What's the biggest weight-loss lie you've ever heard?
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You can't tell the difference between hunger or thirst, so if you go on a diet and feel hungry it's really because you are thirsty.
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A myth? So my 80+lb loss is a myth, because all I did was CICO.LisaClifford731 wrote: »To me -and my research, understanding and personal experience, CICO is a myth.
100 calories of a vegetable is not the same as 100 calories of say, a candy bar. There are other issues to consider. There is no fiber in the candy bar for one.. Your insulin levels are going to spike with the candy. I've never bought into that CICO argument. But if it's working for you that's great.
I'm sorry, I'm going to believe the thousands of people here who have used CICO as a weight loss tool, lost weight and kept it off. How is consuming less energy than your body needs to maintain its weight a myth? Is science and math a myth to you, too?
A calorie is a calorie. There have been days where my diet was just treats (TOM) for a week. I stayed within my calories, and guess what?
I lost weight. *gasp* Right?!
Please post scientific sources to back up your huge claim. Otherwise, you're just trolling.
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Toxins that need to be cleansed are not only causing all my health issues, but making me fat.6
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Oh, yesterday my mother told me I needed alkaline water to flush my fat away. She said this after remarking about how visible my weight loss is now...with plain old regular water.7
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MissusMoon wrote: »Oh, yesterday my mother told me I needed alkaline water to flush my fat away. She said this after remarking about how visible my weight loss is now...with plain old regular water.
you have to love mothers.....this cracks me up thinking of my grandma and mothers "diet" advice but that's another therapy session.....8 -
1200 calories is the right amount to eat for weight loss.9
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Those probiotic radio commercials that say you might not be fat, you might just be bloated.
Cleanses
"You can't eat that on a diet". Watch me.
Any diet with a name. Atkins, slim-fast, Jenny Craig, etc.9 -
Weight loss tea and coffee
That 1200 calories of juice is less fattening than 1200 calories of solid food because juice goes straight through you and doesn't get digested- say the juicing fanatics in my life
Omit all carbs, but increase your servings of fruits and vegetables. Really? And what exactly are fruits and vegetables made of, styrofoam?!
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5-6 meals and no eating past 8pm.4
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This sure turned dark fast...
Here's one to get it back on track: Samples from Sam's Club or Costco don't count.
Damn, grazing has to be counted. That's why I hit Costco early in the day, before the sample people get set up. I just wish they'd quit venting the bakery exhaust into to store so you don't smell all those cookies and stuff while you're shopping. And to again get back on track:
DETOX....
Freakin IKEA and their cinnamon buns, those devils.
Super foods that melt away fat
Cleanses
Jumpstart to metabolism
<insert fad diet> (ie cabbage soup)3 -
An oldie but goodie from the Eat, Train, Progress groupThis has to reside in this forum.... Maybe even a sticky? (Originally posted by SS (og SS))
You don't need to eat clean.
You don't need to avoid white bread or potatoes or beans or rice or _____________ (insert food here) unless you've got an intolerance/allergy/medical condition.
You don't need to eat breakfast to get your metabolism started.
You probably don't need to pay any attention to GI.
Your metabolism doesn't get kick-started and you don't rev it up.
Eating frequently is fine but it doesn't "boost your metabolism".
Don't waste your money on Raspberry Keytones and you should probably turn off Dr. Oz.
You are not toning.
You will not bulk up, ladies.
You also don't "gain muscle really easily". Yes, YOU.
Low carbing is not dangerous.
Low carbing is not metabolically superior.
You can eat food before bed.
You can eat food IN bed.
There is no specific time at which eating will cause you to gain fat.
The little pink dumbbells do not constitute "lifting weights".
That glass of blended up "juice" that you're replacing your meals with, probably isn't "cleansing" any "toxins".
"Hot Pants" don't make you lose fat, although they may make your wallet lighter.
You don't need to burn off that bowl of cereal or piece of chicken.
You don't need to worry about whether you're burning carbs or fat.
You don't need to worry about how much fat you burned during your workout, or how much muscle you gained during that set of bosu-ball dumbbell flies.
You don't "shock your body"
You don't "confuse your mucles"
Stop switching up your lifting program. How about stick to something and add weight to the bar.
Just because you saw it in a documentary doesn't mean it's a good idea or even remotely research-based.
You don't need to zig-zag or carb cycle or do the 17 day butt wash or the cabbage donkey stew diet.
2 weeks is not a plateau.
Start here:
1) Eat within a reasonable caloric intake for your goals.
2) Consume adequate protein and fat.
3) Consume at least enough carbs to allow you to train with intensity.
(And can you just use some common sense with food selection?)
4) Lift weights
5) Get rest.
6) Repeat
7) And quit worrying about all the other crap.
Be patient.
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That you have to eat clean. If I had known I could lose weight eating cupcakes and pizza, I'd have never gotten fat in the first place.7
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If you "diet" too long you'll get an eating disorder.
Ugh. Just no.5 -
You've had kids! Your body changes. Everybody's fat after having kids.7
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Processed food makes me fat...
not the fact that I used to eat TOO MANY CALORIES.6 -
You have to switch up your exercise or your calories to keep your body guessing. If you don't then you will hit a plateau.5
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Theresa_1973 wrote: »Any diet that tells you to cut an entire food group out of your eating plan ... Moderation is the key to weight management success, not discrimination...!!
Depends who you are!
Would you tell an alcoholic to drink alcohol in moderation?
Celiacs? Diabetics?
What's good for the gander might cook the poor goose.2 -
Theresa_1973 wrote: »Any diet that tells you to cut an entire food group out of your eating plan ... Moderation is the key to weight management success, not discrimination...!!
Depends who you are!
Would you tell an alcoholic to drink alcohol in moderation?
Celiacs? Diabetics?
What's good for the gander might cook the poor goose.
...What?2 -
Theresa_1973 wrote: »Any diet that tells you to cut an entire food group out of your eating plan ... Moderation is the key to weight management success, not discrimination...!!
Depends who you are!
Would you tell an alcoholic to drink alcohol in moderation?
Celiacs? Diabetics?
What's good for the gander might cook the poor goose.
Apples and oranges.4 -
When you turn 30 everything goes to *kitten*! Better get used to eating next to nothing now!
Not exactly weight loss related, but a lady in my office told me that if you feel the burn during exercise, you're hurting yourself. Sigh.2 -
ReaderGirl3 wrote: »LisaClifford731 wrote: »"You don't need to worry about calories, only sugar!"
My god I could eat 5,000 calories with minimal sugar, doesn't make it magically defy the law of CICO. And this came from someone who knew I have recently lost 12kg doing calorie counting
I agree with you that 5000 calories and no sugar wouldn't do much. But i can say that after lowering my total sugar intake (refined and natural) to 20g or under, my weight loss took off. The body doesn't need more sugar than that. of course, you would have to watch other macros such as carbs and sodium...Even "Fat" content doesn't bother me all that much and I am over (just a little) most days - but I have consistently lost 1-2 lbs since I've started following this rule.
I won't say that I don't care about my calories, but I am not a slave to that number. I don't even have my calories on my dashboard, I have my macros and honestly, If I hit my macros - 99% of the time, I have stayed within my calories when check a the end of the day - a few times i couldn't complete my diary because I hadnt eaten enough calories.
There is no doubt and plenty of studies that eliminating or drastically lowering your sugar intake will assist in weight loss.
I'm heading out for the day and really don't have time for another sugar debate, but could you clarify-are you saying that by lowering your sugar intake you're lowering your calorie intake, which helps create the correct calorie deficit for your weight loss goals? Or are you saying that if you lower your sugar intake, but continue eating at your TDEE or even at a calorie surplus over your TDEE, you'll lose weight just because you've cut out/down on sugar?
Also, how did you remove your calories from your dashboard? When I go into my settings calories is the only thing I can't remove (it shows that it's required).
I have a sugar sensitivity, and I find that sugar messes with my blood sugar and makes me want to eat more. (Not everyone suffers with this, BTW). Cutting out simple carbs and sugar broke the cravings cycle for me. I did not have this issue when I was younger and stayed thin no matter what food combinations I ate. Some people do benefit from reducing carbs.1 -
Theresa_1973 wrote: »Any diet that tells you to cut an entire food group out of your eating plan ... Moderation is the key to weight management success, not discrimination...!!
Depends who you are!
Would you tell an alcoholic to drink alcohol in moderation?
Celiacs? Diabetics?
What's good for the gander might cook the poor goose.
Celiac and diabetes are medical conditions. I'm not going to start the "sugar addiction" nonsense here because it's well handled outside of this thread. You can't live without food, so even if someone believes they have a food addiction, abstinence isn't the answer.6 -
SassyRN_77 wrote: »"losing weight is the easy part-Keeping it off is hard..." BS losing is no easy task!!!!
Haha yes this. Eating 2500 calories is not harder than 2200....or less.3 -
stevencloser wrote: »LisaClifford731 wrote: »To me -and my research, understanding and personal experience, CICO is a myth.
100 calories of a vegetable is not the same as 100 calories of say, a candy bar. There are other issues to consider. There is no fiber in the candy bar for one.. Your insulin levels are going to spike with the candy. I've never bought into that CICO argument. But if it's working for you that's great.
You should call all the physics book publishers and tell them to strike the parts about Conservation of Energy. It's a myth after all.
Everyone knows personal research trumps peer review.4 -
Carbs make you fat, you should just eat sticks of butter all day every day to be skinny, rich, and have good breath.4
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Labyrinthine93 wrote: »Theresa_1973 wrote: »Any diet that tells you to cut an entire food group out of your eating plan ... Moderation is the key to weight management success, not discrimination...!!
Depends who you are!
Would you tell an alcoholic to drink alcohol in moderation?
Celiacs? Diabetics?
What's good for the gander might cook the poor goose.
...What?
Someone is allergic to geese, I think. Or maybe addicted to them.10 -
You have to eat a big breakfast every day or you won't lose weight.
You have to stop eating after 5pm or you won't lose weight.
You can't eat sugar or you won't lose weight
You can eat as much as you want as long as it fits with clean eating or you won't lose weight
You have to have 6 small meals during the day or you won't lose weight.
Once I stopped follow all these ^^^^^^^^^^ the weight, figuratively, melted off me.5 -
I've heard several, many from my mother...
- White rice is bad, and that I should be eating brown rice.
- BREAKFAST IS NECESSARY OMG.
- Eat several small meals a day.
Now mind you, I LOVE sticky white rice and use it almost exclusively for rice dishes. I almost never eat breakfast. And my daily meal plan is normally no breakfast, a light lunch, and a large dinner.
Guess who's lost weight and who hasn't?8 -
That you need to eat a big breakfast and themn eat a small dinner. I believed this so long and it sabotages me! I eat very little during the day and eat 80 or 90 percent of my calories after 6pm and lose weight because it helps me keep my calories under my limit and having large meals at the end of the day and snacking makes me feel like I'm not being deprived, where as lots of little meals makes me feel like there is so much I can't have.4
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