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So. What's the worst weight loss myth?
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I vote for the "everything will be better when you lose weight myth," because face it, your problems don't melt away just because your body has. It never ceases to amaze me how many people who are unhappy think being fit or thin will make them happy. Although I won't argue that maybe you will be less unhappy...9
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Fat makes you fat. Fat does NOT make you fat! Look at eating paleo/primal low carb diet.....
Confession: I only read the first 5 pages but this^^ gets my vote for worst. Another confession: I came of age in the fat-makes-you-fat era, and it definitely messed me up for years. I had an all carb diet--avoided fat & protein like it was poison. And let me tell you, I gained.
I've read, and maybe you have too, where some obesity researchers attribute our population-wide weight gain to that ridiculous fat-makes-you-fat nonsense and the corresponding dietary guidelines that gave rise to the explosion of no-fat-sugar-packed super palatable foods. Many of us were misguided. So this gets my vote for all time worst myth (despite the plethora of others that are super annoying--I'm looking at you, jump start juice cleanse).
I agree. "Fat makes you fat" gets my vote too as the all time worst myth. I believed it longer than I care to admit.
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goldthistime wrote: »Fat makes you fat. Fat does NOT make you fat! Look at eating paleo/primal low carb diet.....
Confession: I only read the first 5 pages but this^^ gets my vote for worst. Another confession: I came of age in the fat-makes-you-fat era, and it definitely messed me up for years. I had an all carb diet--avoided fat & protein like it was poison. And let me tell you, I gained.
I've read, and maybe you have too, where some obesity researchers attribute our population-wide weight gain to that ridiculous fat-makes-you-fat nonsense and the corresponding dietary guidelines that gave rise to the explosion of no-fat-sugar-packed super palatable foods. Many of us were misguided. So this gets my vote for all time worst myth (despite the plethora of others that are super annoying--I'm looking at you, jump start juice cleanse).
I agree. "Fat makes you fat" gets my vote too as the all time worst myth. I believed it longer than I care to admit.
Me too. Skim milk, no butter on toast or veggies. Just a bit of jam on my bagel instead of cream cheese - or light cream cheese.... really weird texture to that. Substituted apple sauce instead of butter in baking. Blah. I just slowly gained unless I was running 7 to 14 hours per week.0 -
Anything that starts with "Humans were not meant to eat...(insert evil food of the month here)".
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Tacklewasher wrote: »
But wouldn't that be an awesome source of iron for those with malabsorption issues?
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ladyreva78 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »
But wouldn't that be an awesome source of iron for those with malabsorption issues?
...and the rust is a natural antioxidant. It has already oxidized the iron naturally and is certified organic!
It also helps with belly bloat - the number one cause of obesity today.7 -
New one for me from the Food forumTheJourneyToFabulous wrote: »This has probably been discussed before, whats everyones take on fizzy drinks
I used to have a few bottles or cans a day but dropped it to 1 can a day and now drink water for the rest of the day, but I have someone telling me the gas expanding in my body wont help in losing weight?
I'm still losing regardless so think its probably a load of crap
Not the calories, just the CO2 causes weight gain.
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Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh just overheard a trainer telling her client if he didn't eat enough his body would hang onto all his fat. Aaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh.7
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Bananas are the devil0
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And she just said "Eat carbs! You need to eat carbs! But not sugar, eat healthy carbs like sweet potato and quinoa!"
And then she told him he'd burn them off because he's an ectomorph.
I'm posting here so I don't yell at her or knock myself unconscious banging my head against the wall.13 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »New one for me from the Food forumTheJourneyToFabulous wrote: »This has probably been discussed before, whats everyones take on fizzy drinks
I used to have a few bottles or cans a day but dropped it to 1 can a day and now drink water for the rest of the day, but I have someone telling me the gas expanding in my body wont help in losing weight?
I'm still losing regardless so think its probably a load of crap
Not the calories, just the CO2 causes weight gain.
Enough CO2 makes you float though, so you technically weigh less..3 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »
Guess I need to change my breakfast routine...3 -
Someone just seriously referenced world news dailyfinny11122 wrote: »
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"Spot reduction"0
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Someone just seriously referenced world news dailyfinny11122 wrote: »
Then went on to still argue that point like nothing happened.2 -
'You are so lucky you are naturally skinny....you can eat whatever you want and not gain weight...I have tried EVERYTHING but I can't lose weight'
Me 'have you tried counting calories or weighing your food?'
Repulsed look in their eyes 'I can't to do that, I would go crazy counting my calories...' sigh
Me 'okay.'5 -
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the "whoosh" effect...put basic science aside for a second (really...no sciencing here) as you lose weight, your body anticipates that you will be replenishing the fat in your fat cells. Since there is no fat in the cells at the moment, your body fills them with water to "keep" the fat cells in use until you replenish the fat. This is why you may not lose weight for a couple of weeks, days, etc. Then one day, your body just comes to the conclusion that you don't need these cells anymore and you pee out all the water AND the fat cells the water was in....I laughed and laughed...and then I realized these people were for real
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the "whoosh" effect...put basic science aside for a second (really...no sciencing here) as you lose weight, your body anticipates that you will be replenishing the fat in your fat cells. Since there is no fat in the cells at the moment, your body fills them with water to "keep" the fat cells in use until you replenish the fat. This is why you may not lose weight for a couple of weeks, days, etc. Then one day, your body just comes to the conclusion that you don't need these cells anymore and you pee out all the water AND the fat cells the water was in....I laughed and laughed...and then I realized these people were for real
The whoosh effect is real. The common explanation for it that you outlined is likely not.1 -
"All calories are equal." Nope!0
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chocolate_owl wrote: »Lots of great contestants thrown into the ring... Are we going to debate which one is truly the worst?
I think the whole carbs/added sugar being evil is by far the most pervasive and inane. There are some close seconds though.
CLEARLY processed carbs have wreaked havoc on public health. Next!0 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »SymbolismNZ wrote: »Absolute, positive worst one I've seen yet - a varied diet with everything in moderation is biomedically equivalent to recreational drug usage in terms of impact upon your health.
Yes, that just happened.
So before you go running around threads and quoting me, how about showing me that evidence where moderate use of marijuana, psilocybin or amphetamines creates evidence of damage to your health... as I pointed out, you can even use the tip of looking at how research papers talk about refined sugar and compare it to recreational drug use.
We're stuck in the 1950s here, where ingesting fat is a bad idea, where moderate marijuana causes long term brain damage and where refined sugar doesn't have an impact on your neural receptors, causing you to be at higher risk of craving more.
Nope, fats not bad, marijuana doesn't cause brain damage and sugar isn't addictive. Please come on. Tell me I'm reading this wrong!
Sugar IS addictive... for some people. Lots and lots of science backs it up as does my own personal experience.0 -
How about all of the products with labels that state they don't contain a particular ingredient that they never use for that product any way. I'm waiting to see fat-free flour, caffeine-free water, sugar-free lard...
YES!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one seeing that crazy trend. I actually saw a nut mix labeled "gluten-free".1 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »SymbolismNZ wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »Which is kinda my point...everything in moderation:).
Which is cool, like I said in the thread he's quoting, the point I made in that thread is that refined sugar itself has been linked to a number of health risks in oncogenes, neurological disorders and appetite disorders and therefore consuming it in moderation is very similar to a moderate drug user, i/e the genesis of this debate.
Yeah, no. Very few drugs are used in moderation. I would love to agree with you but just no. I've not once seen a post where folks go full on the bag of sugar if they run out of cookies nor have I seen folks attack bananas, or any fruit because they are out of sweets. Have I known of folks going after mouthwash or cough syrup when they are out of alcohol or drugs, oh yeah. Sorry I want to believe you but it's just not proven other than the anti sugar folks. Please really think long and hard, folks would full on go for not only bags of sugar but any fruit if this were true.
...I don't know, Jo....I have done things for the sugar...I'm not sugar if it's addictive to everyone...but I'm not proud of the things I have done for sugar. The low doses like apples do nothing (not strong enough). Its the hard core dried fruits and processed sugar sources that get me. I have gone after the bag of sugar or wheat or corn when my fix wasn't available...
This is my shame.
People who dont have a struggle really shouldnt state such a struggle does not exist. The sugar thing is about refined sugars, not fruit.0 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »"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...
And who would ever eat chicken and greek yogurt???0 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »Don't eat it if you can't pronounce it.
Dang it, I love Thai food!2
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