A Rant... By Me

I agree with you 100%.A balanced and calorie defecit diet and Exercise are all it takes.

I never use the word "diet". Being fit is a lifestyle. That is why all those folks gain back what they lose. You have to change for LIFE. not a few months.

Well Said!!

Agreed!

They are not hurting anyone, it's a weight loss tool, and people can use it how they want .. if they learn something on here in the meantime then MFP has helped them hasn't it ....

I don't think you should be judgemental .. losing weight is a massive challenge for anyone and any tools there are that can help them should be used .. I don't think you can judge them or try and tell them off for that.

I guarantee you that lots and lots of people using MFP may not be on any kind of faddy diet, and may be doing the calorie counting exercising route, but I doubt they are following a healthy lifestyle .. under eating, over exercising etc ..

Be more lenient .. I'm just glad they are wise enough to be doing something about their weight .. rather than nothing at all ... we all do what we can, how we can ..

I'm making a lifestyle change and I'm on weight watchers! I don't plan on gaining the weight back. I plan on sticking with it for the rest of my life. I think whatever works for some people doesn't work for others. But either way its there descion on how to loose the weight not anyones elses.

Yep, sounds about right.

'Dieting' only works if you change your attitudes toward health and fitness, so anything promising a quick fix is doomed to fail.

I agree with you completely! I am studying to become a Holistic Nutritionist and I don't agree with diets that limit any food groups. I don't think it is healthy to not eat carbs but eat tons of fat. I don't think it is healthy to eat 500 cals a day (for 11 different foods) andbasically shut your metabolism down... I DONT think it is healthy to inject, drink or eat synthetic hormones.

That being said, I also don't think it is right to tell others that what they are doing is wrong. They need to learn for themselves what these diets are going to do them and that they are not a long term resolution to any weight issue, the way that we learned this.

My friend is on HCG and has lost 54lbs since the beginning of October. Unfortunately, she looks horrible. She is grey and her skin hangs and now she can't eat more than 400 cals a day cause she just isn't hungry. I know (from studying) what is and has happened to her body and I have told her that I do not agree with it and I definitely do not think it is healthy but I will be there to show her the proper way to lose weight when she needs me to be. I just hope she lives to learn that. ( YES she looks THAT bad)

They are not hurting anyone, it's a weight loss tool, and people can use it how they want .. if they learn something on here in the meantime then MFP has helped them hasn't it ....

I don't think you should be judgemental .. losing weight is a massive challenge for anyone and any tools there are that can help them should be used .. I don't think you can judge them or try and tell them off for that.

I guarantee you that lots and lots of people using MFP may not be on any kind of faddy diet, and may be doing the calorie counting exercising route, but I doubt they are following a healthy lifestyle .. under eating, over exercising etc ..

Be more lenient .. I'm just glad they are wise enough to be doing something about their weight .. rather than nothing at all ... we all do what we can, how we can ..

I understand your point of view, but I was speaking from personal experience, I wouldn't look at fad diets or VLC Diets as a weight loss tool, they are there to make money, you will lose weight on most of them but from studies I have read on a lot of them you tend to lose a lot of muscle weight too which is not healthy at all..skinny fat I think is the term used. You lose loads of weight but still have a high body fat percentage.

I don't judge anyone for what they do, its their life and their body. I know what works for me and will always help others any way I can. But I wouldn't recommend anything other than calorie counting and exercise.

Ben.

another one on board. I totally agree a diet is technically whatever you eat, and my diet is healthy food and exercise. People use it negatively as something that they do until they hit their weight and then its over. This site is a great tool for tracking your weight and exercise so you can change your eating and weight habits, and a great place for encouragement and getting encouragement. Quick fixes never work. I did not get unhealthy overnight, and I wont get healthy overnight either. Once people understand that, in my opinion, then they are on their way to a healthier lifestyle. Good luck everybody.

My cardiologist just last week recommended the South Beach Diet to me as a way to lose weight and heal my heart. I looked at this skinny as a stick young Asian woman and asked "Have you ever been on a diet, doctor??" She never had. She was just throwing out a theory that sounded good on paper. Having never been on a diet herself, she has no idea what it's like to go through that cycle of failure. I have tried every theory and plan and diet known to man. They do NOT work. Well, sure they work temporarily and you lose some weight, only to gain it all back after you go on to "Phase 2" or "Maintenance" or anything approaching REAL life.

I am not going on any more diets ever again. What I AM doing is making small, smart choices that directly affect the quality and longevity of my life, every single day. I have lost almost 10 pounds in 6 weeks this way, with no help from any diet. Each individual is different though, so you have to do what works best for your kind of life.

I choose to Live-it instead of diet. MFP is making all the difference in my life.

Agreed!!! They will learn the hard way!!

AMEN!!!!!

This is your opinion and I absolutely, 100% agree with you! I don't feel that you are being judgemental AT ALL! What it seems like to me, is that you are trying to save people from the failures that you have already encountered!

I am 44 years old, and still when I hear that ad that says "lose 10 lbs in two weeks all while eating whatever you want", somewhere in the back of my mind I am wondering if it's true, even hoping that it's true! The quick fix sounds SO good, even to a grown woman who definitely knows better. HOWEVER, I am trying my best to eat the right foods, get to the gym at least 3 days per week, and lose the weight on my own!

Nothing wrong with imparting your wisdom! I can totally appreciate your approach!! And you did title it "A Rant"....

Good luck to you!!!
Tracey

YES! I cringe when I read people asking "Who's on hcg?" and "Which fat burner should I use?"

The answer is always DON'T and NONE.

If you eat less calories than you burn, YOU. WILL. LOSE. WEIGHT.

Simple.

There are no other variations of this rule.

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DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A RANT.


Why the H*** are all these people on here doing "a diet"??? HCG.... South Beach... Atkins.... and whatever other crazy DIET there is in the world that works for a little bit but as soon as you can no longer maintain that lifestyle of not eating like a normal person.... they gain it ALLL BACK plus more!!

This website is about nutrition... EATING NORMALLY AND LOSING WEIGHT! not NOT having to go on some diet that you will ultimately fail at!!

I have done it! I have done south beach... weight watchers... a extreme restricted calorie diet... I didnt need a website because you technically dont have to track food with these (except weight watchers and i just dont like them because you have to pay and all the calculations!). Guess what! With all these things I gained all the weight back as soon as I ate like a normal person again!

There are no miracle cures or quick fixes. Its eating healthy (there's a food pyramid for a reason!) and exercise! Its not going to happen overnight! There might be stalls and breakdowns, but its all a part of the process!

I have to disagree with you.

South Beach and Atkins are very well balanced plans that are LIFESTYLE changes.

Don't judge anyone if you have not walked in their shoes.

We all have a right to be on this site to share our successes and failures with one another regardless of the plan we have chosen as individuals to do. What works for you, does not work for me.

I live by the Paleo standards and my food pyramid looks very different from yours as I see you adhere to the USDA standards that I know are wrong. I have done Atkins in the past and decided to take my eating to another level when I transitioned over to Paleo standards.

Guess what, my eating is normal. Just because you don't see me buying boxed, frozen or packaged items at the grocery store, does not mean that I don't eat normal.

Please stop judging others, as I previously stated - we are all here to support one another, not tear each other down.

I can tell you as a person that has reversed Type 2 Diabetes, simply adhering to the USDA Food Pyramid that has another agenda than making any one of us healthy almost got me to the point of having to take Insulin injections.

So, before you judge the person with PCOS, type 2 Diabetes or some other Endocrine issue that is eating an alternative LIFESTYLE plan than yours (aka Paleo, Atkins, South Beach or HCG) - you need to stop and think about where these plans have a place in some of our lives.

I can tell you that transitioning over to Atkins got me OFF medications, got my blood sugars to NORMAL and maintaining.

When I did the HCG plan last fall, my hormones are now BALANCED AND AT NORMAL RANGES. And for the record, I lost 38 pounds with HCG and have kept it off for nearly 6 months now.

When I was on Atkins, I lost 100 pounds and kept it off for 7 years, YES 7 years. Don't tell me that it isn't a lifestyle and that it can't be adhered to for life because it can.

I only gained weight back from being on Atkins because # 1 my thyroid starting acting up from PCOS and #2 I got a little cocky and loose with my eating. Entirely MY FAULT.

Just because you couldn't or don't want to transition YOUR life in this manner doesn't mean that the next person shouldn't or doesn't want to.