What is the daftest weight related thing someone has ever said to you?

MySlimGoals · February 2017

I'll start.

So I had a nutritionist tell me one time when I was between meals that I couldn't possibly feel hungry at that moment (I commented that I felt hungry) because it was impossible for someone of my weight to feel hunger pains. Really don't believe that - as I haven't been overweight my whole life, so I know what hunger is.

gentryatkinson · February 2017

That you gain weight from the feet up. Then you lose it from the neck down.
Pretty sure every one is different.

NorthCascades · February 2017

"You lose weight in the kitchen, not by exercising."

whiplashy · February 2017

My sister likes to do all the fad diets. She has informed me many times that cico doesn't work for everyone.

quiksylver296 · February 2017

The calories fall out of the broken cookies, so eat those.

gentryatkinson · February 2017

^^that one actually is somewhat true. Everything Ive read from myfitnesspal to other credible sources say weight loss is 80% what you eat and 20% exercise.

Mary_Anastasia · February 2017

My endocrinologist told me (at 245lbs) that my body would just not let me lose weight, she said sometimes our bodies decide what's best for us, and that as far as she could tell I was as healthy as a horse, and that I should just maintain my weight because my body decided it is comfortable where it is and that I would always be around that weight. She said even if I lost weight that my body would try to regain it until it was at what it considered the proper weight (around 245)

cwolfman13 · February 2017

gentryatkinson wrote: »

^^that one actually is somewhat true. Everything Ive read from myfitnesspal to other credible sources say weight loss is 80% what you eat and 20% exercise.

There's kind of two ways to look at it...I tend to see it from the weight loss happens in the kitchen point of view but some people view it from an, "I've increased energy expenditure through exercise and that's why I'm losing weight" POV.

I tend to take the other POV simply because ultimately if you're losing weight you're not eating to fulfill your body's energy requirements...thus you are eating in a deficit. I'm also a long time maintainer and I do quite a bit of exercise...but I maintain because I feed to a level commensurate with my energy expenditure.

akoivisto · February 2017

NorthCascades wrote: »

"You lose weight in the kitchen, not by exercising."

This does make sense.... not sayin' but I'm sayin'.

BusyRaeNOTBusty · February 2017

You have to "eat clean" to be healthy.

CafeRacer808 · February 2017

"Sugar is as addictive as heroin."

jessicalott1 · February 2017

"Carbs are bad"

fitoverfortymom · February 2017

When people tell me I HAVE to exercise to lose weight at my age.

nutmegoreo · February 2017

quiksylver296 wrote: »

The calories fall out of the broken cookies, so eat those.

Daft or not, that's my favorite one!

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

"Sugar is as addictive as heroin."

Gah!

I was once told that eating your vegetables and salad last is the only change you need to make because the roughage will scrape and clean your insides.

SCoil123 · February 2017

You have to eat first thing in the morning to jump start your metoblism

not_a_runner · February 2017

Someone told me I'm "only lifting weights as an excuse to stay a little heavier."

We'll see who's laughing a few years when I have an elite powerlifting total and delt striations.

Need2Exerc1se · February 2017

Eating pasta gives you fat thighs.

SarahMacphail1 · February 2017

That walking doesn't count as exercise. At all. I'm not talking a 5 minute stroll around the block either, I'm talking 12-15 miles of walking.

zyxst · February 2017

That you can eat all you want and not gain weight as long as you are low carb.

NorthCascades · February 2017

cwolfman13 wrote: »

There's kind of two ways to look at it...I tend to see it from the weight loss happens in the kitchen point of view but some people view it from an, "I've increased energy expenditure through exercise and that's why I'm losing weight" POV.

Weight gain happens in the kitchen, where the temptations are. Weight loss happens away from the kitchen. When I'm out skiing, it's not just that I'm not burning calories, it's also that I'm not eating cookies.

CSARdiver · February 2017

quiksylver296 wrote: »

The calories fall out of the broken cookies, so eat those.

Well this one is true - same goes for chips...because science!

All time favorite - CICO doesn't work for me, because all bodies are different.

jkwolly · February 2017

Need2Exerc1se wrote: »

Eating pasta gives you fat thighs.

My thighs should be the size of a mountain by now

/allthepasta

estherdragonbat · February 2017

I have one cookbook where I'm trying to do every recipe in it, in order. (I'll skip around for other recipes, but when I do my weekly cooking, there's one bit of guesswork eliminated. Whatever else I cook, I'm including whichever dish is 'next'.) The book is 1000 Vegan Recipes and I started it over 5 years ago in the snacks section. When I started MFP on Oct 30, I was in the middle of the pasta section. I finish that this week (and move onto bean dishes, beginning with chilies). So, I've been on MFP for 90 days, eating 4 servings of pasta and/or Asian noodles weekly. And apart from ONE recipe, where I switched out rice sticks with shirataki, because I couldn't justify over 800 calories for one serving and the substitution cut the calories by more than half, I've been doing them as directed in the cookbook. No cutting back on oil or making a 4-portion recipe stretch to 6.

And I've lost 30 lbs. On hi-carb. On noodles.

#pastaisnotevil

SezxyStef · February 2017

heard this one today...if it doesn't have a label you don't have to worry about it...smh...she was serious btw...clean eater etc.

but heard this a while ago...calorie counting doesn't work for everyone.

Chef_Barbell · February 2017

Anything detox related.

Alatariel75 · February 2017

I often see the same people who state that "All bodies are different", to explain why they can or can't lose or gain weight while eating a particular food or food group, then rely on studies which have been done on rodents to back up other views they have regarding that food or food group. That always strikes me as spectacularly daft. If two humans are so different, what the hell relevance does a mouse have?

BluBell56 · February 2017

If you eat standing up, the calories fall out of your a##

jasminelace · February 2017

Don't make a resolution to lose weight, instead make a resolution not to gain anymore weight. Once you're successful at that then it will probably be easier to stick to the next step...weight loss. And yes sugar is poison that's why we can only have such a small amount.