Fitness myths you used to believe

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Wetterdew
Wetterdew Posts: 142 Member
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Mine: "If you have huge muscles, then when you get old it will turn into fat."
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  • pinklotusblossom
    pinklotusblossom Posts: 4
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    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat!
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
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    That in order to lose weight you couldn't eat junk food or drink soda.
    That you HAD To exercise and do cardio to burn fat.
    That fat turns directly into muscle when lifting weights.
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
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    Yeah, the "transmorphation" of fat turning into muscle and the reverse.

    I can't believe I was that dopey.
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
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    That women get bulky from lifting.

    Oh, contrary. ..they get dead sexy ♥
  • Siansonea
    Siansonea Posts: 917 Member
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    That I didn't need to pay attention to calories to lose weight, that I could just "wing it".
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
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    (A pound of) Muscle weighs more than (a pound of) fat.

    A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat!

    Fixed it for you.
    Muscle is more dense than fat, therefore, a cubic inch of muscle actually does weigh more than a cubic inch of fat.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
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    That to lose weight I had to eat nothing but boiled chicken and salads.
    That I had to be miserable and make everyone around me miserable cause I was on a diet
    That cute little pink hand weights were good enough strength training for women

    So glad I know better now
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
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    I had to only eat one meal a day to keep my weight off!! Stupid mom!!!
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
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    If you lay down after eating you willl get fat. My Asian friends used to tell me that one all the time...
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
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    You have to eat breakfast and six times a day.

    I also didn't know that muscle loss was a big concern and that lifting and protein can minimize it.
  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
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    Do lots of crunches and ab work to lose belly fat!
  • mungowungo
    mungowungo Posts: 327 Member
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    That to lose weight I had to eat nothing but boiled chicken and salads.
    That I had to be miserable and make everyone around me miserable cause I was on a diet
    That cute little pink hand weights was good enough strength training for women

    So glad I know better now

    This^^^

    Plus you have to eat a lot less and starve and not eat fat.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
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    Protein first thing in the morning "stokes your metabolic furnace." I still regularly include a protein shake in my breakfast, but that's partly habit and partly so I don't have to think about meeting and (hopefully) exceeding minimum protein goals.
  • turtleball
    turtleball Posts: 217 Member
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    -if you eat at night you will gain weight
    - need to eat nothing but diet foods
    -exercise = weight loss
    -constantly eating food throughout the day will make me lose weight


    --might edit to put more
  • alisha_1983
    alisha_1983 Posts: 507 Member
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    that in order to lose weight, you need to eat a very restrictive diet with no more than 1200 calories........total BS!!!!!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,943 Member
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    Losing weight is not about how much you eat, but what you eat.

    If you don't eat before you go to bed, you WILL lose weight.

    You must exercise to lose weight.
  • resistance_freak
    resistance_freak Posts: 899
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    used to believe that you needed carbs for energy

    I also used to believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy
  • Dugleik
    Dugleik Posts: 125
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    This is more of those weird things from the Pro-Ana community, but for a long time I believed water contained calories. Needless to say I was not the perfect picture of mental health at the time.
  • jamiebxo
    jamiebxo Posts: 116
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    I think I've believed them all at some point! "Don't eat after 6pm because your body stores more fat after this time" "You can ONLY eat healthy foods to lose weight" "Strength training will make you bulky and masculine", you name it.
  • _TastySnoBalls_
    _TastySnoBalls_ Posts: 1,298 Member
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    That (enter food here) is off limits if you want to lose weight.

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