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All of this is reminding me of a cringeworthy story about my husband before we were together. His ex girlfriend dragged him to a couples baby shower which he was very against, and made him play the cheesy shower games, which he is extremely against. One of the games was "guess the weight!" on which everyone made a prediction of how much the baby would weigh at birth. He insists he missed that detail but my charming husband wrote "183 lbs" on his, and the hostess, upon reading it aloud with a confused look, was dim enough to ask him if he meant ounces, and he said "oh, no, I thought we were guessing how much the mother to be weighs".
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Hilarious!!! :laugh:0
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kolagani12 wrote: »i have a lot
IIFYM- plain stupid. An excuse by fatties to allow themselves to eat whatever they want. That type of behavior is what got them in this situation in the first place- you shouldn't ENCOURAGE this behavior
Pre-Workouts- If you lack the energy or the drive to do a proper workout and need to take a powder to give you that energy, you aren't worthy of achieving fitness
Keto- "muh carbs, so let me just eat some bacon instead." You dummy. Carbs didn't make you fat, it was you eating too much that made you fat. Make wise choices, such as whole grains, and you can enjoy carbs. Not to mention this plan is *kitten* for anyone trying to build muscle.
"I can't lose weight"- yes you can, you aren't trying hard enough. Take responsibility.
I don't know what to say...in reality you called me a fatty...because I follow IIFYM and I eat what I want...
It was this type of behaviour that helped me lose the weight because I finally got I didn't have to give up my favourite foods to lose weight as long as it fit in goal.
Pre workouts etc up to the person...I don't get them but not sure it makes them unworthy...maybe they are tired after a sleepless night due to a baby who knows...
Keto whatever again...
staying away from the "I can't lose weight" I haven't bought my 11 foot pole yet.3 -
tiffaninghs wrote: »unpopular opinion.. protein is overrated.. we dont have protein deficiencies here in the US... its all a marketing scheme..
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tiffaninghs wrote: »unpopular opinion.. protein is overrated.. we dont have protein deficiencies here in the US... its all a marketing scheme..
Care to elaborate on that?
She liked cleanse-juicing earlier. "I obviously know what I'm talking about" said she. So take it with a grain of salt.
That will be $64 for that grain of salt - what - we're not in the Middle Ages?6 -
ForecasterJason wrote: »
IRL, I would say that more than half of women I know who have become pregnant gained substantially more weight than they needed to. I don't know if that represents the population as a whole, but among those I actually know, it seems to me like it's a very common (and preventable) issue.lemurcat12 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »Regarding women and pregnancy weight gain, I think it's fair to say this. There are a lot of women out there who gain a lot more than what they really need to. Regardless of whatever amount of weight that is, there are a lot of women who gain excessively.
So do non pregnant men. What's your point?
Exactly what I was wondering in response to that statement.
Perhaps the point being made was not that non pregnant people also gain too much, but that there are women who use the pregnancy as an excuse to gain too much.
People use lots of things as an excuse for weight gain, so again I'm not sure what JasonForecaster's point was in singling out -- indeed, concern trolling, or so it seemed to me -- about pregnant women doing this. I found it rather humorous (in a way) that he did so. After all, no one asserted that pregnant women never gain too much, there's no particular reason to see pregnant women gaining weight with a pregnancy as the driving force of the obesity problem, which is much broader, and it seems odd that Jason, who is a normal or underweight single guy, last I recall, would be particularly concerned about how all these pregnant women are packing on the pounds. Well, not odd, exactly, but something.
Oh, good, we are back to the pregnancy conversation!
Thanks, Jason, for telling us about these irresponsible pregnant women whom you know. Are they also failing to breastfeed when the children are born? Not using the proper method of toilet training or getting the babies to sleep through the night? Choosing to work outside the home or, perhaps, to stay home with their children? What kind of maternity clothing are they wearing?
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WinoGelato wrote: »All of this is reminding me of a cringeworthy story about my husband before we were together. His ex girlfriend dragged him to a couples baby shower which he was very against, and made him play the cheesy shower games, which he is extremely against. One of the games was "guess the weight!" on which everyone made a prediction of how much the baby would weigh at birth. He insists he missed that detail but my charming husband wrote "183 lbs" on his, and the hostess, upon reading it aloud with a confused look, was dim enough to ask him if he meant ounces, and he said "oh, no, I thought we were guessing how much the mother to be weighs".
Wonderful story! (And, yes, cringeworthy!)4 -
cmriverside wrote: »
But to your point, most of the studies I recall seeing made it clear that women gaining more than around 25lbs during pregnancy is completely unnecessary.Need2Exerc1se wrote: »But 20 lbs is a completely arbitrary choice to throw out there, even if you do admit it's completely arbitrary.
They are not "eating for two."
My wife gained so little weight that she didn't know she was pregnant until she went to the hospital with a kidney stone.
But it wasn't a kidney stone; she delivered our perfectly healthy daughter not long afterwards.
Yes, she was still having her period.
Malnourished women in Third-World countries make new humans all the time without becoming unnecessarily fat in the process.
They do it without eating whole boxes of crackers, tubs of ice cream, or anything else.
No need to eat like a piggy -pregnant or not- just because you are "craving" something, eh?
Now that is an "unpopular opinion" but the science backs my statement.
It blows my mind that someone (and I know it happens) doesn't know they're pregnant until the baby comes.
Was your wife overweight? I can't even.
This has always baffled me. I've been pregnant 3 times. I understand that not all women experience the same exact signs but..... How do you not feel it move?! It's more than just feeling like you have the "bubble guts." It's kinda like something has invaded your body type of feeling! Aren't your breast really sore and don't you pee every hour? (FWIW- I gained 30-40lbs during pregnancies, max weight at full term was 170lbs with #3).5 -
They are quite a deal for those people who only have a 10' pole. This thread is gonna make me rich!kolagani12 wrote: »staying away from the "I can't lose weight" I haven't bought my 11 foot pole yet.
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I never claimed to be able to tell exactly how much weight anyone gained. I said I could tell a difference between a little extra weight and a ton.WinoGelato wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »
I did not ask. But I also know other pregnant women who did not gain excessively. There's obviously a noticeable difference between a few extra pounds and a ton extra.Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »
IRL, I would say that more than half of women I know who have become pregnant gained substantially more weight than they needed to. I don't know if that represents the population as a whole, but among those I actually know, it seems to me like it's a very common (and preventable) issue.lemurcat12 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »Regarding women and pregnancy weight gain, I think it's fair to say this. There are a lot of women out there who gain a lot more than what they really need to. Regardless of whatever amount of weight that is, there are a lot of women who gain excessively.
So do non pregnant men. What's your point?
Exactly what I was wondering in response to that statement.
Perhaps the point being made was not that non pregnant people also gain too much, but that there are women who use the pregnancy as an excuse to gain too much.
People use lots of things as an excuse for weight gain, so again I'm not sure what JasonForecaster's point was in singling out -- indeed, concern trolling, or so it seemed to me -- about pregnant women doing this. I found it rather humorous (in a way) that he did so. After all, no one asserted that pregnant women never gain too much, there's no particular reason to see pregnant women gaining weight with a pregnancy as the driving force of the obesity problem, which is much broader, and it seems odd that Jason, who is a normal or underweight single guy, last I recall, would be particularly concerned about how all these pregnant women are packing on the pounds. Well, not odd, exactly, but something.
Did you ask these friends of yours how much they gained or you just assumed they gained more than necessary? Curious.
In pregnant women, you can tell just by looking at them how much weight they've put on? That's quite a talent. I wonder how you would have pegged me, who has fibroid tumors that grow to tennis ball/baseball size during pregnancy due to all the excess hormones and gave the distinct appearance that I was carrying twins even though I had only gained 22 lbs and 27 lbs with my pregnancies and gave birth to single, healthy weight, babies each time.
Seriously dude, stop digging your hole. You have no idea how much weight any of those women gained, what their doctors advised them was healthy, etc.
And since this thread is about unpopular opinions, what I'm saying is still valid.
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What do those parental concerns have to do with looking at someone and being able to get a rough idea of whether they're carrying around a lot of excess weight or not? That's a way to shift the discussion in a completely different direction.lemurcat12 wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »
IRL, I would say that more than half of women I know who have become pregnant gained substantially more weight than they needed to. I don't know if that represents the population as a whole, but among those I actually know, it seems to me like it's a very common (and preventable) issue.lemurcat12 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »Regarding women and pregnancy weight gain, I think it's fair to say this. There are a lot of women out there who gain a lot more than what they really need to. Regardless of whatever amount of weight that is, there are a lot of women who gain excessively.
So do non pregnant men. What's your point?
Exactly what I was wondering in response to that statement.
Perhaps the point being made was not that non pregnant people also gain too much, but that there are women who use the pregnancy as an excuse to gain too much.
People use lots of things as an excuse for weight gain, so again I'm not sure what JasonForecaster's point was in singling out -- indeed, concern trolling, or so it seemed to me -- about pregnant women doing this. I found it rather humorous (in a way) that he did so. After all, no one asserted that pregnant women never gain too much, there's no particular reason to see pregnant women gaining weight with a pregnancy as the driving force of the obesity problem, which is much broader, and it seems odd that Jason, who is a normal or underweight single guy, last I recall, would be particularly concerned about how all these pregnant women are packing on the pounds. Well, not odd, exactly, but something.
Oh, good, we are back to the pregnancy conversation!
Thanks, Jason, for telling us about these irresponsible pregnant women whom you know. Are they also failing to breastfeed when the children are born? Not using the proper method of toilet training or getting the babies to sleep through the night? Choosing to work outside the home or, perhaps, to stay home with their children? What kind of maternity clothing are they wearing?
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tiffaninghs wrote: »unpopular opinion.. protein is overrated.. we dont have protein deficiencies here in the US... its all a marketing scheme..
I have actually had protein deficiency (very low albumin)6 -
cmriverside wrote: »tiffaninghs wrote: »unpopular opinion.. protein is overrated.. we dont have protein deficiencies here in the US... its all a marketing scheme..
Care to elaborate on that?
She liked cleanse-juicing earlier. "I obviously know what I'm talking about" said she. So take it with a grain of salt.
That will be $64 for that grain of salt - what - we're not in the Middle Ages?
you must work for the food industry...1 -
cmriverside wrote: »tiffaninghs wrote: »unpopular opinion.. protein is overrated.. we dont have protein deficiencies here in the US... its all a marketing scheme..
Care to elaborate on that?
She liked cleanse-juicing earlier. "I obviously know what I'm talking about" said she. So take it with a grain of salt.
That will be $64 for that grain of salt - what - we're not in the Middle Ages?
you must work for the food industry...
Work? No thanks.2 -
ForecasterJason wrote: »
I never claimed to be able to tell exactly how much weight anyone gained. I said I could tell a difference between a little extra weight and a ton.WinoGelato wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »
I did not ask. But I also know other pregnant women who did not gain excessively. There's obviously a noticeable difference between a few extra pounds and a ton extra.Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »
IRL, I would say that more than half of women I know who have become pregnant gained substantially more weight than they needed to. I don't know if that represents the population as a whole, but among those I actually know, it seems to me like it's a very common (and preventable) issue.lemurcat12 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »ForecasterJason wrote: »Regarding women and pregnancy weight gain, I think it's fair to say this. There are a lot of women out there who gain a lot more than what they really need to. Regardless of whatever amount of weight that is, there are a lot of women who gain excessively.
So do non pregnant men. What's your point?
Exactly what I was wondering in response to that statement.
Perhaps the point being made was not that non pregnant people also gain too much, but that there are women who use the pregnancy as an excuse to gain too much.
People use lots of things as an excuse for weight gain, so again I'm not sure what JasonForecaster's point was in singling out -- indeed, concern trolling, or so it seemed to me -- about pregnant women doing this. I found it rather humorous (in a way) that he did so. After all, no one asserted that pregnant women never gain too much, there's no particular reason to see pregnant women gaining weight with a pregnancy as the driving force of the obesity problem, which is much broader, and it seems odd that Jason, who is a normal or underweight single guy, last I recall, would be particularly concerned about how all these pregnant women are packing on the pounds. Well, not odd, exactly, but something.
Did you ask these friends of yours how much they gained or you just assumed they gained more than necessary? Curious.
In pregnant women, you can tell just by looking at them how much weight they've put on? That's quite a talent. I wonder how you would have pegged me, who has fibroid tumors that grow to tennis ball/baseball size during pregnancy due to all the excess hormones and gave the distinct appearance that I was carrying twins even though I had only gained 22 lbs and 27 lbs with my pregnancies and gave birth to single, healthy weight, babies each time.
Seriously dude, stop digging your hole. You have no idea how much weight any of those women gained, what their doctors advised them was healthy, etc.
And since this thread is about unpopular opinions, what I'm saying is still valid.
Next up: The women of MFP start advising ForecasterJason about how to handle the negative side effects of higher testosterone . . . .
(
. . . wait, how many winkies wazzat for sarcasm? . . )
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My most unpopular "opinion" is that you need to eat more to lose weight, because science. Mention I'm eating 800 calories per day to lose weight? Cheers, praise, questions on how I'm doing it, what I'm eating, etc. Tell them I'm actually eating 2800 calories per day to lose weight? *crickets* Then the storm.6
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based on these boards my unpopular belief would be CICO for weight loss...14
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singingflutelady wrote: »tiffaninghs wrote: »unpopular opinion.. protein is overrated.. we dont have protein deficiencies here in the US... its all a marketing scheme..
I have actually had protein deficiency (very low albumin)
My sister was hospitalized for protein deficiency once -- she was a teenage vegetarian who ate very few nutrient-dense foods. It can happen.5 -
janejellyroll wrote: »singingflutelady wrote: »tiffaninghs wrote: »unpopular opinion.. protein is overrated.. we dont have protein deficiencies here in the US... its all a marketing scheme..
I have actually had protein deficiency (very low albumin)
My sister was hospitalized for protein deficiency once -- she was a teenage vegetarian who ate very few nutrient-dense foods. It can happen.
For me it was when my crohn's was very very severe and I wasn't absorbing anything. I was hospitalized for over a month on tpn and was getting blood transfusions because of it0
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