How many calories in a can of worms?

#1

After entering into a maths and physics discussion about calories in a 700g steak, I realised how unimportant calories and body weight scales can be for more experienced low carb healthy fat eaters.

How many calories in a can of worms? , becomes a Zen puzzle to some people. Even though it appears as a nutrition maths puzzle for others. Those that confuse a measure of potential energy with a dietary nutrient.

In thinking on this I understand and acknowledge that measuring things is important, especially when using a way of eating as a medical treatment. And that’s where I find the junction in measuring biomarkers at home or not, it is that the medical conditions I had that motivated the start of this way of eating are resolved or in remission.

So, the debate about calories and body weight changes, changes along the timeline. The more health one gains the less stringent the measurement needs become? ( if the general progression is toward better and good health).

I thought this thought was worth brewing as a forethought when we approach answering newbie questions as compared to long-term ‘stall’ / plateau questions for 1 year-olds and older.

Understanding hunger signals versus cravings, body weight variability and its many factors, tiredness and low energy due to inadequate or poor sleep versus lack of nutrients, are skills developed with experience and the help of measurements (i.e. blood glucose and blood ketone measurements).

#2

How big is this can? :clown_face:

I can give you the kcal count in a can of worms if I know the size of the can HAHA

I like this post you got about your thoughts on how we ‘start our journey’ and track every single thing and then ‘what changes’ as we grow healthier and stronger and heal our bodies and ‘when does that auto pilot of instinctual’ healthy eating take over and no more tracking and our bodies tell us what to eat.

I think we all have our own road. I never measured any blood work or glucose or ketone strips or any of that ever. I tracked carbs only. I tracked kcals sometimes and tried to impose a kcal limit on me with of course keeping an eagle eye on carbs as my most important factor in my journey.

So…I would think all of us went ‘our own start route’ that was most important for us. I didn’t come into this with any type 2 diabetes issues or anything like that, or any medical issues for that matter so to track glucose and more meant nothing to me, I just never put a value on it while another person puts tremendous value on knowing this.

I went into extreme low carb and a keto type plan and never once cared about ketones cause I read that ketones change SO much that wasting money on strips/blood meters were useless in a way so why bother? Our ketones burn and change on our different demands and time on plan so I thought…why make myself crazy on this issue? I came from ‘useless dieting issues’ starting so I knew as I went more and more toward extreme lc and into zero carb that I didn’t ‘want to take up new issues to make me more insane’ ya know…so my personal path went this way…just eat. Screw the rest LOL

But yea it is where we all are at, what brought us here, how we researched and read others and what we opted to try and not try and more so I like your post…puts it into perspective in a way why we read one is doing this or that and why one might never do any of it :slight_smile:

I think our personalities come into it also. I don’t want to track. When I did it for a little bit it drove me bonkers. Others love love love to track and see their numbers and how they have changed thru the years if they are getting healthier and more but that was never a focus I gave any weight about in my life. I went more about ‘how I feel each day’ from my body and results on changes and just stopped there. I required super simple from my eating plan, if I have to track or ketone myself for life or any of that I would have quit by now but luckily I don’t have to do it and it suits me as an individual.

FB you come up with some good thought provoking posts…but let me know how that can of worms tastes, cause they are carnivore approved ya know :wink:

(Rebecca ) #3

If it is a can of Gummy Worms…then a lot!!!

(UsedToBeT2D) #4
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #5

I was thinking the exact same thing. Who eats wild caught worms anyway???

#6

I can safely say NO kcals in a can of worms…well there is…but none of the kcals will be going into my body :clown_face:

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #7

I’m trying desperately to think of a pun involving the Diet of Worms, which took place in the early sixteenth century. Alas, no luck!

#8

well ya know…I opened up a big ol’ can of worms but it was hardly the extreme chaos that’s advertised! …they just wiggled a bit and sat there…doing nothing :slight_smile:

(Vic) #9

Freezdryed Mealworms are nice as a snack.

The common earthworm or red wigler is not on the menu. Its apparently a hassle to clean them before cooking. Its full of omega3.

#10

and Vic comes thru with smarts about worms, love it!!!

(Rebecca ) #11

I once participated in a Fear Factor Live at Universal Studios with our teen son (at the time) we had to drink a smoothie with worms in it. We won…and I violently threw up the rest of the day…