What is the daftest weight related thing someone has ever said to you?

MySlimGoals

I'll start.

So I had a nutritionist tell me one time when I was between meals that I couldn't possibly feel hungry at that moment (I commented that I felt hungry) because it was impossible for someone of my weight to feel hunger pains. Really don't believe that - as I haven't been overweight my whole life, so I know what hunger is.

gentryatkinson

That you gain weight from the feet up. Then you lose it from the neck down.
Pretty sure every one is different.

NorthCascades

"You lose weight in the kitchen, not by exercising."

whiplashy

My sister likes to do all the fad diets. She has informed me many times that cico doesn't work for everyone.

quiksylver296

The calories fall out of the broken cookies, so eat those.

gentryatkinson

^^that one actually is somewhat true. Everything Ive read from myfitnesspal to other credible sources say weight loss is 80% what you eat and 20% exercise.

Mary_Anastasia

My endocrinologist told me (at 245lbs) that my body would just not let me lose weight, she said sometimes our bodies decide what's best for us, and that as far as she could tell I was as healthy as a horse, and that I should just maintain my weight because my body decided it is comfortable where it is and that I would always be around that weight. She said even if I lost weight that my body would try to regain it until it was at what it considered the proper weight (around 245)

cwolfman13

gentryatkinson wrote: »

^^that one actually is somewhat true. Everything Ive read from myfitnesspal to other credible sources say weight loss is 80% what you eat and 20% exercise.

There's kind of two ways to look at it...I tend to see it from the weight loss happens in the kitchen point of view but some people view it from an, "I've increased energy expenditure through exercise and that's why I'm losing weight" POV.

I tend to take the other POV simply because ultimately if you're losing weight you're not eating to fulfill your body's energy requirements...thus you are eating in a deficit. I'm also a long time maintainer and I do quite a bit of exercise...but I maintain because I feed to a level commensurate with my energy expenditure.

akoivisto

NorthCascades wrote: »

"You lose weight in the kitchen, not by exercising."

This does make sense.... not sayin' but I'm sayin'.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

You have to "eat clean" to be healthy.

CafeRacer808

"Sugar is as addictive as heroin."

jessicalott1

"Carbs are bad"

fitoverfortymom

When people tell me I HAVE to exercise to lose weight at my age.

nutmegoreo

quiksylver296 wrote: »

The calories fall out of the broken cookies, so eat those.

Daft or not, that's my favorite one!

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

"Sugar is as addictive as heroin."

Gah!




I was once told that eating your vegetables and salad last is the only change you need to make because the roughage will scrape and clean your insides.

SCoil123

You have to eat first thing in the morning to jump start your metoblism

not_a_runner

Someone told me I'm "only lifting weights as an excuse to stay a little heavier."

We'll see who's laughing a few years when I have an elite powerlifting total and delt striations.

Need2Exerc1se

Eating pasta gives you fat thighs.

SarahMacphail1

That walking doesn't count as exercise. At all. I'm not talking a 5 minute stroll around the block either, I'm talking 12-15 miles of walking.

zyxst

That you can eat all you want and not gain weight as long as you are low carb.

NorthCascades

cwolfman13 wrote: »

There's kind of two ways to look at it...I tend to see it from the weight loss happens in the kitchen point of view but some people view it from an, "I've increased energy expenditure through exercise and that's why I'm losing weight" POV.

Weight gain happens in the kitchen, where the temptations are. Weight loss happens away from the kitchen. When I'm out skiing, it's not just that I'm not burning calories, it's also that I'm not eating cookies.

CSARdiver

quiksylver296 wrote: »

The calories fall out of the broken cookies, so eat those.

Well this one is true - same goes for chips...because science!

All time favorite - CICO doesn't work for me, because all bodies are different.