Funniest/Most Useless weight loss myth you've heard
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About 80% of the threads on this forum.0
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Change it to 90% and I agree.About 80% of the threads on this forum.0 -
Carbs are bad. Even the ones in fruit...
ETA: also going to agree on the 80% of the threads. And people constantly pushing their beliefs onto other people. NO weight/fat loss method is going to work for EVERYONE. So STOP telling everybody to check out a certain topic...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..... Simple0 -
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.
Also, they didn't say too many carbs will make you fat, they said carbs at night...0 -
A really sweet friend of mine was telling me of her new diet where she has magnets but on her face and ears and eats low carb... Said she lost 9 lbs in a week or something crazy but my only thought was well the low carb is probably what did it not the couple hundred bucks to have magnets stuck on you face. But of course I didn't say that since wasn't asking for my opinion.
taahaa, magnets.0 -
Oh, THIS thread is going to start some arguments.
For me, it's eat more to weigh less. Honestly, each body is different so what works for those that follow the EMTWL regimine may not necessarily work for ME. It's what got me fat to begin with. I eat a lot of healthy foods, but I'm also a grazer so that didn't help.
Just curious, but having a calorie deficit doesn't work for you? If you truly understand eat more to weigh less...then you understand that it's not about just shoveling food in your face and hope to weigh less, it's about eating enough to fuel your body and your exercise and still lose weight. It's about not having to survive by starving yourself. Eat more to weight less works of the very same principle as any other "diet"...reduce calories, it just does it in a way that doesn't automatically assume that women need 1200 calories to lose.
Eat more to weight less did not get you fat, just eating more did. Period. Same with me.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??0 -
Change it to 90% and I agree.About 80% of the threads on this forum.
QFT...so much T0 -
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??
If that's how you want to call it oO Crunches don't burn fat from your stomach. You can't target where you lose fat.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 rippley0 -
Clean eating/foods0
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ask this guy if he does crunches^^^^^^^^^^^
she didnt say burn fat from her stomach she said make her stomach flat....crunches will definitely assist in that...js. of course you cant eat a cake then do one crunch and expect your stomach to be flat0 -
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:0 -
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...
^^^ YAY THIS^^^0 -
fruit is thermogenic so you can eat as much as you want.0
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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 true0 -
Sauna belt – This is sold as "the easiest way to lose belly fat". :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :noway:0
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of course you cant eat a cake then do one crunch and expect your stomach to be flat
Personally, I like to take a bite of cake between each crunch/sit up. It keeps me motivated. :laugh:
I know people who had gotten staples put in the little curled part in your ear. Supposedly that helps control your appetite so you lose weight. I'm not talking uneducated people either, these are nurses and nurse practitioners that were having this done!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
Right, so you had a fat stomach, did crunches and the fat disappeared? Alright, then. I guess you CAN target fat loss
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Sauna belt – This is sold as "the easiest way to lose belly fat". :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :noway:
I remember the one belt that would vibrate... Just put it on and sit on your *kitten* and watch the fat melt and the abs appear!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.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.0 -
mine was take cold showers to lose weight not sure how that helps but it made me chuckle0
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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.
Yup. You nailed it!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
ask this guy if he does crunches^^^^^^^^^^^
she didnt say burn fat from her stomach she said make her stomach flat....crunches will definitely assist in that...js. of course you cant eat a cake then do one crunch and expect your stomach to be flat
I'm pretty sure you can have ripped abs underneath a whole bunch of fat because crunches don't burn the fat on top of your abs.
"Women must eat 1,200 calories to lose weight regardless of exercise." said by a person in the medical profession.0 -
ask this guy if he does crunches^^^^^^^^^^^
she didnt say burn fat from her stomach she said make her stomach flat....crunches will definitely assist in that...js. of course you cant eat a cake then do one crunch and expect your stomach to be flat
I'm pretty sure you can have ripped abs underneath a whole bunch of fat because crunches don't burn the fat on top of your abs.
"Women must eat 1,200 calories to lose weight regardless of exercise." said by a person in the medical profession.
according to that guy, they do...0 -
ask this guy if he does crunches^^^^^^^^^^^
she didnt say burn fat from her stomach she said make her stomach flat....crunches will definitely assist in that...js. of course you cant eat a cake then do one crunch and expect your stomach to be flat
I'm pretty sure you can have ripped abs underneath a whole bunch of fat because crunches don't burn the fat on top of your abs.
"Women must eat 1,200 calories to lose weight regardless of exercise." said by a person in the medical profession.
according to that guy, they do...
Behind everyone is a ripped body builder, except we all have a different level of fat on top. yeah....thats it. I really look like Ronnie Coleman, except for all this darn fat.0 -
six small meals a day. I've been told this by my bosses multiple times... I hate having to bite my tongue
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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.0
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