Worst Dieting/Nutrition Advice Ever

chocolateandvodka

Seen on a public site complete with spelling errors. Enjoy.

S***** • Nacogdoches, Texas •

if anyone opens an Anatomy textbook, or a nutrition textbook, it will tell you healthy eating!!!

eat every 2-3 hours to keep your body out of starvation mode (which becomes onset after about 5 hours). your body "thinks" it's going to stave and never get food again so it starts storing all the fat and sugar from your last meal. meanwhile, a few hours later (or 5-7 hours later) you eat another meal. then you take another long break. your body keeps storing all that fat. and yes, doing basic routine of living you burn approx 2000 calories--which is why you can injest 2000 calories daily and not gain 5 pounds a day. (yes cal intake is different for everybody).


*DISCLAIMER* i realize not everyone follows the same program/plan, and i realize the eating every 2-3 hours part is actually a pretty good idea, HOWEVER, the point of this is to remind us to research advice before regurgitating it as "fact".

pauljonesbryant1969

people told me i looked ill when i went down too 138 llb so went too 175 lllb so back on diet again too reach 145 llb currently 156 llb

nothingisred

Oh dear.

My favourite bit is the bit about going into starvation mode after 5 hours.

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

Don't eat after 7pm. I'm not used to eat that early & normally we eat around 8-9:30pm but nothing happened to my body. Such a ridiculous advice.

cramernh

"You can have everything in moderation!"
Sorry but with my mile long list of food allergies and sensitivities, 'moderation' does not apply.... definitely not with everyone....

MaximalLife

Instead of eating breakfast, drink a coke instead.
It has ZERO FAT!

cramernh

Instead of eating breakfast, drink a coke instead.
It has ZERO FAT!

Like.....TOTALLY! Fir-sure! LOL!!!!

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

Instead of eating breakfast, drink a coke instead.
It has ZERO FAT!

^^ this made me laugh :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

spyder_rose

"You can have everything in moderation!"
Sorry but with my mile long list of food allergies and sensitivities, 'moderation' does not apply.... definitely not with everyone....

I agree. I also have allergies... and definitely not able to eat everything in moderation... !!!!

slay0r

How about just don't eat at all, that works apparently..

TriforceRaven

Cold left-over pizza has no calories or fat!

^ Just about every college kid I've ever talked to. :laugh:

zoominzozo

"Eating after 9pm will make you fat"
I think the constantly eating/grazing throughout the day made me fat- lol.

Glad to say I do eat after 9pm now because on somedays if I didn't I wouldn't have dinner!!!

zoominzozo

^^^^ Cold/left over pizza has no cals


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WHY?!?!? I so wish this was true!!!

25kyla

Eat every 2/3 hours???? thats wat got me here in the 1st place!!!!xx

UsedToBeHusky

Yeah, that was terrible!

jonski1968

Hmmmmm....I eat every 3 hours starting at 7.30 am and i manage to keep losing weight..6 meals a day counting my protein shake at 10.30 before bed.

bkt529

eat every 2-3 hours


Some people need to eat often, like my sister. She is borderline diabetic and will pass out if she does not eat often. Me, on he other hand, I don't eat enough food and therefore I am overweight. Doesn't really make sense does it?

slay0r

I think the worst advice I've ever got is to detox every morning and not eat at all until 2pm.. I just couldn't handle that even if I tried I'd be dead by that time. Maybe if you don't do a lot and don't exercise but by 9am I've done 40 odd mins of intense cardio and I'm starving!

PrimalGirl

Eating every 2/3 hours is only necessary if you eat a high-carb diet. If you don't eat regularly on a high-carb diet, you get the shakes, lightheadedness, nausea etc because the carbs have made your insulin level spike and then drop.
If you eat a high-fat, medium-protein, low-carb diet (Paleo/Caveman diet) you can go for 16 hours without needing to eat. You still feel hungry, but you don't get any of the unpleasant side effects.
I eat a 16/8 fasting schedule - eat at 7pm, then fast through the night and morning until 11am - it's really not difficult, as long as you're eating low-carb in the first place. I generally eat less than 70g of carbs a day and have lost over 20lbs.

chocolateandvodka

worst dieting advice i've ever gotten? my step monster telling me her cheese, ham, bacon, tomato and ranch smothered salad with maybe 5 pieces of lettuce was healthier than my veggie tacos.

uh. right. k.

thefuzz1290

"If you order it [dessert], it doesn't have any calories for me because it's your dessert!" - my wife

But seriously, the worst advice I received when I started, "Don't eat a lot of protein, you should eat more carbs so your body has more energy."

Alachofra15

I remember reading in a MAJOR women's glossie magazine a few years ago about the sweets/candy diet which was what made successful models. Basically they ate sugary sweets and diet coke because it gave them 'energy' but had little fat and no carbs that bloated them. I swear to god it was saying this was a good idea.

ArroganceInStep

"It's easy! All you have to do is..."

XXXMinnieXXX

I was told to rarely eat meat, it worked for a while but I now thied more protein and I'm trying to increase it! X

mangozulu

Hmmmm?????Interesting....... If only we were still cavemen:(

mangozulu

See above

Eating every 2/3 hours is only necessary if you eat a high-carb diet. If you don't eat regularly on a high-carb diet, you get the shakes, lightheadedness, nausea etc because the carbs have made your insulin level spike and then drop.
If you eat a high-fat, medium-protein, low-carb diet (Paleo/Caveman diet) you can go for 16 hours without needing to eat. You still feel hungry, but you don't get any of the unpleasant side effects.
I eat a 16/8 fasting schedule - eat at 7pm, then fast through the night and morning until 11am - it's really not difficult, as long as you're eating low-carb in the first place. I generally eat less than 70g of carbs a day and have lost over 20lbs.

BelleEns

I find that I listened FAR too much to advice when I started out. Everyone's bodies are different, so what works for others won't work for me. For example, I did low carbing for a whole and I have never been as ill in my life. Also, I was told to eat every 2-3 hours, but actually I don't have much of an appetite and it's better for me to eat when I feel like eating.

jellybaby84

For me the worst would be a toss up between:

Mono-diets - if you only eat one thing (even if it's chocolate) then your body magically fails to absorb any nutrients and you will lose weight!

Cold food diet - If you eat all your food very cold or frozen then you burn more calories just by eating it!

The candy/diet coke diet used to work well for me in the short term when I did dance seriously. Before shows I could have a week of 10 hour rehearsals and need LOTS of energy. But I had to wear lycra and not look bloated. So it was jellybabies and marshmallows till they were coming out our ears! We were on a constant buzz but felt really light and empty - I actually liked it. But no, not healthy for the long term.

MrObundles

Eat only food which you can grasp within your reach and only raw meat.....hmmm cave man dieting:laugh:

Bentley2718

Eating every 2/3 hours is only necessary if you eat a high-carb diet. If you don't eat regularly on a high-carb diet, you get the shakes, lightheadedness, nausea etc because the carbs have made your insulin level spike and then drop.

I eat a relatively high carb diet (55%+) and I do not feel shaky, lightheaded, etc. after 2-3 hours without eating (unless I'm exercising intensely for those 2-3 hours, and often not even then). If you eat a diet high in refined carbs, with no fiber, you may run into this problem, but if you're eating a more reasonable diet, including raw fruits and veggies, plus a reasonable amount of fat and protein at each meal, going more than 2-3 hours without eating isn't a problem for most people (special health issues aside).

zoominzozo

I know a few people who swear by the Paleo diet (caveman style) and the results they've shown are amazing, they too like me run alot but I couldn't do it- I heart potatoes, cheese and pizza too much.