What is the weirdest weight loss advice you've ever had?

maleckathryn

these are so funny. People come up with some stupid **** when it coems to weight loss. Seriosuly cut what you freaking eat and excersize. There are other circumstances that can affect this, but for the most part it is really that simple (doing it of corse, is a whole nothing story.)

skyekeeper

I had a colleague tell me all you needed to eat was a handful of walnuts and a cup of blueberries instead of regular food. It would have everything you need, you wouldn't be hungry and you would lose weight.

I never tried it...but he was crazy on other things so it was part of the package.

Aren't walnuts and blueberries regular food?

williams969

I've been told (and have read somewhere, too) that consuming fat-free dairy makes you FAT. Because that's what pig farmers do to fatten the hogs--feed them skim milk. I'm sure it has something to do with adding skim milk to the feed instead of water, but whatever...Logic has no place in this thread, right?

Seriously, my friend told me that all I need to do is switch the skim milk to whole milk and the weight will melt off. Don't change the portions, just add the fat back into my dairy (you know, that entire 1-2 servings of fat-free dairy a day is KILLING my diet).

seltzermint555

"Do Crossfit."

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I guess Crossfit is great for some people...to me it would be way too hardcore. But what I think is sad/frustrating is when someone believes that X workout or diet is THE ONLY WAY they can lose weight. "Oh I can't run because I have bad knees, so I have to weigh 285 lb for the rest of my life". Why would anyone accept that and not TRY eating less, at least?

skimbo82

Celery has negative calories

Green tea and hot water with lemon help with weight loss

Not really about weight loss but still wha? - Sparkling water gives you cellulite

Eat a raw tomato before going to bed and it keeps the weight off and you can eat whatever else you want - THERE ARE NO WORDS!!!

Leanbean65

I've hear the dairy one too, some one told me they could have all the cream they wanted but no yogurt or milk???

canary_girl

a bunch from the inlaws:

don't drink cold water, it'll make the fat in your food congeal and make you fatter.

don't eat those beets, they're high in sugar (as he slurped down TWO sprites)

eat all the fat-free things! Pretzels are unlimited as they are fat free.

from the ladies at the gym:

don't lift heavy, you'll get too big!

from my mom:

if you're fat you're just lazy. If you exercise you can eat whatever you want.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

So I wonder on the calorie negative foods if someone has actually done some research on that:

Celery - How many calories does it take to digest 1 calorie of celery?
Vodka - How many calories does it take for one's liver to process 1 calorie of vodka?
Eating ice - How many colories does it take to heat up 1 ice cube?

I'm sure they are all soooo small that it wouldn't matter unless one is stuffing themselves with celery, getting alcohol poisoning, and being way too cold. But it would be interesting to know still.

maleckathryn

From this book someone told me about, whole milk is horrible for you. They use it to plump baby calves up to 1000lbs. Definatly dont think thats right. Skim milk basicaly just has added water.

JoanaMHill

So I wonder on the calorie negative foods if someone has actually done some research on that:

Celery - How many calories does it take to digest 1 calorie of celery?
Vodka - How many calories does it take for one's liver to process 1 calorie of vodka?
Eating ice - How many colories does it take to heat up 1 ice cube?

I'm sure they are all soooo small that it wouldn't matter unless one is stuffing themselves with celery, getting alcohol poisoning, and being way too cold. But it would be interesting to know still.

Not sure about vodka or celery but water generally has no calories unless you add to it, so I guess the logic is that crunching the ice would expend calories. Can't imagine it's all that pleasant for your teeth, though.

Klunker79

My doctor told me I should eat a healthy balanced diet. Then in the next breath told me to cut out all breads and pasta. At my next appointment he recommended the juice diet from the movie Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. He also told me I would need to take about three weeks off of work to overcome how crappy I would feel on the juice diet.

RunningMyPugandPapi

Basically everyone I went to high school with is now selling protein shakes in various multi-level-marketing schemes on Facebook. So I hear about these magical shakes constantly, with no mention of the calories in the shake, total daily calories, macros, etc. Just "Ask me about losing weight so easy with Herbalife/Mynt/whatever!"

whyyesitsneke

*rubs hands together with glee*

From my friend who is big into fitness:
- cardio is a waste of time; only lift weights as your fat will turn into muscle

From my mother:
- Just drink juice if you're hungry, it'll fill you up!

From everyone:
- You should run more. Runners are thin!
- You should never eat potatoes
- Red meat will make you fatter

tabicatinthehat

-Negative calorie foods.
-Fat-free
-The "magic" of organic.

Sauleeh

My sister and I got into an argument because she told me the body stores fat after 6PM. So she doesn't eat anything. I told her it is recommended to eat a large meal 4 hours before going to bed so you don't go to bed with a full stomach. (Whatever they say about that). Then she tells me 'There is a reason why people say in the morning you need to eat like a king, lunch like a knight and dinner like a peasant'... Uhh okay then.. She's been 'dieting' for years now with little results. All the juice diets, salad diets, red meat diets... Yeah...

BarbieFromHellx

-A girl I know insisted that you don't count calories to lose weight because they "don't mean anything", you count the grams of fat instead. Wtf?

-I think the weirdest one is someone suggested that you blot all your food with a piece of tissue to get the extra fat and oil off...can you imagine just going out to a restaurant and blotting your plate of food with a tissue? You would look crazy.

-Another is don't eat after a certain time, especially not carbs.

-My personal favorite is "cardio is a waste of time" lol ok.

-Oh and "don't eat too much fruit it will make you fat" well I don't know anyone who gained a load of weight from eating apples, what kind of BS people come out with.

AmZam05

These are both from my dad:


"I heard on the radio if you want to lose weight you can never eat bread, pizza, pasta, cookies, or cake."
Me: "dad you can still eat those things in moderation, calories are what matters"
Dad: "No, the doctor on the radio said it, you won't lose weight if you eat those things"


"You have to just completely cut out salt to lose weight, salt is the worst thing for you."

So guess what I've eaten while losing over 30 pounds?

He also followed those statements up with "all it comes down to is moderation, not this calorie stuff."

Lol ooookay dad whatever you say.

riirii93_

The 5 bite diet.
At your meal time you can have 5 bites of ANY one food you enjoy and you will lose weight.

they haven't seen how much food i can fit in one bite.

valkaree

Guy had a tapeworm his cat threw up he wanted to give me just to help me out

stevencloser

So I wonder on the calorie negative foods if someone has actually done some research on that:

Celery - How many calories does it take to digest 1 calorie of celery?
Vodka - How many calories does it take for one's liver to process 1 calorie of vodka?
Eating ice - How many colories does it take to heat up 1 ice cube?

I'm sure they are all soooo small that it wouldn't matter unless one is stuffing themselves with celery, getting alcohol poisoning, and being way too cold. But it would be interesting to know still.

Not sure about vodka or celery but water generally has no calories unless you add to it, so I guess the logic is that crunching the ice would expend calories. Can't imagine it's all that pleasant for your teeth, though.

A calorie is the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water by 1 degree celsius (If I remember correctly). Assuming an ice cube is 20 milliliters, that's 2/100 of a liter, temperature is raised by 37° C to body temperature, so 0.74 calories are expended by eating an ice cube if the function is linear. Not counting the energy needed if you bite on it and the movements of your face muscles.

riirii93_

Butter on top of cheese eggs doesn't sound that tasty. In fact, it might make me retch...

then what the hell do you make your cheese omelets with? the butter goes in the pan before the eggs, not on top of the eggs after they'r cooked.

riirii93_

Not weight loss advice but weight loss fail: my mom tries to eat the 'mediterranean' diet but all she does is eat a ton of and doesn't watch her portions at all and barely exercises. She just dumps copious amounts of olive oil into everything she eats, eats several handfuls of nuts as a snack because "protein and healthy fat", and has gotten into that stupid coconut oil trend. She also ordered raspberry ketones, african orange mango pills, and green coffee pills from Dr. Oz. My dad and I staged an intervention and threw them away. She just keeps gaining weight and she doesn't know why. She is not interested in monitoring her caloric intake/burn.

zchastain

So I wonder on the calorie negative foods if someone has actually done some research on that:

Celery - How many calories does it take to digest 1 calorie of celery?
Vodka - How many calories does it take for one's liver to process 1 calorie of vodka?
Eating ice - How many colories does it take to heat up 1 ice cube?

I'm sure they are all soooo small that it wouldn't matter unless one is stuffing themselves with celery, getting alcohol poisoning, and being way too cold. But it would be interesting to know still.

Not sure about vodka or celery but water generally has no calories unless you add to it, so I guess the logic is that crunching the ice would expend calories. Can't imagine it's all that pleasant for your teeth, though.

A calorie is the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water by 1 degree celsius (If I remember correctly). Assuming an ice cube is 20 milliliters, that's 2/100 of a liter, temperature is raised by 37° C to body temperature, so 0.74 calories are expended by eating an ice cube if the function is linear. Not counting the energy needed if you bite on it and the movements of your face muscles.

A calorie increases 1g (or mL) of water by 1 deg C (but this is not kilocalories, or Calories, which you see on nutrition labels). But to get the energy expenditure needed you'll also have to account for the melting of the ice, overcoming the heat of fusion (~80cal/g). Then the water can be heated. For simplicity's sake I'll assume the ice is at 0C.

For the rather large 20 mL (20g) ice cube you mentioned above the energy required would be:
20g*80cal/g + 20g*(37C-0C) = 2,340 calories = 2.34 kcals

Not the biggest Calorie burn considering how much you'd have to eat to lose a pound of fat. (Using the numbers above that amounts to 1,496 very large 20g ice cubes)

SteampunkSongbird

I've also been told in the past that you can eat as much non-chocolate candy as you like because it's normally fat free. It probably just comes from the misconception that eating fat is what makes you fat.

I've also heard a snacking variation of the 5 bites thing; allegedly your taste buds are satisfied after 3 bites, so if you have a craving for a snack food when you're not actually hungry, you should have 3 little bites, chewing slowly, and it makes it easier to put away the rest. I never tried it so can neither confirm nor deny the usefulness of that one.

Happymelz

Basically everyone I went to high school with is now selling protein shakes in various multi-level-marketing schemes on Facebook. So I hear about these magical shakes constantly, with no mention of the calories in the shake, total daily calories, macros, etc. Just "Ask me about losing weight so easy with Herbalife/Mynt/whatever!"

YES!!!!
My cousin started selling that stuff and got her overweight mother and Aunts to try it.

They eat the shakes WITH their meals. lol.

nicsflyingcircus

From this book someone told me about, whole milk is horrible for you. They use it to plump baby calves up to 1000lbs. Definatly dont think thats right. Skim milk basicaly just has added water.

Nope, skim milk is literally the liquid left when you SKIM all the cream off.

Edited to fix typo.

helenarriaza

Coconut. Yuck.

I was told to try the "not swallow" diet. Basically taking bites of anything I wanted, tasting it, then spitting it out.

You don't want to hear what I told her in response.

I do I do!

joepage612

I saw on tv JOAN COLLINS say she never drinks diet sodas because she only see's fat people drinking them.

aethre

"You have to just completely cut out salt to lose weight, salt is the worst thing for you."

Oh god, my father-in-law goes by this to the extent that my other half has to cook his dad's pasta in a separate pan because he won't have the water salted... I took them for fish & chips once when they were visiting, and when the girl asked if we wanted salt & vinegar he literally dived across the place on one leg and yelled 'NOOOOOO NO SALT IT'S POISON! It makes you thirsty because your body's trying to flush it out because it's POISON!'

I lost weight from avoiding the chip shop for several months after that. ^_~

amandzor

I've heard many of these before.

The strangest (and one of the most dangerous) one's I've come across is the "cotton-ball diet"

You dip a "cotton" (it's not actually cotton) in oil, then swallow it. It, supposedly fills up your stomach so you eat less.

I have no words....