What I have learned from the Message Boards...
LW3380
Posts: 118 Member
Hi Everyone,
Last week was the first time I’ve properly read through the messages boards after being on MFP for a few weeks and they are great!
Not only do you excellent advice and encouragement but its great entertainment too…I’m amazed at some of the things people ask/do/believe regarding losing weight.
I’m very much a “Cals in – Cals out, eat what makes you happy within your calorie allowance” kind of person (even my BF is starting to come round to the idea) but last week I’ve learned;
Last week was the first time I’ve properly read through the messages boards after being on MFP for a few weeks and they are great!
Not only do you excellent advice and encouragement but its great entertainment too…I’m amazed at some of the things people ask/do/believe regarding losing weight.
I’m very much a “Cals in – Cals out, eat what makes you happy within your calorie allowance” kind of person (even my BF is starting to come round to the idea) but last week I’ve learned;
- Leaky Gut Syndrome (or words to that effect, eh?),
- The SHOUTY man (made me giggle),
- Exercise wraps (sounds sweaty and smelly!),
- Good (Healthy) Food v’s Bad Food and those who eat “healthy” food they don’t particularly like (life is too short!),
- Folks who have freaked after eating a ton of pasta and can NOT understand why the scales have went up later that day,
- The amount of different diets, Keto, Paleo, Slimfast, WW, Slimming World…,
- Some people weigh themselves every single day,
- Not eating and ignoring hunger pangs is called Intermittent Fasting
- The massive grudge against carbs (starting to feel sorry for them!)
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Welcome ..... I must be tired I read your second sentence as "Not only do you excrement advice" ..... which can be kind of true, but it made me giggle
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Hi Everyone,
Last week was the first time I’ve properly read through the messages boards after being on MFP for a few weeks and they are great!
Not only do you excellent advice and encouragement but its great entertainment too…I’m amazed at some of the things people ask/do/believe regarding losing weight.
I’m very much a “Cals in – Cals out, eat what makes you happy within your calorie allowance” kind of person (even my BF is starting to come round to the idea) but last week I’ve learned;- Leaky Gut Syndrome (or words to that effect, eh?),
- The SHOUTY man (made me giggle),
- Exercise wraps (sounds sweaty and smelly!),
- Good (Healthy) Food v’s Bad Food and those who eat “healthy” food they don’t particularly like (life is too short!),
- Folks who have freaked after eating a ton of pasta and can NOT understand why the scales have went up later that day,
- The amount of different diets, Keto, Paleo, Slimfast, WW, Slimming World…,
- Some people weigh themselves every single day,
- Not eating and ignoring hunger pangs is called Intermittent Fasting
- The massive grudge against carbs (starting to feel sorry for them!)
i think all of those things were in one thread :laugh:12 -
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »
Here here! I would have died a dozen times by now.
The thing about learning on these forums is that I have to always remember that I don't know what I don't know, but... I have to be a healthy skeptic most of the time when claims seem to be either non-scientific or not logical. Of course that doesn't disqualify a claim, it just means I have to dig a little deeper before taking a claim seriously.
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You should also add to the list that the correct answer to anyone's question is concern about them having an eating disorder.6
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I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!6
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Weighing daily is actually a very good idea provided that (key point) the individual doens't get too discouraged by the results.
The general idea is to take all of those weigh-ins and average them so you can establish a weekly average, and then you can compare the trend rather than the day to day variances.3 -
The forum is a great place to hang out 1
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I to weigh myself every single day, first thing in the morning. And I enter my weight on my Libra app and also into Fitbit. I only log it on MyFitnessPal once a week every Monday morning.
I log it daily on Fitbit though because I have another app called achievement that Awards points for every time I do a fitness related activities such as weighing in, logging food and water Etc and when I get 10000 points they will send me ten bucks. LOL.
I don't do it every day on MyFitnessPal because I just don't want it showing up in my newsfeed that I lost .2 lbs I lost .3 pounds I lost .4 lb everyday.0 -
Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »You should also add to the list that the correct answer to anyone's question is concern about them having an eating disorder.
Yeah there was one person who said she had an addiction to food (like cigarettes) but when others offered advice and tried to probe a bit deeper it wasn't as bad as that, then we discovered it might be a wheat intolerance...confusing!
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In all seriousness I have also learned some great things from being on the message boards:
1) Weight loss in not linear and you will gain, lose, and maintain throughout your journey
2) carbs are not the devil
3) It all boils down to CICO so eat what you like within your calories
4) Sugar is not the devil
5) Meal timing is irrelevant
6) Weight training is always a good idea whether you are trying to lose, bulk, or are in maintenance
7) You do not need ridiculous amounts of protein (1.5-2 grams pre pound of bodyweight) obviously there are exceptions to this one
8) Diet Soda will not make you gain weight
9) You cannot spot reduce
It really is embarrassing how many of these I believed before starting here.
These are just the ones I could think of this moment but I have really learned a lot from these message boards so THANK YOU!!!!!
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In being around a couple of years I have learned no one reads other posts. There can be 5 posts on page 1 of a forum about a holiday and someone will start a new one.
Few people read the stickies or use the search feature.
Too many people think they need to spend a lot of time figuring out the math.
People who post that they are eating 1200 calories and exercising like crazy and not losing weight are never eating 1200 calories.
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TravisJHunt wrote: »I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!
The way I see it if the weight loss advice involves taking a pill, cutting out a food group or having to purchase a shake/powder/supplement then I tend to give it a body swerve.
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TravisJHunt wrote: »I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!
The way I see it if the weight loss advice involves taking a pill, cutting out a food group or having to purchase a shake/powder/supplement then I tend to give it a body swerve.
Someone in one of my Facebook groups that I belong to invited me to a fitness challenge last week. She said it would take commitment... Well duh. But I asked her please let me know what this commitment is before I say I'm going to take part. So she sent me the requirements.
First thing was a list of foods that I could not eat or drink... Including... Alcohol, processed foods, food with added sugar... That's as far as I got and I wrote back and said nope. No thanks. I don't torture myself that way.
Then she said... But it's just a detox for 21 days to jumpstart your weight loss. And I said I don't need a jumpstart I've already lost nearly 17 pounds since Christmas eating all that crap they told me I had to cut out. No thanks LOL22 -
TavistockToad wrote: »i think all of those things were in one thread :laugh:
If only that were true... lol
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TravisJHunt wrote: »I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!
The way I see it if the weight loss advice involves taking a pill, cutting out a food group or having to purchase a shake/powder/supplement then I tend to give it a body swerve.
Someone in one of my Facebook groups that I belong to invited me to a fitness challenge last week. She said it would take commitment... Well duh. But I asked her please let me know what this commitment is before I say I'm going to take part. So she sent me the requirements.
First thing was a list of foods that I could not eat or drink... Including... Alcohol, processed foods, food with added sugar... That's as far as I got and I wrote back and said nope. No thanks. I don't torture myself that way.
Then she said... But it's just a detox for 21 days to jumpstart your weight loss. And I said I don't need a jumpstart I've already lost nearly 17 pounds since Christmas eating all that crap they told me I had to cut out. No thanks LOL
That bull puckey spreads like wildfire on Facebook! She's probably just trying to share the misery
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TravisJHunt wrote: »I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!
The way I see it if the weight loss advice involves taking a pill, cutting out a food group or having to purchase a shake/powder/supplement then I tend to give it a body swerve.
Someone in one of my Facebook groups that I belong to invited me to a fitness challenge last week. She said it would take commitment... Well duh. But I asked her please let me know what this commitment is before I say I'm going to take part. So she sent me the requirements.
First thing was a list of foods that I could not eat or drink... Including... Alcohol, processed foods, food with added sugar... That's as far as I got and I wrote back and said nope. No thanks. I don't torture myself that way.
Then she said... But it's just a detox for 21 days to jumpstart your weight loss. And I said I don't need a jumpstart I've already lost nearly 17 pounds since Christmas eating all that crap they told me I had to cut out. No thanks LOL
That bull puckey spreads like wildfire on Facebook! She's probably just trying to share the misery
or preparing to sell you something4 -
She did give me a disclaimer that she wasn't trying to sell me something but I have a feeling she is recruiting for the person who started the challenge.0
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I was watching one of those shows about losing weight and a dietician came to a woman's house to show her how to estimate ounces of meat using measuring cups. "Just get a food scale!" I yelled, because I am a MFP boards believer.6
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I was thinking about this thread while I was pouring my Diet Dr Pepper, and it reminded me of how many people seem to think that diet pop will slow your losses due to the amount of sodium in it. These forums sure bring about a lot of misinformation. It's highly entertaining, and a little sad.5
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »TravisJHunt wrote: »I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!
The way I see it if the weight loss advice involves taking a pill, cutting out a food group or having to purchase a shake/powder/supplement then I tend to give it a body swerve.
Someone in one of my Facebook groups that I belong to invited me to a fitness challenge last week. She said it would take commitment... Well duh. But I asked her please let me know what this commitment is before I say I'm going to take part. So she sent me the requirements.
First thing was a list of foods that I could not eat or drink... Including... Alcohol, processed foods, food with added sugar... That's as far as I got and I wrote back and said nope. No thanks. I don't torture myself that way.
Then she said... But it's just a detox for 21 days to jumpstart your weight loss. And I said I don't need a jumpstart I've already lost nearly 17 pounds since Christmas eating all that crap they told me I had to cut out. No thanks LOL
That bull puckey spreads like wildfire on Facebook! She's probably just trying to share the misery
or preparing to sell you something
Reminds me of the time I ran into a relative I hadn't seen in quite some time while out shopping. The next day, lo and behold I have message from her on FB trying to sell me Rodan and Fields. FB has become one big MLM and woo-spreading platform.2 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »TravisJHunt wrote: »I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!
The way I see it if the weight loss advice involves taking a pill, cutting out a food group or having to purchase a shake/powder/supplement then I tend to give it a body swerve.
Someone in one of my Facebook groups that I belong to invited me to a fitness challenge last week. She said it would take commitment... Well duh. But I asked her please let me know what this commitment is before I say I'm going to take part. So she sent me the requirements.
First thing was a list of foods that I could not eat or drink... Including... Alcohol, processed foods, food with added sugar... That's as far as I got and I wrote back and said nope. No thanks. I don't torture myself that way.
Then she said... But it's just a detox for 21 days to jumpstart your weight loss. And I said I don't need a jumpstart I've already lost nearly 17 pounds since Christmas eating all that crap they told me I had to cut out. No thanks LOL
That bull puckey spreads like wildfire on Facebook! She's probably just trying to share the misery
or preparing to sell you something
Reminds me of the time I ran into a relative I hadn't seen in quite some time while out shopping. The next day, lo and behold I have message from her on FB trying to sell me Rodan and Fields. FB has become one big MLM and woo-spreading platform.
I wonder what would happen if all the real people left FB and all that was left were MLM sales people. Would they create a barter system for their products to trade back and forth with each other?6 -
RaeBeeBaby wrote: »
Yeah the word detox didn't come up until I wrote back and told her no thanks... Had she said detox in the beginning I would have said no without having to see what the plan was lol1 -
Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »TravisJHunt wrote: »I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!
The way I see it if the weight loss advice involves taking a pill, cutting out a food group or having to purchase a shake/powder/supplement then I tend to give it a body swerve.
Someone in one of my Facebook groups that I belong to invited me to a fitness challenge last week. She said it would take commitment... Well duh. But I asked her please let me know what this commitment is before I say I'm going to take part. So she sent me the requirements.
First thing was a list of foods that I could not eat or drink... Including... Alcohol, processed foods, food with added sugar... That's as far as I got and I wrote back and said nope. No thanks. I don't torture myself that way.
Then she said... But it's just a detox for 21 days to jumpstart your weight loss. And I said I don't need a jumpstart I've already lost nearly 17 pounds since Christmas eating all that crap they told me I had to cut out. No thanks LOL
That bull puckey spreads like wildfire on Facebook! She's probably just trying to share the misery
or preparing to sell you something
Reminds me of the time I ran into a relative I hadn't seen in quite some time while out shopping. The next day, lo and behold I have message from her on FB trying to sell me Rodan and Fields. FB has become one big MLM and woo-spreading platform.
I wonder what would happen if all the real people left FB and all that was left were MLM sales people. Would they create a barter system for their products to trade back and forth with each other?
:laugh: It's an amusing thought. I've never understood how anyone could think and MLM was a sustainable model anyway. If you are constantly recruiting more and more people from your social group to peddle *kitten*, won't you all just be cannibalizing the same pool of suckers...er, I mean 'customers'?4 -
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Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »TravisJHunt wrote: »I learned that although 99% of folks on here have no biology background, everyone's an expert! From the effects of diet drinks to the usefulness of Keto, someone's always a know it all, even though they are more experienced in changing tires or cleaning houses (and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, just it far from qualifies you to provide the definitive answer on medial advice from some website you read while clicking on links of celebrities who used to be hot). So just watch what advice you take!
The way I see it if the weight loss advice involves taking a pill, cutting out a food group or having to purchase a shake/powder/supplement then I tend to give it a body swerve.
Someone in one of my Facebook groups that I belong to invited me to a fitness challenge last week. She said it would take commitment... Well duh. But I asked her please let me know what this commitment is before I say I'm going to take part. So she sent me the requirements.
First thing was a list of foods that I could not eat or drink... Including... Alcohol, processed foods, food with added sugar... That's as far as I got and I wrote back and said nope. No thanks. I don't torture myself that way.
Then she said... But it's just a detox for 21 days to jumpstart your weight loss. And I said I don't need a jumpstart I've already lost nearly 17 pounds since Christmas eating all that crap they told me I had to cut out. No thanks LOL
That bull puckey spreads like wildfire on Facebook! She's probably just trying to share the misery
or preparing to sell you something
Reminds me of the time I ran into a relative I hadn't seen in quite some time while out shopping. The next day, lo and behold I have message from her on FB trying to sell me Rodan and Fields. FB has become one big MLM and woo-spreading platform.
I wonder what would happen if all the real people left FB and all that was left were MLM sales people. Would they create a barter system for their products to trade back and forth with each other?
:laugh: It's an amusing thought. I've never understood how anyone could think and MLM was a sustainable model anyway. If you are constantly recruiting more and more people from your social group to peddle *kitten*, won't you all just be cannibalizing the same pool of suckers...er, I mean 'customers'?
Sadly not, most of them you can sell without ever meeting people now.
I am an Avon rep, the only reason I have kept it up is because I like the products and I now live in a country where it's no longer sold so I an in a unique position to sell enough of it to justify couriering my own order over. Back in the UK there are practically 3 reps on every street, but they can now sell online within the UK without ever having to see or speak to their customers, so if you have a different set of online friends/followers to your "team" it's pretty easy to still make money. Add to that a vulnerable group of people who are desperate to lose weight but haven't yet realised CI<CO is all you need to be doing.... well the rest is history0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »Hi Everyone,
Last week was the first time I’ve properly read through the messages boards after being on MFP for a few weeks and they are great!
Not only do you excellent advice and encouragement but its great entertainment too…I’m amazed at some of the things people ask/do/believe regarding losing weight.
I’m very much a “Cals in – Cals out, eat what makes you happy within your calorie allowance” kind of person (even my BF is starting to come round to the idea) but last week I’ve learned;- Leaky Gut Syndrome (or words to that effect, eh?),
- The SHOUTY man (made me giggle),
- Exercise wraps (sounds sweaty and smelly!),
- Good (Healthy) Food v’s Bad Food and those who eat “healthy” food they don’t particularly like (life is too short!),
- Folks who have freaked after eating a ton of pasta and can NOT understand why the scales have went up later that day,
- The amount of different diets, Keto, Paleo, Slimfast, WW, Slimming World…,
- Some people weigh themselves every single day,
- Not eating and ignoring hunger pangs is called Intermittent Fasting
- The massive grudge against carbs (starting to feel sorry for them!)
i think all of those things were in one thread :laugh:
I think it was more like 3, but in all fairness, they all start to run together after a while...
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