Saw something on line that made me SO MAD!

diannholland1965

Alright so I go to a basic site, MSN in this case, and I was looking at their health and fitness section and came across an artical about walking..
Diann is not mad yet...
Basicly the artical said that you need to walk 10,000 steps a day.
Wondering how many miles that was I typed in a google search.
How far is 10,000 steps.
The answer is about 5 miles... OK.
Diann is still not mad yet.
Then I wondered...
How LONG it takes to walk those 5 miles if you walked 5 miles all at once.
So again I googled:
How long does it take to walk 5 miles.
Well the answer is about an hour to an hour and 1/2
Well at least accoring to this one site that I went to.
THIS is where I saw what made me mad.
The first site that had this answer had somewhere at the side
a list of questions that people get to ask this person.
One of the questions was.
What excersizes do you do to lose weight?
I thought Gee that is a decent question and I think others might want to know that,
like all my friends at MFP.
So I clicked on this HACKS answer. You know what she SAID!
In BIG LETTERS she said.
DO NOT EVER LIFT WEIGHTS BECAUSE THAT MAKES YOU GAIN WEIGHT AND GET FAT!
:noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:
I was sitting here and said out loud WHAT??!!?? :mad: :explode: :noway:
Below that she said that because muscle weighs more then fat
you do not ever want to lift weights or do crunches or anything like that.
The ONLY excercise that she thought we should do was walk.
What made me mad was that this person is telling people this and
you KNOW that there are people that do not KNOW any better that will read this
and let their muscles waste away and NEVER understand WHY they can not get ride of flab. :explode: :mad: :explode: :noway:
Does this person not understand that MUSCLE might Weigh more the FAT,
But Muscle EATS FAT FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER!!!!!
OK, I think I am done venting now! MAN!!! ARGH!!!!!!! :mad: :explode:
--Diann...

diannholland1965

Alright so I go to a basic site, MSN in this case, and I was looking at their health and fitness section and came across an artical about walking..
Diann is not mad yet...
Basicly the artical said that you need to walk 10,000 steps a day.
Wondering how many miles that was I typed in a google search.
How far is 10,000 steps.
The answer is about 5 miles... OK.
Diann is still not mad yet.
Then I wondered...
How LONG it takes to walk those 5 miles if you walked 5 miles all at once.
So again I googled:
How long does it take to walk 5 miles.
Well the answer is about an hour to an hour and 1/2
Well at least accoring to this one site that I went to.
THIS is where I saw what made me mad.
The first site that had this answer had somewhere at the side
a list of questions that people get to ask this person.
One of the questions was.
What excersizes do you do to lose weight?
I thought Gee that is a decent question and I think others might want to know that,
like all my friends at MFP.
So I clicked on this HACKS answer. You know what she SAID!
In BIG LETTERS she said.
DO NOT EVER LIFT WEIGHTS BECAUSE THAT MAKES YOU GAIN WEIGHT AND GET FAT!
:noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:
I was sitting here and said out loud WHAT??!!?? :mad: :explode: :noway:
Below that she said that because muscle weighs more then fat
you do not ever want to lift weights or do crunches or anything like that.
The ONLY excercise that she thought we should do was walk.
What made me mad was that this person is telling people this and
you KNOW that there are people that do not KNOW any better that will read this
and let their muscles waste away and NEVER understand WHY they can not get ride of flab. :explode: :mad: :explode: :noway:
Does this person not understand that MUSCLE might Weigh more the FAT,
But Muscle EATS FAT FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER!!!!!
OK, I think I am done venting now! MAN!!! ARGH!!!!!!! :mad: :explode:
--Diann...

ToTheLove

Oh man, that really grinds my gears.. .(teehee)

I hope people don't honestly believe her and will go check out some other resources and get some proven answers...

Sheesh. :noway:

GTOgirl1969

Let's just say the author of the article is GROSSLY misinformed.:huh:

jessneill

Alright so I go to a basic site, MSN in this case, and I was looking at their health and fitness section and came across an artical about walking..
Diann is not mad yet...
Basicly the artical said that you need to walk 10,000 steps a day.
Wondering how many miles that was I typed in a google search.
How far is 10,000 steps.
The answer is about 5 miles... OK.
Diann is still not mad yet.
Then I wondered...
How LONG it takes to walk those 5 miles if you walked 5 miles all at once.
So again I googled:
How long does it take to walk 5 miles.
Well the answer is about an hour to an hour and 1/2
Well at least accoring to this one site that I went to.
THIS is where I saw what made me mad.
The first site that had this answer had somewhere at the side
a list of questions that people get to ask this person.
One of the questions was.
What excersizes do you do to lose weight?
I thought Gee that is a decent question and I think others might want to know that,
like all my friends at MFP.
So I clicked on this HACKS answer. You know what she SAID!
In BIG LETTERS she said.
DO NOT EVER LIFT WEIGHTS BECAUSE THAT MAKES YOU GAIN WEIGHT AND GET FAT!
:noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:
I was sitting here and said out loud WHAT??!!?? :mad: :explode: :noway:
Below that she said that because muscle weighs more then fat
you do not ever want to lift weights or do crunches or anything like that.
The ONLY excercise that she thought we should do was walk.
What made me mad was that this person is telling people this and
you KNOW that there are people that do not KNOW any better that will read this
and let their muscles waste away and NEVER understand WHY they can not get ride of flab. :explode: :mad: :explode: :noway:
Does this person not understand that MUSCLE might Weigh more the FAT,
But Muscle EATS FAT FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER!!!!!
OK, I think I am done venting now! MAN!!! ARGH!!!!!!! :mad: :explode:
--Diann...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...

It's crazy the things people will try to espouse as true...

Good thing we have a resource and know better.

FitJoani

I agree the author is VERY out of sync with the truth!!!!

mommared53

Diann you should have posted your response to that article. You could have also posted that people should go to MFP to get correct info.

ali106

:noway: ahhh nope!!!

no way...not gonna happen ...uh uh!...no! :noway:

its sad that they have stuff like that out there to misinform folks....hugs and stay focused...we're here for ya!!!!

TamTastic

Three cheers for the ignorant!!! Yeah!!

WOW....some people really need to educate themselves before offering advice.

sgtinvincible

But it's on the internetz so you know it is true!!!

I learned long ago, that anything you read on the internet had better be verified against something off the internet.

This person is the worst kind of 'expert'.

Pfft I say.

diannholland1965

I KNOW!!! That is why I am SO angry about that, AND DON't you KNOW that she did not have a responce thing for people to tell her what they thought about her answer!
:explode:
ANd BTW YES you CAN lose weight by JUST walking and running.
However you will lose MUCH faster and be healthier if you add muscle to that cardio that she wants us to ONLY do.
--Di...

diannholland1965

AND ANOTHER THING! IT IS PROVEN that people that have muscle live LONGER and are better able to move around in old age then those that do not.
I do not know about you all but "I" plan to be around for a LONG TIME and just because I plan to be around past `100 I STILL want to be able to Oh, I do not know....... WALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I guess I was not done venting yet Huh?
--Me...

yoginimary

Let's go beat her up...with our big muscles :laugh:

diannholland1965

HA Thanks for the laugh Mary You are a God Send!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
--Diann...

mommared53

Let's go beat her up...with our big muscles :laugh:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

rethun01

I learned long ago, that anything you read on the internet had better be verified against something off the internet.

As the daughter of a librarian and a total research geek I COULDN'T AGREE MORE!

I actually had a trainer who said you didn't need to do strenuous cardio to lose weight. All she ever did was the stair climber for like 10 minutes and lift weights. And no crunches or situps. She used this same exact program for every one of her clients. The scary part was that she had a degree from Purdue University in Physical Fitness.

But she was naturally thin, so she probably didn't need to do a lot of cardio or situps to look good. Toning was all she needed. I didn't keep her as a trainer for long.