Is eating less rice will make you slimmer?

[sweet.trish]

nagtimbang nako 52kilos pa din! argh! san galing yung 6 kilos? waaaaaaaaaaaaah

ilang days na ko less minsan no rice pa.. para wala pa rin. though medyo lumiit na yung tummy ko. bawas na rin kasi ako ng softdrinks.

feeling ko need ko na talaga mag cardio.

[amy farrah fowler]

pa-join, mga sis.  yes, eating less rice will make you slimmer but you'll gain all the weight back and more the moment you start eating rice again.  i tried this dati, but i gained all that i'd lost in less than a year.  its the body's mechanism kasi to store and store whatever it needs to store after undergoing aa season of deprivation.  siguro the key is moderation - not too much and not too little - plus the correct balance in food nutrients. 

and don't restrict your carb intake too much.  our body is programmed to use carbs (glucose in its simplest form) as its main fuel.  fats and proteins are only alternative energy sources (kung depleted na ang stored carbs natin) and too much use of them will result in not-so-good by-products like ketones and excess ammonia.  also remember that our brain only utilizes glucose as its main energy source.  may nabasa rin akong journal (forgot the name kasi ang tagal na nun... hehe) that says we need at least 135 grams of carbs a day to get our brains to work properly. 

[amy farrah fowler]

isa pang napapansin ko (no offense to other members): rice is almost always blamed for things like weight gain, a big tummy, etc.  according to my nutritionist friend, di daw nakakataba ang rice as long as you take it in moderate amounts (again, moderate... hindi isang kutsara lang or isang kaldero).  personally, i believe him.  he's more credible than non-nutritionists. 

[snooky]

^true it's not really rice. It's an excess in calories that causes fat storage.

It's easy to blame rice though since it's packed full of calories. Eliminating rice in your diet would reduce calories by more than 50% in your daily food intake.

[babyjapnurse01]

^ that would also depend on all the other calorie sources na kinoconsume.

i remember before, i have this friend na nagdadiet daw, she could one pack ng half loaf ng gardenia
bread, not the wheat/multigrain variant pa ha. parang ganun din, naoffset lang yung pag avoid
sa rice. hahaha!

meron naman wala nga rice, pero sobra umubos ng ulam haha!

[amy farrah fowler]

^ oo nga.  i guess other calorie sources should also be considered.  naiirita lang ako sa mga nagsasabi sa akin not to eat rice kasi ang taba ko raw.  i can't totally forgo a carb-rich (read rice-rich diet kasi i do a lot of brain work. 

[inkslinger]

Eating less rice worked on my older sister. Hindi kami tabain, pero sya tumaba. Nuong dalaga palang sya, 100lbs lang sya. Umabot sya ng 140lbs after giving birth to her fourth child. She's just 5'0". On the first year after giving birth, nagsimula syang bawasan ang rice nya. She started removing just 1/4 of her usual servings. Hindi nya kasi kaya ang biglaan. On the second year, half na of her usual servings. This is coupled with exercise. Sa bahay lang sya. Bumili sya nang hip-hop boxing DVD, tapos ayun, sinusundan lang nya yon. May changes na on the second year. Mapapansin mo talagang pumapayat sya. On the third year, umabot na sya sa 1/2 cup of rice na lang every mean, tapos nakakaya na nyang isnabin ang mga snacks. Ngayon, 4 years after giving birth to her son, She's at 115lbs and looking great! She turned 40 last June and she doesn't look 40. Medyo matagal pero sulit naman kasi hindi nahulog ang katawan nya. Slowly but surely, ika nga.

[babynadine]

no, eating less wont make u slimmer.. siguro a good balanced meal + exercise will do..
if you cut down too much carbs.. you'll have a bad breath

[amy farrah fowler]

^ tama, sis.  carbs are the main fuel of our body.  any biochemistry textbook will say so.  di naman masyado nakakataba ang carbs, unless you eat way, way beyond your daily needs.  in the end, balanced diet pa rin ang the best.  you may not lose a lot of weight immediately, but the results will be for your own good. 

[anjelica]

effective sa akin...i eat rice kapag lunch [textspeak!] pero sa morning at evening panay ako bread! basta sa gabi eat fruits, veggies at konting meat.

[babyjapnurse01]

common misconception talaga tong babawasan mo yung rice pero papayat ka na daw.

pano pala kung kunwari isang spoon ng rice lang kinakain mo three times a day pero yung ulam mo ga-kawali naman ang amount? edi wala rin.

ang key sa pagllose ng weight is eating a balanced diet and exercise, consume lang food that fills your daily caloric needs, once you go beyond your daily needs, it would get stored as fat. kahit nga sobrang konti lang ng kainin mo pero wala ka namang activity, as in idle ka lang, sedentary lifestyle lang talaga hindi ka pa rin magllose ng weight, baka nga mag gain ka pa din.

basta you have to burn what you consume, yun ang nakaka-bawas ng weight, not yung pagbabawas ng rice per se.

[amy farrah fowler]

if you're a thinking being, i don't think you'll get fat when you eat a cup or two of rice every meal. 

[euwie]

sa husband ko and sa kin nagwowork to. kasi everything else follows. kapag konti lang rice namin, edi hindi "lamon" nagagawa namin. kasi ubos na rice namin, e masarap naman kumain talaga na may rice. alala ko dati, pinipilit namin ubusin laman ng rice cooker kesa masira kanin. kaya natuto na kami. ni-lessen namin ang sinasaing namin, yung hindi kami makaka "lamon" mode.  

[kalaiyaan]

I think eating correct rice will not help you gain more fats.
organic brown rice is the best.

[vanilla]

Yes, its true. I was training abroad for 18mos where there's hardly any asian, so i learn to adapt by eating cereals, bread, salad, and fruits instead of rice and ulam. slowly but surely my jeans became looser and i dropped one dress size.

[amy farrah fowler]

basta ako, kakain talaga ako ng rice.  keber ko ba kung di ako papayat.  ang importante hindi ako starved. 

[princesswifey]

last 2 years, I lost 16 pounds by not eating rice in 1 1/2 months..no exercise. I just cut my carbs intake. Now, I want to resume that diet again...hope it works again this time 

[pinkk]

In my case less rice is better for me. Im taking brown or red rice for lunch, no rice for dinner.

[kolinetongue]

yes, it works for me.

and i already lost 10kg, from Nov 28,2011 up to present.

[twelvth_goddess]

Yes, eating lesser rice will help in losing weight. Carbs kase yan na pag hinde na-burn, nagiging fats. In my case, hinde ko kayang walang rice talaga cus I work out but I limit myself to 1 cup per day, either red or white rice.