Myths.

active562
active562 Posts: 135 Member
edited November 15 in Health and Weight Loss
I've just been at a beauty therapist and she kept telling me the most ridicolous things like:
1. ''You dont have breakfast?? Your metabolism will definetly slow down as you grow up so please start having breakfast''
2. '' Do not take the birth control pill . It will make you gain weight .''
3. ''You will eventually need a personal trainer when you skip the age of 25''

Then , i started telling her its not true and she literally kept telling me that I am naive and that i know nothing about weight loss. Ugh
What do you guys think? Are they myths or are they actually true?
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  • active562
    active562 Posts: 135 Member
    lizery wrote: »
    She is a beauty therapist.

    Meaning...?
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    active562 wrote: »
    lizery wrote: »
    She is a beauty therapist.

    Meaning...?

    She is an idiot?

    (Apologies to any beauty therapists with brains out there :wink: )
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    We do tend to use fewer calories as we age. But breakfast doesn't change that. You counteract the effects of aging with exercise.

    Breakfast is good for you, but the benefits are more along the lines of cognitive ability and physical performance, not so much related to weight loss.

    I've never had a personal trainer.
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  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    I have to take a birth control. There are plenty of people on this board that have lost weight with one.
  • active562
    active562 Posts: 135 Member
    lizery wrote: »
    active562 wrote: »
    lizery wrote: »
    She is a beauty therapist.

    Meaning...?

    She isn't anymore qualified that any other random person to give dietary advice so take it with a grain of salt. Research things if you are worried about advice anyone has given.

    Assume she can advise on eyebrow shaping or skincare, not on nutrition and metabolism, is what I meant.





    Yep , I agree with you 100%
  • active562
    active562 Posts: 135 Member
    CooCooPuff wrote: »
    I have to take a birth control. There are plenty of people on this board that have lost weight with one.

    Personally , I tried 2 different types of pills and gained weight so I guess that is not actually a myth but still
  • quietapathy
    quietapathy Posts: 15 Member
    edited January 2017
    There will be many, many more of these coming at you. Be prepared. Or at least, take notes, research, and then counteract. Or be open to actually learning something new. At least, that's what I do. Maybe I'm a nerd.

    Also, there's a lot of websites with "facts" that aren't really evidence based, or very loosely evidence based. So take the internet with a grain of salt, too, unless they can back up their claims.

    And with a lot of things, different bodies react differently - as you can see with the different responses on birth control. All in all, don't do anything drastic until you do some reading. Sooner or later you will be full of knowledge and facts, but that doesn't mean others will listen when you try to rebut wrong or flawed logic - just say your piece and move on.

    And good luck :)
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    active562 wrote: »
    I've just been at a beauty therapist and she kept telling me the most ridicolous things like:
    1. ''You dont have breakfast?? Your metabolism will definetly slow down as you grow up so please start having breakfast''
    2. '' Do not take the birth control pill . It will make you gain weight .''
    3. ''You will eventually need a personal trainer when you skip the age of 25''

    Then , i started telling her its not true and she literally kept telling me that I am naive and that i know nothing about weight loss. Ugh
    What do you guys think? Are they myths or are they actually true?

    Breakfast or no breakfast does not affect the speed of your metabolism. Timing of calorie intake does not make you lose weight. A calorie deficit makes you lose weight. A calorie surplus makes you gain. As you age your calorie needs may become less unless you increase your activity.
    I assume you have a good reason to take birth control pills. If you are concerned about the side effects of a medication speak to a medical professional not a "beauty therapist". Side effect issues from medications can be managed. They do not prevent weight loss.
    You do not need to have a personal trainer at any age. Exercise is good for you but a personal trainer is not required.

    Weight management comes down to calories. Calories you take in and calories you burn. CICO
    Anyone telling you anything else is wrong.

  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    What is a beauty therapist. Is this one of those "different terms in different countries" things?

    Anyway, she's wrong, of course.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    active562 wrote: »
    I've just been at a beauty therapist and she kept telling me the most ridicolous things like:
    1. ''You dont have breakfast?? Your metabolism will definetly slow down as you grow up so please start having breakfast''
    2. '' Do not take the birth control pill . It will make you gain weight .''
    3. ''You will eventually need a personal trainer when you skip the age of 25''

    Then , i started telling her its not true and she literally kept telling me that I am naive and that i know nothing about weight loss. Ugh
    What do you guys think? Are they myths or are they actually true?

    Myths...she reads a lot of magazines probably.

    I lost all of my weight in my late 30s without a trainer...I have a trainer now, but it's not for weight loss...it's for fitness performance and to help me achieve certain fitness goals.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    What is a beauty therapist. Is this one of those "different terms in different countries" things?

    Anyway, she's wrong, of course.

    Esthetician, trained in make up, facials, manicures, pedicures, and hair removal. NOT trained in nutrition.

    OP, I once watched a homeless man drinking ketchup at McDs for breakfast. I would trust his nutritional advice as much as your beauty therapist. Additionally, it sounds like she was pretty insulting to you. I wouldn't be returning to her, but would have asked where she obtained her education in nutrition just to make the point that she is not qualified in this area.
  • NoNameJustMe
    NoNameJustMe Posts: 86 Member
    The first thing I say to people like that is "Cite your source(s)." 100% of the time it's magazine articles, Internet Blogs, or Dr. Oz. Not once has someone provided me with a verifiably reputable source for their woo.

    Breakfast? I rarely have it.
    Personal trainer? I'm 56 and in the best shape I've been in in the last 20 years. No personal trainer.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    I'm still scratching my head-what is a beauty therapist and why would someone need one?
  • lmmilbert
    lmmilbert Posts: 15 Member
    I just wanted to state that I was on the pill from age 15-29 and never gained a single pound from it. Managed to maintain my weight of 115 (5' 4") until I got pregnant. After that it was all a struggle!!
  • FreyasRebirth
    FreyasRebirth Posts: 514 Member
    Yeah, technically birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but, if you aren't going to track calories for the rest of your reproductive life, it can skew your 'calories in' so you do gain weight.

    It is not really 'natural' to have to deliberately control your intake. Wild animals don't get morbidly obese due to their lack of food scales, they instinctively know how much to eat. In that way, birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but it surely predisposes you to it.
  • FreyasRebirth
    FreyasRebirth Posts: 514 Member
    lmmilbert wrote: »
    I just wanted to state that I was on the pill from age 15-29 and never gained a single pound from it. Managed to maintain my weight of 115 (5' 4") until I got pregnant. After that it was all a struggle!!

    Everyone is different. I had the exact opposite experience. Losing weight after pregnancy was so easy I ended up 7 lbs lower the first time around (then pretty close to right-on the second time). 6 months on Depo Provera and I gained 15 lbs.
  • geminiswede
    geminiswede Posts: 903 Member
    1. ''You dont have breakfast?? Your metabolism will definetly slow down as you grow up so please start having breakfast''
    I eat breakfast when I'm hungry. I skip it when I'm not.
    2. '' Do not take the birth control pill . It will make you gain weight .''
    I'm almost 30 and have been on the birth control pill since I was about...20? Ish? I was already overweight and basically maintained until binge eating and emotional eating due to some *kitten* family situations made me gain years later. Now I've lost 109 pounds from my highest weight. Are there different side effects of medications for different people that can have an effect on weight? Sure. Can you find a way to manage how it effects you? Probably.
    3. ''You will eventually need a personal trainer when you skip the age of 25''
    Almost five years past that and no.
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    My wife and daughter went to a nutritionist to discuss diet. At the time, my daughter was eating no meat (as a matter of conscience) and was considering becoming vegan. The dietician did a good job of saying what that would entail to maintain a balanced vegan diet (it's hard to get it right, IMHO).

    It was good, but I felt like you could get the same advice from a book and from reading the web. Also, I didn't agree with some of the specific recommended foods, like a particular packaged fiber cereal as being "the best," and that sort of thing.

    In the end, my daughter gave up on veganism fairly quicly, because she just didn't like the food (some of it frozen).

    My point is that you need to sift through the advice yourself and decide what works for you.
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    edited January 2017
    active562 wrote: »
    I've just been at a beauty therapist and she kept telling me the most ridicolous things like:
    1. ''You dont have breakfast?? Your metabolism will definetly slow down as you grow up so please start having breakfast''
    2. '' Do not take the birth control pill . It will make you gain weight .''
    3. ''You will eventually need a personal trainer when you skip the age of 25''

    Then , i started telling her its not true and she literally kept telling me that I am naive and that i know nothing about weight loss. Ugh
    What do you guys think? Are they myths or are they actually true?

    1. Breakfast has no impact on your metabolism. It may have an impact on your ability to focus. I suspect you're of student age, so if you have trouble focusing in the mornings, consider breakfast. If not, don't worry about it as long as you're eating reasonable amounts the rest of the day.
    2. For many (but not all) women, birth control increases appetite. Hormonal appetite increase is a beast to fight against. I gained quite a bit of weight when I took the pill, but it was because it made me eat more - not because of any magical properties. If I'd have had a sympathetic doctor who would have let me try different pills, I might have been better able to deal with it. But I didn't, and I don't have to take the pill anymore so it's no longer an issue. So, no, the pill won't make you gain weight - but it may make you have to pay more attention to your food, and you may need to "shop around" for a pill that's a good fit for you.
    3. BS. The only truth in this one is that, when people go from being a student to working a desk job (often around age 25), their activity level tends to go way down and they burn fewer calories. So, if you wind up in a sedentary situation like that, stop being sedentary. Go for walks in the evening/weekends. Go hiking. Ride a bike. Ski. Play a sport. Anything active. Keep your activity level up. You only need a personal trainer if you want one to teach you something new like proper technique for weight lifting.
  • Constant_Nova
    Constant_Nova Posts: 108 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    What is a beauty therapist. Is this one of those "different terms in different countries" things?

    Anyway, she's wrong, of course.

    I thought it was a hair stylist at first.....or someone that does makeovers. Ru Paul is my beauty therapist.

    Seriously though- Please don't pay someone to give you opinions that are listed on every FREE weightloss website or GOOGLE search. Just do you. you might find that a lot of the advice that works for others, are pure myths for you.
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    Yeah I hate it when people who aren't qualified or who haven't done the work start spewing out nutritional advice. Not only does it undermine those of us who actually spent a great deal of time, effort and money to get our licenses but it can be dangerous. I mean give someone the wrong advice without knowing that person and it could cause a lot of harm, not to mention law suits.

    Get this... the other day on my train ride home there are two teenagers sitting there talking about the gym and exercise, etc. This one kid says, "So if you're eating Burger King or McDonalds or Taco Bell or any other kind of fast food like that just make sure to drink a big coke with it because those places put plastic the food so the acid in the coke will help to break down that plastic to be digested!"

    Whaaaaaat? :neutral:
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