The Skinny Rules

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  • Amy_B
    Amy_B Posts: 2,317 Member
    Not bad, though there's some to dispute there.

    1) No carbs after 6 is silly. The body does not suddenly jum from 5:55 to 6 and go THAT'S IT WE'RE DONE METABOLIZING FOR THE NIGHT.

    2) You do not have to go bed hungry. In fact that may only cause you to binge later.

    The rest seems pretty sensible.

    I agree. I do eat white potatoes, but otherwise I think these are good. Pre-baby, I lost over 100 lbs doing these.
  • babydiego87
    babydiego87 Posts: 905 Member
    Delicious carbs!

    heretic! get the pitchforks and torches.
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  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    These are good rules. No one could argue with them. But probably someone will! :smokin:

    See above!

    Sorry but my parents taught me to question things that don't makes sense and never to follow somebody blindly.

    Sure, that's ok. Keep doing that.

    I'm sorry, but are you trying to punish yourself for putting on some extra lbs? I'm not attacking, I'm just curious. I know I thought that I HAD to eat salads and workout 24/7. However, I made sensible choices that will last me. I have been on MFP for over a year and been living a reasonably healthy life for 1.5. I don't have to goto sleep hungry. I don't have to not eat food after a certain time. I don't have to NOT drink milk (its not just for babies you know).

    If you would like to follow somebody without questioning them, then thats your choice. However, please don't preach others to mindlessly follow crappy advice
  • freckletone
    freckletone Posts: 58
    No carbs after lunch?!

    Prrfft.

    I do most of the others though and the rest are good to know :D
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    This has a number of things that are a pile of BS
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Delicious carbs!

    heretic! get the pitchforks and torches.
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    lol... that's nearly as funny as "is this water paleo?"
  • freckletone
    freckletone Posts: 58
    One of the best 'rules' I follow is to eat when hungry and stop when full
    takes a bit of training. its so easy to only eat at set times
    and it's easy to not want to waste food so you finish it all even though you are full

    it takes some listening to your body

    but i managed to accomplish this and lost a lot of weight with it :)
  • LessJITT
    LessJITT Posts: 11 Member
    #7 is basically IMPOSSIBLE for me! :laugh:
  • swaymyway
    swaymyway Posts: 428 Member
    Rule #18 : Go to Bed Hungry

    Whyyyyyyyyy? That's one that I've never heard before. I can't sleep when I am hungry, it's probably my main diet rule NOT to go to bed hungry - even if I have no spare calories, if I am laying in bed unable to sleep because I am hungry I will try a big glass of water first and if it doesn't help I will go get something to eat. (generally though it doesn't happen because I do eat enough within my calorie allowance throughout the day).
  • fayeonherway
    fayeonherway Posts: 204
    These are good rules. No one could argue with them. But probably someone will! :smokin:

    See above!

    Sorry but my parents taught me to question things that don't makes sense and never to follow somebody blindly.

    Sure, that's ok. Keep doing that.

    I'm sorry, but are you trying to punish yourself for putting on some extra lbs? I'm not attacking, I'm just curious. I know I thought that I HAD to eat salads and workout 24/7. However, I made sensible choices that will last me. I have been on MFP for over a year and been living a reasonably healthy life for 1.5. I don't have to goto sleep hungry. I don't have to not eat food after a certain time. I don't have to NOT drink milk (its not just for babies you know).

    If you would like to follow somebody without questioning them, then thats your choice. However, please don't preach others to mindlessly follow crappy advice

    Everything he said. Cheers to you sir! :flowerforyou:
  • lisa2point0
    lisa2point0 Posts: 11
    Need to start following this!!
  • skinnydreams19
    skinnydreams19 Posts: 282 Member
    I'm getting better at #18,, but #7 and #10 are the killers for me. And why is #7 necessary? I eat most of my carbs later in the day...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Going to stick these to my fridge!

    I am going to print them and use them to wipe my a#$
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    Don't believe most of it.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Too many rules!

    1. Stay at a caloric deficit
    2. Eat nutritious foods 85-90% of the time
    3. If needed, use the remaining 10-15% for discretionary foods to keep you sane while maintaining carbs/protein/fats

    The End

    if people did this Jillian Michaels and her ilk would be out of a job and dead broke....there is a billion dollar industry out there that is designed to promote and sell us all kind of rules, pills, supplements, fad diets, et al....
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Need to start following this!!

    no, you don't.

    just eat less then you take in..try to eat reasonably clean, and work out...
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    Too many rules!

    1. Stay at a caloric deficit
    2. Eat nutritious foods 85-90% of the time
    3. If needed, use the remaining 10-15% for discretionary foods to keep you sane while maintaining carbs/protein/fats

    The End

    * applause* YES!!!!

    PS you are my new hero!!!!
  • Wilson929
    Wilson929 Posts: 100
    Oh gawd, If I went to bed hungry and didn't have carbs when I wanted to I would be one cranky b*tch. Glad I live by my own rules!
  • Mock_Turtle
    Mock_Turtle Posts: 354 Member
    I would assume that a fair number of people out there are in a similar situation to me - work a lot, plus commute, plus go to the gym at night.

    when you're doing those things, a lot of the time you end up eating a good 30-50% of your calories later on in the day.

    I really don't see a problem with it. Your aim should be to hit your total calorie goal for the day - whatever way works best. For some that's to eat a monster breakfast, for others it's to fast, for others its 6 meals for others its 2 meals.

    It really doesn't matter in the end.

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