- What's up? It's your girl, FrumpyFit.
If you don't know who I am,
I'm an online weight loss coach
who's dedicated to calling out all the BS
in the fitness industry and providing you
with accurate fitness, nutrition, and weight loss information.
Today we are talking about why you can't just eat healthy
in order to lose weight, it's more than that,
and if you've ever heard somebody say
or if you've expierenced yourself,
like, somebody's eating so healthy
but they cannot seem to lose weight,
I'm gonna explain why that happens
and how to, of course, make sure
that you do get the weight loss results you're looking for.
But before we jump into the content,
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Okay, so anyway, let's jump in to the video.
Okay, in order to introduce this video
and this concept, and really what inspired me
to do this YouTube video was a TikTok
that's going around right now.
I saw it go around months ago,
but it's gaining, I think it's coming back around again,
and it's a woman comparing a Lenny & Larry's protein cookie
to a McDonalds cheeseburger I believe,
and the ultimate conclusion at the end
is that the cheeseburger is actually the better option.
And so we're gonna use this as our jumping off point
to discuss why you can't lose weight
even though you're eating healthy.
So, let's watch it together.
- I'm gonna get so much hate for this.
Is a protein cookie healthier than a McDonalds cheeseburger?
Just like before, we're gonna look at the entire cookie
and the entire cheeseburger,
because, in all honesty, who's eating half a cookie?
And when they advertise 16 grams of protein,
they're referring to the whole cookie, okay?
- So if you're not familiar with what she's talking about,
a Lenny & Larry's protein cookie
is actually two servings in the package,
but most people, if you don't look at the label,
you're gonna assume that the entire cookie is one serving,
so she's comparing two servings of the cookie,
which is the whole cookie, to the whole cheeseburger.
Pretty sure one serving is the whole cheeseburger.
- First up, calories, you've got 420 calories
in the protein cookie.
You've got 300 calories in the cheeseburger.
Fat, 12 grams in the cookie,
13 grams in the cheeseburger.
Carbs, 59 grams in the protein cookie.
32 grams in the cheeseburger,
and that includes the bun.
Nobody's having lettuce wraps around here,
aka, handheld salads.
Protein, 16 grams in the cookie, as we've already discussed.
15 grams in the cheeseburger.
Sugar, you got 25 grams in the cookie.
7 in the cheeseburger.
Most importantly, though, taste,
1,000% the cheeseburger.
Plus, this is a down sight cheaper than this.
I'm off to have my cheeseburger, bye!
- So as you can see,
the cheeseburger performed better.
I'm acting like they're running a race.
The cheeseburger just kinda came out better
in every category except for, I think, the protein,
in terms of like, I mean, it depends how you define better.
But a lot of people were pretty shocked, upset,
a lot of interesting feelings, emotions, reactions
around this TikTok.
So, why is this TikTok so controversial?
Let's talk about it.
Regardless of what people experience anecdotally,
like their experience with eating McDonalds or fast food
and them claiming that that's the reason
that they can't lose weight,
or it's the reason that they gained weight,
or, regardless of the coachs, trainers, nutritionists,
who are misinterpreting data that is gonna tell us
that fast food is what makes us fat.
Regardless of all of that,
a calorie deficit is the bottom line
when it comes to weight loss.
And I'm not at all saying that calories in versus calories out
or a calorie deficit, caloric deficit, however you wanna word that,
I'm not saying that that's the end all be all only thing
that you should be worried about,
or the only thing you should be thinking about
or the only thing that matters when it comes to weight loss,
but it is the primary driver of that scale going down.
And if you want a deeper dive
into what is a calorie deficit, I have a full video
explaining that, which I'll link right here,
but, I'll just give you a quick rundown.
A calorie deficit really just means
that you're burning more calories than you're consuming everyday,
so the amount of calories you burn,
versus the amount of calories that you eat,
they need to be in a deficit,
meaning that once you burn all your calories for the day,
if you ate fewer than that amount of calories,
your body has to get those calories from somewhere,
and so it's likely gonna get that from your stored body fat
because stored body fat is stored energy,
that's what it is.
So, if we're looking at this from purely a caloric perspective,
the burger is the better decision
when it comes to weight loss,
even if it's considered the unhealthy option.
Now, some people might put that protein cookie
in the healthy category, some people may not.
Health is relative, depending on who you ask.
We all have different definitions of it.
I personally believe that health is a spectrum,
so foods will fall in different places on the spectrum,
especially depening on what specific quality you're looking at
in that food, but, for the sake of the rest of the video as well,
let's talk about something that I think
most of us can agree is healthy.
So if you're sitting there like,
"Okay, well that protein cookie's not healthy, either,"
let's use a different example.
We're gonna use the example of a super nutritious
healthy salad, here in a second.
But first, let's kinda talk about junk food.
I always put it in quotes.
If you wanna hear me talk about junk food,
you can watch this reaction video that I did.
Some people do believe that junk food,
or unhealthy food, is the reason
that they either gain weight or can't lose weight,
and I understand where that idea comes from,
I understand where that anecdotal evidence comes from.
It makes sense.
Because unhealthy food, or junk food,
tends to be higher in calories than healthy food.
If we look at the two categories overall
and we don't get specific.
People will claim like, "Oh, I cut out junk food
and I lost weight," and it's like, cool, okay, makes sense.
The junk food itself wasn't necessarily the problem,
it was the calories in that junk food.
Do you see where I'm going with this?
Okay, so, let's compare the McDonalds burger
with something like a super healthy salad, okay?
Let's picture the salad together.
We've got a bed of greens, mixed greens,
lots of different healthy greens.
We're gonna add nuts and fruit,
maybe some cheese if you feel like that.
If you don't feel like cheese is healthy,
'cause again, healthy is relative when we're talking about food,
keep the cheese off there.
Avocado, and then, I know, a lot of the times
people that are like, "Oh, well the thing
that makes the salad unhealthy is the dressing,"
so, let's use a really healthy extra virgin olive oil
or something like that, right?
I think we can all agree, at least for the most part,
that every single ingredient that I just listed in that salad
is incredibly healthy.
Like, that salad definitely has tons of nutrients in it,
but, the things is, that that salad
could potentially, and I would not be surprised,
if it has more calories than the McDonalds burger.
Nuts, avocado, olive oil, all of those things
have a ton of amazing nutrients
and are objectively healthy,
but they're also very calorie dense.
Meaning, that for the volume of that food that you get to eat,
there's quite a few calories in a small amount, right?
So in that salad in comaprison to the lettuce,
not calorie dense 'cause you can eat
a ton of volume of it and not have that many calories
versus a tablespoon of olive oil is 100-something calories,
off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure.
So this is what's happening when people say,
"I'm eating so healthy but I can't lose weight."
Just because something is healthy
doesn't mean that it automatically equals weight loss,
which is really hard for people to grasp sometimes.
And I get it, I've heard this so many times
from people who are trying to lose weight
but also people who maybe aren't trying to lose weight
but they're like, "I eat so healthy,
I don't know why my weight stays the same."
Even if weight loss isn't their primary goal,
it's confusing to people.
A lot of people are in that situation
and it doesn't quite make sense to them.
And just to be super crystal clear,
I am not saying that that salad
that I described earlier is bad in any way.
I'm not saying that if you are losing weight
that you should be putting calories over anything else,
that you should be picking the food
with the least amount of calories always,
and that if you're presented with a McDonalds burger
and a salad, and they're equal for calories,
or the salad even has more calories,
that you should be choosing the burger,
I'm not saying that.
All I'm saying, and my goal for this video,
is that once you have the correct and accurate information
about what really goes into losing weight,
and that it's not just about eating healthy,
it's about calories and health and all of these other things,
I believe in that calorie deficit video
I talk a little bit more about the nuance behind that,
and how it's not just about a calorie deficit.
I mean, it is, but it isn't.
Just go check out that video.
I basically just want you to be able
to make some informed decisions
about what a balanced diet looks like for you
that's also gonna get you success
in whatever your goals are, if it's weight loss.
Probably is, 'cause you're watching this video.
So if you do wanna stay away
from ultra processed foods
or foods that you consider unhealthy,
and you're also trying to lose weight at the same time,
that's cool, that's amazing, you do that.
If you wanna be able to eat
and work in foods that other people might label as bad
or unhealthy, or maybe if you're still working
on your relationship with food,
that you might even label bad and unhealthy,
then that's also amazing, do that.
You can do that, especially if working in those foods
is gonna keep you satisfied and happy
and enjoying your diet in a way
that allows you to stick to it long enough
to get the results that you're looking for.
I would pick that over a perfectly healthy diet any day.
And I'm not even gonna start talking about
the difference between health and weight loss,
or getting healthy and losing weight,
not even in a bigger, broader sense than just your diet,
that's gonna be a whole different video,
I'm planning it out, so that'll come eventually.
But this is a really good place to start.
And I'm gonna leave you,
I'm gonna end this video,
with a couple more resources
that I think would be really helpful
if you wanna dive deeper into this concept
of diet and health versus weight loss
versus balance and what that might look like
and what really matters, and if you really wanna start
to conceptualize and see evidence of this
from other people as well, I have a couple of ideas.
So the first one is Steph Grasso, I believe is her name.
She's on TikTok.
I believe her and I got on TikTok around the same time.
She's got over a million followers now on TikTok.
I love her content, obsessed with it.
She started this series where she takes foods
that I think we would all objectively agree
are not the best, some people probably call them bad
or unhealthy, and she takes that food
and puts it into a meal that is overall balanced
and overall healthy, at least healthier
than just eating that food by itself.
So, for example, she took Tostinos Pizza Rolls,
one of my personal faves, and made a dip,
almost like a thick, hearty, soupy dip kind of thing.
Really nutrient dense, really healthy,
and she dipped the pizza rolls in that I'm pretty sure.
And so, that's just one example.
She's done this so many times,
and I believe she's just mostly on TikTok,
I don't know if these are going on her Instagram or anything.
It might just inspire you to get creative
and just rethink what health and balance can look like.
I also think that Abbey Sharp posted a video
similar to this kind of concpet on YouTube recently,
so if you're not on TikTok, maybe go check out Abbey's content,
she might have something similar as well.
It's a really fun concept and I love that.
I totally agree that not only should you be able to eat
whatever food you wanna enjoy,
but, if you can make that food
a little bit more balanced, then that's amazing.
And the last one is Joran Syatt's mini self-produced documentary
here on YouTube, not mini 'cause I think it's pretty long,
but he embarked on a journey to lose seven or eight pounds,
and he ate a McDonalds Big Mac every single day
and did succeed in losing the amount of weight
that he wanted to lose.
Now if you're somebody who has very strict ideas
about what's healthy and what's not,
and if that initial TikTok was triggering for you,
this documentary from Jordan Syatt
will absolutely trigger you, but I'm hoping
that it'll at least kind of open you up a little bit,
I don't know.
It definitely proves the calorie deficit concept,
not that it needs proving, but it can be pretty eye opening
instead of me just saying you can eat McDonalds,
you can eat junk food, you can eat whatever
and still lose weight, and actually see somebody do it.
And what I will say, is I, myself,
and Jordan Syatt also, I'm pretty confident enough,
I can speak for him when I say this,
is that we're not promoting eating McDonalds every day.
We're not saying, "Fit as much junk food as you can
into your diet and lose weight, forget nutrients.
Eat whatever you want, as long as it fits your calories,"
Nobody is saying that, we are just trying to reframe
this really deeply held belief that weight loss
has to look a certain way and you have to be really strict
and you have to be really restrictive, and you can't make mistakes,
you can't mess up, you can't give in and go eat your favorite food
and still be successful, 'cause that's not true.
So while this documentary is a very extreme example,
I think it's a good one.
You guys have shared that one of your favorite quotes
from Jordan Syatt is,
"You can't eff this up," like, you literally cannot eff this up,
and I think this documentary is a really great example,
sort of, of that idea.
But anyway, I hope this video was helpful for you.
I hope it changed your perspective on some things,
and next time you hear somebody say,
"Oh my gosh, I don't know why I'm not losing weight,
I'm eating so healthy," bam, you know the answer.
Okay, so, don't forget to join my giveaway.
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Hit the link in the description or pinned in the comments,
and I will see you guys in the next video.
Bye!