Eating all of this organic food is making me fat! (natural, cost)
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Has anyone else had this problem? I eat primarily an organic diet and I feel like I'm gaining, not losing weight. I think when I bought more processed foods, I used to go for the diet, unnatural stuff a lot (i.e., fat free yogurt, fat free mayo, low calorie bread, etc). I've never been a soda drinker so it's not like I filled up on diet soda all day. I only drink milk, water, coffee, or tea. What am I doing wrong? By the way, I switched to a primarily organic diet about 2 years ago. When I look at the packages, a lot of the stuff seems high fat, high calorie. I know if I just ate salads and fish all day I wouldn't have a problem but I also like grains, dairy, lean meat, fruit. Help!
I feel your pain. I don't even pretend to know what I'm doing. We've been doing an all organic diet at our house with no meat since January. I've gained 14 pounds. My husband thinks it's because all I eat now are carbs. I am so bummed and am thinking about calling a nutritionist. And I'm starting to hate salad!!!
You can still do organic and lose weight. But you still have to watch the things that make you can gain weight even in organic food, such as fat from calories. I suggest replacing a lot of the grains with fresh fruit and veggies (or even frozen). My fiance lost a weight when I was working at a natural/organic groery store and bought most of our groceries from there because we didnt eat or drink anything with high fructose corn syrup.
Organic is healthier but too many calories in means you will gain weight. Out of balance carb loading means you will be hungry and eat too much. The same diet rules still apply. Eating organic means there are more micronutrients in the food, not that the carb, protein, fat calories are different.
Organic is only how the food is grown or raised. If you eat too much, you eat too much. Organic or not organic doesn't alter that.
If you're eating more whole-milk, whole-fat foods (which are good for you!) just eat less.
(a recent study is linking skim milk to prostate cancer, but not whole milk....hmm....you fool around with the food to make it healthier and it doesn't. When will we learn?! It's about portion control not about messing with the food!! OK, had my little vent there. I hate that we keep getting told foods which are tampered with are "better" for us. They're not!!!!)
I feel your pain. I don't even pretend to know what I'm doing. We've been doing an all organic diet at our house with no meat since January. I've gained 14 pounds. My husband thinks it's because all I eat now are carbs. I am so bummed and am thinking about calling a nutritionist. And I'm starting to hate salad!!!
Thank you for understanding!!! I think I had been eating nasty food for so long that now I'm finally ENJOYING food-organic tastes SO much better than the processed foods!! So I'm sure I eat way too much. I'm starting to exercise more so hopefully that will help. Also, do you find yourself hungrier because the food is so much more easily digested? With the processed foods, I always felt bloated and gassy and uncomfortable, I think I just ate less. Now with the organic diet, I never have problems with digestion.
Organic is only how the food is grown or raised. If you eat too much, you eat too much. Organic or not organic doesn't alter that.
If you're eating more whole-milk, whole-fat foods (which are good for you!) just eat less.
(a recent study is linking skim milk to prostate cancer, but not whole milk....hmm....you fool around with the food to make it healthier and it doesn't. When will we learn?! It's about portion control not about messing with the food!! OK, had my little vent there. I hate that we keep getting told foods which are tampered with are "better" for us. They're not!!!!)
I completely agree with you! Even though my husband gripes about our food bill, the extra cost of organic will save you money on doctor's bills in the long run! Our children are 5 and 3 years and they have never had any major illnesses, never needed antibiotics, no ear infections, nothing. Just the occasional cold or flu which their body fights off rather easily. It's amazing! Our pediatrician isn't convinced that it's our diet, but I swear it's true! My son started school last year, my husband is a teacher, and I work in a hospital so we're exposed to all sorts of illnesses. Our bodies just fight it off! Ok, I know I'm getting a little over-zealous but I love everything about the organic movement, not just for our health but also for the environment. Now if I could just stop those second and third helpings
I completely agree with you! Even though my husband gripes about our food bill, the extra cost of organic will save you money on doctor's bills in the long run! Our children are 5 and 3 years and they have never had any major illnesses, never needed antibiotics, no ear infections, nothing. Just the occasional cold or flu which their body fights off rather easily. It's amazing! Our pediatrician isn't convinced that it's our diet, but I swear it's true! My son started school last year, my husband is a teacher, and I work in a hospital so we're exposed to all sorts of illnesses. Our bodies just fight it off! Ok, I know I'm getting a little over-zealous but I love everything about the organic movement, not just for our health but also for the environment. Now if I could just stop those second and third helpings
I was raised on an organic diet in the 60's and I and my brothers were never sick except for the major childhood illnesses (german measles, mumps, and the like). We never had cavities either. We used to feel put upon because we never got to stay home sick and any attempts at gold bricking were met with drinking an 8oz glass of water every half hour. Mother figured if we really were sick, we needed it, and if we weren't, we deserved it
Nutrition is not all that complicated of a subject. If you eat more calories than you use, you gain weight. keep track of how many calories you consume and how much exercise you get. To lose weight, eat less calries and exercise more. You will be so happy you did this for your health.
Someone stated that organic food is healthier for you. This is not true. Organic just means raised without some herbicides and pesticides. There are actually approved 'natural' herbicides and pesticides that may actually be worse for you than those used in conventional agriculture.
I eat very healthy food and weigh the same as I did 25 years ago, but I don't eat organic food. If you think about the reduced yields of the organic produce, it would take millions more acres to produce our food. I consider myself an environmentalist and don't want froests torn out and wetlands drained so we can grow more organic food. The chemicals that are used in agriculture are well researched and the amount used is miniscule in comparison on what we as homeowners use on our lawns on a percentage basis.
By the way, I have a friend that sells organic/free range chickens. All they eat is grass, bugs and cow manure (they pick through it to get the corn that passes through the cow's system) - YUMMY!!
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