Fitness Misconceptions that drive you nuts?

Running will wreck your knees........:noway: :noway:

Yes, I hate that one too!

Here take this magic *enter BS pill name here* and lose 5-100 lbs a week sitting on your fat a** while eating oreos, pizza, and french fries!

Lifting heavy weights will make you huge!

On one hand they complement me on how "skinny" yet toned I've become, and they ask me how. I tell them lifting heavy has made a real difference and they say no, no it will make you huge! Duh!

This is funny, but I can say that whenever I lose weight, that's the part it comes from first. I've lost 10 lbs in this go-round and dropped from a 38B to a 38A. It's one of those things that is not true for everyone, but does happen to some of us, so the rumor continues...

I'm with you! Wish it would go from my hips first rather than my bosoms!

That if you have trouble meeting your calorie goals, and you are usually under 1200 (unintentionally), that you are a) lying b) attention seeking or c) not logging accurately.

Also, that you will "shock" your body, put it into starvation mode, you will not lose weight, you will be "hangry", tried, lack energy, be starving and generally a miserable person.

Don't lift weights, it'll make you bulky. Coming from a female trainer, among a few other people.....yeah I won't be using you as a trainer :indifferent:

Oatmeal makes you bulky.

"Oh you're just gaining muscle"....using an elliptical....with a calorie deficit....:huh:

Lifting heavy weights will make you huge!

On one hand they complement me on how "skinny" yet toned I've become, and they ask me how. I tell them lifting heavy has made a real difference and they say no, no it will make you huge! Duh!

I get this one too. They compliment me on how fit I'm looking, I tell them what I do, they insist it won't work for them, that lifting heavy weights will just bulk them up. :huh:

Ohh and my new favourite...
Person: "wow! Great job on the weight loss, how are you doing it?"
Me: "watching what I eat and exercising more"
Person: "So I read this book/website/ whatever that says you're not supposed to eat carbs and fat at the same time (or whatever fad)"
Me:...

-Lifting will make women super bulky and manly
-Women shouldn't do the bench press because it'll make your boobs shrink lol
-You need to "cleanse the fats and oils" from your body to lose weight

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That if you have trouble meeting your calorie goals, and you are usually under 1200 (unintentionally), that you are a) lying b) attention seeking or c) not logging accurately.

I probably shouldn't ask, but why would it be hard to figure out how to get to 1200 calories or over?

I'm sorry, I don't understand the question?

I never said I didn't know how to reach 1200 calories a day (obviously, eat more!). It's just that I don't have the appetite to do so. When I said unintentionally, I meant I'm not purposely on a VLCD - it's just how most of my days end up. I'm usually at or above 1100 every day - and I have to work to get there. I'm trying

My intake isn't something I'd recommend to anyone, ever - but it bothers me that people are (mostly, and yes I'm generalizing) unwilling to help people that have similar issues. Like it's unfathomable that someone could become overweight and then have trouble meeting the "magical" 1200.