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What are your unpopular opinions about health / fitness?
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »exercising to lose weight is dumb. Especially spending time on a treadmill to justify a candy bar.
I'm a very short older woman. If I didn't exercise on my treadmill, I'd have the paltry caloric allowance of 1200 calories to create a 150 calorie deficit since my maintenance for being sedentary is 1,350 calories.
I don't want to eat like a toddler.
Can't say enough how awesomely true for me this is.
My (maybe) unpopular opinion:
Maybe you can eat crap food (hamburgers, soda, ice cream (weep a little), candy bars, milk shakes) and make it all fit into your calories for the day, but food is fuel for me, and my body doesn't function properly when I feed it garbage. Good for you if you can make it work. But I actually doubt even you (whoever you are) can make that work for a lifetime of health.
A hamburger is bread, meat, and maybe some toppings. A body can easily use bread and meat as fuel. It's carbohydrates, protein, and fat -- three things I'm eating every day anyway. Also consider the micronutrients it contains like iron, B12, potassium, and B6 and I'm confused as to why anyone would think a hamburger is "garbage."
I'd call hamburgers from McDonald's "garbage" in that their taste is vastly inferior to the burgers I make myself or get at local, non chain restaurants.
I tend not to call food other people eat a derogatory term. It tends to make you look more superior than you actually are. That's my unpopular opinion. *shrug*
What if it's light beer?
What's the difference between having intercourse in a canoe and light beer?
Nothing - they are both *kitten* close to water.
Now you look more superior than you actually are. Or so I've heard.
*I like water. I find it refreshing.
An old joke my Brit friends continually poke at me and my American beer. I enjoy alcohol in all forms. Light beer is just easier to down in warmer climates.
...and who doesn't enjoy *kitten* close to water?3 -
My unpopular opinion (or probably more like a pet peeve): The people who post about how their bodies are "rejecting bad foods" (or similar phrases about having extreme reactions to certain foods) are overexaggerating. "Oh - my body is just so EVOLVED now that I can't even look at a Twinkie"47
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »exercising to lose weight is dumb. Especially spending time on a treadmill to justify a candy bar.
I'm a very short older woman. If I didn't exercise on my treadmill, I'd have the paltry caloric allowance of 1200 calories to create a 150 calorie deficit since my maintenance for being sedentary is 1,350 calories.
I don't want to eat like a toddler.
Can't say enough how awesomely true for me this is.
My (maybe) unpopular opinion:
Maybe you can eat crap food (hamburgers, soda, ice cream (weep a little), candy bars, milk shakes) and make it all fit into your calories for the day, but food is fuel for me, and my body doesn't function properly when I feed it garbage. Good for you if you can make it work. But I actually doubt even you (whoever you are) can make that work for a lifetime of health.
A hamburger is bread, meat, and maybe some toppings. A body can easily use bread and meat as fuel. It's carbohydrates, protein, and fat -- three things I'm eating every day anyway. Also consider the micronutrients it contains like iron, B12, potassium, and B6 and I'm confused as to why anyone would think a hamburger is "garbage."
I'd call hamburgers from McDonald's "garbage" in that their taste is vastly inferior to the burgers I make myself or get at local, non chain restaurants.
I tend not to call food other people eat a derogatory term. It tends to make you look more superior than you actually are. That's my unpopular opinion. *shrug*
What if it's light beer?
What's the difference between having intercourse in a canoe and light beer?
Nothing - they are both *kitten* close to water.
Now you look more superior than you actually are. Or so I've heard.
*I like water. I find it refreshing.
An old joke my Brit friends continually poke at me and my American beer. I enjoy alcohol in all forms. Light beer is just easier to down in warmer climates.
...and who doesn't enjoy *kitten* close to water?
Indeed. It's hot here. Why would I drink heavy beer by the pool when it's 102 degrees and 98% humidity? Nothing against "real" beer, but there's a time and place for everyone.
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »exercising to lose weight is dumb. Especially spending time on a treadmill to justify a candy bar.
I'm a very short older woman. If I didn't exercise on my treadmill, I'd have the paltry caloric allowance of 1200 calories to create a 150 calorie deficit since my maintenance for being sedentary is 1,350 calories.
I don't want to eat like a toddler.
Can't say enough how awesomely true for me this is.
My (maybe) unpopular opinion:
Maybe you can eat crap food (hamburgers, soda, ice cream (weep a little), candy bars, milk shakes) and make it all fit into your calories for the day, but food is fuel for me, and my body doesn't function properly when I feed it garbage. Good for you if you can make it work. But I actually doubt even you (whoever you are) can make that work for a lifetime of health.
A hamburger is bread, meat, and maybe some toppings. A body can easily use bread and meat as fuel. It's carbohydrates, protein, and fat -- three things I'm eating every day anyway. Also consider the micronutrients it contains like iron, B12, potassium, and B6 and I'm confused as to why anyone would think a hamburger is "garbage."
I'd call hamburgers from McDonald's "garbage" in that their taste is vastly inferior to the burgers I make myself or get at local, non chain restaurants.
I tend not to call food other people eat a derogatory term. It tends to make you look more superior than you actually are. That's my unpopular opinion. *shrug*
What if it's light beer?
What's the difference between having intercourse in a canoe and light beer?
Nothing - they are both *kitten* close to water.
Now you look more superior than you actually are. Or so I've heard.
*I like water. I find it refreshing.
An old joke my Brit friends continually poke at me and my American beer. I enjoy alcohol in all forms. Light beer is just easier to down in warmer climates.
...and who doesn't enjoy *kitten* close to water?
Few things beat Bud Light for a darty.0 -
Oh, I remembered another unpopular opinion of mine.
There's nothing wrong with an occasional cleanse or juice fast. It shouldn't be approached as a weight loss technique in and of itself, nor should it be looked upon as the magical pill to whatever ails you. But is it a useful tool to some people in some cases? Yes. Will it cause long-term damage to your health and well-being? Probably not, but ask your doctor.
Someone near and dear to me will occasionally do a week-long lemonade cleanse as a jump-start to a training season, if he's feeling unmotivated or sluggish. It helps him to focus on food as fuel and makes him feel centered with his body or something. I think it's probably BS, but who am I to judge what works for him and gets the thumbs-up from his doctor?4 -
janejellyroll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »exercising to lose weight is dumb. Especially spending time on a treadmill to justify a candy bar.
I'm a very short older woman. If I didn't exercise on my treadmill, I'd have the paltry caloric allowance of 1200 calories to create a 150 calorie deficit since my maintenance for being sedentary is 1,350 calories.
I don't want to eat like a toddler.
Can't say enough how awesomely true for me this is.
My (maybe) unpopular opinion:
Maybe you can eat crap food (hamburgers, soda, ice cream (weep a little), candy bars, milk shakes) and make it all fit into your calories for the day, but food is fuel for me, and my body doesn't function properly when I feed it garbage. Good for you if you can make it work. But I actually doubt even you (whoever you are) can make that work for a lifetime of health.
A hamburger is bread, meat, and maybe some toppings. A body can easily use bread and meat as fuel. It's carbohydrates, protein, and fat -- three things I'm eating every day anyway. Also consider the micronutrients it contains like iron, B12, potassium, and B6 and I'm confused as to why anyone would think a hamburger is "garbage."
Oh, man: Vegan defending nutritional adequacy of hamburgers?
Sometimes I just love the forums. Thank you @janejellyroll!
(Edited to add: I agree with her, BTW.)
I was chuckling to myself as I wrote it, but I stand by it. There's nothing wrong with hamburgers. Yeah, there are individual hamburgers that would be really difficult for most people to eat regularly and meet a calorie goal, but you can create just about any dish and make it a calorie bomb. If I decide to create an 1,000 calorie baked potato, that doesn't mean that baked potatoes are a "garbage food."9 -
Probably going to get some flak for this... but jumping on an elliptical or a treadmill for an hour of steady state cardio is pretty much a complete waste of time
It's a pretty good way to knock out a shorter marathon training run when it's raining or icy out. It's not a waste of my time.7 -
kshama2001 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »exercising to lose weight is dumb. Especially spending time on a treadmill to justify a candy bar.
I'm a very short older woman. If I didn't exercise on my treadmill, I'd have the paltry caloric allowance of 1200 calories to create a 150 calorie deficit since my maintenance for being sedentary is 1,350 calories.
I don't want to eat like a toddler.
Can't say enough how awesomely true for me this is.
My (maybe) unpopular opinion:
Maybe you can eat crap food (hamburgers, soda, ice cream (weep a little), candy bars, milk shakes) and make it all fit into your calories for the day, but food is fuel for me, and my body doesn't function properly when I feed it garbage. Good for you if you can make it work. But I actually doubt even you (whoever you are) can make that work for a lifetime of health.
A hamburger is bread, meat, and maybe some toppings. A body can easily use bread and meat as fuel. It's carbohydrates, protein, and fat -- three things I'm eating every day anyway. Also consider the micronutrients it contains like iron, B12, potassium, and B6 and I'm confused as to why anyone would think a hamburger is "garbage."
I'd call hamburgers from McDonald's "garbage" in that their taste is vastly inferior to the burgers I make myself or get at local, non chain restaurants.
In the context of that post, it didn't seem to be about taste. The statement was made that the individual's body wouldn't function properly on hamburgers. Given that everybody has different tastes, I think blanket statements about whole types of food being "garbage" don't make much sense. A McDonald's hamburger isn't for me or for you, that's fine. But many people do genuinely enjoy them.5 -
Derf_Smeggle wrote: »Oh, oh. Another one!
BMI needs to stop being used to measure an individual's health status! That's not how it is meant to be used. It's for use in population studies.
BMI is a tool and an indicator. It's not supposed to be used on it's own. I'm "overweight" according to BMI but my doctor is happy with my BF% and considers me very healthy. Now, if I was the same weight and had a much higher BF% I'm sure my doctor wouldn't be happy - but he doesn't just use BMI in a vacuum - nobody should.
However, if your BMI is in the morbidly obese category there is a high likelihood that BMI is all the indicator that you need. lol5 -
janejellyroll wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »exercising to lose weight is dumb. Especially spending time on a treadmill to justify a candy bar.
I'm a very short older woman. If I didn't exercise on my treadmill, I'd have the paltry caloric allowance of 1200 calories to create a 150 calorie deficit since my maintenance for being sedentary is 1,350 calories.
I don't want to eat like a toddler.
Can't say enough how awesomely true for me this is.
My (maybe) unpopular opinion:
Maybe you can eat crap food (hamburgers, soda, ice cream (weep a little), candy bars, milk shakes) and make it all fit into your calories for the day, but food is fuel for me, and my body doesn't function properly when I feed it garbage. Good for you if you can make it work. But I actually doubt even you (whoever you are) can make that work for a lifetime of health.
A hamburger is bread, meat, and maybe some toppings. A body can easily use bread and meat as fuel. It's carbohydrates, protein, and fat -- three things I'm eating every day anyway. Also consider the micronutrients it contains like iron, B12, potassium, and B6 and I'm confused as to why anyone would think a hamburger is "garbage."
I'd call hamburgers from McDonald's "garbage" in that their taste is vastly inferior to the burgers I make myself or get at local, non chain restaurants.
In the context of that post, it didn't seem to be about taste. The statement was made that the individual's body wouldn't function properly on hamburgers. Given that everybody has different tastes, I think blanket statements about whole types of food being "garbage" don't make much sense. A McDonald's hamburger isn't for me or for you, that's fine. But many people do genuinely enjoy them.
For $2.50 I can get 730 calories 33g fat 77g carbs 38g protein and 4g fiber. that's less than 1/3 of my daily calories and hits my macros quite handily. I'll need to do better the rest of the day for my micros and nutrients, but my macros are good
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The only foods I am seeing as garbage food lately are some of the gluten-free replacements for regular foods that I have in the house. My gluten-free bread is seriously garbage. It doesn't taste good and has little nutritional merit. I see it as an empty filler and have no reason to eat it anymore. Same goes for gluten-free burger buns - they are garbage PLUS they fall apart, making them useless. I am so pissed at gluten free bread today! lol. Thanks for letting me vent. I need to cleanse my pantry of this crap and just eat my burgers in a lettuce wrap and/or with a knife and fork. Or stop being lazy and make some good GF bread.
I made a really nice GF lasagna last week using zucchini strips for the noodle layers. Much better than the rice noodles (which, in my mind are nutritional zeros on top of being hard to handle when they stick together).
I have been seeing it reported a lot lately that people who are maintaining GF pantries are showing higher levels of arsenic in their blood due to so much more rice in their diet. This may be part of my issue with my ricefoods.3 -
Don't go to the gym.0
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My unpopular opinion is that calorie counting is a temporary learning tool, not a "lifestyle." It's like training wheels on a bike...they can get you comfortable, but eventually one should just be able to ride.9
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I hear a lot of people comment about how much they hate counting calories or that they don't want to do it forever, but I find it the easiest and most liberating tool for losing weight. It's reliable and really not that hard. It allows for cheat days or whatever but also provides the structure I need because I can binge eat on anything.11
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cwolfman13 wrote: »My unpopular opinion is that calorie counting is a temporary learning tool, not a "lifestyle." It's like training wheels on a bike...they can get you comfortable, but eventually one should just be able to ride.
I think that's great for people whose bodies tell them "ok, enough". For some of us, a lifetime of failing at intuitive eating suggests that we're going to need those training wheels for a very, very long time. Being off by even 100-200 calories a day can have disasterous long-term effects. I'm not taking issue with your opinion here, I'm sure you're right. I personally apparently can't hold balance on a bicycle, weight-wise, though.17 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »My unpopular opinion is that calorie counting is a temporary learning tool, not a "lifestyle." It's like training wheels on a bike...they can get you comfortable, but eventually one should just be able to ride.
I think that's great for people whose bodies tell them "ok, enough". For some of us, a lifetime of failing at intuitive eating suggests that we're going to need those training wheels for a very, very long time. Being off by even 100-200 calories a day can have disasterous long-term effects.
Yeah, I know...that's why it's an unpopular opinion...I think I'm one of the very few people here who have it.3 -
People who avoid healthy fats because they are too high in calories... nom nom nom get in my belly10
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I don't believe I need to plan every single meal out before the week starts. Waste of time. It ruins spontaneity and mood changes, and it takes the fun out of eating. If I don't feel like having something in my meal plan, am I nailed down to it just because I preplanned it all? I hit my macro and calorie goals, but I like winging my way there instead of accounting for every calorie before the day even starts.8
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Festivus came early this year:
1. Peer-reviewed publications do not equate to scientific fact.
2. Public policy is rarely based upon science – e.g. food pyramid, low-fat diet, cholesterol, added sugar, etc.
3. GMO, organic, healthy, fast, junk, etc. are nothing more than marketing terms used to disparage competitive products/promote your products.
4. Medicine does not equate to science fact. Much of medicine is based on risk mitigation and not reproducible - that a protocol worked on a previous patient.
5. Any exercise is better than sitting on a couch. If your movement is elliptical - then enjoy your ellipsing.
6. (Insert offence here)-shaming is hyperbolic and indicative of how good your life is. If this is the worst thing that happens to you, then you have a pretty good life. If you have the ability to vent on an internet forum - you have a damn good life.
7. Much of the solutions posed only address symptoms and do not attempt to investigate or solve root cause.
8. Genetics plays a very small factor in weight management and this is largely behavioral.
9. Harder =/= excuse.
10. Beer is a just reward after a run/swim/bike. It is organic, paleo, chocked full of nutrition, and potentially gluten free. It is the pinnacle of human endeavor.
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stanmann571 wrote: »If McDonalds sells it... It's fast food... that's the definition of fast food..
Happy Meal Toys? :P2
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