Things that will not help you lose weight permanently

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Atlantique
Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
-Wishing you were lighter

-OTC diet pills/supplements

-Sweat suits

-Detoxes/Cleansings

- Eliminating a food group (no, candy is not a food group)

-Eating 300-800 calories per day. And then exercising. You'll lose for a while, yes. Mostly muscle. But in the long run, this is going to harm your health, your psyche and your metabolism.

-Not eating after X PM. Or not eating carbs after X PM.

-Praying to lose weight.

-Massive amounts of steady-state cardio

Etc., etc., etc.


Feel free to add things to the list that you've seen on the forums which are not going to help anyone get to their goals.............
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  • hroush
    hroush Posts: 2,073 Member
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    sounds about right. I believe this should be another one:

    - only / mainly eating one food group.
  • abellante_0205
    abellante_0205 Posts: 368 Member
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    skipping meals...
  • absie107
    absie107 Posts: 290
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    Actually... occasionally skipping meals can help you lose weight... Intermittent Fasting and all that jazz...
  • Kellyr107
    Kellyr107 Posts: 43
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    :)
  • onawho
    onawho Posts: 196 Member
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    sounds about right. I believe this should be another one:

    - only / mainly eating one food group.

    Hear Hear !! on that statement. I have to shake my head and wonder why so many of my MFP friends eat the same freaking foods 7 days a week. 4 weeks a month and so on and so on. Its probably because that one day the predicted weight dropped really low and they thought "If I just keep eating such and such I will lose weight..." well you will, but what happens when you go in to maintaining that weight. are you going to have X for lunch everyday for the rest of your life? boring !

    its a life style/ mindset change.


    End rant .......sorry
  • Perfectlycrooked
    Perfectlycrooked Posts: 275 Member
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    giving up
    being hard on yourself
    complaining
    cheat days, weeks, months..
  • alliecore
    alliecore Posts: 446 Member
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    Excellent!!!

    How about, mass calorie burns. If you are eating back exercise cals as you should be, at the end of the day you STILL have only a 500 cal deficit. And you are worn out and possibly injured. Focus on quality rather than quantity.
  • wonnder1
    wonnder1 Posts: 460
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    Voodoo.

    Especially when the priestess gives you a miracle pill.
  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
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    Weight loss surgery.

    It works for some, but they still have to learn how to eat right, and exercise, or they will start gaining eventually. I've seen several people who had surgery, only to gain it all back in a few years.
  • schpanks
    schpanks Posts: 468 Member
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    Weight loss surgery.

    It works for some, but they still have to learn how to eat right, and exercise, or they will start gaining eventually. I've seen several people who had surgery, only to gain it all back in a few years.

    Yep. Had mine 8 years ago. Gained back almost half of what I lost. This time making the lifestyle change I was not prepared to make my first go-round.
  • brndygrl98
    brndygrl98 Posts: 196 Member
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    Voodoo.

    Especially when the priestess gives you a miracle pill.

    This made me LOL. Probably not good if that miracle pill was directly or indirectly involved in the slaughter of a goat or chicken :P
  • srp2011
    srp2011 Posts: 1,829 Member
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    Eating junk food or fast food for your daily calorie allotment.
  • jkestens63
    jkestens63 Posts: 1,164 Member
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    Smoking
    Fad diets
    Keeping the fact that you are trying to lose weight a secret from friends, family, co-workers
    Trying to be perfect
    Waiting for the next day, week or month to start a healthy lifestyle or get back on track
    depriving yourself... everything in moderation
    doing it for the wrong reasons (like to please/catch/keep a man)
  • mamabear0222
    mamabear0222 Posts: 455 Member
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    Eating junk food or fast food for your daily calorie allotment.

    completely agree!
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
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    Eating junk food or fast food for your daily calorie allotment.

    Alcohol counts though, right? Right?

    *big sad puppy dog eyes as I drink my splurgy goodness Guinness*

    LOL.


    ((Also... OP? Great post!))
  • srp2011
    srp2011 Posts: 1,829 Member
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    Just saw a great one - going to a foreign country for shots in the stomach...
  • foodforfuel
    foodforfuel Posts: 569 Member
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    Believing everything you hear without doing your own research.
  • kdouglas11
    kdouglas11 Posts: 185 Member
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    praying doesn't work? dang.

    I know people said 'fad diets' but I heard someone say they were doing the 'lemonade diet'

    I wonder if I can lose my last 20 lbs on the lemonade diet, hcg, atkins, whatever;) muhahahahaha

    or maybe i'll have to just eat right and exercise like the rest of you? :P
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
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    Candy bars for breakfast. Yup seen it. a lot.
  • twinwolf
    twinwolf Posts: 165 Member
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    Great post OP! This is a topic that bears repeating over and over again!!

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