Can we start a mythbusting thread?

Honey_bearz

I'll start, and it'll work as an example;


I've heard that eating carbs (or just eating at all) after 6pm should be avoided because when you're sleeping it's harder to break it down, but I've also heard that this isn't true. If it is true then it's a good tip I guess.

melsinct

Myth: You should eat 6 small meals a day

Fact: This does absolutely nothing in terms of weight loss. If 3 meals a day plus snacks keep you satisfied, then go for it. If 6 small meals is more to your liking, great- then eat that way. There is no magic combination of meals that will make you lose weight any faster.

stephdeeable

If we're myth-busting do I get to blow some *kitten* up? I will grow a moustache and wear a delightful hat if necessary.

Mokey41

Myth: Drinking a lot of water flushes fat out.

Kat5343

Myth: Drinking a lot of water flushes fat out.

Dammit!!! :grumble:

pitbullmama

Myth: you MUST drink at least 8 glasses of water a day to lose weight.

Truth: No one really knows where that number came from.

LondonEliza

Myth: Drinking a lot of water flushes fat out.

That must be true, I've been flushing water down the toilet for years and the damm thing has not got any smaller :laugh:

Quattrone21

How about a mythbusters episode on once you go black you never go back

SideSteel

Myth: Breakfast jump-starts your metabolism.
Fact: It doesn't.



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DopeItUp

I'll start, and it'll work as an example;


I've heard that eating carbs (or just eating at all) after 6pm should be avoided because when you're sleeping it's harder to break it down, but I've also heard that this isn't true. If it is true then it's a good tip I guess.

Yes, that is a myth. You can eat at any time.

Myth: You can only absorb 25-30g of protein in a sitting.
Truth: Only a moron would believe this.

Chief_Rocka

Myth: Anything anyone ever says about insulin

Fact: Don't eat too much

drmerc

Myth: Starvation mode
Fact: lol

FitBeto

Myth: You cant trust men

Fact: I am a gynecologist

tschaff04

That ones just funny. If it were true I would be drinking my butt off....literally!

Myth: Drinking a lot of water flushes fat out.

MireyGal76

Myth: You'll gain 5 pounds of fat after having a single cheat day

Fact: it takes work to lose it and it takes work to gain it. One cheat day will not drive a 5lb gain on the scales the next day. Not pooping and water retention may do that, but it's not a fat gain from one cheat day.

tschaff04

Thank you for this one!!! I despise breakfast time. I am never hungry before lunch and get annoyed with people telling me I should be eating breakfast. :explode:

Myth: Breakfast jump-starts your metabolism.
Fact: It doesn't.



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trophywife24

Myth: You have to "eat more to weigh less"

Fact: Most of us are here because we got fat eating too much and "EMWL" is often (but not always, settle down) a tag line for justifying crappy food. Please, 5' females, stop letting 6'2, 210 pound male body builders tell you how much to eat and then start a thread a month later on why you aren't loosing. DERP.



Myth: "Curvy"

Fact: That word is rarely used in the proper context.

katcunock

myth: you have to eat less than 5% fat to lose weight

EatClean_WashUrNuts

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_stephanie0

Myth: You cant trust men

Fact: I am a gynecologist

LOL!!

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sunsnstatheart

Myth: Baby fat

Fact: You're 32 d*mnit

LondonEliza

Myth: you MUST drink at least 8 glasses of water a day to lose weight.

Truth: No one really knows where that number came from.

Tsk!

LondonEliza

Myth: Baby fat

Fact: You're 32 d*mnit

Ahem ... I think at 32, the baby fat may come from the fact you had one (or 2) not that you are one.

SideSteel

Myth: You have to "eat more to weigh less"

Fact: Most of us are here because we got fat eating too much and "EMWL" is often (but not always, settle down) a tag line for justifying crappy food. Please, 5' females, stop letting 6'2, 210 pound male body builders tell you how much to eat and then start a thread a month later on why you aren't loosing. DERP.

While I agree with your premise about people eating too much, I think singling out bodybuilders is a bit rude.

kristen6022

Myth: Muscle weights more than fat, so when you start working out (lifting or cardio) you might gain muscle weight...
Fact: 1 day of "working out" will NOT put on 2-3lbs of muscle. In anyone...period.

It's water weight, muscle are used to being a couch potato and they are retaining water. Unless you went over your calories by 7000 in one day. In which, BRAVO! :noway:

SideSteel

Myth: Baby fat

Fact: You're 32 d*mnit

^ ROFL!

trophywife24

Myth: You have to "eat more to weigh less"

Fact: Most of us are here because we got fat eating too much and "EMWL" is often (but not always, settle down) a tag line for justifying crappy food. Please, 5' females, stop letting 6'2, 210 pound male body builders tell you how much to eat and then start a thread a month later on why you aren't loosing. DERP.

While I agree with your premise about people eating too much, I think singling out bodybuilders is a bit rude.

Oooh wasn't trying to single them out, just saying that you can't really let someone who can't relate to your body tell you what's best for you. I've never actually seen a body builder tell someone who wasn't a body builder how to eat. I was just being "funny". I love body builders............... *mouth breathing*

kristen6022

Myth: Weighing yourself everyday will make the weight come off faster...

Fact: Seriously?

Yanicka1

Myth : carbs are evil

Truth : carbs are yummy

Barbellerella

Myth: Women will get bulky by lifting heavy weights.

Truth: :noway:

OspreyVista

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