Fitness Misconceptions that drive you nuts?

SteampunkSongbird · August 2014

"Women always lose weight from their boobs first."

I freaking wish!

earlnabby · August 2014

"Women always lose weight from their boobs first."

I freaking wish!

Me too. Each time I have gained, I gained in my boobs but when I lose it is the last place the fat comes from

JeriAnne84 · August 2014

My gym teacher in high school made the boys do sit ups and the girls do crunches because sit ups will damage a girl's uterus. I don't know if it makes it shoot out and possibly smack someone in the face or what makes them so damaging.

omg- I'd punch someone- that's just SO asinine.

RIGHT?! I just remembered that the other day when I finally realized I could do Rocky-style sit ups, which I've never been able to do - without flapping my arms and legs like a spaz. I thought, man, she'd crap herself if she saw me now doing sit ups "ERMAHGERD YOUR UTERUS!!!"

Someone probably already said it, but the BODY WRAP fad going on right now! Drives me so crazy, I could scream. I have a bunch of FB friends, including a few cousins, who are selling them & I have to bite my tongue hard whenever I see a post about them - ESPECIALLY when I see people commenting that they want to buy them because they look so miraculous! UGHHH.

I hate the body wrap fad! I had a co-worker who started selling them and was doing parties. Always inviting me to try them and I'd have to find nice ways to tell her I couldn't come because if I was blunt about it she'd get butt hurt and tell on me to our boss. This girl was CONSTANTLY trying to lose her baby weight, yet she'd come in with a large turtle shake thing from Baskin Robins everyday and then for dinner eat a 32 piece parmesan bites from Domino's and a medium pizza and ate all of it! It's like those wraps aren't going to suck the crapton of calories you eat every day out of you. That wasn't even counting other stuff she ate, but then she'd complain about not losing weight and actually being heavier than she was when she was pregnant. Well, when you eat a few thousand calories in just a few items, yeah its not going to help your weight loss. I'd tell her that but I didn't know what I was talking about. *EYE ROLL*

She annoyed the s*** out of me and not just for that just because she was just a pain in the *kitten* all together. Plus she never worked and complained about the work we did. Just the thought of her irritates me. lol

But yes, body wraps are dumb.

19kat55 · August 2014

actually that is very possible if they are still over eating or building muscle at the same rate as losing fat. 5lbs muscle is the same weight as 5lbs of fat. but I've seen to many use it as an excuse instead of what is actually happening.

You can't build muscle and lose fat at the same time. You have to eat at a surplus to build muscle and you have to eat at a deficit to lose fat. If you're trying to lose, you might see strength gains as you're lifting but mostly you're burning the fat covering the muscle you do have so you can see it.

My actual BodPod results:

12.13.12 - Total weight 156.9; Fat weight 49.8; Lean Weight 107.1; Percent Fat 31.7; Percent Lean 68.3
3.21.13 - Total weight 156.4; Fat Weight 47.2; Lean Weight 109.2; Percent Fat 30.2; Percent Lean 69.8

What say you now? It is possible, it is very tedious, takes a very long time, and comes from eating very close to maintenance (very slight amount less) and strength training 3-4 time per week.

Erilynn93 · August 2014

"Women always lose weight from their boobs first."

I freaking wish!

My boobs seem to stay the same size, luckily. But they just appear bigger when I lose weight, I assume cause I lose all the weight in my waist first somehow. I guess I'm not complaining, it gives me a nice figure sometimes and makes me appear thinner than I look haha.

My mom is always telling me that instead of making regular smoothies, I should use a nutribullet instead of a blender because 'it emulsifies, not blends'... Yeah... Okay, looks like a blender to me...