What's the biggest weight-loss lie you've ever heard?
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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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"Buy this rediculous weight loss book to find out weight loss secrets".3
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* You can't lose weight by swimming (the reasoning this person had was "everyone I know who swims is fat")
* Bananas are bad for you
* Any suggestion followed by "It's easy- you just have to do it early in the morning because you'll be on the toilet for an hour"-
* Dr. Oz5 -
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.
Alcohol is a food group now?3 -
That I wasn't a tub of lard.2
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"You shouldn't do exercises for your ab area when you are fat, because the muscle pushes that fat upwards and you tummy will look even bigger"4
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Carbs make you fat.6
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I can accurately count my calories using just my eyes. I don't need to weigh my food because I know how much I'm eating. Therefore, the reason I'm not losing weight must be a medical condition that no one (including me or my doctor) has ever heard of.
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I just saw this one: You can only burn 200 calories in exercise per day. After that your body slows down or stops other processes to compensate for any additional burn.
I liked the other person's response. So on my 50 mile bike ride, the first 7 miles energy came from my body, and the last 43 came from magic.12 -
It Works! Wraps. Detox tea, or any other short term gimmick.
Anyone over 30 will remember Sugar Busters and Adkins3
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