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So. What's the worst weight loss myth?

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  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    "Just drink some water. You may not be hungry...you may actually be thirsty. The brain often confuses the two."
    Uh-huh, yeah right.

    Hey I still believe this one.
  • nokanjaijo
    nokanjaijo Posts: 466 Member
    Ha agreed. I can definitely tell the difference between hunger and thirst. If i chug down a whole heap of water, then I'll just be hungry AND sloshy.

    I'm with you as well. Sometimes, I'm equally hungry and thirsty and all I want is fruit. Because it's two birds, one stone.
  • Lostinblac
    Lostinblac Posts: 81 Member
    I was once told you can turn fat into muscle and they didn't mean diet just generally transform your fat into pure.muscle lol
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    anl90 wrote: »
    Eating past 7pm = The devil.
    Eating anything non-healthy = The devil.
    Not eating breakfast = The devil.

    There are others, but these stick out to me the most.
    He pops up a lot
  • canteronkat
    canteronkat Posts: 126 Member
    Cardio better than weights
  • canteronkat
    canteronkat Posts: 126 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Cardio better than weights

    I wouldn't call that a myth, but it's definitely context/goal driven. "Better" for what?

    Losing weight, if you actually push yourself and not do *kitten* weights
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Saw this today.
    Sugar will rob your mitochondria of all energy. Your body runs more efficiently off of fat which is why we store body fat and not body sugar!!! Sugar is also a neurotoxin.
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    If you rub Cayenne pepper on your forehead, your muscles will grow.
  • chocolate_owl
    chocolate_owl Posts: 1,695 Member
    If you rub Cayenne pepper on your forehead, your muscles will grow.

    Please tell me you just made that one up for *kitten* and grins and it's not a real thing.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    If you rub Cayenne pepper on your forehead, your muscles will grow.

    Awesome, I'm not loving squats yet:)
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    @chocolate_owl What if i didnt make it up? 25 years ago I told a friend to do it. Guess what he did?
  • dfc4
    dfc4 Posts: 109 Member
    You burn more calories sunbathing than you do in the sauna.

    If you do 10 push ups three times a day ...you can have a candy bar in the evening and still lose weight (this one actually works...but only if the candy bar is your only meal of the day)
  • dfc4
    dfc4 Posts: 109 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    "Just drink some water. You may not be hungry...you may actually be thirsty. The brain often confuses the two."
    Uh-huh, yeah right.

    I tried that but with Red Wine (not Water) next morning i woke up more thursty than ever and my head was killing me
  • dfc4
    dfc4 Posts: 109 Member
    mjaykup wrote: »
    That if you do handstands for 30 mins a day you love handles dissapear

    Lmfao xD I've actually never heard of that one before! That is hilarious!!!

    Yeah they move down toward the floor and when you stand up normally again your head is really fat.
    it wears off after about 10 minutes and you have the love handles back where they belong
  • everher
    everher Posts: 909 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    "Just drink some water. You may not be hungry...you may actually be thirsty. The brain often confuses the two."
    Uh-huh, yeah right.

    Actually, when I first started I couldn't tell the difference between hunger and thirst. I may be an outlier or this may be common among obese people, but I didn't drink water (like at all) and overall I didn't drink a lot of fluids except for maybe a drink with a meal. It was rare that I would drink anything in between meals and if I did it was a soda or some sugary drink.

    I started out by trying to drink water first to see if I was really hungry before eating a snack and found often I wasn't hungry or didn't feel inclined to eat after having a drink of water. *shrugs* YMMV. I also found a lot of times where I felt hungry I was actually just bored.
  • dfc4
    dfc4 Posts: 109 Member
    dfc4 wrote: »
    You burn more calories sunbathing than you do in the sauna.

    If you do 10 push ups three times a day ...you can have a candy bar in the evening and still lose weight (this one actually works...but only if the candy bar is your only meal of the day)

    Your *only* meal of the day? You can have a candy bar and still be in a calorie deficit, pushups or no.

    To answer the OP - The worst weight loss myth I've heard is that you can't lose weight if you eat a candy bar. :lol:

    I was actually "NOT" being serious :)
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    dfc4 wrote: »
    dfc4 wrote: »
    You burn more calories sunbathing than you do in the sauna.

    If you do 10 push ups three times a day ...you can have a candy bar in the evening and still lose weight (this one actually works...but only if the candy bar is your only meal of the day)

    Your *only* meal of the day? You can have a candy bar and still be in a calorie deficit, pushups or no.

    To answer the OP - The worst weight loss myth I've heard is that you can't lose weight if you eat a candy bar. :lol:

    I was actually "NOT" being serious :)

    Yay, I can rest easy now! :smiley:
  • andrea4736
    andrea4736 Posts: 211 Member
    VeryKatie wrote: »
    That the words you use to describe how you are losing weight - despite what you mean when you say them - have an effect on if you will succeed or not.

    Example. If I mean exactly the same thing as "Life style change" as I do by the word "diet" and everyone else thinks that one word choice will mean I will fail.

    In the end, only your mindset matters, not your word choice.

    And also - that if you eat "healthy" you will lose weight - regardless of if you eat too much. This is the one that I see affecting people the most in my social life.

    If I hear lifestyle change one more time I may smack somebody! What exactly do you think a change to your diet is??? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,316 Member
    dfc4 wrote: »
    You burn more calories sunbathing than you do in the sauna.

    If you do 10 push ups three times a day ...you can have a candy bar in the evening and still lose weight (this one actually works...but only if the candy bar is your only meal of the day)

    Your *only* meal of the day? You can have a candy bar and still be in a calorie deficit, pushups or no.

    To answer the OP - The worst weight loss myth I've heard is that you can't lose weight if you eat a candy bar. :lol:

    Sure, now I want a candy bar.
  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    Carbs are bad, Fat is bad, and Organic is 'better' for you....... LOLZ (don't fall for gimmick marketing.....)
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