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Green tea diet
FaithGonzalesss
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Ive read about how good it is to drink 3-4 cups of green tea a day for weight loss. i was planning to try it for a month or 2. i failed, i forgot to bring it with me. Although i did try it for 2-3 days and my weight did actually go down quickly. but for those 2-3 days i also wasnt eating very much at all, besides alot of watermelon. whats your views of this diet type thing?
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A bunch of woo. Green tea does nothing for weight loss.24
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I drink a lot of green tea sometimes, and other times I drink none, and it's never done a single thing for my weight loss.
Basically, a study showed that green tea extract had a minor, minor effect on metabolism as a high dosage. People trying to generate clicks and sell magazines translated that to "Green Tea is a weight loss miracle!" and this was born.
If 4 cups of green tea a day replaced 4 cups of something with calories, it would help you lose weight, BUT only because you are consuming less calories. The green tea could just as well be diet soda, water, coffee etc and have the same effect, so long as a reduction in calories is achieved.15 -
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Bunk. Hokum. Woo. Nonsense.
Green tea is a tasty beverage, but there is no magic in there for weight loss.8 -
FaithGonzalesss wrote: »
It isn't even necessary to research. The only thing that is needed for weight loss is a calorie deficit.16 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »I drink a lot of green tea sometimes, and other times I drink none, and it's never done a single thing for my weight loss.
Basically, a study showed that green tea extract had a minor, minor effect on metabolism as a high dosage. People trying to generate clicks and sell magazines translated that to "Green Tea is a weight loss miracle!" and this was born.
If 4 cups of green tea a day replaced 4 cups of something with calories, it would help you lose weight, BUT only because you are consuming less calories. The green tea could just as well be diet soda, water, coffee etc and have the same effect, so long as a reduction in calories is achieved.
i drink ONLY water, i know its supposed to help with weight loss because of the caffeine, it may be true or not. i just like trying stuff like this.8 -
FaithGonzalesss wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »I drink a lot of green tea sometimes, and other times I drink none, and it's never done a single thing for my weight loss.
Basically, a study showed that green tea extract had a minor, minor effect on metabolism as a high dosage. People trying to generate clicks and sell magazines translated that to "Green Tea is a weight loss miracle!" and this was born.
If 4 cups of green tea a day replaced 4 cups of something with calories, it would help you lose weight, BUT only because you are consuming less calories. The green tea could just as well be diet soda, water, coffee etc and have the same effect, so long as a reduction in calories is achieved.
i drink ONLY water, i know its supposed to help with weight loss because of the caffeine, it may be true or not. i just like trying stuff like this.
It has half the caffeine of normal tea, and a third of the caffeine of coffee.15 -
FaithGonzalesss wrote: »Ive read about how good it is to drink 3-4 cups of green tea a day for weight loss. i was planning to try it for a month or 2. i failed, i forgot to bring it with me. Although i did try it for 2-3 days and my weight did actually go down quickly. but for those 2-3 days i also wasnt eating very much at all, besides alot of watermelon. whats your views of this diet type thing?
Isn't watermelon a natural diuretic? I'd guess you lost weight due to the water weight fluctuations from undereating combined with a diuretic rather than the tea.
I don't know which studies you've read. Those I've come across have a small sample size and never show more than a 4% increase to metabolism. That's well within the margin of error for calorie counters.
Green tea is nice if you like it, but personally I wouldn't base my weight loss on the tea alone.14 -
diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »Ive read about how good it is to drink 3-4 cups of green tea a day for weight loss. i was planning to try it for a month or 2. i failed, i forgot to bring it with me. Although i did try it for 2-3 days and my weight did actually go down quickly. but for those 2-3 days i also wasnt eating very much at all, besides alot of watermelon. whats your views of this diet type thing?
Isn't watermelon a natural diuretic? I'd guess you lost weight due to the water weight fluctuations from undereating combined with a diuretic rather than the tea.
I don't know which studies you've read. Those I've come across have a small sample size and never show more than a 4% increase to metabolism. That's well within the margin of error for calorie counters.
Green tea is nice if you like it, but personally, I wouldn't base my weight loss on the tea alone.
im not basing my weight loss solely on it once i restart the green tea. ive been consistently loosing weight every week so im just doing it to see what itll do.6 -
You aren’t treating your experience in a controlled manner (all eating the same with green tea added) so there is nothing to learn from your experience.12
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Here is my experience with starting to drink Green Tea and losing 4.5lbs in a week:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10187630/i-started-drinking-green-tea-in-the-am-and-lost-4-5lbs-in-a-week/p18 -
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You have not set up a controlled experiment.
If you like green tea, drink it, though, as it's a perfectly fine thing to drink. Me, I dislike green tea. I like Earl Grey and some other black teas, and lost 95 lbs drinking lots of coffee, so I guess that means coffee causes weight loss.14 -
Here is an example of a controlled experiment.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1038/oby.2005.142/full6 -
It's interesting that people will join this website which is based on controlling calories, and then use other diets to try and lose weight.
Believe me, from my own personal experience, MFP works. No need to do anything else.
There is no trick to weight loss. Just eat less calories than your body burns in a day and stay the course.11 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »You have not set up a controlled experiment.
If you like green tea, drink it, though, as it's a perfectly fine thing to drink. Me, I dislike green tea. I like Earl Grey and some other black teas, and lost 95 lbs drinking lots of coffee, so I guess that means coffee causes weight loss.
i actually hate tea. i was making the tea, putting ice in it and downing it super quickly lol. im not depending on it for weight loss, i just like trying stuff like this and find it interesting. once i restart it ill be back on my regular diet and drinking the green tea ill see what it does to my weight and body.8 -
If green tea (and not eating little and most of it watermelon) was what made you lose weight rapidly in 2-3 days, don't you think everyone would be on it? You're on a site full of people trying to lose weight. If it were that easy to boost it, you'd have stampedes to the tea store.5
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FaithGonzalesss wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »Ive read about how good it is to drink 3-4 cups of green tea a day for weight loss. i was planning to try it for a month or 2. i failed, i forgot to bring it with me. Although i did try it for 2-3 days and my weight did actually go down quickly. but for those 2-3 days i also wasnt eating very much at all, besides alot of watermelon. whats your views of this diet type thing?
Isn't watermelon a natural diuretic? I'd guess you lost weight due to the water weight fluctuations from undereating combined with a diuretic rather than the tea.
I don't know which studies you've read. Those I've come across have a small sample size and never show more than a 4% increase to metabolism. That's well within the margin of error for calorie counters.
Green tea is nice if you like it, but personally, I wouldn't base my weight loss on the tea alone.
im not basing my weight loss solely on it once i restart the green tea. ive been consistently loosing weight every week so im just doing it to see what itll do.
I'm curious why you asked if you're only interested in your personal experience?14 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »If green tea (and not eating little and most of it watermelon) was what made you lose weight rapidly in 2-3 days, don't you think everyone would be on it? You're on a site full of people trying to lose weight. If it were that easy to boost it, you'd have stampedes to the tea store.
its possible but nbd6 -
diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »Ive read about how good it is to drink 3-4 cups of green tea a day for weight loss. i was planning to try it for a month or 2. i failed, i forgot to bring it with me. Although i did try it for 2-3 days and my weight did actually go down quickly. but for those 2-3 days i also wasnt eating very much at all, besides alot of watermelon. whats your views of this diet type thing?
Isn't watermelon a natural diuretic? I'd guess you lost weight due to the water weight fluctuations from undereating combined with a diuretic rather than the tea.
I don't know which studies you've read. Those I've come across have a small sample size and never show more than a 4% increase to metabolism. That's well within the margin of error for calorie counters.
Green tea is nice if you like it, but personally, I wouldn't base my weight loss on the tea alone.
im not basing my weight loss solely on it once i restart the green tea. ive been consistently loosing weight every week so im just doing it to see what itll do.
I'm curious why you asked if you're only interested in your personal experience?
i just find it interesting. things said to make you lose weight or alter your body. It may not be legit but i still find it interesting.7 -
FaithGonzalesss wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »Ive read about how good it is to drink 3-4 cups of green tea a day for weight loss. i was planning to try it for a month or 2. i failed, i forgot to bring it with me. Although i did try it for 2-3 days and my weight did actually go down quickly. but for those 2-3 days i also wasnt eating very much at all, besides alot of watermelon. whats your views of this diet type thing?
Isn't watermelon a natural diuretic? I'd guess you lost weight due to the water weight fluctuations from undereating combined with a diuretic rather than the tea.
I don't know which studies you've read. Those I've come across have a small sample size and never show more than a 4% increase to metabolism. That's well within the margin of error for calorie counters.
Green tea is nice if you like it, but personally, I wouldn't base my weight loss on the tea alone.
im not basing my weight loss solely on it once i restart the green tea. ive been consistently loosing weight every week so im just doing it to see what itll do.
I'm curious why you asked if you're only interested in your personal experience?
i just find it interesting. things said to make you lose weight or alter your body. It may not be legit but i still find it interesting.
Which do you enjoy more? Wasting your time, or wasting other people's time?23 -
Well, you asked for people's views. You got them. You don't seem to give a rat's about them, so I wonder what the point was, but you do you.14
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It's interesting that people will join this website which is based on controlling calories, and then use other diets to try and lose weight.
Believe me, from my own personal experience, MFP works. No need to do anything else.
There is no trick to weight loss. Just eat less calories than your body burns in a day and stay the course.
well thats not all accurate. Ive lost about 30 lbs and it wasn't just by eating less calories than my body burns a day.i changed my diet.21 -
Why do you think it wasn't from eating fewer calories than your body burns?5
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FaithGonzalesss wrote: »
Are you going to post the research you've done or just brush people off? Here, I'll go first: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/105840497 -
FaithGonzalesss wrote: »It's interesting that people will join this website which is based on controlling calories, and then use other diets to try and lose weight.
Believe me, from my own personal experience, MFP works. No need to do anything else.
There is no trick to weight loss. Just eat less calories than your body burns in a day and stay the course.
well thats not all accurate. Ive lost about 30 lbs and it wasn't just by eating less calories than my body burns a day.i changed my diet.
Changing your diet resulted in consuming less calories, which is all that matters for weight loss. Nutritious food for health, calories for weight loss. You could lose weight eating nothing but Twinkies if you ate less calories than you burned. You'd be unhealthy and feel like crap, but you'd lose weight.14 -
FaithGonzalesss wrote: »It's interesting that people will join this website which is based on controlling calories, and then use other diets to try and lose weight.
Believe me, from my own personal experience, MFP works. No need to do anything else.
There is no trick to weight loss. Just eat less calories than your body burns in a day and stay the course.
well thats not all accurate. Ive lost about 30 lbs and it wasn't just by eating less calories than my body burns a day.i changed my diet.
How do you think weight loss works?13 -
diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »It's interesting that people will join this website which is based on controlling calories, and then use other diets to try and lose weight.
Believe me, from my own personal experience, MFP works. No need to do anything else.
There is no trick to weight loss. Just eat less calories than your body burns in a day and stay the course.
well thats not all accurate. Ive lost about 30 lbs and it wasn't just by eating less calories than my body burns a day.i changed my diet.
How do you think weight loss works?
There seems to be a bit of strain or tension on this discussion. I apologize if I've offended or upset you.9 -
FaithGonzalesss wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »It's interesting that people will join this website which is based on controlling calories, and then use other diets to try and lose weight.
Believe me, from my own personal experience, MFP works. No need to do anything else.
There is no trick to weight loss. Just eat less calories than your body burns in a day and stay the course.
well thats not all accurate. Ive lost about 30 lbs and it wasn't just by eating less calories than my body burns a day.i changed my diet.
How do you think weight loss works?
There seems to be a bit of strain or tension on this discussion. I apologize if I've offended or upset you.
It's just very frustrating when someone starts a discussion by asking for people's views, then responds on the basis that they don't really care what anyone says, they're going to do their own thing anyway.
Plus, you seem to have some inaccurate ideas about weight loss and people are trying to clarify for you, but you don't seem to be interested in learning anything.14 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »FaithGonzalesss wrote: »It's interesting that people will join this website which is based on controlling calories, and then use other diets to try and lose weight.
Believe me, from my own personal experience, MFP works. No need to do anything else.
There is no trick to weight loss. Just eat less calories than your body burns in a day and stay the course.
well thats not all accurate. Ive lost about 30 lbs and it wasn't just by eating less calories than my body burns a day.i changed my diet.
How do you think weight loss works?
There seems to be a bit of strain or tension on this discussion. I apologize if I've offended or upset you.
It's just very frustrating when someone starts a discussion by asking for people's views, then responds on the basis that they don't really care what anyone says, they're going to do their own thing anyway.
Plus, you seem to have some inaccurate ideas about weight loss and people are trying to clarify for you, but you don't seem to be interested in learning anything.
I think by some of the stuff ive been saying it does sound like i don't understand the process of weight loss. But i do, i just wanted to TRY this random, false, fad diet. I dont have any expectations of weight loss from this. i expect weight loss from healthy eating, lower calories sometimes and working out.8
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