The joys of office broscience - misguided food/nutrition advice
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arditarose wrote: »My boss says that during the week of the full moon, or right before it-you can eat all you want and not gain weight. I just smile and nod.
Ha Ha Ha!!! Effects of Full Moon!0 -
I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
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There is a bakery here in town that has a giant wand hanging from their ceiling with a sign that says "Wave your pastry under the wand and it will magically remove the calories." This makes about as much sense as many of the supposed "scientific" thoughts that are spouted about food/nutrition/weight loss. I find as much on these forums as I do anywhere else.0
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Seriously this thread should be in the Fun & Games cuz its SO HILARIOUS! What planet are these people from lol.
And yea....I had a friend who was eating picky stuff for "blood type" and the diet failed her. She was a little more than shocked to see I weighed less than her eating... well...just eating!
I am so IN for astrology dieting why hasn't Dr. Oz come up with this yet?0 -
I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
^ flabbergasm0 -
I just always get annoyed when I tell people I'm just eating a deficit and try to introduce them to MFP, and they say "yeah you're on a diet". NO I'M NOT its not a diet, it's just eating less! I don't see what's confusing about it lol. why does everything health-related have to be called a "diet".0
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lemurcat12 wrote: »Oh, how had I never looked into the blood type diet. It's like the next best thing to a zodiac diet (up for this, btw).As a Type B, you carry the genetic potential for great malleability and the ability to thrive in changeable conditions.... At the same time, it can be extremely challenging to balance two poles and Type B's tend to be highly sensitive to the effects of slipping out of balance.
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For Type Bs the biggest factors in weight gain are corn, wheat, buckwheat, lentils, tomatoes, peanuts and sesame seeds.... Another very common food that Type Bs should avoid is chicken. Chicken contains a Blood Type B agglutinating lectin in its muscle tissue.... Dr. D'Adamo suggests that you wean yourself away from chicken and replace them with highly beneficial foods such as goat, lamb, mutton, rabbit and venison. Other foods that encourage weight loss are green vegetables, eggs, beneficial meats, and low fat dairy. When the toxic foods are avoided and replaced with beneficial foods, Blood Type Bs are very successful in controlling their weight.
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most Blood Type B's often described themselves in ways related to the following characteristics: subjective, easygoing, creative, original and flexible. In another study, Type B's scored significantly higher on "intuiting," indicating a preference or sixth sense information; and they scored high on the "intuiting/feeling" combination, indicating that they tend to be insightful, mystical, idealistic, creative, globally-oriented, people-oriented and good at imagining.... Perhaps the nomadic life of the steppes contributed to long hours given over to talk as well as ample time for meditation and reflection.
So hilarious.
I'm a type B too. Yeah... goat... I'll get right on that.
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arditarose wrote: »
Apparently eating only rice, pasta, bread and cheese is not very healthy. Oh and she also hated whole wheat stuff and brown rice.0 -
I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
This wins.
This also wins every "muscle weighs more than fat" thread ever.
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currently at my office there are people who don't eat carbs, who think that starvation mode is a myth, think it's hard for me to lose weight because I lift heavy, who have had surgical interventions...
All the while any celebration has cake, the other part of the office gets chips, treats, cotton candy and the list goes on...and on and on...
I work in a ticking time bomb....
I just sit in my office and try not to interact too much....0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
This wins.
This also wins every "muscle weighs more than fat" thread ever.
Agree. lol.0 -
I'm in for the zodiac diet because I'm a Gemini and I think it will mean two lunches for me0
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Our office secretary comes into my office every day to get a piece of chocolate. The chocolate is to reward herself for resisting a diet coke. Not that there's anything wrong with chocolate (I regularly eat it myself), but it seems odd to me to reward oneself for avoiding a calorie free option by having something with calories.
I just shrug and sip my diet coke.0 -
ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »Our office secretary comes into my office every day to get a piece of chocolate. The chocolate is to reward herself for resisting a diet coke. Not that there's anything wrong with chocolate (I regularly eat it myself), but it seems odd to me to reward oneself for avoiding a calorie free option by having something with calories.
I just shrug and sip my diet coke.
Is that why she's avoiding diet coke, because of her diet? I cut it out because it bloats me so much (way worse than normal people IMO).
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barbecuesauce wrote: »ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »Our office secretary comes into my office every day to get a piece of chocolate. The chocolate is to reward herself for resisting a diet coke. Not that there's anything wrong with chocolate (I regularly eat it myself), but it seems odd to me to reward oneself for avoiding a calorie free option by having something with calories.
I just shrug and sip my diet coke.
Is that why she's avoiding diet coke, because of her diet? I cut it out because it bloats me so much (way worse than normal people IMO).
Yes, because of her diet.0 -
ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »barbecuesauce wrote: »ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »Our office secretary comes into my office every day to get a piece of chocolate. The chocolate is to reward herself for resisting a diet coke. Not that there's anything wrong with chocolate (I regularly eat it myself), but it seems odd to me to reward oneself for avoiding a calorie free option by having something with calories.
I just shrug and sip my diet coke.
Is that why she's avoiding diet coke, because of her diet? I cut it out because it bloats me so much (way worse than normal people IMO).
Yes, because of her diet.
Oh dear0 -
I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
No. Way.0 -
The facebook friend of mine who sells plexus and does his own testimonials. Pretty much every one of his posts is the derp.
Especially the ones about "how much better I feel now that I have premium nutrition in my diet", I'm like, you gave us the plexus shakes and cleanses.....I didn't know.....good for you.....good for you.0 -
I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
I am so hoping this is not real. I just, I can't even...
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Oh jeeze, what's plexus? Another shady-azz ripoff MLM? IDK, we have people here at this place who always claim to be on some diet or other but weigh at least twice what would be healthy, and I mean literally. There's always someone really large debating the fine points of a celebrity diet with another really large person in the break room... I don't say anything. ever. I just drink my coffee and keep my snark inside my head.0
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Oh jeeze, what's plexus? Another shady-azz ripoff MLM? IDK, we have people here at this place who always claim to be on some diet or other but weigh at least twice what would be healthy, and I mean literally. There's always someone really large debating the fine points of a celebrity diet with another really large person in the break room... I don't say anything. ever. I just drink my coffee and keep my snark inside my head.
Yep that about covers it. It's super spammy.
I have a Facebook friend who sells it and when she first started posting about it I messaged her to let her know that her account had been hacked. Whoops.0 -
I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
This is a gem!!!!!0 -
I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
I think this is my favorite
Mine, too! That's all kinds of speshul!
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ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »Oh jeeze, what's plexus? Another shady-azz ripoff MLM? IDK, we have people here at this place who always claim to be on some diet or other but weigh at least twice what would be healthy, and I mean literally. There's always someone really large debating the fine points of a celebrity diet with another really large person in the break room... I don't say anything. ever. I just drink my coffee and keep my snark inside my head.
Yep that about covers it. It's super spammy.
I have a Facebook friend who sells it and when she first started posting about it I messaged her to let her know that her account had been hacked. Whoops.
I've done that before too...but intentionally
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I just always get annoyed when I tell people I'm just eating a deficit and try to introduce them to MFP, and they say "yeah you're on a diet". NO I'M NOT its not a diet, it's just eating less! I don't see what's confusing about it lol. why does everything health-related have to be called a "diet".
Maybe if you're getting the question a lot, rather than say you're eating less you could say that you've quit overeating.0 -
asflatasapancake wrote: »Can someone explain to me the weird "don't eat past 9pm" thing? I've heard that a few times and I'm feeling search engine lazy right now.
Since you're not moving your metabolism shuts down and you store everything as fat.
Or something.0 -
asflatasapancake wrote: »Can someone explain to me the weird "don't eat past 9pm" thing? I've heard that a few times and I'm feeling search engine lazy right now.
I had a pretty drunken/intense discussion with my friend about this, and she went home and emailed me these studies at like 3 am. I didn't get too into them, but you might find something fun in there.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25707276
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25711020
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25665169
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25707277
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ceoverturf wrote: »ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »Oh jeeze, what's plexus? Another shady-azz ripoff MLM? IDK, we have people here at this place who always claim to be on some diet or other but weigh at least twice what would be healthy, and I mean literally. There's always someone really large debating the fine points of a celebrity diet with another really large person in the break room... I don't say anything. ever. I just drink my coffee and keep my snark inside my head.
Yep that about covers it. It's super spammy.
I have a Facebook friend who sells it and when she first started posting about it I messaged her to let her know that her account had been hacked. Whoops.
I've done that before too...but intentionally
:laugh:
No it really was an accident.0
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