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So. What's the worst weight loss myth?
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I pushed through the digust and read this. No no no...why why why would someone do this?
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andrea4736 wrote: »That the words you use to describe how you are losing weight - despite what you mean when you say them - have an effect on if you will succeed or not.
Example. If I mean exactly the same thing as "Life style change" as I do by the word "diet" and everyone else thinks that one word choice will mean I will fail.
In the end, only your mindset matters, not your word choice.
And also - that if you eat "healthy" you will lose weight - regardless of if you eat too much. This is the one that I see affecting people the most in my social life.
If I hear lifestyle change one more time I may smack somebody! What exactly do you think a change to your diet is??? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
LIFESTYLE CHANGE!!!!!!!!9 -
californiagirl2012 wrote: »Starvation mode and meal timing! But actually starvation mode really does happen for those under 12% body fat as proved by the Army Doctors in a study that only the military can do because they literally own your butt. haha.
I'd love to see that study.2 -
Any kind of insane fad diet that involves eating one magic cure-all food or shake and that only young, flexible, perfectly in shape people take yoga classes and dance Zumba [or insert fitness class or activity]. You always want to check with your doctor before starting any exercise program but do not let fear stop you from moving and having fun--no matter what class or physical activity you do!
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Ew, ew, ew... Ew!"Just drink some water. You may not be hungry...you may actually be thirsty. The brain often confuses the two."
Uh-huh, yeah right.
... Huh. This one is fairly true for me.0 -
"You shouldn't mix different types of protein because your body won't be able to digest them fully."
Guess I learned the difference between a nutritionist and a registered dietician. According to that nutritionist, proteins are different length chains, and if you mix your proteins, then your body will only ever be able to process them to the length of the shortest chain. So if the protein in Greek yogurt is 3 links long and the one in chicken 5, and you mix them together, your body will only digest 3/5 of the chicken's protein...
Guess how often I returned to that lady...5 -
I pushed through the digust and read this. No no no...why why why would someone do this?
I don't know.... Because it was there?
Here's one even worse, a perfectly idiotic piece of real-life childhood trauma fertilizer:
"You're as fat as the Campbell's Soup Girl, you need an enema."
1970s midwestern farm mom wisdom.
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ladyreva78 wrote: »"You shouldn't mix different types of protein because your body won't be able to digest them fully."
This is completely true. It's the source of that old mnemonic, "Steak before chicken, soon you'll sicken. Chicken before steak, we'll all die in an earthquake."
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I'm sure it must be inhere somewhere, but ACV needs to be added to this list.9
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Haven't heard it in a while, but I always like:
Humans aren't meant to eat meat. And that milk makes you fat because milk is for baby cows and baby cows get big.8 -
Lest our rush to judgment be too hasty, it is well to bear in mind: What's good for the gander may cook the goose.
That is, a diet that turns one person into Superman/woman may turn the next into the Michelin Man....2 -
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"All you have to do is eat when you are hungry and stop eating when you are full, and your body will settle naturally at the weight that is best for you." I think this is called intuitive eating or maybe it's from the Diets Don't Work book.7
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Another vote for "starvation mode".
Second place "demon sugar"6 -
2snakeswoman wrote: »"All you have to do is eat when you are hungry and stop eating when you are full, and your body will settle naturally at the weight that is best for you." I think this is called intuitive eating or maybe it's from the Diets Don't Work book.
It is only a myth if, as many do, it is applied as if it will work for all people. I know it doesn't work for me. My hunger and satisfaction processing is so screwed up that doing this I just get back to the weight I was before losing. I know that for me, because that is what happened. I need to count, or at least track food somehow.3 -
2snakeswoman wrote: »"All you have to do is eat when you are hungry and stop eating when you are full, and your body will settle naturally at the weight that is best for you." I think this is called intuitive eating or maybe it's from the Diets Don't Work book.
In fairness, it's not a myth once you have unraveled your hunger signaling...2 -
2snakeswoman wrote: »"All you have to do is eat when you are hungry and stop eating when you are full, and your body will settle naturally at the weight that is best for you." I think this is called intuitive eating or maybe it's from the Diets Don't Work book.
In fairness, it's not a myth once you have unraveled your hunger signaling...
No, not everyone's hunger and satiation hormones fire at the same levels, and various things can alter the levels of these hormones for any individual.4 -
At this point, pretty much anything to do with Keto...basically, if you're not keto, you're pretty much on your death bed already...at least that's what I'm taking away from the new year keto craze so far.11
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2snakeswoman wrote: »"All you have to do is eat when you are hungry and stop eating when you are full, and your body will settle naturally at the weight that is best for you." I think this is called intuitive eating or maybe it's from the Diets Don't Work book.
In fairness, it's not a myth once you have unraveled your hunger signaling...
No, not everyone's hunger and satiation hormones fire at the same levels, and various things can alter the levels of these hormones for any individual.
True, but that still does not make it a myth. It makes it something that not everyone is capable of. Fair or unfair...1 -
Has ACV been added to the list yet?3
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If you eat the "right" foods, you can eat whatever you want. Sorry, nope, it doesn't work that way.4
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debrakgoogins wrote: »If you eat the "right" foods, you can eat whatever you want. Sorry, nope, it doesn't work that way.
And the opposite. Eat the "wrong" foods and you will get fat and sick regardless of context and dosage...9 -
missomgitsica wrote: »Any of the fads/trends that are along the lines of do this one thing and you'll magically lose weight (IE sprinkle this stuff on your food, take this pill before you eat, drink this shake for breakfast, etc.). The myth that anything but actual hard work and effort will make you lose weight is just the worst.
When I read "sprinkle this stuff on your food" I immediately thought of this powder the vet gave us once to put on our dog's food so that the cat poop in the litter box wouldn't taste good to him any more. Apparently, they're like gourmet tootsie rolls to labs.10 -
Modern definition of Myth: a widely held but false belief or idea. I believe that the biggest modern myth is that farming, food, and Pharma are working to make us healthy. America is about profit not people and the brainwashing permeates everything we eat and believe. I do not need to go into detail myself because it has been covered for generations, by far smarter people than I. All you need to do is look it up!
http://www.alternet.org/food/how-monsanto-went-selling-aspirin-controlling-our-food-supply
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHOLG1VGy0s
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/07/26/monsanto-gmo-subsidies.aspx
http://drhyman.com/blog/2010/10/22/the-toxic-triad-how-big-food-big-farming-and-big-pharma-spread-obesity-diabetes-and-chronic-disease-across-the-globe/
http://naturalsociety.com/8-ways-corporations-poisoning-food-water-humans-earth/
https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/monsantos-sealed-documents-reveal-truth-behind-roundups-toxicological-dangers
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chastinasquyres wrote: »Modern definition of Myth: a widely held but false belief or idea. I believe that the biggest modern myth is that farming, food, and Pharma are working to make us healthy. America is about profit not people and the brainwashing permeates everything we eat and believe. I do not need to go into detail myself because it has been covered for generations, by far smarter people than I. All you need to do is look it up!
http://www.alternet.org/food/how-monsanto-went-selling-aspirin-controlling-our-food-supplyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHOLG1VGy0s
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/07/26/monsanto-gmo-subsidies.aspx
http://drhyman.com/blog/2010/10/22/the-toxic-triad-how-big-food-big-farming-and-big-pharma-spread-obesity-diabetes-and-chronic-disease-across-the-globe/
http://naturalsociety.com/8-ways-corporations-poisoning-food-water-humans-earth/
https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/monsantos-sealed-documents-reveal-truth-behind-roundups-toxicological-dangers
Hm, strong first post.16 -
andrea4736 wrote: »That the words you use to describe how you are losing weight - despite what you mean when you say them - have an effect on if you will succeed or not.
Example. If I mean exactly the same thing as "Life style change" as I do by the word "diet" and everyone else thinks that one word choice will mean I will fail.
In the end, only your mindset matters, not your word choice.
And also - that if you eat "healthy" you will lose weight - regardless of if you eat too much. This is the one that I see affecting people the most in my social life.
If I hear lifestyle change one more time I may smack somebody! What exactly do you think a change to your diet is??? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I assume when someone says it, they prioritise aspects of their life differently...choosing more activity vs couch sitting for example. Recognising and changing dodgey habits, replacing with something more conducive and permanent to their new goals.That the words you use to describe how you are losing weight - despite what you mean when you say them - have an effect on if you will succeed or not.
Example. If I mean exactly the same thing as "Life style change" as I do by the word "diet" and everyone else thinks that one word choice will mean I will fail.
In the end, only your mindset matters, not your word choice.
Well said.
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Adding my vote to the chorus of "clean eating" objectors. What food-shaming nonsense.2
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I had a friend that had struggled to lose weight for years with yo-yo diets. She finally started getting HGH injections and eating 500 calories a day, mostly in the form of mysterious shakes and juices.
She kept insisting that her steady weight loss was due to the HGH injections, even though several studies show that it has a negligible effect. And I'm sitting here like, "Of COURSE you're losing weight! You're eating one Big Mac's worth of calories a day!"
So I guess the worst myth I've heard is that your weight loss on Diet X that consists of "Eat a ridiculously small amount of calories and also do this silly thing we made up to sound different and legitimate" is for any reason other than CICO.8 -
French_Peasant wrote: »chastinasquyres wrote: »Modern definition of Myth: a widely held but false belief or idea. I believe that the biggest modern myth is that farming, food, and Pharma are working to make us healthy. America is about profit not people and the brainwashing permeates everything we eat and believe. I do not need to go into detail myself because it has been covered for generations, by far smarter people than I. All you need to do is look it up!
http://www.alternet.org/food/how-monsanto-went-selling-aspirin-controlling-our-food-supplyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHOLG1VGy0s
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/07/26/monsanto-gmo-subsidies.aspx
http://drhyman.com/blog/2010/10/22/the-toxic-triad-how-big-food-big-farming-and-big-pharma-spread-obesity-diabetes-and-chronic-disease-across-the-globe/
http://naturalsociety.com/8-ways-corporations-poisoning-food-water-humans-earth/
https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/monsantos-sealed-documents-reveal-truth-behind-roundups-toxicological-dangers
Hm, strong first post.
Conspiracy theories are the next door down.9 -
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