How fattening is jelly?

[otolith]

Tiggsy said:

No one that eats sweets for a healthy snack and scoffs cereal and bread in TWO meals before 9am is then capable of burning 2k cals in a cardio session.

It's like suggesting someone that can't turn on a PC is then able to write code once someone else has powered it up!

Dunno, that kind of thing takes me back to that program about Colin Jackson - he was pretty much living on prawns and sweets. Not remotely healthy, but then elite athletes aren't in it for the good of their health, and nor are many people who wish to be lean for aesthetic reasons.

[burwoodman]

RegMolehusband said:

I think the OP has a slight problem. Out of 4 topics he started in the last 30 days three were on jelly, Neopolitan ice cream and Jaffa cakes respectively

lololol

[burwoodman]

RegMolehusband said:

I think the OP has a slight problem. Out of 4 topics he started in the last 30 days three were on jelly, Neopolitan ice cream and Jaffa cakes respectively

lololol

[Tiggsy]

otolith said:

Tiggsy said:

No one that eats sweets for a healthy snack and scoffs cereal and bread in TWO meals before 9am is then capable of burning 2k cals in a cardio session.

It's like suggesting someone that can't turn on a PC is then able to write code once someone else has powered it up!

Dunno, that kind of thing takes me back to that program about Colin Jackson - he was pretty much living on prawns and sweets. Not remotely healthy, but then elite athletes aren't in it for the good of their health, and nor are many people who wish to be lean for aesthetic reasons.

Yes - but Colin didnt go on the internet (or down his local - pre web) and ask for advice!

[otolith]

Quite, and as he admits now it wasn't a good thing to be doing - but I would imagine there are highly active people around who fuel themselves with junk.

[Greenish]

Hello again

I am quite surprised at the amount of answers here.
Just to answer a previous response I do eat a fair amount in the day but am very active.
I base my calories and cardio on my workload in the afternoon. I work in a quarry as a site manager and usually spend around an hour a day shifting heavy masses from the machines to the loading and moving bay. This is all manual work.

Thanks

[Digger]

^

A lol (rhymes with) thread.

Had me going for a while.

[evo4a]

I do manual work all day, heavy lifting etc etc, it's part of my day not a cardio workout.
Does straining one out count as cardio in your book as well.

Do some proper cardio where your HB goes over 140.

[Hoofy]

evo4a said:

I do manual work all day, heavy lifting etc etc, it's part of my day not a cardio workout.
Does straining one out count as cardio in your book as well.

But it IS burning calories more so than just sitting behind a desk pressing buttons.

[Terminator X]

Greenish said:

Im trying to drop a little weight but still want to include some sort of treat after the day at work.

Rather than ice cream or cake or pastry I have decided to put together a tupperware of haribo starmix and jelly bears to pick on. Am I right in thinking this is a sensiblr low fat treat that stacks up well against lardy alternatives?

I also wondered whether to just eat dark chocolate as I am led to believe plain choc is not all that bad.

Try low carbs / sugar rather than low fat:



TX.

[Kiltie]

Greenish said:

I work in a quarry ...

[Foliage]

Greenish said:

Hello again

I am quite surprised at the amount of answers here.
Just to answer a previous response I do eat a fair amount in the day but am very active.
I base my calories and cardio on my workload in the afternoon. I work in a quarry as a site manager and usually spend around an hour a day shifting heavy masses from the machines to the loading and moving bay. This is all manual work.

Thanks

Lifting stuff isnt cardio. And to repeat what I said previously exercise should be ignored if you are trying to lose weight, its all about diet.

tbh I think you probably fall into the Foliage "fat thick fk" category, someone who thinks they know best, is closed minded and is actually completely clueless..

Try reading some of the advice in this thread, follow it and see if it works for you, these people have taken the time to answer FFS.

[Super Slo Mo]

I'm of the opinion that the opening post was a troll post intended to provoke a reaction. No one would genuinely believe they burn 2,000 calories from 1 hour of loading/lifting/normal manual work.

[Asterix]

Greenish said:

...followed by a god dinner in the evening..

Amen brother.

Put your hands up and all bless the mighty quarry workers!

[Silver993tt]

Foliage said:

exercise should be ignored if you are trying to lose weight, its all about diet.

Foliage said:

someone who thinks they know best, is closed minded and is actually completely clueless..

Foliage said:

Try reading some of the advice in this thread

Really? Exercise a waste of time when trying to lose weight? Looks like your 2nd quote above applies.

[H_Kan]

Mixture of exercise and diet is needed.

OP, I very much doubt an hours manual labour will burn 2000 calories, you'd struggle to hit that even with an intense gym workout for an hour. I suspect either you are looking at KJ not Kcal or your sums are very wrong!

[Foliage]

Silver993tt said:

Foliage said:

exercise should be ignored if you are trying to lose weight, its all about diet.

Foliage said:

someone who thinks they know best, is closed minded and is actually completely clueless..

Foliage said:

Try reading some of the advice in this thread

Really? Exercise a waste of time when trying to lose weight? Looks like your 2nd quote above applies.

Aww Bless, ignored as in, not counted as calories burned, not ignored as in dont do it but you dont need to do it to lose weight.

In my experience unless your doing significant amounts of exercise (ie 2+ hours of cardio) then the calories burned should be considered bonus calories defecit, if you eat the calories then the exercise was a waste of time (apart from the obvious health benefits) losing weight is 100% about diet even more specific than that its calories in that matter initially, then once thats under control, nutrition can be looked into. Small steps and all that.

If op was an athlete or sportsman it would be a different matter, but over estimating the amount of exercise youve done and then eating extra because of it is a route to disaster, so my conclusion is exercise should be ignored as part of weight loss. Feel free to try and change my opinion im open too it, but im on 1900 calories a day whether i run or not that day no matter if I run 5km or 15km, i just make sure i drink enough water, ive lost 3 stone since febuary and can now run continuosly for 15km (my time isnt quick but im no athlete). My fitness hasnt improved my spelling.

[Crush]

otolith said:

Quite, and as he admits now it wasn't a good thing to be doing - but I would imagine there are highly active people around who fuel themselves with junk.

My pre-rugby match diet was jelly babies and Jaffa cakes

I'll always remember when our fitness coach caught us (4 club stickered Ford Escorts) in McDonalds after we promised to eat pasta and chicken after a heavy training session....... I can still see my McTriple with cheese flying towards the bin now