Worst advice you've seen on these boards

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  • mark03264
    mark03264 Posts: 334 Member
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    'You're turning muscle into fat'....as if some mysterious form of alchemy has been discovered.

    or turning fat into muscle...
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
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    Has everyone forgotten that a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat?
  • mark03264
    mark03264 Posts: 334 Member
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    Has everyone forgotten that a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat?

    Beat ya to it!
  • thegymbunny
    thegymbunny Posts: 602 Member
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    Oh and "People's goal weights are up to them, it's not for us to judge"

    Well yes, but I am not going to see someone my height (5'5") aim for a goal of 100lbs and not say anything.

    lord forbid one suggest that is unhealthy!!!
  • feisma
    feisma Posts: 213 Member
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    LOVE this topic! :-)
  • ohwhataday
    ohwhataday Posts: 1,398 Member
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    I always like:

    "I burned 783 calories in 14 minutes on the elliptical, should I eat back those calories?"

    Hilarious!!!

    14 minutes! what a beaaast!
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
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    I always like:

    "I burned 783 calories in 14 minutes on the elliptical, should I eat back those calories?"

    Hilarious!!!

    14 minutes! what a beaaast!

    Or how about the people that have like "I burned 2954 calories in 300 minutes walking, 2.5 mph"

    Just because they walked around all day at a theme park or shopping.
  • hajjcomb
    hajjcomb Posts: 118 Member
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    Run heel-to-toe!

    no no NO NO NO!!!! Unless you wanna eff up your joints, you need to land mid-foot (or slightly forward of mid-foot).

    This makes my list of bad advice.....the one size fits all variety.
  • Slinkybaz
    Slinkybaz Posts: 312 Member
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    If you have a blowout day, just take a load of laxatives before you go to bed and in the morning you'll wake up with stomach pains and everything will just come right out.

    Wow, why didn't I think of that myself?! I guess Bulimia must be fine too then - jeez
  • mccarty2003
    mccarty2003 Posts: 5 Member
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    "I'm 5'4 and my GW is 85lbs" :noway:

    Holy cow! Lol...that's crazy!
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
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    I always like:

    "I burned 783 calories in 14 minutes on the elliptical, should I eat back those calories?"

    Hilarious!!!

    14 minutes! what a beaaast!

    Or how about the people that have like "I burned 2954 calories in 300 minutes walking, 2.5 mph"

    Just because they walked around all day at a theme park or shopping.

    You missed housework and 600 calls doing an hour of gardening.
  • MadBabysMama
    MadBabysMama Posts: 373 Member
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    You guys are bursting all my bubbles here - I was planning on eating a bag of Oreos (seriously, that sounds so awesome right now - better go eat dinner FAST), following that with some celery for some negative calories, all while walking around the mall in my toning shoes! Now how on earth am I going to lose weight?
  • Smittyinthesun2
    Smittyinthesun2 Posts: 161
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    My personal favoite that fat weighs more than muscle or is it the other way around I cant remember ?

    A little bit of knowledge is dangerous.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
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    Oh and "People's goal weights are up to them, it's not for us to judge"

    Well yes, but I am not going to see someone my height (5'5") aim for a goal of 100lbs and not say anything.

    LOVE. (: !
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
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    I may get shot for this, and I don't think it's close to the "don't eat fruit, do eat chocolate brownie/muffin/angel food cake" dichotomy, but advising low carbing for someone who does a lot of cardiovascular exercise, especially competitively always strikes me as dangerous.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
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    I always like:

    "I burned 783 calories in 14 minutes on the elliptical, should I eat back those calories?"

    Hilarious!!!

    14 minutes! what a beaaast!

    Or how about the people that have like "I burned 2954 calories in 300 minutes walking, 2.5 mph"

    Just because they walked around all day at a theme park or shopping.

    You missed housework and 600 calls doing an hour of gardening.



    or "RIDING A LAWNMOWER" 80 min... 1068.... I guess riding a lawnmower burns more calories than running 9 miles! (;
  • corpus_validum
    corpus_validum Posts: 292 Member
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    I don't know about you guys, but the worst piece of advice I ever got on these boards was to "shave the hedges" based on this thread:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/305380-ladies-your-preference-for-your-man

    Damn razor cuts hurt like hell, and the wife felt the change was more hysterical than enjoyable :sad:
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
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    I don't know about you guys, but the worst piece of advice I ever got on these boards was to "shave the hedges" based on this thread:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/305380-ladies-your-preference-for-your-man

    Damn razor cuts hurt like hell, and the wife felt the change was more hysterical than enjoyable :sad:

    *like*
  • arc918
    arc918 Posts: 2,037 Member
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    I'm a big fan of:

    the best weight loss group ever (closed thread)
  • SoCalSwimmerDude
    SoCalSwimmerDude Posts: 480 Member
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    Don't eat fruit. Fruit is baaaaaad, it has sugar in.

    Look at these AMAZING fat free chocolate brownies!!!!!!!!!!!

    :laugh:

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