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BODY LOTION & WEIGHT GAIN

lieladp

I just read about a diet program (a variation of the HCG diet) that discourages people from using body lotion as adds to their extra calorie intake?!?!?! Something about the HCG "putting your body in a state of lypolysis and is searching for fat to burn. It will pull the oil in the lotion right through your skin."

So if you're not losing weight, ditch the body lotion.

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SezxyStef

I wasn't gonna click...but it's like wreck...I couldn't stop staring...then I clicked

:huh: :huh: :huh: :noway: :noway: :noway:

deksgrl

This is the reverse osmosis of wrapping oneself in Saran Wrap, black plastic garbage bags and duct tape in order to lose weight.

Fullsterkur_woman

Yup. My mom has done that stupid diet I don't know how many times. She does the homeopathic sublingual drops, so she's not even getting the pregnant woman pee injections, so really, she might as well just wad up her cash, throw it in the toilet, and flush. She's also lost tons of muscle because of this dumb "diet" and doing all cardio, all the time, with no strength training. Real smart for a woman in her mid-fifties. :huh:

metaphoria

I'm too tired to spoon yogurt into my face so I'll just stick my hand in it and absorb it, instead.

Tried this with my coffee. It hurted.

LoosingMyLast15

so what you're saying is it's all Bath & Body Works fault that I gained weight! not the ice cream, fast food and loaded nachos i used to eat.

ea101367

Anything you put on your skin is obsorbed into your body. Our skin is pourous so it can enter your blood stream as well.
Paben free sunscreens, warnings about deet on children,women on hormone replacement should avoid lotions with soy.
Now as to wheter or not these cause weight gain? It's true the HCG diet recommends you use moisturizers that do not contain edible oils as it will affect your weight loss . I foolishly bought in to the HCG craze and gave it a go. I did find if I used any conditioner or body lotion with edible oils my weight loss stalled.

gingabebe

the pregnant woman pee injections

Say what?

I'm really just in this for the Buffalo Bill gif's, but I do agree w/ the poster about parabans in lotions and sunscreens soaking into your skin.

I had problems with a steroid cream I was prescribed for a severe case of eczema once. It was probably helped along into my bloodstream b/c I had nasty cracks in my hands from the eczema. In my head I was convinced it was stalling my weight loss and when I stopped it, I started to lose again. All in my head, who knows? I was just happy to get off of it b/c it didn't work that well. What did help was to slather on olive oil and wear gloves over my hands. My skin must have liked that, it got better and no weight gain- hip hip hooray for MUFA's!

gingabebe

http://gawker.com/5704496/exciting-new-diet-craze-pee-injections

To think when I was pregnant I could have been selling my pee!

Libi_KK

OK girls!!! Here's the truth!

I weighed myself this morning.

Then I took a shower with conditioner (no shampoo today, sorry) and next put lotion on.

I weighed myself again and was 3 pounds heavier!!

After that, I blow dried my hair and finished up my morning routine. Obviously this is FACT, not FICTION. You really ARE heavier after you shower and after you put lotion on!

Best gif *EVER*

imzadi481

OK girls!!! Here's the truth!

I weighed myself this morning.

Then I took a shower with conditioner (no shampoo today, sorry) and next put lotion on.

I weighed myself again and was 3 pounds heavier!!

After that, I blow dried my hair and finished up my morning routine. Obviously this is FACT, not FICTION. You really ARE heavier after you shower and after you put lotion on!

Best gif *EVER*

Agreed.

ndj1979

so if I cover myself in Greek yogurt it will just absorb into me and I will not need to eat it....hmmmm, I know what I will be doing tonight...

ndj1979

Better stop keeping my skin soft, so I can fit that donut into my calories... Oh priorities...

better yet, just blend the donuts and take a bath in them....

EatClean_WashUrNuts

If you're using lotion, you're doing it wrong. Silicon based lubricants are best

gingabebe

"It rubs the silicon lubricant on its skin" doesn't have the same ring to it.

Marley112586

It places the lotion in the basket.

Lmao! Perfect response.

Kimdbro

OK girls!!! Here's the truth!

I weighed myself this morning.

Then I took a shower with conditioner (no shampoo today, sorry) and next put lotion on.

I weighed myself again and was 3 pounds heavier!!

After that, I blow dried my hair and finished up my morning routine. Obviously this is FACT, not FICTION. You really ARE heavier after you shower and after you put lotion on!

Best gif *EVER*

Agreed.

Perfect!

HeidiCooksSupper

When I was very young, before I had become chunky, my mother bathed us kids all together in a tub with dish detergent. Dish detergent cuts grease so that must of been why I didn't become fat until puberty when I started buying all those stinky soaps and lotions with my hard earned baby sitting money. Now I understand EVERTHING! Thank you so much for this thread. I think I'll move the Dawn into the bathroom. It's great at cutting grease! Palmolive would just keep me fat.

FitCanuckChick

It places the lotion in the basket.

LMAO - OMG, everytime the word "lotion" comes up in casual conversation hubby or I quote this line.

sweebum

Well shoot. Here I though I gained weight from eating too much.

The dry scaly skin will be so worth it! :drinker:

BITEME_GRRR

And here I thought I was gaining weight from Cake and Beer. Turns out it was the years of lotion on my skin!

lejla2002

I just read about a diet program (a variation of the HCG diet) that discourages people from using body lotion as adds to their extra calorie intake?!?!?! Something about the HCG "putting your body in a state of lypolysis and is searching for fat to burn. It will pull the oil in the lotion right through your skin."

So if you're not losing weight, ditch the body lotion.

:laugh: yeah and don't use Volumazing shampoo since it adds volume to your body lol :laugh: :laugh:

gingabebe

When I was very young, before I had become chunky, my mother bathed us kids all together in a tub with dish detergent. Dish detergent cuts grease so that must of been why I didn't become fat until puberty when I started buying all those stinky soaps and lotions with my hard earned baby sitting money. Now I understand EVERTHING! Thank you so much for this thread. I think I'll move the Dawn into the bathroom. It's great at cutting grease! Palmolive would just keep me fat.

My husband's a mechanic and uses Dawn on his hands to cut the grease ....and his hands are skinny! I will start using it on my belly.

HeatherZousel

It places the lotion in the basket.

LMAO!!!!!

Mr_Bad_Example

I just read about a diet program (a variation of the HCG diet) that discourages people from using body lotion as adds to their extra calorie intake?!?!?! Something about the HCG "putting your body in a state of lypolysis and is searching for fat to burn. It will pull the oil in the lotion right through your skin."

So if you're not losing weight, ditch the body lotion.

Be careful - if the lotion is made with aspartame, it will only increase cravings for 'real' lotion.

justanotherloser007

Broscience taught me today:

*In places I want to lose weight, tummy, thighs, both of my little toes are freakin huge - clean with "dawn power dissolver"
*In places I want to gain weight, boobs, maybe my other toes so they begin to match - clean with "body and volume shampoo, conditioner, and coconut oil."

Okay, got it! Wow, broscience is so awesome!!

servilia

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

AleciaG724

And, the reason why you won't starve on the diet is:

"Because HCG releases your fat reserves, your body begins to “consume” the fat, which acts as a source of energy in place of food. In essence, you burn about one pound of fat each day (one pound is 3,500 calories). Therefore, your total consumption each day will be about 4,000 calories – 500 from food and 3,500 from fat. That is why most patients do not experience extreme hunger while using HCG."

Are you counting your fat consumptIon calories yet?

No, the reason most people don't experience extreme hunger on this diet is because the shot they give is loaded with long last appetite suppressants.

I don't know about "most people" but my brother has done HCG not once but twice (because he gained it all back, imagine that!?) He just about bit my head off he was so freakin' hormonal & I was seriously worried he was going to eat one of his kids... luckily they are too fast for him to catch.

NikiChicken

Are you serious? For Pete's sake... No, just NO. Body lotion does NOT make you gain weight. Gah! Plus, the "HCG Diet" is a train wreck.

spookiefox

I just read about a diet program (a variation of the HCG diet) that discourages people from using body lotion as adds to their extra calorie intake?!?!?! Something about the HCG "putting your body in a state of lypolysis and is searching for fat to burn. It will pull the oil in the lotion right through your skin."

So if you're not losing weight, ditch the body lotion.

I'm an aspie and sometimes miss the <sarcasm> and/or <snark> tags. But you're not seriously advocating this right?

spookiefox

While I'm quite confident lotion does get into our systems through our skin

No. It doesn't.