Fitness Tips that are just BS

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  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    don't eat after whatever o'clock.

    like i'll turn into a fat gremlin

    I was told 6pm was the cutoff time. Like anything after that magically turns into fat.

    I've heard this too. Magical times like 6, 7, 8 pm. So funny. I had a boss years ago who was female, 50-something, and about 95 lb soaking wet and she SWORE that she used to be "really chubby" and then stopped eating every day at 3 pm and was skinny ever after. Also, she ate mostly cheeseburgers and Hostess cupcakes/Twinkies (we worked for Wonder Bread).

    'k. LOL
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    Starvation mode.

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  • sweetchildomine
    sweetchildomine Posts: 872 Member
    Someone told me the other day not to lift anything more than 10 pounds or I'm going to get big. Umm....ok LOL.
  • breeshabebe
    breeshabebe Posts: 580
    I was seriously told this a few days ago: You should juice and try to only eat soups (not too chunky though).... Because your body doesn't have to process whole foods it will work to lose more fat. (Forget that you basically told me to eat like maybe 600 calories a day.)
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    gotta eat breakfast to restart that metabolism
  • faithfirst
    faithfirst Posts: 138 Member
    That water has magical, weight-loss properties and all kinds of amazing health benefits.

    THIS!
  • faithfirst
    faithfirst Posts: 138 Member
    I was seriously told this a few days ago: You should juice and try to only eat soups (not too chunky though).... Because your body doesn't have to process whole foods it will work to lose more fat. (Forget that you basically told me to eat like maybe 600 calories a day.)

    ummm... and THIS!
  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    Eat lots of salads to lose weight.
    Your blood type matters when you want to lose weight. What?
    Only eat clean and only eat real food.
    Protein makes you fat.
    Best time to exercise is ____.
  • silenceinspace
    silenceinspace Posts: 142 Member
    "A detoxing cleanse is a great way to kickstart your weight loss"

    Basically if anyone uses the words "detox", "cleanse", or "kickstart" I stop listening. And if anyone uses the word "sabotage" I just start singing Beastie Boys in my head.

    This is so annoying. It's like people don't consider that drinking 600 calories a day is what's causing the weight loss...not a "detox." STFU

    Biggest BS? "Calories are a myth and some people can eat below BMR and not lose weight!" Unless something is wrong, no.
  • heatbreakerr
    heatbreakerr Posts: 18
    Doing ab crunches/situps everyday will get you abs
    Yeah, it will but they won't show unless you lower your overall body fat.
  • darkestdayz
    darkestdayz Posts: 117 Member
    people that tell me the diet i'm on (ketogenic) won't work and will make me fat. Umm hello, we work together, i'm 100lbs lighter than i was when we started. I'll be sure to let you know how big i get...

    Yeah and that I'll only lose water weight this way, that I won't lose any real fat.

    Yep, I've lost 58 lbs of water weight~
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    Anything about detox.
    Anything Dr. Oz recommends.
    Anything about having to eat clean.
    McDonalds is poison.
    You can't eat after 6pm.
    You shouldn't eat breakfast.
    You should eat breakfast.
    You should fast.
    You can't eat ice cream. Or poptarts. And certainly not ice cream WITH poptarts!
    You shouldn't lift anything more than 10lbs.
    You should run on the treadmill.
    You have to do cardio to lose body fat.
    Walking doesn't count as exercise.
    The only way to get rid of your belly after having a baby is to use these wraps.
    You only need to eat 1200 calories.
    White bread and rice are bad.
    Peanut butter is bad, unless it's organic.
    Sit ups/ Push ups/ etc. are pointless.
    You can't eat macaroni and cheese if you want to lose weight.
    You should juice.
    You should take these pills.
  • indignantgnome
    indignantgnome Posts: 60 Member
    From a personal trainer (we share a mutual friend, I don't actually see her, thank goodness):

    Shakeology and Beach Body are the only things that will work! I tried (insert every other possible method of weight loss here) and I just kept gaining until I did this!

    From my sister:

    Paleo and juicing. Those are the only healthy things in the world. (Less than a month later, she texted me about ordering pizza because her husband was at work and wouldn't know.)
  • indignantgnome
    indignantgnome Posts: 60 Member
    Oh, I forgot!

    Cardio will make you fat, there's no point in doing it at all.
  • styledsky
    styledsky Posts: 121 Member
    Not so much a BS tip but something I overheard between two people in a waiting room a couple of days ago:

    "Some people are just big, if you aren't losing weight on <insert fad diet/program> then it could just be you're meant to be overweight"

    I should add the person saying it wasn't exactly slim.
  • jaimrlx
    jaimrlx Posts: 426 Member
    Starvation mode.

    this
  • gsalazar115
    gsalazar115 Posts: 2
    not really fitness tip, but I hear if you eat raw cookie dough, you'll get really sick..



    because eating raw cookie dough is the only way you can die young.
  • Just_Scott
    Just_Scott Posts: 1,766 Member
    To completely cut out carbs and consume only protein, this one's is a HUGE peeve of mine.

    CARBS ARE YOUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY, and without them your body will suffer!
    Protein's function, while containing smaller amounts of energy, is primarily tissue repair and construction. For Pete's sake, stop telling people to not eat any carbs! It's bad for you!

    /NutritionRantOver

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  • pobalita
    pobalita Posts: 741 Member
    Fat Flush diet (fruit and cucumber in water makes you magically skinny)
  • Andy_83
    Andy_83 Posts: 270
    Having angry sex with your instructor is the same as being on the cross trainer
  • sillyvalentine
    sillyvalentine Posts: 460 Member
    "Eat more to lose more." This only works if you also exercise everyday.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    Bad tip of all time ... Bro science is better than real science because big Eric down the gym told me it was.
  • anabelpalomo
    anabelpalomo Posts: 34 Member
    Don't drink a lot of water because that's the reason people get fat!
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    Anything Dr. Oz says.

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  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    Fat is evil
    carbs are evil
    protein is evil
    You should do xxxx (when really meaning I did it and it worked for me (or I haven't done it yet but someone told me it will work for me) therefore it has got to work for you because I understand you better than you do)
  • littlekitty3
    littlekitty3 Posts: 265 Member
    1g protein : 1lb body weight
    *rolls ryes*
    You'll get the same gains as .8g:1lb
  • _NAUTILUS_
    _NAUTILUS_ Posts: 239 Member
    If you eat 3lbs of food the most weight you can possibly gain is 3lbs
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Having angry sex with your instructor is the same as being on the cross trainer

    Wait, this isn't true?

    Oh.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    If you don't eat enough, your body hangs onto fat stores and you gain weight.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    1g protein : 1lb body weight
    *rolls ryes*
    You'll get the same gains as .8g:1lb

    Erm. Current recommendation is 1.1 to 1.4 g/lb lean mass during calorie restriction.

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