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What commonly given MFP Forum advice do you personally disagree with?
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estherdragonbat wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »HeliumIsNoble wrote: »I think I might find beet cake a more appealing weight loss prospect than a mini-trampoline.
I clearly remember falling off my friend's mum's mini-trampoline when they were THE in-thing for get-fit in the early-90s. Come to think of it, I felt bruised all over afterwards, so maybe it was a full-body work-out. And I had been on it for less than 15 minutes!
I made a chocolate cake with beets one time and it was actually really good! They were pureed into the batter and just gave it a rich taste. Of course, I also used plenty of legit sugar and fat (as a chocolate cake deserves).
I remember nervously making chocolate-avocado cupcakes for my nephew's birthday. They were AMAZING!
I LOVE avocado in chocolate cake! It turns out so delectable.2 -
Duck_Puddle wrote: »Some cakes and other goodies I’ve made (this is probably why I’m still here...)
That's a whole lotta motivation right there!2 -
Duck_Puddle wrote: »Some cakes and other goodies I’ve made (this is probably why I’m still here...)
We should be friends. Definitely.
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »Some cakes and other goodies I’ve made (this is probably why I’m still here...)
We should be friends. Definitely.
and neighbors!4 -
my sister makes killer black bean brownies2
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »Some cakes and other goodies I’ve made (this is probably why I’m still here...)
We should be friends. Definitely.
and neighbors!
MFPer's Neighborhood? More cake. Community BBQ every weekend. A little less wholesome. The sweet zip-up cardigans are required uniform, though.
Mister Rogers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eInUUfyqa5o 4 -
Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »Thank6. I ate cake for breakfast yesterday and hardly feel qualified to dole out advice to anyone else based on that
I’ll take your advice any day. Cake is life!
Unless it was some sad paleo/keto/low carb/diet/black bean/beet microwave sea sponge looking thing that someone on Pinterest professed to be “the best cake EVAH” even though they had to drink a bottle of wine with it to get it down but now they are committed to the farce and want others to suffer alongside.
This reminds me of a thread from way way back. OP was complaining about how much energy she had put into creating this heavily substituted for "healthy" ingredients monstrosity of a cake that she had made for her boyfriends birthday and he had to audacity to complain about it (he wanted a chocolate cake, but she loved him too much to kill him with those horrifying chemical cakes). :laugh:
I remember that! That was a forum classic (that was from the mini tramp[oline] thread era I think?). That’s exactly where the beet part of my (sadly probably not) fictional concoction came from. Because who puts beets in a cake? That’s unforgettably traumatic to the cake.
I felt bad for the poor boyfriend. Just feed him the cake he wants for Pete's sake, rather than trying to force him into eating "healthy" sadness on his birthday.
I missed so much good stuff 2013-16
Thinking it would be fun to serve one of those monstrosities up to hubby to see how much of an effort he makes at feigning enthusiasm before busting out the real deal
Those were the golden years. I learned SO MUCH on the forums back then.
-Mini tramp[online]s give a full body workout (including your liver) in just 15 minutes.
-Little Debbie’s sugar leaches calcium from the blood
-blood calcium is immune to fruit sugar
-calcium is also carcinogenic
-this is also connected to certain kinds of milk but I got a little confused at the mechanisms.
-superfoods counteract this calcium leaching (you may or may not need to do the hokey pokey first and there may or may not be magic spells involved)
And those were the highlights from just a 3 day spread.
It was a MAGIC time or knowledge sharing here at the mfp forums.
ETA because I used the wrong leach at first but I really don’t think it matters in this case.
Don't forget the thread where we worked on a poster for 3 or 4 pages to tell us the toxinz in chicken from KFC.....it was sodium bicarbonate.....and when she told us she played it up like we wouldn't know that's baking soda.
I've been a member since 2012, but didn't start following the forums until maybe a couple of years ago. I think I found the KFC/sodium bicarbonate thread, but it sure sounds like I've missed a lot!2 -
Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »Thank6. I ate cake for breakfast yesterday and hardly feel qualified to dole out advice to anyone else based on that
I’ll take your advice any day. Cake is life!
Unless it was some sad paleo/keto/low carb/diet/black bean/beet microwave sea sponge looking thing that someone on Pinterest professed to be “the best cake EVAH” even though they had to drink a bottle of wine with it to get it down but now they are committed to the farce and want others to suffer alongside.
This reminds me of a thread from way way back. OP was complaining about how much energy she had put into creating this heavily substituted for "healthy" ingredients monstrosity of a cake that she had made for her boyfriends birthday and he had to audacity to complain about it (he wanted a chocolate cake, but she loved him too much to kill him with those horrifying chemical cakes). :laugh:
I remember that! That was a forum classic (that was from the mini tramp[oline] thread era I think?). That’s exactly where the beet part of my (sadly probably not) fictional concoction came from. Because who puts beets in a cake? That’s unforgettably traumatic to the cake.
I felt bad for the poor boyfriend. Just feed him the cake he wants for Pete's sake, rather than trying to force him into eating "healthy" sadness on his birthday.
I missed so much good stuff 2013-16
Thinking it would be fun to serve one of those monstrosities up to hubby to see how much of an effort he makes at feigning enthusiasm before busting out the real deal
Those were the golden years. I learned SO MUCH on the forums back then.
-Mini tramp[online]s give a full body workout (including your liver) in just 15 minutes.
-Little Debbie’s sugar leaches calcium from the blood
-blood calcium is immune to fruit sugar
-calcium is also carcinogenic
-this is also connected to certain kinds of milk but I got a little confused at the mechanisms.
-superfoods counteract this calcium leaching (you may or may not need to do the hokey pokey first and there may or may not be magic spells involved)
And those were the highlights from just a 3 day spread.
It was a MAGIC time or knowledge sharing here at the mfp forums.
ETA because I used the wrong leach at first but I really don’t think it matters in this case.
Don't forget the thread where we worked on a poster for 3 or 4 pages to tell us the toxinz in chicken from KFC.....it was sodium bicarbonate.....and when she told us she played it up like we wouldn't know that's baking soda.
I've been a member since 2012, but didn't start following the forums until maybe a couple of years ago. I think I found the KFC/sodium bicarbonate thread, but it sure sounds like I've missed a lot!
Can you post the link? I've been here since 2014 but only in the forums for a couple of years also. Apparently those were the days.0 -
Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »Thank6. I ate cake for breakfast yesterday and hardly feel qualified to dole out advice to anyone else based on that
I’ll take your advice any day. Cake is life!
Unless it was some sad paleo/keto/low carb/diet/black bean/beet microwave sea sponge looking thing that someone on Pinterest professed to be “the best cake EVAH” even though they had to drink a bottle of wine with it to get it down but now they are committed to the farce and want others to suffer alongside.
This reminds me of a thread from way way back. OP was complaining about how much energy she had put into creating this heavily substituted for "healthy" ingredients monstrosity of a cake that she had made for her boyfriends birthday and he had to audacity to complain about it (he wanted a chocolate cake, but she loved him too much to kill him with those horrifying chemical cakes). :laugh:
I remember that! That was a forum classic (that was from the mini tramp[oline] thread era I think?). That’s exactly where the beet part of my (sadly probably not) fictional concoction came from. Because who puts beets in a cake? That’s unforgettably traumatic to the cake.
I felt bad for the poor boyfriend. Just feed him the cake he wants for Pete's sake, rather than trying to force him into eating "healthy" sadness on his birthday.
I missed so much good stuff 2013-16
Thinking it would be fun to serve one of those monstrosities up to hubby to see how much of an effort he makes at feigning enthusiasm before busting out the real deal
Those were the golden years. I learned SO MUCH on the forums back then.
-Mini tramp[online]s give a full body workout (including your liver) in just 15 minutes.
-Little Debbie’s sugar leaches calcium from the blood
-blood calcium is immune to fruit sugar
-calcium is also carcinogenic
-this is also connected to certain kinds of milk but I got a little confused at the mechanisms.
-superfoods counteract this calcium leaching (you may or may not need to do the hokey pokey first and there may or may not be magic spells involved)
And those were the highlights from just a 3 day spread.
It was a MAGIC time or knowledge sharing here at the mfp forums.
ETA because I used the wrong leach at first but I really don’t think it matters in this case.
Don't forget the thread where we worked on a poster for 3 or 4 pages to tell us the toxinz in chicken from KFC.....it was sodium bicarbonate.....and when she told us she played it up like we wouldn't know that's baking soda.
I've been a member since 2012, but didn't start following the forums until maybe a couple of years ago. I think I found the KFC/sodium bicarbonate thread, but it sure sounds like I've missed a lot!
Can you post the link? I've been here since 2014 but only in the forums for a couple of years also. Apparently those were the days.
I think it's this one. The big reveal is actually at the bottom of the page before this one, but this is where everyone's reaction starts:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10020547/if-eating-trash-makes-us-sick-why-do-we-keep-eating-it/p244 -
Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »Thank6. I ate cake for breakfast yesterday and hardly feel qualified to dole out advice to anyone else based on that
I’ll take your advice any day. Cake is life!
Unless it was some sad paleo/keto/low carb/diet/black bean/beet microwave sea sponge looking thing that someone on Pinterest professed to be “the best cake EVAH” even though they had to drink a bottle of wine with it to get it down but now they are committed to the farce and want others to suffer alongside.
This reminds me of a thread from way way back. OP was complaining about how much energy she had put into creating this heavily substituted for "healthy" ingredients monstrosity of a cake that she had made for her boyfriends birthday and he had to audacity to complain about it (he wanted a chocolate cake, but she loved him too much to kill him with those horrifying chemical cakes). :laugh:
I remember that! That was a forum classic (that was from the mini tramp[oline] thread era I think?). That’s exactly where the beet part of my (sadly probably not) fictional concoction came from. Because who puts beets in a cake? That’s unforgettably traumatic to the cake.
I felt bad for the poor boyfriend. Just feed him the cake he wants for Pete's sake, rather than trying to force him into eating "healthy" sadness on his birthday.
I missed so much good stuff 2013-16
Thinking it would be fun to serve one of those monstrosities up to hubby to see how much of an effort he makes at feigning enthusiasm before busting out the real deal
Those were the golden years. I learned SO MUCH on the forums back then.
-Mini tramp[online]s give a full body workout (including your liver) in just 15 minutes.
-Little Debbie’s sugar leaches calcium from the blood
-blood calcium is immune to fruit sugar
-calcium is also carcinogenic
-this is also connected to certain kinds of milk but I got a little confused at the mechanisms.
-superfoods counteract this calcium leaching (you may or may not need to do the hokey pokey first and there may or may not be magic spells involved)
And those were the highlights from just a 3 day spread.
It was a MAGIC time or knowledge sharing here at the mfp forums.
ETA because I used the wrong leach at first but I really don’t think it matters in this case.
Don't forget the thread where we worked on a poster for 3 or 4 pages to tell us the toxinz in chicken from KFC.....it was sodium bicarbonate.....and when she told us she played it up like we wouldn't know that's baking soda.
I've been a member since 2012, but didn't start following the forums until maybe a couple of years ago. I think I found the KFC/sodium bicarbonate thread, but it sure sounds like I've missed a lot!
Can you post the link? I've been here since 2014 but only in the forums for a couple of years also. Apparently those were the days.
I think it's this one. The big reveal is actually at the bottom of the page before this one, but this is where everyone's reaction starts:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10020547/if-eating-trash-makes-us-sick-why-do-we-keep-eating-it/p24
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »Thank6. I ate cake for breakfast yesterday and hardly feel qualified to dole out advice to anyone else based on that
I’ll take your advice any day. Cake is life!
Unless it was some sad paleo/keto/low carb/diet/black bean/beet microwave sea sponge looking thing that someone on Pinterest professed to be “the best cake EVAH” even though they had to drink a bottle of wine with it to get it down but now they are committed to the farce and want others to suffer alongside.
This reminds me of a thread from way way back. OP was complaining about how much energy she had put into creating this heavily substituted for "healthy" ingredients monstrosity of a cake that she had made for her boyfriends birthday and he had to audacity to complain about it (he wanted a chocolate cake, but she loved him too much to kill him with those horrifying chemical cakes). :laugh:
I remember that! That was a forum classic (that was from the mini tramp[oline] thread era I think?). That’s exactly where the beet part of my (sadly probably not) fictional concoction came from. Because who puts beets in a cake? That’s unforgettably traumatic to the cake.
I felt bad for the poor boyfriend. Just feed him the cake he wants for Pete's sake, rather than trying to force him into eating "healthy" sadness on his birthday.
I missed so much good stuff 2013-16
Thinking it would be fun to serve one of those monstrosities up to hubby to see how much of an effort he makes at feigning enthusiasm before busting out the real deal
Those were the golden years. I learned SO MUCH on the forums back then.
-Mini tramp[online]s give a full body workout (including your liver) in just 15 minutes.
-Little Debbie’s sugar leaches calcium from the blood
-blood calcium is immune to fruit sugar
-calcium is also carcinogenic
-this is also connected to certain kinds of milk but I got a little confused at the mechanisms.
-superfoods counteract this calcium leaching (you may or may not need to do the hokey pokey first and there may or may not be magic spells involved)
And those were the highlights from just a 3 day spread.
It was a MAGIC time or knowledge sharing here at the mfp forums.
ETA because I used the wrong leach at first but I really don’t think it matters in this case.
Don't forget the thread where we worked on a poster for 3 or 4 pages to tell us the toxinz in chicken from KFC.....it was sodium bicarbonate.....and when she told us she played it up like we wouldn't know that's baking soda.
I've been a member since 2012, but didn't start following the forums until maybe a couple of years ago. I think I found the KFC/sodium bicarbonate thread, but it sure sounds like I've missed a lot!
Can you post the link? I've been here since 2014 but only in the forums for a couple of years also. Apparently those were the days.
I think it's this one. The big reveal is actually at the bottom of the page before this one, but this is where everyone's reaction starts:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10020547/if-eating-trash-makes-us-sick-why-do-we-keep-eating-it/p24
Just started reading page 1. Oh, the woo!!! Thanks, my afternoon was going to be boring.3 -
And this one has the little debbies sugar calcium leaching and pages and pages of woo-y goodness for your afternoon entertainment. I think this link goes to a quote of the little debbie’s Part (because that’s my favorite). The rest is a solid read though. Made me all nostalgic.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/18414668#Comment_184146683 -
Damn, now I want some KFC Fried Chicken...1
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I think it's this one. The big reveal is actually at the bottom of the page before this one, but this is where everyone's reaction starts:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10020547/if-eating-trash-makes-us-sick-why-do-we-keep-eating-it/p24
Re this quote
"In February 2011, during the campaign of the Finnish parliamentary election, a voting advice application asked the candidates whether the availability of "hydric acid also known as dihydrogen monoxide" should be restricted. 49% of the candidates answered in favor of the restriction."
My husband scoffed "They're Finns! They only drink vodka! Water is the stuff that you use for cleaning or you find frozen on the ground!"
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I joined mfp in 2014 largely because of the forum shenanigans. Nothing like a good dumpster fire- from a safe distance.5
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From reading some older threads, it seems that woo was allowed to build more momentum back then. That kind of stuff gets shot down too quickly now.2
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From reading some older threads, it seems that woo was allowed to build more momentum back then. That kind of stuff gets shot down too quickly now.
It was a different time and the buttons didn’t exist. Also, when you posted or replied to something in the forums, it posted on your newsfeed so all your friends could see where the entertainment was and you could have 50 posts within seconds. Things moved much faster then.
But you are correct, no one was demanding peer reviewed studies every time someone popped up with a death box claim or some other nonsense. There was more of an entertainment factor with those threads. I don’t think you’ll find many people seriously supporting the woo (not more than now anyway), but there was more allowance for pure entertainment.
There was less of a “need” to “be right” and more of a “let’s have some fun with this nonsense” vibe.
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »From reading some older threads, it seems that woo was allowed to build more momentum back then. That kind of stuff gets shot down too quickly now.
It was a different time and the buttons didn’t exist. Also, when you posted or replied to something in the forums, it posted on your newsfeed so all your friends could see where the entertainment was and you could have 50 posts within seconds. Things moved much faster then.
But you are correct, no one was demanding peer reviewed studies every time someone popped up with a death box claim or some other nonsense. There was more of an entertainment factor with those threads. I don’t think you’ll find many people seriously supporting the woo (not more than now anyway), but there was more allowance for pure entertainment.
There was less of a “need” to “be right” and more of a “let’s have some fun with this nonsense” vibe.
Quite honestly, that why I usually stick to posting in the food threads and occasionally offering advice to a confused newbie when it seems relevant to my own experience. I still read the debate threads but am too lazy to do all the research and defending required to post in them. Plus, it's more fun this way 6 -
I disagree with the body positivity 'movement.' I think it promotes unhealthy lifestyles.4
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