laugh. Stuffing a giant big mac down your face while wheezing and gasping for air.

[Anonymous No.3793183]

>>3793098
You'll be surprised how quickly you can adapt to a taste.

There was as time when I didn't like water. I would only drink milk or juices. I just couldn't stand water. After a day of drinking it it's all I wanted.

[Anonymous No.3793192]

>>3793181
>That image makes me laugh. Stuffing a giant big mac down your face while wheezing and gasping for air.

I didn't mean immediately after.

[Anonymous No.3793203]

>>3792973
Fit thinks eating a jelly bean will give you diabetes and cause you to gain 10 kilos.

[Anonymous No.3793220]

>>3793203
Nah bro. I don't let that crap get into my body. Shit's a temple yo.

GENETICALLY DIFFERENT BABY

>this is how I imagine most /fit/ users actually talk

[Anonymous No.3793229]

>>3793098
Coke Zero fucking rocks, its barely any different in taste between regular. Diet Coke tastes like...like.... pepsi though. Skip that.

[Anonymous No.3793234]

>>3793192
Still funny though. Not samefag.

[Anonymous No.3793241]

Vanilla Coke > Pepsi > Coke > Coke Lemon > Cherry Coke > Diet/Zero/Sugarfree

Wait, what was this thread about?

[Anonymous No.3793249]

OP I eat fast food once a day (I have to with the way my schedule sits... its either fast food or starve for half the day).

If you eat the right stuff its not that big of a deal.

The real culprit is in the soda.

I never drank soda when I was younger (sheltered), but once I started drinking soda with my fast food I gained 35 pounds in a year. After 18 years of weighing 145 or less, I shot up to 180 in 12 months.

I didn't really pinpoint it until recently, actually. I started cutting back on the fast food, but my weight didnt really change/or went up.

Once I stopped drinking soda about a year ago (it started to fuck with my teeth) I shed most of that weight.

I'm back down to 153 now (6 foot) and I still eat junk food err'day.

Feels good man.

[Anonymous No.3793265]

OP here.

I had no idea soda was this fucking bad. Cutting this shit right out of my diet. I don't even like it and usually just drink it because it comes with the meals.

>>3793114
20 minutes is small time, I can do that.

[Anonymous No.3793299]

>>3793265

You can still drink soda, but it has to be diet.

Juices are bad too, in some ways they're bigger offenders than soda.

Nobody thinks twice about pounding a big ass glass of OJ in the morning (hurr durr vitamin C dawg), but it has almost as much sugar as sodey.

Milk. Water. Oats. Squats.

[Anonymous No.3793318]

>>3793265
Don't forget juice bro. So much sugar in store bought juice.

If you WANT to drink it than dilute it first and keep it to a glass a day.

Or better yet squeeze it yourself. Much healthier.

[Anonymous No.3793331]

>>3793299
>oats

[Anonymous No.3793359]

>>3793249
Basically had this guy's experience in reverse. I used to drink a ton of soda, then I stopped cold. Lost about 50 pounds. I also stopped eating junk food and other shit food very often. 130ish and 5'10 now. Highest was about 185.

[Anonymous No.3793370]

>>3793096

[Anonymous No.3793380]

>>3793299
diet soda is shit too, look up what aspartame is metabolized to in the body and shit brix

[Anonymous No.3793388]

>>3793359

yup. and for OP, here is more soda bullshit: friend of mine was pretty chunky a couple years ago, maybe 5'8" 235+. he stopped drinking soda and lost over 40 lbs. stopped eating too and lost even more weight, haha. but really, the massive amount of sugar in pop is your main enemy!

[Anonymous No.3793390]

Heres a good /sci/ related video as to why sugary shit is fucking bad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

[Anonymous No.3793396]

>>3793265
it isn't.
just remember that 8 fl. oz. (standard soda can) is about as much as you can drink a day without exercise and not gain weight.

[Anonymous No.3793398]

>>3793299
>diet
>>3793318
>dilute it first

What the fuck is wrong with you people? What's next, you going to recommend he drink nonfat milk? Yuck.

[Anonymous No.3793430]

>>3792939
Ideally: Any amount is too much. Low quality ingredients, recipes designed purely for taste and not nutritional content, too much fat, too much salt, too much bad carbs, etc etc etc.

Realistically: So long as you are consuming a proper amount of calories on a weekly basis and otherwise consuming healthy foods, it really doesn't matter that much.

[Anonymous No.3793436]

>Most Americans Say They Eat Well, But They Don't

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/04/eveningnews/main7213541.shtml

I'd bet my life all of you eat like shit.

[Anonymous No.3793475]

>>3793398
No, non fat milk is actually worse than drinking 2% due to the process they use to eliminate the fat.
Also, whatever happened to 1% milk? I don't see it around any more.

[Anonymous No.3793484]

Senior year of high school I had mcdonalds literally 5 times a week since I had early release and I never went a pound over 110. Must just be you, OP.

[Anonymous No.3793492]

>>3793475
You don't see semi skinned about the place?

[Anonymous No.3793554]

>>3793318
>>>>3793299
If juice is bad than so is fruit.

[Anonymous No.3793570]

>>3793436
I'm not an american and my parents run a grocery. Free fruit and vegetables. I eat that shit all day erry day

[Anonymous No.3793579]

>>3793484
Sure your skinny. But your heart is probably unhealthy

[Anonymous No.3793596]

Stay the FUCK away from KFC.

[Anonymous No.3793606]

>>3793299
diet soda is far worse than soda with real sugar.

stupid fuck.

go back to /fit/ where you can have a retarded circle jerk.

[Anonymous No.3793616]

>>3793554

Fruit isn't great for you. It's okay in limited quantities and most of the nutritional aspect of fruit is from the pulp or the skin. Fruits are still very high in sugar, and depending upon amount of consumption can be unhealthy.

Also
>than

[Anonymous No.3793617]

>>3793554
Juice is bad because it is pumped with preservatives than they put in flavoring.

Also, soda makes you gain wait because it has sodium, which retains water. No sodium = no water weight, drop it quickly.

[Anonymous No.3793620]

>>3793617
then*

[Anonymous No.3793628]

>>3793554
Not quite.
Many store bought juices contain added sugar to compensate for the fact that they're watered down.

Also, many of the nutrients in fruits are in the skins.
You generally do not juice the skin with the fruits.

Also, also, you don't get anywhere near the same amount of fiber that you do from eating a whole fruit.

The only juice that may be worth it is pomegranate because those fuckers are so obnoxiously hard to eat.

[Anonymous No.3793639]

>>3793616
Fructose doesn't act like a refined sugar in your dietary system, it behaves more like a complex one.

See: Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load

[Anonymous No.3793653]

>>3793628
so let me get this straight.

fruit is bad for you.
juice is bad for you.

what the fuck am I supposed to eat and drink? raw vegetables?

fuck this shit. i don't care if i wind up like OP or even fatter. i'm eating what i want when i want.

[Anonymous No.3793668]

>>3793653
You should rarely drink anything except water, maybe some tea and black coffee.

Fruit is fine for you. see
>>379363

[Anonymous No.3793669]

>>3793579
Your heart isn't going to be unhealthy if all of the fat from meals goes to the rest of your body so that you can live.

[Anonymous No.3793683]

>>3793639

I know all about GI, but pounding grapes all day isn't "healthy." People have a warped perception about fruits because they're fruits and have long been bundled with veggies. "Eat your fruits and vegetables, kids." Like I said, fruits are not great, they're okay for you as long as you don't go overboard (and if you eat them at the correct times).

[Anonymous No.3793715]

>>3793683
As opposed to a food that is ok for you to go overboard on?

Fruit is fine. Eat one at every meal if you so please. I will welcome the day with open arms when the worst part of peoples diets is that they eat too much fruit.

[Anonymous No.3793718]

>>3793653

Fruits aren't bad for you as long as you're not eating too much. A banana and an apple a day is fine. What should you be eating? Whole wheat (bread and pasta), baked chicken, tuna, nuts, natural peanut butter, OATZ, veggies, brown rice, and steak are all good and good for you.

And drink water you fucking pussy.

[Anonymous No.3793722]

your main concerns should be getting enough essential vitamins and minerals, and getting enough fibre.

take a quality multivitamin regularly if you don't believe your food intake is varied enough to satisfy your nutritional requirements. eat more fiber if you aren't getting enough.

as someone said above, the quantity of food you eat has far more to do with your weight than anything else, including exercise.

[Anonymous No.3793730]

>>3793683
Dude, you would have to eat such a large quantity of fruit before it becomes unhealthy that it's fucking insane.

Eat 3 servings a day and you won't come near that level.

[Anonymous No.3793731]

>>3793715

Complex carbs and lean proteins...

[Anonymous No.3793754]

I would honestly argue that the worst thing about eating fast food is the high sodium content - especially when ordering meals with fries.

All that sodium causes an increased retention of water in your body, and that really does a number on your cardiovascular system over a long period of time.

[Anonymous No.3793769]

See the label on your food that says "Calories"? You can use that to figure out how much food you can eat without turning into a fat fuck.

[Anonymous No.3793800]

>>3793653
Great, just make sure you have a good health provider

[Anonymous No.3793829]

Eating food is so complex these days.

I just want to grow a vegetable patch and live off that shit. But I'm sure someone is going to tell me that that is unhealthy too.

[Anonymous No.3793839]

>>3793829
>That feel when you don't really like many vegetables and you have no idea what you should eat to compensate

[Anonymous No.3793857]

So. I've been thinking on going on an icypole only diet for a week. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.3793879]

>>3793839
you only don't like them because your taste-buds have become accustomed to shit.

Go have protein shakes with flax oil and fish oil for a month. After that, if you just eat healthy shit and nothing processed, you'll be wolfing down broccoli.

[Anonymous No.3795109]

>>3793857
You'll over sugarfi yourself.

[Anonymous No.3795116]

>>3793879
>protein shakes
>not delicious