small rant

Schwiggity
Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
HCG is a crock of ****. "Cleanse" products are a crock of ****. Miracle food diets are a crock of ****. We all want instant results, but if you're going to have any type of success losing weight, you'll come to terms with the fact that it doesn't work that way. That is all.
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  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    I love you. <3
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    preach it brotha!
  • KayleMeyrick
    KayleMeyrick Posts: 235 Member
    I love you. <3

    I LOVE your signature!
  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    This one could work though:

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  • tladame
    tladame Posts: 465 Member
    Good for you for not taking the "easy" way out. Some of those things (like HCG) sound a little bit scary to me.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    The way I see it is that I ate my way to this weight, and that didn't happen overnight, so I'm gonna find a way to eat my way out of it.
  • BeautifulScarsWECHANGED
    BeautifulScarsWECHANGED Posts: 749 Member
    Amen!! Living on 500 calories a day and injecting yourself with hormones is not healthy! It's not safe! I mean, we didn't inject ourselves with hormones to get fat right??! You need to REVERSE the process it took you to get overweight. It's the "yin and yang" of weight loss.
  • sbrown6
    sbrown6 Posts: 334 Member
    a friend of mine did that HCG nonsense. She injected herself in the belly 3Xdaily and only ate 500 cals a day. crazy. she lost 15 lbs in a month and gained it all back the next.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    a friend of mine did that HCG nonsense. She injected herself in the belly 3Xdaily and only ate 500 cals a day. crazy. she lost 15 lbs in a month and gained it all back the next.

    EW! People do that?!?! I had no idea. I thought HCG was pill hormones.
  • sbwood888
    sbwood888 Posts: 953 Member
    I know, but that just sucks! I sooooo wanna instant cure all! :sad:
  • ilsie99
    ilsie99 Posts: 259
    a friend of mine did that HCG nonsense. She injected herself in the belly 3Xdaily and only ate 500 cals a day. crazy. she lost 15 lbs in a month and gained it all back the next.

    That sounds absolutely awful.
  • maddymama
    maddymama Posts: 1,183 Member
    The way I see it is that I ate my way to this weight, and that didn't happen overnight, so I'm gonna find a way to eat my way out of it.
    That is exactly how I see it!
  • lindsaylove07
    lindsaylove07 Posts: 444 Member
    a friend of mine did that HCG nonsense. She injected herself in the belly 3Xdaily and only ate 500 cals a day. crazy. she lost 15 lbs in a month and gained it all back the next.

    My roommate did this and lost 20, and is slowly gaining it all back
  • katythemommy
    katythemommy Posts: 437 Member
    Couldn't of said it better myself!

    My two best friends just started there new diet pills last week and I just want to suggest eating healthy and working out, but noooo that would never work!
  • mhagoaliemom
    mhagoaliemom Posts: 110
    SO TRUE! :bigsmile:
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    *grumbles something incoherent about placebos, snake oil, and Dumbo's Magic Feather*

    The "hard way" isn't even all that hard. Find foods you love that are good for you and eat more of them than you do junk, find an exercise routine you find rewarding and maybe even enjoyable, and don't get hung up on the numbers.

    Don't give money to people preying on your insecurity and vulnerability. And don't give them credit for YOUR work.
  • DropsOJupiter
    DropsOJupiter Posts: 131
    While I think that everyone has the right to make choices for themselves regarding their approach to attaining a healthier weight, I agree that, as yet, there is NO magic wand. How many times have we seen people that have had bariatric surgery that lose the weight and then slowly gain it back? How many people did that Optifast diet like Oprah, only to gain it back? I have friends in both categories. Until we actually learn how to eat healthy, we will not be healthy. I agree with the previous poster who noted that they didn't get where they were overnight and they won't get back to a healthier being overnight. I've been at it a while now (over a year and half) and it has all been revising my eating patterns to healthier foods (HATE the word diet) and exercise. Okay, and a few choice words and tears along the way. :laugh:
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    To me, if you aren't going to change your lifestyle so that you can maintain a lifelong healthy body, then what's the point in losing it in the first place? All that's going to happen is you lose it all then go back to eating/living as you did before and here comes the weight again. Seems very silly to me.
  • Schraudt814
    Schraudt814 Posts: 496 Member
    To me, if you aren't going to change your lifestyle so that you can maintain a lifelong healthy body, then what's the point in losing it in the first place? All that's going to happen is you lose it all then go back to eating/living as you did before and here comes the weight again. Seems very silly to me.

    That is the absolute truth! If you're not committed to the long term, is it worth it? I love the motivation people have here but I hope for a lot of those who have a vacation or a wedding as their motivation are planning on the after too!!
  • kiwipez
    kiwipez Posts: 144
    The way I see it is that I ate my way to this weight, and that didn't happen overnight, so I'm gonna find a way to eat my way out of it.

    That!
    To me, if you aren't going to change your lifestyle so that you can maintain a lifelong healthy body, then what's the point in losing it in the first place? All that's going to happen is you lose it all then go back to eating/living as you did before and here comes the weight again. Seems very silly to me. To me, if you aren't going to change your lifestyle so that you can maintain a lifelong healthy body, then what's the point in losing it in the first place? All that's going to happen is you lose it all then go back to eating/living as you did before and here comes the weight again. Seems very silly to me.

    And that!
  • arc918
    arc918 Posts: 2,037 Member
    Well said!
  • VixFit2011
    VixFit2011 Posts: 663 Member
    I say never do anything that is dangerous to destroy your health just to lose pounds.
  • milanks
    milanks Posts: 122
    *grumbles something incoherent about placebos, snake oil, and Dumbo's Magic Feather*

    The "hard way" isn't even all that hard. Find foods you love that are good for you and eat more of them than you do junk, find an exercise routine you find rewarding and maybe even enjoyable, and don't get hung up on the numbers.

    Don't give money to people preying on your insecurity and vulnerability. And don't give them credit for YOUR work.
    Exactly!
  • loriannmartin
    loriannmartin Posts: 209 Member
    i havent ever heard of this... wow... no quick fix thats for sure... i am so glad i found this site...
  • Jeepinmom4
    Jeepinmom4 Posts: 298 Member
    I love you. <3
    Ok ok!!! I'm eating my calories I promise,just put the gun down and step away from the bunny!!!
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    What about those things you see on informercials that give you ripped abs in just 6 minutes a day??? :bigsmile:
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    AMEN!!
  • Schwiggity
    Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
    What about those things you see on informercials that give you ripped abs in just 6 minutes a day??? :bigsmile:

    The one with Chuck Norris is okay, but **** the rest. lol
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    2 words: Shake Weight
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    What about those things you see on informercials that give you ripped abs in just 6 minutes a day??? :bigsmile:

    The one with Chuck Norris is okay, but **** the rest. lol

    Yay to cover your *kitten* man. Because he's watching...
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