This topic will end all diet misconceptions. *READ*

I agree for the most part, but the breakfast thing bothers me - if people aren't hungry in the morning and would rather not eat until lunch, that's fine for them. However, I don't think people should be encouraged to skip any meal for the sake of "saving" calories for later. It's a personal choice. I, for one, choose to eat.

This has all been said ad nauseam 50 million times a day on these boards. Why do you think this post in particular is going to end anything?

Already covered I needed to change the title and I apologized. I'm relatively new here and I post topics that I think will help or guide people, period. I don't seek out other instances of what I said by other people and not post because the information was said ad nauseum "50 million times". The points I said in initial post are authentic talking points.

I agree. And I agree with pretty much everything you said. But the idea that you are the messiah who will end the debate is a bit niave.

Even if I never came to MFP, the conversations in my daily life and what I see on FB would tell me that much. But hopefully you touched one person and converted him or her to reason and sanity.

* Eat "clean" foods and cut out soda/candy/etc etc.
- If eating chicken and broccoli every day is your cup of tea by all means - eat "clean" and lose weight (you will if you are in a deficit which I will mention next). What people are quickly realizing is that you can consume ANYTHING you want, it doesn't matter what you eat - as long as you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight.

This does not work for me, as I'm sure it does not work for diabetics either. I can not consume anything I want and I do need to "eat clean". Before someone points out that calorie deficits and blood sugar spikes are separate issues, let me assure you they are not. Eating refined carbs and sugars (even from a big bowl of fruit) will, due to reactive hypoglycemia, cause my blood sugars to drop. This drop wreaks havoc in general but also means I need to consume more in a sad attempt to regulate my blood sugar. This regulation is near to impossible if I'm filling up on the foods that cause the blood sugar spikes and resulting drastic drop. What this equals is no calorie deficit by the end of the day in that sad and pathetic cycle of spikes, drops, feeds. Even barring diabetes and any type of blood sugar regulation issues, everyone experiences spikes and drops when eating refined carbs and sugars; any drop in blood sugar causes one to feel hungry whether or not one requires more fuel (this is scientifically sound).

When I eat "clean foods" and follow a low carb regime I do not have those horrid symptoms of reactive hypoglycemia. I do believe the "eat what you want as long as you're in a calorie deficit" is another diet myth. Watch Globesity and Way Beyond Weight on YouTube for a better idea as to why I believe this is yet another dieting myth.

I agree for the most part, but the breakfast thing bothers me - if people aren't hungry in the morning and would rather not eat until lunch, that's fine for them. However, I don't think people should be encouraged to skip any meal for the sake of "saving" calories for later. It's a personal choice. I, for one, choose to eat.

Agreed.

IMO, the biggest myth and misconception with diets is putting only "calories in vs calories out" as the Holy Grail above everything else.

Detaching weight loss from health and a balance diet only (in the majority of the cases) perpetuate a poor health, a yo yo dieting and a very unsustainable dietary and life style habits in the long run.

This. Eating nothing but processed ready-meals and other processed food products is not conducive to health. If all one wants is to lose weight and health can go out the window then by all means praise the glory of "calories in vs calories out". Otherwise, yes, there is far more to losing weight to be healthy than merely counting calories.