Interesting article on weight loss myths
JenniferInCt
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I read this and it echoes what so many of us have heard and read here. So true! Share other myths youve learned on your weight loss journey.
http://elitedaily.com/life/smarter-fitness-11-silly-health-myths-stop-falling/953650/
http://elitedaily.com/life/smarter-fitness-11-silly-health-myths-stop-falling/953650/
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Love!
My favorite myth is that sugar makes you fat. I still giggle at the copious amounts of sugar I ate during weight loss.0 -
I know a lot of people who should read this.0
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I don't really agree with #1 and #9, especially when you consider them together. First, some people grain a significant amount of muscle while doing cardio. And while #9 may be true for some exercise, it isn't very true of cardio, when you consider that you can burn off a pound of fat in about 4 hours rather than the 35 hours the article suggests. For that matter, what kind of exercise only burns 100 calories in an hour?
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herrspoons wrote: »95% of the users and staff on this site for one.
Well I wasn't planning to point any fingers lol but since we've start, some of the people I work with as well.0 -
Excellent article, thanks for sharing!0
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Mrsallen6_11 wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »95% of the users and staff on this site for one.
Well I wasn't planning to point any fingers lol but since we've start, some of the people I work with as well.
Doing so would be against the Community Guidelines.0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »I don't really agree with #1 and #9, especially when you consider them together. First, some people grain a significant amount of muscle while doing cardio. And while #9 may be true for some exercise, it isn't very true of cardio, when you consider that you can burn off a pound of fat in about 4 hours rather than the 35 hours the article suggests. For that matter, what kind of exercise only burns 100 calories in an hour?
I'd love to meet these people and know under what circumstances these things occur0 -
We must work with similar people.Mrsallen6_11 wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »95% of the users and staff on this site for one.
Well I wasn't planning to point any fingers lol but since we've start, some of the people I work with as well.
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Well that was a refreshing read!0
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Im glad you all read it!
One ive learned
"Myth"- low fat foods are better for your diet. Ummmm no. When I first started here, i went shopping and bought low fat everything. I was so mad when I realized that some were actually more calories! Now i just have low fat with certain foods, but usually I just let myself enjoy the real food. And Im now actually trying to increase the "fat" in my diet.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »Well that was a refreshing read!
Agreed! Although I am slightly disappointed. Now that the 'bad food' thread has died down, I was looking for a good one to sustain me through the last few hours of work.0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »Doing so would be against the Community Guidelines.
Well I didn't call anyone out by name. I was just saying in general. I'm sure we ALL know someone or who needs to read this article.0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »I don't really agree with #1 and #9, especially when you consider them together. First, some people grain a significant amount of muscle while doing cardio. And while #9 may be true for some exercise, it isn't very true of cardio, when you consider that you can burn off a pound of fat in about 4 hours rather than the 35 hours the article suggests. For that matter, what kind of exercise only burns 100 calories in an hour?
The body doesn't adapt to cardio by making more metabolically expensive tissue, the adaptation is to become more efficient0 -
No disagreement from me.JenniferInCt wrote: »I read this and it echoes what so many of us have heard and read here. So true! Share other myths youve learned on your weight loss journey.
http://elitedaily.com/life/smarter-fitness-11-silly-health-myths-stop-falling/953650/
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That or their new fad diet of the week.Mrsallen6_11 wrote: »
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Nice article, I think I actually agree on all counts. Rare.
Wish I would have had it to throw around on Facebook during January. So much stupid out there...0 -
I'm happy they talked about the breakfast myth. I'm so tired of being lecture by my colleagues for not eating breakfast!0
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OK I'm going to confess to some confusion regarding the philosophies of lifting vs cardio:
On one hand, don't do cardio as your body adapts to it so your calorie burn decreases as you get more fit.
On the other hand, weight lifting doesn't burn many calories.
On the gripping hand, although weights help you preserve lean muscle tissue, and muscle is metabolically more expensive than fat, most people are only going to gain a small amount of muscle, if any.
So: cardio doesn't burn much, and lifting doesn't burn much. Can anyone untangle this?0 -
Nice article. I agree with everything - even though I eat low carb, have breakfast every morning and do cardio (and lift weights!). There is NO best way - there's the best way for you!0
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I agreed with the article. Some of the myth in it I learned it the hard way
. Like spent 2 hours workout at the gym. 0 -
That was excellent. I shared it on my FB page, which should annoy some of my friends who juice everything and buy "detox cleanses". There are so many other myths I'd like to see addressed though, like food combining, so-called fasting mode, and my personal favorite: foods that speed up your metabolism. Uh-huh.0
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Exercise is for fitness and health. Calorie deficit is for weight loss.OK I'm going to confess to some confusion regarding the philosophies of lifting vs cardio:
On one hand, don't do cardio as your body adapts to it so your calorie burn decreases as you get more fit.
On the other hand, weight lifting doesn't burn many calories.
On the gripping hand, although weights help you preserve lean muscle tissue, and muscle is metabolically more expensive than fat, most people are only going to gain a small amount of muscle, if any.
So: cardio doesn't burn much, and lifting doesn't burn much. Can anyone untangle this?
That should sum it up.
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A delight to read. Deserves to be shared.0
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I don't agree that nobody gets fat from eating 5000 calories of veggies. 5000 calories is too much no matter what it is (am I missing something or did I read that wrong?).
And 35 hours to burn a pound ... Don't think so.0 -
Sophsmother wrote: »I don't agree that nobody gets fat from eating 5000 calories of veggies. 5000 calories is too much no matter what it is (am I missing something or did I read that wrong?).
And 35 hours to burn a pound ... Don't think so.
Author is saying that most people simply aren't going to eat/be capable of eating 5000 calories of veggies in a day. Just think about how much volume that would be.
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Exercise is for fitness and health. Calorie deficit is for weight loss.OK I'm going to confess to some confusion regarding the philosophies of lifting vs cardio:
On one hand, don't do cardio as your body adapts to it so your calorie burn decreases as you get more fit.
On the other hand, weight lifting doesn't burn many calories.
On the gripping hand, although weights help you preserve lean muscle tissue, and muscle is metabolically more expensive than fat, most people are only going to gain a small amount of muscle, if any.
So: cardio doesn't burn much, and lifting doesn't burn much. Can anyone untangle this?
That should sum it up.
I'm intentionally playing to dumb to illustrate what I see as a contradiction in the perceived wisdom here. And for the record I see value in both weight training and cardiovascular exercise.
I agree with your statement as far as it goes, but when I'm looking to drop weight, like I am now, my deficit pretty much comes from my exercise calories.
I understand the point of the article, and for the most part I agree with it. But I think point #1 is sloppy:
so I'll be fit in a week or 2? Cool. Or maybe is adaptation more complex than that?The body adapts to cardio within four-to-five sessions,
Certainly your burn will decrease as you lose weight and as you get more fit. Which is why most sensible people run harder, longer, and faster as they improve their fitness.which means while you may still be running three-to-five miles in the same amount of time, you’re burning less and less energy to do the same amount of work. In other words, you’re losing less weight.
I'll grant that, but so what? If you're in a deficit you're probably not gaining anyway.Cardio also doesn’t help you build muscle.
"Too much" is undefined, I note. Is 30 minutes a day too much? 1 hour a day? 3 hours a day? What if I'm training for an Iron Man? I know people who have.Too much cardio can actually cause you to atrophy muscle tissue, meaning your metabolic rate will also decline.
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All of this basically means that too much cardio will leave you skinny fat, with the metabolism of a 70-year-old woman – 50 years too soon.0 -
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Phoenix_Down wrote: »TimothyFish wrote: »I don't really agree with #1 and #9, especially when you consider them together. First, some people grain a significant amount of muscle while doing cardio. And while #9 may be true for some exercise, it isn't very true of cardio, when you consider that you can burn off a pound of fat in about 4 hours rather than the 35 hours the article suggests. For that matter, what kind of exercise only burns 100 calories in an hour?
I'd love to meet these people and know under what circumstances these things occur
He won't know. He frequently makes generalized statements like that that are false which he can't back up.
I've noticed this pattern. When asked to back up bold statements that are said as fact, magically he disappears with no reply. It's odd. I was looking forward to my potential massive muscle gains from running.0 -
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