Anyone slim and healthy who eats bread every day?

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Conflicting opinions everywhere about this. I know lots of low-carbers who swear off it and have done for years, but many of them are still fighting the weight.
Also know a few who eat some sort of bread almost daily and are fit and slim. Seems to cut both ways?

I like panini at the weekends with mozzarella, tomato, and can't say it makes much difference, but then I don't eat it daily.

Saw a similar thread about pasta a while back so thought I'd ask about bread!
What about healthy, ow processed breads, wholemeal, too?

I eat bread daily often 3 slices and am dieting and losing weight. I keep my calorie count under 1500 a day. I also eat protein wholemeal

I have a slice of Tesco dark rye sourdough or a couple of slices of Hovis wholemeal granary most days. High fibre bread is tasty and really satiating to me, especially combined with eggs/meat/fish/cheese. It's a protein platform.

I can't have fresh white bread even if it's less processed than the breads I eat as I don't find it satiating and it makes me want to overeat it. And sometimes a lot of white bread upsets my stomach.

Yes, I keep a rough eye on calories in overall (no apps etc, just have a rough idea after years of counting) but have bread almost every day. What comprises the calories makes no difference to me.

Fresh bread is definitely best

Simplistic statement though. Totally flawed as you can’t accurately or consistently control the calories out bit.

the vast majority of calories out are utilised by your basal metabolic functions, a very small % is used by activity. And you can’t measure your BMR with any accuracy by putting your age, weight and height into a calculator.

you can count what goes in but if your basal metabolic functions reduce their calorie usage you are still not going to be in a calorie deficit.

This is why untreated T1 diabetics often lose weight and then once they start on insulin treatment they gain weight.

This is also why Hypothyroidism typically causes weight gain and hyperthyroidism typically causes weight loss

even without actual diagnosable conditions, two people of the same age, weight and height will not have the same basal metabolic rate.

so one person could be still gaining fat on a 1200 diet where another could be losing.

So yes , its calories in vs calories out but it way more complicated than that as some people’s attempts to reduce calories in just results in them unwittingly reducing their body’s calories out

I do. Im a size 8 and eat fresh bread most days.

During peri I couldn’t eat bread or pasta as it gave me painful bloating. I did lose weight when I cut it out, maybe 3kg which put me verging on an underweight BMI. Thankfully I’ve come out the other side and can eat it now though prefer sourdough. I don’t have it everyday but a few times a week. I found it inconvenient not being able to eat it at all especially lunchtimes at work if I hadn’t been organised enough to bring in my own.

I love the Crosta and Mollica Paninis, great ingredients but somewhat high calorie for bread (they add EVOO).
Not keen on their pizza bases but have enjoyed the wraps.

I wish I could enjoy brown bread but it tastes too spongy to me.

At my fittest and slimmest around 5 years ago, ate lots of bread but walked close to 20,000 steps most days. Could pretty much eat what I felt like.

It’s been shown cutting out foods does help you lose weight.

because you reduce the amount you eat.

when I was a dancer there was a fad of going vegetarian. It was simply a way of cutting calories without raising suspicion. Eat your normal meals but cut out meat= fewer calories.

i tried going low carb and it trashed my metabolism. I was never full and ate my own body weight in cheese. I put on 2.5 st.

took a lot of work reintroducing normal eating habits to get back to a normal BMI. Including bread makes my appetite more controllable.

I hear that!
I lose a ton when I go hiking regularly. Nuts were a thing. I never hike in summer so tend to put a few back on.

I LC and give myself a daily allowance. Sometimes I use it on bread (there really is nothing nicer than ham salad sandwich!) sometimes on pasta or potatoes but I am very strict about portions so as to not go over my allowance.

I put some weight on over the last year and its happened because I upped my carbs.

I also find that the more carbs I eat, the hungrier I am a couple of hours later. But if I am protein and fat heavy but low carb, I dont get so hungry. I think its quite personal really as our bodies all process things differently.

2 slices of bread are around 200 calories. Provided you factor them in to your overall calorie intake there’s no reason they should make you put on weight any more than anything else.

I find that cheap bread makes me feel stupid and sleepy. I try not to eat much bread generally as it just feels like empty bulk, but really fresh bread without additives is nice.

There isnt a lot of point asking this question OP to be honest.

If it suits you, eat it. If it doesnt suit you, dont eat it

It doesnt suit me.

(and I still eat a small amount of it, shhhh!)

There isnt a lot of point asking this question OP to be honest.

Well thankfully you don't get to decide what other people find interesting! If ther's no point, just move along and find something more to your taste.
It's a fairly innocuous question, and I find it interesting since so many foods go in and out of fashion now.

Covid did it for me. Was a whippet until 2020! Very vulnerable husband saw me inside for 18 months with far too much tasty food (he’s a fabulous cook) and wine and gin (yes, I’m looking at you, incredibly generous Chris!). Only just getting back on top of it now.

I’ve always read that it’s 80/20 diet/exercise but honestly, it’s always been the other way around for me. A natural skinny, if I exercise a lot. Never had to consider what I ate if I could exercise.

I eat bread every day for lunch and almost every evening with dinner.
Used to eat Cranks wholemeal but sadly can't get it any more so now mostly white bread. Mainly Sainsbury's Taste the Difference ciabatta or Jasons sourdough but we sometimes make our own.
I'm 61 and I've always been a big bread eater.
I'm a lifelong vegetarian so I consume a lot of carbs, but never had any weight issues, generally just over 8 stone. Menopause had no impact on my weight (I had a natural menopause, no HRT).
I'm pretty fit due to having big dogs.

I was just about to say much the same, although I don’t eat white bread.

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As I typed the question out, I mused to myself, I wonder if I should mention that Im not being funny or something like that, because people are so touchy and my point was obviously that what suits a person will suit them and what doesnt, doesnt.

I thought, no need, no reasonable person would take offence.

I'm not looking for a pointless argument with a stranger. Let's leave it there.

Me, the fluffier the better. I only eat white bread as any other type upsets my stomach.

where are people getting their wholemeal bread from? I can't find a tasty one anywhere.

I eat bread every day. Size 8. BMI on low end of the healthy scale - until menopause I was always underweight despite eating well.

I make 2-3 large (600g flr) loaves per week in my bread-maker & eat them all myself.
5ft2, 8st, age 60