Funniest/Most Useless weight loss myth you've heard
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Muscle and fat weigh the same.
Muscle and fat DO weigh the same.. a lb is a lb, it's the volume that is different, not the weight!0 -
That if you eat certain foods together and never eat fruit with csrbs you will lose weight lol
If you eat grapefruit you will lose weight.....can I eat a grapefruit with my hot fudge sundae? Heehee
Dont exercise for the first few weeks of your diet......really?0 -
You can't build muscle without eating X number of calories. The best is when it is combined with the phrase "you can only make the muscles you have stronger".
So, in my mind I imagine your body sitting there saying "Haha workout all you want, you can't get stronger", and then you say "oh yeah?" and eat a piece of pie which puts you over x calories, which triggers an alarm in your body that tells all the muscles "Holy ****, get to work!" and then you have new muscles popping out all over. And then you grow wings and fly, yay.
Wait... I thought it was red bull that gave you wings... if you keep changing the rules i'll never be able to fly.0 -
Eat a huge, sugar-filled breakfast and you won't crave sweets the rest of the day!0
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You can't build muscle without eating X number of calories. The best is when it is combined with the phrase "you can only make the muscles you have stronger".
So, in my mind I imagine your body sitting there saying "Haha workout all you want, you can't get stronger", and then you say "oh yeah?" and eat a piece of pie which puts you over x calories, which triggers an alarm in your body that tells all the muscles "Holy ****, get to work!" and then you have new muscles popping out all over. And then you grow wings and fly, yay.
Ok, I have heard from many fitness professionals that if you are at a caloric deficit that you cannot build muscle. You can tone, but you cannot build muscle.
That would depend on where you start. I started at 285, so yeah, I have a defecit, but I'm also building muscle (ppl tell me it's not possible) I am now at a point that my lean muscle is burning calories efficiently enough that I am losing more lbs each week than I even plan.0 -
the newest one ive heard was today
Crunches are bad for you0 -
Potatoes are poisonous because they are related to deadly nightshade.
You must do a liver cleansing diet.
We are all allergic to bread/milk/ and it clogs the system and makes us bloat.
Blood group diet. - arrgh!0 -
Growing up, I was always told doing crunches would give me a flat stomach, eating carbs at night would make me gain, etc.
Just wondering what other weight loss myths are floating out there (and misguiding people, haha)
why are these myths that you have stated?? they sound legit to me....i mean crunches work your abs.....too many carbs will make you fat especially if you are not burning them off..... Simple
Crunches build muscles, they don't give you a flat stomach.
haha. so that would mean....that it makes your stomach muscular??
i guess youre right...im sorry, crunches will make your stomach muscular....not flat....i assumed that a muscular stomach was a flat stomach.....thats what i would call a flat stomach...i guess youd call it rippley
I think flat stomach does not equal abs... You can have a flat stomach without having abs. You get a flat stomach by eating right and burning fat, you get abs by doing crunches. Growing up I thought doing crunches would give me a flat stomach also. Unfortunately, doing 1,000 daily but not eating right gave me hidden abs :laugh:
crunches gave me a flat stomach....is why i know this is true
I do crunches all the time. I'm 190 lbs. I do not have a flat stomach. Why? Because I have a high bf%. Crunches alone do not lower my bf%0 -
Lemon detox, Apple cider vinegar cleanse, the potato diet, the carrot & orange diet, ginger teas to lose fat, and other bull crap!
"Detoxes" and "cleanse" make me cringe :sick:0 -
Gatorade will "replenish electrolytes" after hard workouts. Says the Gatorade marketing department. All those tailored pre- and post-workout grocery items are totally unnecessary, expensive, and wasteful (in terms of packaging). Need quick energy? Eat peanut butter, honey, and fruit. Need hydration? Try water. Sheesh.
Gatorade works as advertised. It's a little pricey but, AFAIK, it's got the stuff in the bottle that it says it has.
Quick energy?
Peanut butter is high in fat and has protein, as well, so it's not much use during cardio. We have scads of fat reserves already and cardio demands primarily carbs, fat to a lesser extent, though it varies, while protein provides < 10% of the energy used during cardio.
Honey - fine if you need a shot of glucose but beware of the water requirement for pure glucose which is much higher than the water requirement for higher GI carbs (that's why energy gels use a limited percentage of glucose, in favor of things like fructose and maltodextrin).
Fruit - no question. Lotsa carbs there!
And water - I'm with you 100%. I drink it right out of the tap (horror of horrors!)
I make my own recovery drink (Crystal Lite, lite salt, and sugar) and I also "make" my own energy gel (check out https://www.energygelcentral.com)
Added - this page compares different energy gels
https://www.energygelcentral.com/energy-gel-basics/energy-gel-comparisons0 -
The funniest ones I've heard (both on MFP) are:
- fat comes out in urine in white chunks.
- skipping a post workout protein shake means torn up muscles are excreted out.0 -
I had a friend who didn't believe that calories existed at all. She believed that the reason she was fat was because she had cushings, but she didn't have any of the other symptoms of cushings. Really, she was just fat because she ate too many calories and she was very inactive. Oh, wait, calories don't exist. Nevermind.0
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Carbs and cardio are evil...
...send me to hell then
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but are you doing them right? theres a wrong way to do crunches....ok, like i said before, you cant eat a whole cake and expect to do a couple of crunches and have a flat stomach. so your right, crunches will not help you in that situation. I never said you could target the fat on your abs by doing crunches. Howevwer, as i have said before, crunches will help you in getting a flat stomach. I know crunches are hard to do and they are a pain in the butt, but lets not get all crazy and claim that they do NOTHING for your stomach.0
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Gatorade will "replenish electrolytes" after hard workouts. Says the Gatorade marketing department. All those tailored pre- and post-workout grocery items are totally unnecessary, expensive, and wasteful (in terms of packaging). Need quick energy? Eat peanut butter, honey, and fruit. Need hydration? Try water. Sheesh.
I ran 25 miles yesterday. I needed the electrolytes to put the fluid into my muscles and organs for replenishing my body. Water would just slosh around in my stomach and possibly cause dilutional hyponatremia. (If i drink too much-but thats rare) I cant eat peanut butter or fruit during a run so Gatorade is great for that l. And actually during very hot weather it is essential and water not as effective.
But i get your point water and the real thing is good! - You can make your own electrolyte solution but its yukky!!0 -
This for sure and the no/low carb diets are wack... I eat so much pasta and bread it's stupid and I have lost a ton of weight.. I just make sure it's whole grains and not overly processed.....besides, it's SO tasty!!oh and anything with the word "cleanse" "thee day diet" "six day diet" bla bla in it...and "dr oz said..." makes me want to do mass murder...0 -
The funniest ones I've heard (both on MFP) are:
- fat comes out in urine in white chunks.
- skipping a post workout protein shake means torn up muscles are excreted out.
If have white chunks in my pee I'm headed straight to a doctor...that just ain't right!!!0 -
but are you doing them right? theres a wrong way to do crunches....ok, like i said before, you cant eat a whole cake and expect to do a couple of crunches and have a flat stomach. so your right, crunches will not help you in that situation. I never said you could target the fat on your abs by doing crunches. Howevwer, as i have said before, crunches will help you in getting a flat stomach. I know crunches are hard to do and they are a pain in the butt, but lets not get all crazy and claim that they do NOTHING for your stomach.
and im out...gotta go do some crunches0 -
oh.. milk is bad for humans because baby cows drink it (or something to that effect).0
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put cabbage leaves on you belly and you will lose the belly fat!!
looool0 -
Any fad diet is usually a setup for failure. I try not to be "preachy" about carbs, but I know what worked for me:
1. Laying off of the refined carbs (bread, pasta, rice, etc.). The complex carbs are what I really need.
2. Loading up the veggies and eating a reasonable amount of lean protein and good fats.
3. Trying to eat dinner early in the evening, so that my food has time to digest before I go to sleep.
4. Getting off my *kitten* and walking...started with 10 miles each week, now I usually exceed 20.
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Ok, I have heard from many fitness professionals that if you are at a caloric deficit that you cannot build muscle. You can tone, but you cannot build muscle.
Were I to met a fitness professional who tells me that I can "tone muscle", I would necessarily not hire them based on that statement but it does tell me that they are either misinformed on the subject or that they're another "personal trainer" from a degree mill or they're trying to bull**** me.0 -
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oh another one....egg whites are "healthier" than whole eggs. Ummm...no, just no! Fat free dairy is healthier than lowfat/full fat, cheese is unhealthy, and refined carbohydrates make people fat.0
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That you can't eat carbs.... that you have to live on 1200 calories or less a day to lose weight
That fats in all forms should be avoided
That juicing/detox diets are healthy, necessary and good for your body
That women need to have a giant gap between their thighs that someone could drive a truck through
I could go on.....
but I wont
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oh another one....egg whites are "healthier" than whole eggs. Ummm...no, just no! Fat free dairy is healthier than lowfat/full fat, cheese is unhealthy, and refined carbohydrates make people fat.
yeah exactly... the egg issue really gets under my skin. Just eat the egg people0 -
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i have never done a crunch in my whole life before last week and i have a flat stomach and my abs even show...so, i think lowering bodyfat gives you a flat stomach.0
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but are you doing them right? theres a wrong way to do crunches....ok, like i said before, you cant eat a whole cake and expect to do a couple of crunches and have a flat stomach. so your right, crunches will not help you in that situation. I never said you could target the fat on your abs by doing crunches. Howevwer, as i have said before, crunches will help you in getting a flat stomach. I know crunches are hard to do and they are a pain in the butt, but lets not get all crazy and claim that they do NOTHING for your stomach.
I don't think anyone claimed they did NOTHING. But you cannot just do crunches and keep your body fat the same and expect your stomach to instantly be flat. The muscles may firm up, yes, but you'll still have a belly until your caloric deficit and workout regime burns the fat that's on your stomach. That is what the person who posted originally meant, from the way I took it.0
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