Unwarranted Advice
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Oh god, I don't even know where to start. Nearly all of these are from coworkers, first two from a friend from a long, long, long time ago.
1 - If you eat anything in the morning before you work out, you'll only gain weight, eating sends a signal to your body to only burn the food you ate and it won't burn fat. Insert my eye roll here.
2 - If you eat within an hour of working out, you'll blow up just like a sumo wrestler. That's what they do to gain weight (from the same person as #1. Pretty much you needed to fast all morning if you were working out, according to him).
3 - Honey is good for you, replace all sugar with that, you'll be fine. (Um....it's still sugar, has calories)
4 - Diet soda will make me gain weight
5 - Carbonated water will make me gain weight (Thank you click bait articles for creating that one. Explaining the bubbles don't have calories in the plain water I'm carbonating at home, that I'm aware of the study that it raises ghrelin levels, and since I know this I don't let it fool me, and also explaining that somehow, despite that, clearly the clickbait headline is right and plain carbonated water is just as bad as full octane Pepsi)
6 - You should really try the cabbage soup diet, it works great!! (ugh, no, just no)
7 - Atkins, Atkins, Atkins!! Go on Atkins, eat all the bacon and butter you want, you'll lose lots of weight and feel great!
8 - 1200 calories is the most you should ever eat on a diet as a woman.
9 - I should be drinking chocolate milk as a work out recovery drink
Honorable mention from clueless coworker - she saw I was eating a rice bowl with avocado cubed up on top, said I must be on a diet. I was confused and she explained how avocados were excellent diet food, very good for you and low calorie. I had to explain to her how calorie dense avocados were, though full of other good stuff, were not low calorie and no, eating *lots* of avocado will not help with that at all.
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I don't talk about dieting really so don't get advice.
A few comments/attitude though related to food.
When eating just 1 taco- " what are you on a diet?" in a sneering tone.
When asked by my host before a holiday dinner if I was allergic to any food and admitted I was allergic to one thing but it wasn't a big deal to avoid eating it. "OMG I can't believe it! We have to alter our main dish at the last minute so you can eat it. Hey everyone! Lounmoun is mildly allergic to a topping ingredient so we had to make it this way for everyone instead of our traditional way of preparing it. We could have just left the topping off of a portion, let her pick it off or let her just eat other foods but it seemed better to make a huge deal about it. I hope she is happy now that she ruined our meal." Unwarranted attitude and actions.
After politely refusing candy multiple times shouting and throwing candy across the room from the candy pusher ensued. Seemed over the top.
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When I read this, I just think it's sad how uneducated our friends, family, and coworkers are about nutrition. There is so much misinformation and sadly so many people who profit from proliferating it.
My suggestion would be not to blow off people or sneer at how dumb they are but take the opportunity to educate them in a sincere and open way, especially the people you love. I find the first step is always to acknowledge their concern for you and how they may have come to the conclusion they did (however wrong). Then provide them the facts in an unemotional way and tell them where they can find more information on the topic. I know that some people are plainly set in their belief system and it's not worth the argument but i know that I've personally helped a lot of people understand what they were dealing with out there in the real world.12 -
Wendyanneroberts wrote: »Banannas don't contain any other nutritional benefits. Eating banannas, even the odd one here or there, will prevent any weight loss"
Lol! I had a peanut butter & banana wrap every day for lunch last week & daily weights steadily dropped until my seemingly weekly Monday morning re-bound!
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heatherrt06 wrote: »Wendyanneroberts wrote: »Banannas don't contain any other nutritional benefits. Eating banannas, even the odd one here or there, will prevent any weight loss"
Lol! I had a peanut butter & banana wrap every day for lunch last week & daily weights steadily dropped until my seemingly weekly Monday morning re-bound!
Me tooo
Every night as my "snack" to curb those sweets cravings. I love BANANAS.
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That I didn't want to weigh and log because I wasn't ready to commit to weight loss.3
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Chocolate milk IS a good workout recovery drink.
https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/chocolate-milk-after-workout/10 -
Pretty much anything anybody says in real life, when I mention that I follow a diet and lift. About 95% of people don't have a clue as to what they're talking about!
So much this. In fact most people on this forum do the same. You say you are following a diet and lifting weights and their head explodes with bro-science. "You cant cut and bulk at the same time bro, just can't do it". - MFP bro-science team.11 -
I don't think I have actually received advice IRL, from anyone, about weight loss. Usually it's other people asking me for advice, LOL. Of course I read lots of things on this forum and elsewhere online, that are complete nonsense. I will say that it IS great that the MFP and others too, in the last few years, have mostly stopped touting the starvation mode crap. I was happy to see that one go. 3
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I experienced this for the first time today while at the gym. Now I have been going to the gym for years on and off and I have been cycling on and off for years too. Today I decided to do the stationary bike. For me it is just a workout aimed at working my muscles and burnt calories so I sit in whichever way allows me to exert the most pedal power.
Some guy approached me and asked if I am a cyclist and asked if he could offer some advice on my posture on the bike. Well for goodness sakes. How I sit on my outdoor bike and how I sit on. Stationary bike are two entirely different things and I will admit I told him that no, I did not want his advice thank you.
I go to the gym to decompress and have some time in my own little world. I hate being disturbed mid workout. It is jarring. Maybe it is due to my being on the Autism Spectrum but when I am there I am focused on what I am doing and my music. Fortunately it is he first time but I am somewhat bemused that anyone would care how one sits on a static cycling machine that, unlike a real bike, has a back to it.
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newheavensearth wrote: »estherdragonbat wrote: »FatAFNoMore wrote: »newheavensearth wrote: »FatAFNoMore wrote: »I'll regret this but....what is blended fruit. I'm not interested in buying into hype, I just don't understand (eg is it literally blended to a puree)? I'm a CICO person through and through. If you want to intermittent fast or do low/no carb or whatever, I don't care. Just don't assume what works for your body and lifestyle is THE way to do it instead of A way to do it.
Pureed fruit or fruit blended into a smoothie. Funny part is I use their recipes. Raw or cooked
fruit and veggies have no points. Veggies and fruit in a smoothie have points. But a pureed all vegetable soup has none. Ha.
Ummm, wow, people really think this? I'd love to have a huge bowl of corn or unlimited carrots and peas. I love those super starchy veggies. Who knew I could assume they have no calories. SMH. This picture is not directed at you, it is directed at whomever came up with that nonsense (and the desperate people that believe it).
The last time I did WW was about 5 years ago, but starchy vegetables and avocados were not zero points. Carrots and onions were zero points raw but acquired points when cooked.
Thanks for clarifying. But everything is still not a zero calorie free for all regardless of preparation.
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Some of my favorite "diet" advice is from the great Dr Oz lol. He once said you can eat unlimited non starchy vegetables each day and they do not count towards your calorie goal. what the *kitten*! really? I believe you do need to eat vegetables but a serving of broccoli here, a cup of green beans there will add up especially if you are not counting the calories!10
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I haven't had a lot of people giving me diet advice in real life, but that changed quickly after joining MFP. One of my first "friends" on here would peruse my diary every day and then PM me about what I was doing wrong. Too much fruit, not enough fiber, I shouldn't eat pre-workout because I won't burn any fat, etc. etc. At first I kindly thanked her and just continued to do my own thing, but she persisted. After awhile it become so annoying I had to remove her from my friend list.21
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Chocolate milk IS a good workout recovery drink.
https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/chocolate-milk-after-workout/
Not when you're lactose intolerant, which this person knew about me.
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Wendyanneroberts wrote: »One day at work a colleague saw me eating a small bananna, as a late afternoon snack. It was pre logged and fitted into my daily calorie/macro allowance. This was the first time, that he had seen me eating a bananna or any afternoon snack. He said, "I thought you were meant to be on a diet", to which I replied that "I was". Before I could elaborate, he quickly butted in and said, "You'll never lose any weight, if you continue to eat banannas". Confused I asked him why, to which he replied ". You need to be careful with any fruit, but banannas are the worst. They're really unhealthy and contain nothing but sugar. It has been discovered that sugar in your diet, is the reason why people are obese. Banannas don't contain any other nutritional benefits. Eating banannas, even the odd one here or there, will prevent any weight loss"
Should have told them to stick it up their potassium.30 -
I have a woman at work who has been obsessed over my weight loss... mostly because she has a few pounds to lose and hasn't been able to do it and because I have lost 70lbs so she is constantly giving me unwanted advice on how to "lose weight". She is constantly making comments about me eating fruit... You know it is HIGH IN SUGARS... ya, natural sugars and I am not diabetic so... (insert eye roll here) She has also made comments about the amount of water I drink during the day and any time I eat Tuna Fish, because "you know what they say about eating too much tuna fish" I don't claim to know much about anything, all I do know is that I have been able to lose weight and more importantly, my most recent blood test, show that I am spot on with my nutrients and show no deficiencies sooooooo... (insert tongue biting here) LOL
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The usual woo woo. "grains are inflammatory, sugar is poison, meat and dairy will kill you, blah blah blah." I do not ask these people for advice EVER but they sure do feel compelled to give it repeatedly. And my favorite... "I, Random Internet Person, know better than your doctor does how you should eat." Bugger off!!!10
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My mother whom I immensely adore and admire, and who eats 6 times a day, always tells me: "you should never feel hungry".
I love you, but eating at the first feeling of hunger is what helped me get fat in the first place!17 -
Chocolate milk IS a good workout recovery drink.
https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/chocolate-milk-after-workout/
Not when you're lactose intolerant, which this person knew about me.
That's a big difference! 0
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