AF Biggest Loser/Fitness Challenge-May 3 to Whenever We're Not Fat Anymore

[Jackalope]

Yeah too much fruit is no bueno without a ton of fiber to balance it, especially if it's juice. Fiber is one thing that seems nearly impossible to get enough of without supplements, tho.

[Shell B]

I eat fiber-rich bread and try to get enough with veggies too.

[Whateverist]

Yeah too much fruit is no bueno without a ton of fiber to balance it, especially if it's juice.  Fiber is one thing that seems nearly impossible to get enough of without supplements, tho.

For me it's all about the steel cut oatmeal loaded with fruit and nuts every morning.  Not only gives me energy to go to 1 or 2 in the afternoon if need be, but also keeps me very regular and cleaned out feeling.  Never thought about needing fiber to balance fruit but that's what I've been doing for going on three years now and it hasn't gotten old because of the seasonality of the fruit.

[Shell B]

Yeah, if you eat the fruit whole, you're better off. If you drink juice, you get all of the sugar all at once.

[pocaracas]

Indeed.... if you are having fruit, eat it as it was intended to be eaten.
The fibre in most fruits helps keeping things flowing inside and less of the sugars are transferred to your blood stream.

Fruits have a special kind of sugar, fructose which - unlike glucose - only gets processed in your liver and the resulting fat is stored close by.
Being processed by the liver means that you can get cirrhosis, the same problem you get by high intake of alcohol (which is also only processed by the liver).

So, basically, eating fructose without the accompanying fruit fibre should be avoided.
Even freshly squeezed fruit juice should be considered a rare treat.

[Astreja]

Yeah too much fruit is no bueno without a ton of fiber to balance it, especially if it's juice.  Fiber is one thing that seems nearly impossible to get enough of without supplements, tho.

One thing I do for fiber is add a tablespoon or two of ground flaxseed to my oatmeal in the morning.  (It's also supposed to be good for your cholesterol, among other things.)

[paulpablo]

I always tend to post on here whenever I have a major break in will power. When I've got momentum I'm really motivated with diet and exercise I don't like talking about it or posting about it much.

For a while I gave up eating anything except veg and meat. No oats or bread or anything and also no eating before bed, I was having just 2 meals a day and going crazy at the gym nearly every day and probably lost some weight or body fat.

My break in routine started with taking a girl out to an all you can eat place and contimued later that next week by giving a girl in work a box of chocolates and we shared them in work. I then got ill with a cold and bought a mighty bucket from KFC with pink donuts from a different place.
I'm thinking about getting a 16 inch pizza this weekend.

I don't feel fatter at all but I'll probably take a while to get back into the swing of things when I do get back into the gym.

[Shell B]

It's crazy how one slip up can reset how you think about food.

[Joods]

I'm Joods71 on MFP if anyone wants to add me as a friend.

[The Industrial Atheist]

I'm Joods71 on MFP if anyone wants to add me as a friend.

I can only find options to add friends through Facebook or email. Maybe there's a way.