I’ve been doing CICO for about 7 weeks and I’m down 13 pounds! It’s going pretty well- I think I’ve only had 5 days where I have gone over my calorie limit, and only 2 of them were drastically over (1 binge after restricting too much, and 1 friends birthday gathering. Not bad, IMO)
MyFitnessPal has been very helpful to me, but I recently upped my game and bought a food scale. I’ve never been a regular pasta-eater, but I had a particular craving so I decided to make some for dinner, and I of course used my scale to get an accurate calorie reading for my penne noodles.
When I tell you that my heart broke......
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It should be a crime for pasta to be so high in calories. Even the “healthier” options are high calorie. IM SAD.
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No wonder I’m fat. My pasta portion sizes have been triple this size for my entire life!
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If God is real, he has some explaining to do. Why make me love something like this. What a cruel sick joke.
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A food scale is absolutely essential if you’re counting calories. I definitely over-estimated my portion sizes in the past!
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Pro tip: add vegetables to your pasta instead of just eating noodles with sauce/cheese/meat. Especially if you are cutting down on the portion size of the pasta noodles but want to feel full after you’ve eaten. Veggies will add volume to your meal and make it more filling. I used zucchini, tomatoes, and spinach :)
And lastly...a moment of silence for all of my naivety surrounding pasta calories and portion sizes. I have seen the light of truth and it is truly blinding.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/mrt3go/a_moment_of_silence/
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