Unhelpful advice by experts

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  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    sofaking6 wrote: »
    techgal128 wrote: »
    Oh man, I could never go without my breakfast. It's my favorite meal of the day!

    I can work out, shower, get ready & drive to work (@3.5 hours) before breakfast and life is great.

    BUT if I don't work out, I have to eat within an hour or I'll feel like death the whole rest of the day.

    Bodies are weird.

    This is me exactly.
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    edited January 2015
    All those stupid diet-magazine tips like "use a small plate" and "dip your fork tines in the dressing." Ugh. My friends are always wondering why they can't lose weight while simultaneously telling me I shouldn't use big plates, or should eat six small meals a day, or get my dressing on the side. I always want to be like, "Cool, remind who here lost 60 pounds this year and who gained 10?" Blah.

    I also get a lot of IRL backlash against weighing food instead of measuring it. I'm always amazed at how people who are struggling to lose weight will absolutely insist that they "know" their portions are perfect.
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    avskk wrote: »
    All those stupid diet-magazine tips like "use a small plate" and "dip your fork tines in the dressing." Ugh. My friends are always wondering why they can't lose weight while simultaneously telling me I shouldn't use big plates, or should eat six small meals a day, or get my dressing on the side. I always want to be like, "Cool, remind who here lost 60 pounds this year and who gained 10?" Blah.

    I also get a lot of IRL backlash against weighing food instead of measuring it. I'm always amazed at how people who are struggling to lose weight will absolutely insist that they "know" their portions are perfect.

    Funny how people would go to the trouble for small differences as you point out but not want to bother with actually weighing their portions to make sure they are correct.
  • Silinde
    Silinde Posts: 44 Member
    For me, using a small plate works in portion control. I'm usually way hungry and could eat a big plate, and if I fill up one, I'll finish it too. Filling up a small plate will keep my portion small and make myself at the very least ask myself whether I really want more or not. (I guess that's the remnants of being taught to always empty your plate, I teach my children that they can leave anything if they don't want it anymore).
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    The 'use a smaller plate' thing makes me laugh every time. Heck I need bigger plates to fit all those veggies on!
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    Sure there are multiple ways to achieve adherence to a calorie deficit.

    A method "works" if it fits with your personality and lifestyle and therefore you stick with it for long enough.

    But at the end of the day it IS as simple as staying in a calorie deficit. Everything else is noise...

  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    nicsflyingcircus wrote: »
    rcottonrph1 wrote: »
    If you aren't hungry in the morning, it is a sign that your metabolism is sluggish. After 8 hours of not eating, you should be hungry!

    No.

    No. Agreed. Some mornings I wake up hungry and make a smoothie right away, some mornings I don't and have coffee until I get hungry a few hours later. I think it has to do more with what you ate before bed/at dinner. I'm drinking my breakfast smoothie now and its almost noon. Not even that hungry yet.
  • DeWoSa
    DeWoSa Posts: 496 Member
    edited January 2015
    successgal1 wrote: »
    nicsflyingcircus wrote: »
    rcottonrph1 wrote: »
    If you aren't hungry in the morning, it is a sign that your metabolism is sluggish. After 8 hours of not eating, you should be hungry!

    No.

    No. Agreed. Some mornings I wake up hungry and make a smoothie right away, some mornings I don't and have coffee until I get hungry a few hours later. I think it has to do more with what you ate before bed/at dinner. I'm drinking my breakfast smoothie now and its almost noon. Not even that hungry yet.

    I think the most unhelpful advice ever given to me by an expert was "don't eat food right before bed."

    If I don't eat a snack right before I go to bed, I can wake up in the middle of the night with hunger pangs.

    If my snack is high sugar, high fat, I am not hungry in the least when I wake up in the morning, which is nice because then I can stretch my normal breakfast out for two hours, which sets me up nicely for lunch.
  • LandyBreigh
    LandyBreigh Posts: 207 Member
    I was talking to my husband about this conversation yesterday. He said exactly what I thought he would "Just eat less." I just shook my head. LOL!
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
    avskk wrote: »
    All those stupid diet-magazine tips like "use a small plate" and "dip your fork tines in the dressing." Ugh. My friends are always wondering why they can't lose weight while simultaneously telling me I shouldn't use big plates, or should eat six small meals a day, or get my dressing on the side. I always want to be like, "Cool, remind who here lost 60 pounds this year and who gained 10?" Blah.

    I also get a lot of IRL backlash against weighing food instead of measuring it. I'm always amazed at how people who are struggling to lose weight will absolutely insist that they "know" their portions are perfect.

    Funny how people would go to the trouble for small differences as you point out but not want to bother with actually weighing their portions to make sure they are correct.

    Right? I don't get it either.

    My MIL is the biggest fan of Dr. Oz and is always telling me what Dr. Oz says. It drives me insane. Not sure if it's because Dr. Oz is a total quack, or because it's my MIL telling me what to do...

  • Kalici
    Kalici Posts: 685 Member
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
    avskk wrote: »
    All those stupid diet-magazine tips like "use a small plate" and "dip your fork tines in the dressing." Ugh. My friends are always wondering why they can't lose weight while simultaneously telling me I shouldn't use big plates, or should eat six small meals a day, or get my dressing on the side. I always want to be like, "Cool, remind who here lost 60 pounds this year and who gained 10?" Blah.

    I also get a lot of IRL backlash against weighing food instead of measuring it. I'm always amazed at how people who are struggling to lose weight will absolutely insist that they "know" their portions are perfect.

    Funny how people would go to the trouble for small differences as you point out but not want to bother with actually weighing their portions to make sure they are correct.

    Right? I don't get it either.

    My MIL is the biggest fan of Dr. Oz and is always telling me what Dr. Oz says. It drives me insane. Not sure if it's because Dr. Oz is a total quack, or because it's my MIL telling me what to do...

    Little from column A and a little from column B?

  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Get of the bus one stop early - NO, if I'm already on the bus, it's because I need to take the bus. Instead I'll try to walk whenever time, weather and amount of luggage permits.

    Eat an apple, a carrot or chew gum if you're hungry between meals - a fireproof way to get hungrier.

    Eat low fat/bland food - sure, that will make me feel satisfied and stop craving real food...
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    You say potato, I say potato; you say tomato, I say tomato - hmm. loses something in translation.
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