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What are your unpopular opinions about health / fitness?
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
I drink generic diet coke. I might as well be drinking antifreeze!
I drink diet Mountain Dew. I think that is antifreeze.
Edited for spelling.
And a contraceptive1 -
TheWickedPixie wrote: »Unless you are at death's door WLS is never the answer. I lost 100lbs in 18 months. NO WLS, no pills, no magic belt, ... eating right, exercise, and lot of self discipline. I have recently put about 20 back on due to very stressful situations... I moved and I'm back at it to finish what I started. WLS is unhealthy, dangerous, and you will look like crap afterward, kind of like a melted candle...LOL. I aslo in the process of losing the pounds, reversed my type 2 diabetes and my thyroid levels now test normal with no medication... diabetes, thyroid, PCOS.. are not reasons you're not losing weight... those are reasons you NEED to lose weight!
My thyroid hormone tests didn't change anywhere along the path from obese to the low end of normal BMI (BMI 20), so I'm thinking that what you're arguing is not Universal Truth.
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That anyone who shares opinions about other people's clothing at the gym - like VPL, camel toe, etc., and generally anything short of legally actionable indecent exposure - should be ashamed him/herself, STFU, and work a little harder because his/her own personal workout isn't consuming enough mind-share.
(Not even going to mention how irritating it is that these observations seem more frequently to concern women's appearance, vs., say, what may be observable in men wearing spandex bike shorts.)20 -
When people say things like "Oh I am getting a muffin top, I better start doing sit ups" ugh! And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! When someone says "I eat healthy and exercise, I don't know why I can't lose weight" duh...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Milk/dairy is bad. There's no other species in the world that drinks the bodily fluid of another species... and it's gross. The dairy industry has most people in this world completely fooled!
Obesity is because people are too lazy to educate themselves, too lazy to pick up a product and read a label and WAY to lazy to actually buy, bring home and prepare something. I mean why buy an actual head of broccoli when you can buy it in a bag loaded with cheese sauce and sodium.4 -
cushman5279 wrote: »When people say things like "Oh I am getting a muffin top, I better start doing sit ups" ugh! And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! When someone says "I eat healthy and exercise, I don't know why I can't lose weight" duh...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Milk/dairy is bad. There's no other species in the world that drinks the bodily fluid of another species... and it's gross. The dairy industry has most people in this world completely fooled!
Obesity is because people are too lazy to educate themselves, too lazy to pick up a product and read a label and WAY to lazy to actually buy, bring home and prepare something. I mean why buy an actual head of broccoli when you can buy it in a bag loaded with cheese sauce and sodium.
Ants "farm" aphids for a fluid they secrete.
No other animal builds planes or writes novels either.37 -
cushman5279 wrote: »When people say things like "Oh I am getting a muffin top, I better start doing sit ups" ugh! And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! When someone says "I eat healthy and exercise, I don't know why I can't lose weight" duh...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Milk/dairy is bad. There's no other species in the world that drinks the bodily fluid of another species... and it's gross. The dairy industry has most people in this world completely fooled!
Obesity is because people are too lazy to educate themselves, too lazy to pick up a product and read a label and WAY to lazy to actually buy, bring home and prepare something. I mean why buy an actual head of broccoli when you can buy it in a bag loaded with cheese sauce and sodium.
No other species uses a computer or smart phone. Yet here you are...
And no other species specifically breeds plants and produces cultivators, yet here you are eating broccoli, a human invention.
http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/the-first-broccoli/18 -
Milk fits my macros and has potassium and calcium.
What do you put in your coffee and on your cereal??
I have lots of valid arguments against soy/almond/coconut fake milk, too.5 -
I gained weight on healthy high-calorie homemade foods in immoderate portions, for the most part. Eating out was a couple-of-times a season thing, and most processed foods were stuff like buying jarred marinara instead of making my own (and if I did make my own, it was with canned tomatoes). It wasn't laziness. It was life and stress and spending my energy elsewhere. Never used or needed supplements, btw. Haven't for the last 62.4 lbs lost, doubt I will for the 61.6 to go.8
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And humans aren't the only the only animals that drink the milk of another species. Other animals will if the opportunity arises, and some make their opportunity. Sheathbills will steal the milk of the elephant seal.
http://web.uvic.ca/~mamu/sheathbills.html16 -
The_Enginerd wrote: »And humans aren't the only the only animals that drink the milk of another species. Other animals will if the opportunity arises, and some make their opportunity. Sheathbills will steal the milk of the elephant seal.
http://web.uvic.ca/~mamu/sheathbills.html
This is fascinating, I never knew this. Thanks!0 -
This may be unpopular, but I feel like a person's health and fitness is that person's business.
Unless someone asks for advice or my opinion I really just don't care.
I worry about what works for me and what I think is best for me. I acknowledge what works for me and what I think is best for me is not necessarily what's going to work/what's best for you.
In short, you do you and I do me.
This wins the thread.8 -
cushman5279 wrote: »When people say things like "Oh I am getting a muffin top, I better start doing sit ups" ugh! And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! When someone says "I eat healthy and exercise, I don't know why I can't lose weight" duh...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Milk/dairy is bad. There's no other species in the world that drinks the bodily fluid of another species... and it's gross. The dairy industry has most people in this world completely fooled!
Obesity is because people are too lazy to educate themselves, too lazy to pick up a product and read a label and WAY to lazy to actually buy, bring home and prepare something. I mean why buy an actual head of broccoli when you can buy it in a bag loaded with cheese sauce and sodium.
@cushman5279 are you trying to start a wet nurse business? cause you know that could be the next "new" thing...
and I actually disagree and can prove you wrong...I've seen on many dif occasions baby animals nursing "other types" of animals...kittens with dogs...puppies with Cats
Orphaned animals in general will eat what they are given due to survival...so Yah no try again11 -
cushman5279 wrote: »And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! ...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Hello Irony, how good to see you.
Those same supplements that generally speaking have no scientific evidence, clinical trials, or basis in verifiable facts? I can't roll my eyes back in my head far enough.31 -
I love milk. I think it is awesome. I have dairy products pretty much with every meal.
No, I was not paid for this promotion.
I think pork cracklins are kind of gross, does that count as an unpopular opinion? Because my DH loves them.8 -
cushman5279 wrote: »When people say things like "Oh I am getting a muffin top, I better start doing sit ups" ugh! And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! When someone says "I eat healthy and exercise, I don't know why I can't lose weight" duh...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Milk/dairy is bad. There's no other species in the world that drinks the bodily fluid of another species... and it's gross. The dairy industry has most people in this world completely fooled!
Obesity is because people are too lazy to educate themselves, too lazy to pick up a product and read a label and WAY to lazy to actually buy, bring home and prepare something. I mean why buy an actual head of broccoli when you can buy it in a bag loaded with cheese sauce and sodium.
LOL - so supplements (chemicals) for weight loss, but avoid the chemicals in processed foods?
and there is nothing wrong with dairy..I have been drinking milk since that day I was born, and am doing just fine.13 -
WayTooHonest wrote: »cushman5279 wrote: »And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! ...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Hello Irony, how good to see you.
Those same supplements that generally speaking have no scientific evidence, clinical trials, or basis in verifiable facts? I can't roll my eyes back in my head far enough.
The fact that a product is classified under supplement regulations shows that the product may be safe, but is unable to prove effectiveness.5 -
cushman5279 wrote: »When people say things like "Oh I am getting a muffin top, I better start doing sit ups" ugh! And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! When someone says "I eat healthy and exercise, I don't know why I can't lose weight" duh...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Milk/dairy is bad. There's no other species in the world that drinks the bodily fluid of another species... and it's gross. The dairy industry has most people in this world completely fooled!
Obesity is because people are too lazy to educate themselves, too lazy to pick up a product and read a label and WAY to lazy to actually buy, bring home and prepare something. I mean why buy an actual head of broccoli when you can buy it in a bag loaded with cheese sauce and sodium.
@cushman5279 are you trying to start a wet nurse business? cause you know that could be the next "new" thing...
and I actually disagree and can prove you wrong...I've seen on many dif occasions baby animals nursing "other types" of animals...kittens with dogs...puppies with Cats
Orphaned animals in general will eat what they are given due to survival...so Yah no try again
She has had scientific articles to demonstrate this to her on other threads (there are a variety of peer reviewed articles on livestock loss due to nursing stock loss due specifically to the contents of their stomach), so she knows this is true, but she likes to continue to distribute her propaganda. I guess "fundamentally dishonest propaganda" would certainly fall under "unpopular opinions."9 -
WayTooHonest wrote: »cushman5279 wrote: »And when people complain about their weight and their health while they're shoving over processed chemicals and toxins pretending to be food in their mouth! ...
I am a firm believer in the use of supplementation to help with weight loss, or cutting efforts!
Hello Irony, how good to see you.
Those same supplements that generally speaking have no scientific evidence, clinical trials, or basis in verifiable facts? I can't roll my eyes back in my head far enough.
The fact that a product is classified under supplement regulations shows that the product may be safe, but is unable to prove effectiveness.
Wait...I feel like I said exactly that...
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cushman5279 wrote: »Milk/dairy is bad. There's no other species in the world that drinks the bodily fluid of another species... and it's gross. The dairy industry has most people in this world completely fooled!
Noooope. Science says otherwise: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882862?log$=activity4
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