Weight-Loss desperately need advice on bread, potatoes, pastsa etc.

[Mandie]

Hiya, please can someone help me....I love bread, eat mounds of potatoes..(sometimes i eat 2 jacket potatoes for lunch), and I love a platefull of pasta..is this making me fat?? is this what is giving me bad cellulite?? love Mandie xx

 

[maleficent]

a plateful of pasta could be sending you over you calorie limit for the day --

are you recording accurately your daily calories? how many are you taking in for the day?

 

[TomO]

Well, none of those foods are great for you.
Bread -- see if there's a good bakery near you, and get loaves of whole grain bread (not whole wheat), and eat that instead. Some whole grain breads taste awful, but we have a bakery that does it just right.

Pasta - Try eating whole wheat pasta instead of white pasta. It takes a bit longer to cook, but it's much better for you.

Potatoes - OK, but mostly an empty starch. Try substituting squash.

It's not that you can't ever eat white bread, white pasta, and potatoes -- just make them more of a "cheat" meal than a regular item.

 

[Mandie]

Hiya Mal,
I dont count calories at all...I have no idea how many calories I need...and have no idea on how many calories are in which foods. Should I be doing this?? Maybe this is where Im going wrong. Love Mandie xx

 

[Mandie]

Thanx TomO for your advice. I do eat wholemeal pasta, and I try to keep the skins on my potatoes. As for the bread, I eat Nimble wholemeal.

 

[maleficent]

Hiya Mal,
I dont count calories at all...I have no idea how many calories I need...and have no idea on how many calories are in which foods. Should I be doing this?? Maybe this is where Im going wrong. Love Mandie xx

I find it helpful to know where my calories are coming from

try using a program like to help keep track of your calories -just make sure you are accurately measuring portion sizes... one cup of pasta isn't a lot... (a restaurant size portion of pasta is generally 4 -5 cups of pasta)