Unwarranted Advice
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I had someone tell me I should only eat 1200 calories a day. If I did nothing all day, every day, I burn over 2800 calories a day metabolism alone! Everyone's a nutrition expert!2
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I find myself puzzling about many of these kinds of interactions. I too have encountered people who have told me how to lose weight, in spite of my obvious success. (Aside: I spoke with someone yesterday who I haven't talked with in years. She told me straight up that I was half the person I used to be. 5 years in, it still feels good man.)
As an amateur psychologist, I propose that many of these "helpful" advice givers are borrowing your success. They see that you're successful, and by somehow offering you advice -- don't eat that, try eating this way, whatever -- they have somehow helped you and are therefore somewhat expert in weight loss themselves. Maybe they're even a little superior to you! After all, they did tell you something you didn't know! Even if they have repeatedly failed themselves.
It seems analogous to the known phenomenon of dieters announcing their goals ahead of time, feeling like that just stating their goals is actually making progress, and losing motivation to actually do the thing.16 -
YosemiteSlamAK wrote: »I had someone tell me I should only eat 1200 calories a day. If I did nothing all day, every day, I burn over 2800 calories a day metabolism alone! Everyone's a nutrition expert!
I've had people tell me to NEVER EVER eat less than 1200 calories in a day or my body will go into "Starvation mode" LMAO... I have several 800/900 calorie days when I'm very sedentary and not hungry. Don't worry - it's always made up for right before my period when I have to eat 1800 calories!
My IF friends have 500 cal days and nobody seems to bat an eye at them!4 -
DetectiveCookieMonster wrote: »I had lost about 50 lbs at this point when a coworker saw me eating a bag of chips. Of course I had them figured into my calories for the day. He looked at me and said, "That's not a good choice". I just shoved a handful of chips in my face and walked away.
A couple of months ago a coworker was telling me about a video he watched on Netflix and as a result he became vegan and he tried to tell me how great it was and how veggies have more protein than meat (is that even possible???). He really tried to persuade me to watch the video because it would change my life. I saw him a couple of weeks ago and he's back eating meat again. This is the same guy who told me that studies show that your water will be better for you if you talk to it.
I'm no doctor or psychiatrist. But it appears this male suffers from a mental health issue.
Talk to your water ??? Unbelievable
I've actually heard about this, and here it is lol. http://highexistence.com/water-experiment/2 -
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emmydoodles83 wrote: »DetectiveCookieMonster wrote: »I had lost about 50 lbs at this point when a coworker saw me eating a bag of chips. Of course I had them figured into my calories for the day. He looked at me and said, "That's not a good choice". I just shoved a handful of chips in my face and walked away.
A couple of months ago a coworker was telling me about a video he watched on Netflix and as a result he became vegan and he tried to tell me how great it was and how veggies have more protein than meat (is that even possible???). He really tried to persuade me to watch the video because it would change my life. I saw him a couple of weeks ago and he's back eating meat again. This is the same guy who told me that studies show that your water will be better for you if you talk to it.
I'm no doctor or psychiatrist. But it appears this male suffers from a mental health issue.
Talk to your water ??? Unbelievable
I've actually heard about this, and here it is lol. http://highexistence.com/water-experiment/
This guy HAD to have read this exact article!!! This is all exactly what he was telling me.2 -
This gem came from a nutritionist I saw briefly (very briefly):
NEVER mix protein types (i.e. can't have chicken with parmesan or eggs...). You're body won't be able to digest them properly and store them all as fat!8 -
YosemiteSlamAK wrote: »I had someone tell me I should only eat 1200 calories a day. If I did nothing all day, every day, I burn over 2800 calories a day metabolism alone! Everyone's a nutrition expert!
I had a friend once tell me that women should never eat more than 1000 calories per day and men never more than 2000. He was chastising my about my lunch and I was already at a healthy weight and not trying to lose. He was talking about maintenance.0 -
Chocolate milk IS a good workout recovery drink.
https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/chocolate-milk-after-workout/
There is actual science (or at least preliminary science) to support this one. Grant it, it doesn't consider proteins intake over the total day, but none the less.
http://journals.humankinetics.com/doi/abs/10.1123/ijsnem.16.1.78
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/milk-as-an-effective-post-exercise-rehydration-drink/B358D6BE20736AF3DA0373D63E72CC65
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/341954
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Chocolate milk IS a good workout recovery drink.
https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/chocolate-milk-after-workout/
There is actual science (or at least preliminary science) to support this one. Grant it, it doesn't consider proteins intake over the total day, but none the less.
http://journals.humankinetics.com/doi/abs/10.1123/ijsnem.16.1.78
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/milk-as-an-effective-post-exercise-rehydration-drink/B358D6BE20736AF3DA0373D63E72CC65
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/341954
You took more time to look it up than I did.
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Chocolate milk IS a good workout recovery drink.
https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/chocolate-milk-after-workout/
There is actual science (or at least preliminary science) to support this one. Grant it, it doesn't consider proteins intake over the total day, but none the less.
http://journals.humankinetics.com/doi/abs/10.1123/ijsnem.16.1.78
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/milk-as-an-effective-post-exercise-rehydration-drink/B358D6BE20736AF3DA0373D63E72CC65
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/341954
You took more time to look it up than I did.
Ironically, I have heard about it for years. It's the combination of carbs + protein, to replenish glycogen stores and induce muscle protein synthesis. Unfortunately, it may apply to endurance athletes, but has a rather limited application outside of that. For the calories, you don't get enough protein/carbs for the "optimal" range, which is about 30 to 40g of carbs + 25 -30g of protein (depending on leucine content).4 -
...Someone told me I should drink my own pee to cleanse out the toxins because it's so pure. I WISH I WAS JOKING.33
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Chocolate milk IS a good workout recovery drink.
https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/chocolate-milk-after-workout/
There is actual science (or at least preliminary science) to support this one. Grant it, it doesn't consider proteins intake over the total day, but none the less.
http://journals.humankinetics.com/doi/abs/10.1123/ijsnem.16.1.78
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/milk-as-an-effective-post-exercise-rehydration-drink/B358D6BE20736AF3DA0373D63E72CC65
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/341954
You took more time to look it up than I did.
Ironically, I have heard about it for years. It's the combination of carbs + protein, to replenish glycogen stores and induce muscle protein synthesis. Unfortunately, it may apply to endurance athletes, but has a rather limited application outside of that. For the calories, you don't get enough protein/carbs for the "optimal" range, which is about 30 to 40g of carbs + 25 -30g of protein (depending on leucine content).
Yep, I first heard about it when I was cycling longer distances.0 -
emmydoodles83 wrote: »DetectiveCookieMonster wrote: »I had lost about 50 lbs at this point when a coworker saw me eating a bag of chips. Of course I had them figured into my calories for the day. He looked at me and said, "That's not a good choice". I just shoved a handful of chips in my face and walked away.
A couple of months ago a coworker was telling me about a video he watched on Netflix and as a result he became vegan and he tried to tell me how great it was and how veggies have more protein than meat (is that even possible???). He really tried to persuade me to watch the video because it would change my life. I saw him a couple of weeks ago and he's back eating meat again. This is the same guy who told me that studies show that your water will be better for you if you talk to it.
I'm no doctor or psychiatrist. But it appears this male suffers from a mental health issue.
Talk to your water ??? Unbelievable
I've actually heard about this, and here it is lol. http://highexistence.com/water-experiment/
Lmao oh my God0 -
Is it just me, or is MFP the only community of people that I can talk about losing weight/weight management and not feel like I'm surrounded by complete morons?25
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Constantly told by runners that lifting is going to impede my running ability.
Constantly told by weight lifters that running is going to impede "my gainz".
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emmydoodles83 wrote: »DetectiveCookieMonster wrote: »I had lost about 50 lbs at this point when a coworker saw me eating a bag of chips. Of course I had them figured into my calories for the day. He looked at me and said, "That's not a good choice". I just shoved a handful of chips in my face and walked away.
A couple of months ago a coworker was telling me about a video he watched on Netflix and as a result he became vegan and he tried to tell me how great it was and how veggies have more protein than meat (is that even possible???). He really tried to persuade me to watch the video because it would change my life. I saw him a couple of weeks ago and he's back eating meat again. This is the same guy who told me that studies show that your water will be better for you if you talk to it.
I'm no doctor or psychiatrist. But it appears this male suffers from a mental health issue.
Talk to your water ??? Unbelievable
I've actually heard about this, and here it is lol. http://highexistence.com/water-experiment/
LOL, unbelievable. I get the mind is powerful but there's no way I would be caught speaking to my water1 -
YosemiteSlamAK wrote: »
I was told to drink it with ice because it makes our body warm it up, which burns more calories.Stationagentjules wrote: »That I should drink my water at room temperature to burn fat.
I discovered for myself the hard way that drinking ice-cold water immediately after an intense workout could cause stomach cramping. It was not a fun half-hour...3 -
GemstoneofHeart wrote: »Oh! And my favorite: "your metabolism slows down if you don't eat enough which slows weight loss."
Urghhh this! I really hate being told this too!2
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