Having fruit before dinner is good for lose weight??

08-13-2004, 08:06 AM

My mother said that~~and i wonder why.....

Trilby · 08-13-2004, 08:31 AM

Um, maybe because it fills your stomach up before you can stuff a whole lot of barbecued ribs and mashed potatoes in there? Everybody has a theory. You look slim enough, No Time.

Maybe she's just trying to get you to eat more fruit which is supposed to be good for you. Unless you eat it like I do--smothered in whipped cream.

Cyber Wolf · 08-13-2004, 08:57 AM

Filling up your stomach with stuff that's better for you than the meal you're planning on eating is supposed to help...unless you eat that AND all of your meal WITH seconds...and thirds...

Water's good for that too.

perth · 08-13-2004, 09:15 AM

I read somewhere that drinking a glass of ice cold water with your food is suppose to help, because the cold slows digestion and causes the energy to be available for a greater period of time, rather than being converted and stored.

Source was Men's Health magazine, I think, though I probably couldn't find it again if I tried.

08-13-2004, 08:06 AM	#1
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Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Filling up your stomach with stuff that's better for you than the meal you're planning on eating is supposed to help...unless you eat that AND all of your meal WITH seconds...and thirds... Water's good for that too. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

08-13-2004, 08:31 AM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Um, maybe because it fills your stomach up before you can stuff a whole lot of barbecued ribs and mashed potatoes in there? Everybody has a theory. You look slim enough, No Time. Maybe she's just trying to get you to eat more fruit which is supposed to be good for you. Unless you eat it like I do--smothered in whipped cream.

08-13-2004, 09:15 AM	#4
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	I read somewhere that drinking a glass of ice cold water with your food is suppose to help, because the cold slows digestion and causes the energy to be available for a greater period of time, rather than being converted and stored. Source was Men's Health magazine, I think, though I probably couldn't find it again if I tried.

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