Things that will not help you lose weight permanently
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Atlantique
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-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.............
-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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sounds about right. I believe this should be another one:
- only / mainly eating one food group.0 -
skipping meals...0
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Actually... occasionally skipping meals can help you lose weight... Intermittent Fasting and all that jazz...0
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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 .......sorry0 -
giving up
being hard on yourself
complaining
cheat days, weeks, months..0 -
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.0 -
Voodoo.
Especially when the priestess gives you a miracle pill.0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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 :P0 -
Eating junk food or fast food for your daily calorie allotment.0
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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)0 -
Eating junk food or fast food for your daily calorie allotment.
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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!))0 -
Just saw a great one - going to a foreign country for shots in the stomach...0
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Believing everything you hear without doing your own research.0
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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? :P0 -
Candy bars for breakfast. Yup seen it. a lot.0
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Great post OP! This is a topic that bears repeating over and over again!!0
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