“But there aren’t any calories in sour cream.”
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »"Counting calories doesn't work, I tried it for a whole week and only lost 2lb"
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RelCanonical wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »I once had someone tell me that if I put rice in the fridge and let it cool before eating it would have 1/3 or 1/2 the calories (don't remember the actual percentage).
Also, not really diet related but my mom always insisted that I wouldn't be depressed anymore if I just ate more veggies.
I'm not completely up to date on the studies, but I believe there is some evidence to think that "resistance starches" (calories our body is no longer able to absorb if a starch like rice, pasta, or potatoes is cooled before eating) are a real thing. I wouldn't subtract the calories from leftover rice based on it, but there is at least some underpinning to it.
I think a lot of these crazy theories about weight loss have some seed of truth in them, but are misconstrued or exaggerated so heavily that they appear to have no basis. I would say it's a combination of lack of critical thinking and pressure on writers to find interesting "news" topics to the point where they take tiny things and blow them up to make them sound crazy.
Yep, like when they say you burn more fat when you eat keto. No *kitten*, of course you're burning more fat, because you're eating more fat. You're burning what you're eating, not that keto is magically slimming.
In the 90's, it was "eat less fat to burn more fat!"
Now, it's "eat more fat to burn more fat!"
I would like to see the next evolution of this. The diet pokemon.
*Looks at newest diet fad on IG*
I choose you!😂3 -
MrsBradyBunch wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »"Counting calories doesn't work, I tried it for a whole week and only lost 2lb"MrsBradyBunch wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »"Counting calories doesn't work, I tried it for a whole week and only lost 2lb"
This top quote is basically what 3/4 of my girlfriends had to say about My Fitness Pal when they eagerly joined up. smdh3 -
FireOpalCO wrote: »A coworker told me that she carries a lot of extra waste in her bowels, so she’s really 5 pounds lighter than the scale indicates.
https://healthywildandfree.com/how-to-remove-20-pounds-of-toxic-fat-from-your-colon/
Direct her to this site and she can claim 20 lbs
(Warning, it's pretty gross)
Anyone who has ever prepped for a colonoscopy knows that there is not 20lb of stuff backed up in the entire digestive system. On procedure day I am squeaky clean and typically 5-6 lb less than my usual weight.
I’ve never thought to weigh myself before one of those. I stand corrected: apparently I DO carry that much poop all the time!
From the descriptions from my dad, I'm sure part of that weight is also water, not just fecal matter.
Yes it is. After a certain point (usually 4-6 hours before the procedure) they want you to drink very little water, if any, so you are still eliminating but not taking in.0 -
RelCanonical wrote: »
I would like to see the next evolution of this. The diet pokemon.
Wait a minute! Are you saying Snorelax isn’t?
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my friend (a nurse) told me she toasts her bread to get the carbs out23
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my friend (a nurse) told me she toasts her bread to get the carbs out
I really want to give this one the benefit of the doubt and hope she was thinking about *crumbs* that collect in the bottom of the toaster, not *carbs*...right?
Otherwise, I have been doing this bread thing all wrong.7 -
springlering62 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »
I would like to see the next evolution of this. The diet pokemon.
Wait a minute! Are you saying Snorelax isn’t?
I want to *inspiring* and *insightful* you but I can't do both so here's a comment.2 -
All this talk of evil carbs ......
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Lillymoo01 wrote: »All this talk of evil carbs ......
This is the first time I've ever felt like MFP needed an "Aaaiiieeeeeee!!" click-reaction. That's creepy (in a fun way)!11 -
Lillymoo01 wrote: »All this talk of evil carbs ......
That is so adorable.1 -
A cleanse would make you feel better.
you look great, what's your secret ( I give answer ) Oh that can't be true, that's too easy!
You should try a water fast, that last 10lbs will come right off.
1400 calories isn't working for you let's lower it to 1000...4 -
A minor one, but I keep thinking about it because of how it was framed. Memory is fuzzy about it.
Was opening up to a work friend about food troubles. We both struggle so it was a good camaraderie. She was like "we could work on doing a detox together" but in a way that implied a detox was just something you DID when you were trying to lose weight. Like, it was a standard part of the process. I'm a people-pleaser so I explained to her that I couldn't do one due to my past issues with binge/restrict, but left out how I think detoxes are kind of pointless in the grand scheme of things.8 -
RelCanonical wrote: »A minor one, but I keep thinking about it because of how it was framed. Memory is fuzzy about it.
Was opening up to a work friend about food troubles. We both struggle so it was a good camaraderie. She was like "we could work on doing a detox together" but in a way that implied a detox was just something you DID when you were trying to lose weight. Like, it was a standard part of the process. I'm a people-pleaser so I explained to her that I couldn't do one due to my past issues with binge/restrict, but left out how I think detoxes are kind of pointless in the grand scheme of things.
Yup yup! Turns out our bodies are pretty good at that sort of thing all on their own! Haha
Had my uncle (who's around 400 lbs) tell me " my body is just much more efficient than most people and burns next to no calories!" -facepalm-
Shortly after I looked up a study showing that 2 standard deviations (95%) of the population fits within a +/- 500 kcal range of metabolic rate(at a similar body weight and activity level of course). Hmm hard to believe he could be that special. Haha5 -
I came here for the face-palm, and you lot haven't disappointed
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One woman I know used a similar site to MFP, and had very good progress as she lost about 10% of her body weight and still had a long way to go. She stopped tracking her calories & macros and she said it was because she liked going out to dinner on Fridays with her boyfriend and she couldn't enjoy it if she was tracking the calories, and it was too hard to figure out with local restaurants. She's since regained the weight she lost. I didn't suggest just skipping the entry for that one meal (something I've started doing in maintenance myself). I guess it was not worth it to her.
However, same lady spends hundreds on MLM weight loss products, so there's that.6 -
One of my co-workers (who is always on a diet or another) has the theory that whatever you eat out of your home doesn't count. For some mysterious reason, her diets never work... and she swears it's because she still hasn't found THE diet which agrees with her. Nothing to do with the giant chocolate pastries from the school canteen she eats every day.3
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I'm so, so, so, SO tired of everyone around me acting like I can't lose weight because I eat carbs. I have lost 45 pounds!!32
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ShayCarver89 wrote: »I'm so, so, so, SO tired of everyone around me acting like I can't lose weight because I eat carbs. I have lost 45 pounds!!
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Dumb forum syncing. Re-posted on correct thread.
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One of the best ones I've heard was "I don't know why I'm so overweight, i eat healthy and do everything I'm supposed to do!" as they shovel massive amounts of cheese down their throat. I'm not making fun of them because I'm also guilty of unhealthy eating but its the denial that kills me.6
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"I'll just stick to my diet pills and not eating bread after 1pm and I'll be fine"
And then she walked out of the office and the other fit girl and I looked at each other like "srsly" 😐5 -
"That donut will stay in your stomach for a week."
I wish someone would tell me cream cheese frosting doesn't have any calories.
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"That donut will stay in your stomach for a week."
I wish someone would tell me cream cheese frosting doesn't have any calories.
If there was a donut that would stay in your stomach for a week, that would actually be a great thing for weight management. Several days of satiety for what . . . 500-900 calories? It would be a diet superfood.25 -
I'd buy themjanejellyroll wrote: »"That donut will stay in your stomach for a week."
I wish someone would tell me cream cheese frosting doesn't have any calories.
If there was a donut that would stay in your stomach for a week, that would actually be a great thing for weight management. Several days of satiety for what . . . 500-900 calories? It would be a diet superfood. God help me I love donuts 
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janejellyroll wrote: »
If there was a donut that would stay in your stomach for a week, that would actually be a great thing for weight management. Several days of satiety for what . . . 500-900 calories? It would be a diet superfood.
I may eat a big doughnut just to test this theory.11 -
ShayCarver89 wrote: »I'm so, so, so, SO tired of everyone around me acting like I can't lose weight because I eat carbs. I have lost 45 pounds!!
amen
Definitely this one. I have a lifelong friend who calls my 130+ loss "a big metabolism shift" and believes this is proven because I still eat carbs daily and occasional fast food.11 -
ShayCarver89 wrote: »I'm so, so, so, SO tired of everyone around me acting like I can't lose weight because I eat carbs. I have lost 45 pounds!!
I eat bread literally every single day! And I still eat pasta a few times a week too! I've only been at this for 2 months but I'm down 14lbs.8
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