What's the biggest weight-loss lie you've ever heard?
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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.
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It Works! Wraps. Detox tea, or any other short term gimmick.
Anyone over 30 will remember Sugar Busters and Adkins
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I thought this as well, but the person who said this is actively losing weight, and a ton of it. >.<0 -
dustedwithsugar wrote: »Eating every 3 hours will help to lose weight
This is not a myth actually. If you eat more frequent but little portions, your body has time to digest what you ate and you are less hungry in a process. Also eating when you're NOT hungry helps to fill you up faster leading to eating less at meal time.
This is a myth as it varies per person. I don't do well on frequent, small meals as they always leave me hungry. This is why many people adopt an IF style of eating, as meal times are a preference. There is nothing special about small, frequent meals in and of itself that would induce weight loss.
Then you don't eat right macros per meal. It's really that easy. I was of same thought as you before I started to look at meal macros.
For you. There's nothing universally better about small, frequent meals over having larger meals less frequently. Meal timing doesn't matter for weight loss (only the overall deficit) so each person can move their calories around to whatever times they wish.
I personally don't like the smaller, more frequent meals idea. The meals would have to be super small and the main thing is it opens up the possibility of over eating during those meals. 3 meals and a lite snack between lunch and supper is plenty and there really isn't that many hours between the meals. The quality of food and total calorie deficit is what really matters0 -
Fat is genetic. Big boned.2
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Most of the stuff my once best friend who is now a BeachBody Coach posts on social media.3
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No eating after 6 pm
Vegetables are how you lose weight
Junk food is to blame for weight gain
Bread, pasta, and rice are off limits
Low fat or low carb is the only way to lose weight
Diet pills
Women shouldn't lift because we'll end up looking like a man
And finally, last, but certainly not least ... STARVATION MODE ):<6 -
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.
Thanks Francl27 & Labrynthine93, it's good to see you got my point ... How does this even compare - Celiacs are no more a diet to lose weight than alcoholics are drinking alcohol to lose weight, they're a completely different kettle of fish, but again some people are so far off point that you can't reason with them... I am on a lactose free diet and thyroid friendly diet, not because I want to lose weight (I've already done that prior to becoming lactose intolerant and having hypothyroidism).
My point is - for those of us too stupid or blind to see it is... Any dietary plan (EXCLUDING MEDICAL DIETARY PLANS AND ADDICTIONS) that excludes entire food groups are a lie, you can eat anything in moderation... Moderation (FOR THOSE OF US WITHOUT MEDICAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS AND ADDICTIONS) is the key to weight management success... Does that make it clearer RalfLott?
Silly me forgetting that some people don't know the difference between medical diets (Diabetes, Celiac, Intolerances, Allergies, Hyper/Hypothyroidism) and addicition (alcohol, drugs) and fad diets - next time I'll spell it out more clearly.
And hell if alcohol is a food group then why the heck didn't somebody tell me lol
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Just for fun, things i wish were true:
Its calorie free:
- if noone saw you eat it ( so it never happened)
- if you ou eat it after you went to bed but before you got up for the next day ( calories fall bewteen the days so don't count)
- If a child made it ( children don't understand to put calories in)
- If it was a gift ( gifts cant make you fat)
- If you didnt like it ( you get a calorie odo-over)
- if you eat somthing nutritious afterwards (that cancels out the calories)
- If you have pms ( because its medicine)
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Whitezombiegirl wrote: »
- if you eat somthing nutritious afterwards (that cancels out the calories)
I used to work in an office where we would often bring in treats for everyone to share. Most of us decided that we wanted to lose weight, so would bring in fruit and healthy treats and try to encourage each other to eat better and planned to cut calories, eat healthier foods etc. On the first day one of my colleagues (whose original idea it was) came back to the office on lunch with a container filled with a burger and chips - she saw our faces of confusion and said 'oh don't worry! I am going to eat an apple afterwards!' - she seemed to really believe that she could eat anything she wanted as long as she ate something healthy right after.
This was about 10 years ago and I still remember it so well because it utterly baffled me!
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kittengirl1983 wrote: »Whitezombiegirl wrote: »
- if you eat somthing nutritious afterwards (that cancels out the calories)
I used to work in an office where we would often bring in treats for everyone to share. Most of us decided that we wanted to lose weight, so would bring in fruit and healthy treats and try to encourage each other to eat better and planned to cut calories, eat healthier foods etc. On the first day one of my colleagues (whose original idea it was) came back to the office on lunch with a container filled with a burger and chips - she saw our faces of confusion and said 'oh don't worry! I am going to eat an apple afterwards!' - she seemed to really believe that she could eat anything she wanted as long as she ate something healthy right after.
This was about 10 years ago and I still remember it so well because it utterly baffled me!
But that was her lunch. The fruits were snacks. If I'm understanding correctly, I don't think she was to eat nothing but fruit because you were encouraging each other to snack on fruits rather than chocolate and brownies in between meals?0 -
kittengirl1983 wrote: »Whitezombiegirl wrote: »
- if you eat somthing nutritious afterwards (that cancels out the calories)
I used to work in an office where we would often bring in treats for everyone to share. Most of us decided that we wanted to lose weight, so would bring in fruit and healthy treats and try to encourage each other to eat better and planned to cut calories, eat healthier foods etc. On the first day one of my colleagues (whose original idea it was) came back to the office on lunch with a container filled with a burger and chips - she saw our faces of confusion and said 'oh don't worry! I am going to eat an apple afterwards!' - she seemed to really believe that she could eat anything she wanted as long as she ate something healthy right after.
This was about 10 years ago and I still remember it so well because it utterly baffled me!
But that was her lunch. The fruits were snacks. If I'm understanding correctly, I don't think she was to eat nothing but fruit because you were encouraging each other to snack on fruits rather than chocolate and brownies in between meals?
It was getting a bit long to explain the whole thing just to get to the point that she thought the apple cancelled out the unhealthy meal - we were supposed to all be doing calorie counting together and eating healthy for the all meals to see what we could lose together - the fruit as a substitute for the snacks was just one part of the whole thing.0 -
heatherheyns wrote: »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.
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dustedwithsugar wrote: »Eating every 3 hours will help to lose weight
This is not a myth actually. If you eat more frequent but little portions, your body has time to digest what you ate and you are less hungry in a process. Also eating when you're NOT hungry helps to fill you up faster leading to eating less at meal time.
This is a myth as it varies per person. I don't do well on frequent, small meals as they always leave me hungry. This is why many people adopt an IF style of eating, as meal times are a preference. There is nothing special about small, frequent meals in and of itself that would induce weight loss.
It's not a myth. The more frequent you eat in smaller portions the more you're keeping your metabolism going and keeping your body from storing anything.0 -
*Obesity is genetic; it runs in the family.
*Cutting out sugar is the only way to lose weight!
*Any cleanse or diet that "kickstarts" or "jumpstarts" weight loss2 -
MandaB9780 wrote: »dustedwithsugar wrote: »Eating every 3 hours will help to lose weight
This is not a myth actually. If you eat more frequent but little portions, your body has time to digest what you ate and you are less hungry in a process. Also eating when you're NOT hungry helps to fill you up faster leading to eating less at meal time.
This is a myth as it varies per person. I don't do well on frequent, small meals as they always leave me hungry. This is why many people adopt an IF style of eating, as meal times are a preference. There is nothing special about small, frequent meals in and of itself that would induce weight loss.
It's not a myth. The more frequent you eat in smaller portions the more you're keeping your metabolism going and keeping your body from storing anything.
Actually it is a myth, eating frequently has no effect on your metabolism, it may help some individuals with weight loss, but that's nothing to do with the metabolism.
http://dailyburn.com/life/health/metabolism-myths-weight-loss/
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/eating-smaller-meals-frequently-speed-up-metabolism-5680.html16 -
Choosing to eat your carbs at night will make you fat
Carbs are the enemy for weight loss
You need to do daily cardio for weight loss
You can eat as much "clean food" as you want, you'll only gain weight on "bad food"
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MandaB9780 wrote: »dustedwithsugar wrote: »Eating every 3 hours will help to lose weight
This is not a myth actually. If you eat more frequent but little portions, your body has time to digest what you ate and you are less hungry in a process. Also eating when you're NOT hungry helps to fill you up faster leading to eating less at meal time.
This is a myth as it varies per person. I don't do well on frequent, small meals as they always leave me hungry. This is why many people adopt an IF style of eating, as meal times are a preference. There is nothing special about small, frequent meals in and of itself that would induce weight loss.
It's not a myth. The more frequent you eat in smaller portions the more you're keeping your metabolism going and keeping your body from storing anything.
No. What you are saying is a myth. Timing has no impact.13 -
Walked past a "health" magazine that had the big title of "LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT DIETING" ....uh, who's going to tell them?4
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MissusMoon wrote: »MandaB9780 wrote: »dustedwithsugar wrote: »Eating every 3 hours will help to lose weight
This is not a myth actually. If you eat more frequent but little portions, your body has time to digest what you ate and you are less hungry in a process. Also eating when you're NOT hungry helps to fill you up faster leading to eating less at meal time.
This is a myth as it varies per person. I don't do well on frequent, small meals as they always leave me hungry. This is why many people adopt an IF style of eating, as meal times are a preference. There is nothing special about small, frequent meals in and of itself that would induce weight loss.
It's not a myth. The more frequent you eat in smaller portions the more you're keeping your metabolism going and keeping your body from storing anything.
No. What you are saying is a myth. Timing has no impact.
It's mostly myth but for people on high protein diets, research has shown that if you break down your meals, protein is absorbed/metabolized better than if you consume one big meal of a lot of grams of protein at once. And timing can work to your advantage (you don't need to eat carbs before a workout or be afraid of eating them at night, but it will give you more energy for that workout or help some people sleep better).0 -
Eat low fat foods2
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MandaB9780 wrote: »dustedwithsugar wrote: »Eating every 3 hours will help to lose weight
This is not a myth actually. If you eat more frequent but little portions, your body has time to digest what you ate and you are less hungry in a process. Also eating when you're NOT hungry helps to fill you up faster leading to eating less at meal time.
This is a myth as it varies per person. I don't do well on frequent, small meals as they always leave me hungry. This is why many people adopt an IF style of eating, as meal times are a preference. There is nothing special about small, frequent meals in and of itself that would induce weight loss.
It's not a myth. The more frequent you eat in smaller portions the more you're keeping your metabolism going and keeping your body from storing anything.
If you need anything to keep you metabolism going, you better get yourself to a cleric because when your metabolism stops, you're dead. It doesn't need anything to keep it going; it goes fine on its own.11
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