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just bad advice

Cheri_Moves
Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
When I'm reading some of these threads, I find myself saying, out loud, "That's just BAD advice. ugh." and shaking my head.

I know I'm not alone here. right?

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  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    Yeah but on the other hand, you also have to be smrt enough to figure out the difference. And if you don't... then the "good" advice never would've mattered.
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    You have a good point.

    But unfortunately, sifting through it is a talent that not everyone has.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Natural selection.
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    Natural selection.

    hahaha! :laugh:
  • krissagray
    krissagray Posts: 105 Member
    just curious what kind of bad advice?
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Natural selection.

    Pretty much what she said.
  • gingerjen7
    gingerjen7 Posts: 821 Member
    When I saw the title, I thought you wanted people to be creative and come up with some really bad advice, like, "If you want to loose five pounds in a week, brush your teeth with lard on a branch."
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    When I saw the title, I thought you wanted people to be creative and come up with some really bad advice, like, "If you want to loose five pounds in a week, brush your teeth with lard on a branch."

    lets do it!!!

    If you want to loose body fat, then just stop eating dietary fat.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    Yep. I read a lot that may be okay advice for losing weight (numbers on the scale) but is not good advice for losing in a way that will lead to keeping the weight off, nor for being healthy. It's tough to read over and over.
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    Yep. I read a lot that may be okay advice for losing weight (numbers on the scale) but is not good advice for losing in a way that will lead to keeping the weight off, nor for being healthy. It's tough to read over and over.

    Thank you. Too many examples to even start listing, it happens all the time, no wonder people are confused! but hey, its a public forum and its gonna happen I guess. :noway:
  • WABeachWalker
    WABeachWalker Posts: 133 Member
    Whatever advice is given, filter it through: 1) Is this a healthy thing to do and would my health care provider give it the nod? 2) is this sustainable over a long period of time? and 3) is this going to extremes or is it a small change that will pay off over time?

    Best wishes for wise choices for my MFP friends! :wink:
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    Right. And, anyone asking for advice should take anything that seems too good to be true or just doesn't seem right, as something they need to research and find the facts before acting on it.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    Hence why I do my own research. People's advice on here is usually contradictory to pretty much everything I have ever read on health and fitness. Of course they never offer sources, not even I read it in Cosmo or that new fitness book by that one guy.

    The best is when I read something that conforms with items I have read in many reliable sources and someone goes "This is totally wrong" and nothing else. :P
  • stevehomoki
    stevehomoki Posts: 68
    Want to lose that belly fat? Its so easy just start rubbing warm towels on it, the fat will literally start melting off!

    Want to get toned? Do 100 pushups every day and 100 sit ups. Don't matter what you eat.


    (bad advice in general)
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    sometimes the bad advice seems genuinely offered and the sarcasm font (if there is one) is lost in the fray....

    and I can only help but think...good god what are you DOING to yourself if you're following this bad advice you just offered....

    ugh
  • BabyLeila23
    BabyLeila23 Posts: 410
    Yes, there are some people who give advice when they don't know what they are talking about.
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,322 Member
    Right!
  • VogtAndrea
    VogtAndrea Posts: 236
    The best thing about good and bad advice; you don't have to take it.
    We all get advice on diets from almost everyone we meet and what people think we should be doing in order to lose that weight. Someone handed me a copy of that "green soup diet" that went around a few years back. They said they'd lost 15 lbs on it. What they didn't say was that they'd gained it all back within a very short time.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    You wanna know whats a bad advice? Taking sleeping pills and laxative at the same time. Thats a bad advice if you ask me
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    You wanna know whats a bad advice? Taking sleeping pills and laxative at the same time. Thats a bad advice if you ask me

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    I concur!!!

    But if you told someone they'd loose 10 pounds doing it because it revs up their metabolism and burn extra calories because they will have deeper REM sleep, you know some fool would do it.
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
    You wanna know whats a bad advice? Taking sleeping pills and laxative at the same time. Thats a bad advice if you ask me

    You lose while you sleep... what's so bad about that? :tongue:
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    You wanna know whats a bad advice? Taking sleeping pills and laxative at the same time. Thats a bad advice if you ask me

    You lose while you sleep... what's so bad about that? :tongue:

    HAHA
  • TravisBikes
    TravisBikes Posts: 674 Member
    The best way to make more money, is sending me a check for 25$ and I will tell you how I do it.
  • SurfinBird1981
    SurfinBird1981 Posts: 517 Member
    Just ignore :smile:
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    The best way to make more money, is sending me a check for 25$ and I will tell you how I do it.

    Check's in the mail buddy :wink:
  • nursenessa1
    nursenessa1 Posts: 182 Member
    Natural selection.

    Just nature's way of thinning out the herd.
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    When I'm reading some of these threads, I find myself saying, out loud, "That's just BAD advice. ugh." and shaking my head.

    I know I'm not alone here. right?
    Nope, you're not alone! I can't believe how many people on here think it's OK to recommend weight loss tips that Dr. Oz did not have on his show. I just think to myself, "Dr. Oz didn't say it, so WHAT IS YOUR SOURCE???!!!?"
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