Is it even possible to get fat from eating rice...?

It always bothered me why married couples would go on diets. In my mind they should be burning calories with their "marital duties" every day.

We started a diet in February of last year, and it's been like this at our place since. Once in a while, I have a big, heaping serving, though. :-)

Also, it's one of those hearty breakfast, reasonable lunch, and just salad for dinner kind of things. Thanks to that, I lost 10 kg in half a year, but without exercise, that's as far as it got. I've plateaued at the same weight for about a year.

By the way, I've automatically been attacked by my system for losing an additional 1 kg. :-) Manju are scaryyyy.

Reader-added tags include "How bogus", "You're disgraceful, Kogasa-san", "It's unconscious, so it can't be helped", and "Controlled eating habits".

The survey asks about others' eating habits:

How much rice do you eat??
• One bowlful
• Two bowlfuls
• One heaping bowlful
• Two heaping bowlfuls
• The entire cooker's contents

Alignn said:
Is it even possible to get fat from eating rice...?

Rice is high in carbs, calories, and has moderate glycemic level. So yes, eating too much rice can get you fat.

Eating anything in excess can get you fat overall though.

You're not supposed to put that excess rice in your mouth, Kogasa-san.

Alignn said:
Is it even possible to get fat from eating rice...?

You get fat much, much easier on a pure-carb diet, which is basically what rice is made of. In the case of the Japanese rice (Oryza sativa var. japonica), there is about 130 calories for every 100 grams of cooked rice.

Also, unused calories are automatically converted into stored body fat. This means that even though you don't even come within 100 yards of fatty food, you'll still get fat if you eat too much rice.

Not quite. There are a few foods so low in calories that they actually cost you more calories to digest than they provide. Those tend to be high in fiber, though, so eating them in excess causes other problems...

• The entire cooker's contents

Usually this, but I cook only 3 Bowlfuls. After this, I go out on heavy exercise routines, so I end up burning it all off. Also my metabolism is sky high, I can eat and eat and eat, and lose weight. Which is why, I can eat like 7 courses and lose 2 kg of weight, and my friend eats like, half a slice of bread and gains 2 kg.

BadRoad said:
Not quite. There are a few foods so low in calories that they actually cost you more calories to digest than they provide. Those tend to be high in fiber, though, so eating them in excess causes other problems...

There aren't many of them out there. And who would eat celery all day?

Wonder what kinda diet they follow.

Pickie said:
There aren't many of them out there. And who would eat celery all day?

There's also the scenario, there's no actual proper set in stone base for this assumption. Also you'd get sick very quick, lacking the essential proteins.

Oh dear, bad Kogasa-san! You're not supposed to eat the extra rice, that defeats the purpose. Oh well, some habits can't be helped, right? That, and a certain magical girl told us all not to waste food.

For the poll, when I prepare rice, I have just one bowl. I measure out how much I'm making before hand, so I know how much I'll end up with in the end. If I ate too much, I'd be too full to eat the rest of my meal.

Pickie said:
There aren't many of them out there. And who would eat celery all day?

Some forms of lettuce are like this, as well, and if you can withstand eating a truly diet salad dressing (ewwwwww!) and sodas with undigestable sweeteners, you can get quite full without eating much of anything of nutritional value.

Many teas (especially green and herbal) are also going to have vitamins, while at the same time requiring more calories to digest than they will release - so long as you avoid cream and sugar, of course.

Really, if you want to go on a serious diet, though, as much as it goes completely contrary to Japanese cooking, the best answer is to just not eat white rice at all - eat fish, vegetables, even meat if it isn't too fatty, it's all better for a diet than white rice.

A bowl or two of rice every now and then.

I don't know how much one bowl is since I put my rice on a plate, but I eat anywhere from 1 to 2 cups.

Anyways, the best diet for losing wait is the Okinawan diet. It's low calorie and high nutrition diet. It's so low in calories that the Japanese health officials think it might be dangerous for health though that doesn't seem to be the case.

Pickie said:
There aren't many of them out there. And who would eat celery all day?

Not celery, but... Nitori. Just sayin'.

• One bowlful

Thanks dad and P.E teacher...
I don't think eating that 13 grams of that 100 grams rice would make any drastic difference on your body or diet as long as you don't do that everyday. I eat a half more of a rice sometimes and I still get hungry.

NWSiaCB said:
Some forms of lettuce are like this, as well, and if you can withstand eating a truly diet salad dressing (ewwwwww!) and sodas with undigestable sweeteners, you can get quite full without eating much of anything of nutritional value.

Many teas (especially green and herbal) are also going to have vitamins, while at the same time requiring more calories to digest than they will release - so long as you avoid cream and sugar, of course.

Really, if you want to go on a serious diet, though, as much as it goes completely contrary to Japanese cooking, the best answer is to just not eat white rice at all - eat fish, vegetables, even meat if it isn't too fatty, it's all better for a diet than white rice.

Instead of dressing, try what we use here: Salt, lemon juice and some oil (olive oil or some other healthy equivalent works best). It's tasty without many calories.

Kogasa will fail her diet by 3 grams... Oh well.
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How much rice do you eat??

Depends on what food is served.

KichiroT said:
Instead of dressing, try what we use here: Salt, lemon juice and some oil (olive oil or some other healthy equivalent works best). It's tasty without many calories.

Actually, as "heart healthy" as olive oil is, all oils are basically just pure fat, and terrible for diets.

Likewise, while salt is not going to have any calories, it's still not good for you to add too much, and either upsets your metabolism, or makes you put away a lot more water, and can be bad for your blood pressure.

Be careful when looking over diet foods in the supermarket - they'll say "diet" when they're low in calories, but many brands tend to make up for lack of flavor otherwise by just dumping a full day's sodium intake in a single serving.

Isn't fat good for you though? Not having it so much, but eating it is fine. Well, within reason, as with everything else...

Alignn said:
Isn't fat good for you though? Not having it so much, but eating it is fine. Well, within reason, as with everything else...

Calories are good for you - they're what keeps your body going, it's just that if you're on a diet, it's assumed you're getting too many Calories. Fat is basically just a kind of oil, and fat is just the way Calories are stored long-term: All three are basically what any diet is supposed to be limiting.

Anyway, olive oil might have some extra added benefits (it's filled with one of the "good kinds of fat"), but it's still almost pure fat, just like any other kind of vegetable oil or lard.

RiderFan said:
It always bothered me why married couples would go on diets. In my mind they should be burning calories with their "marital duties" every day.

Seconded!