Weight loss woo keeps getting worse.
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Critical thinking is becoming a lost art. Derp and woo is consumed and perpetuated by the intellectually lazy. We can thank the Apple's and Zuckerbergs of the world for our declining abilities in basic writing, literacy, and critical thinking.
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I blame Pinterest for all the crazy things my friend has tried to get me to do to lose weight. She swears that some turmeric drink concoction is magical. And when I told her I'd gained about 15 lbs because I'd stopped tracking my calories she said "no, you just need to poop, you're just bloated." I wish I'd taken a picture of her face when I said "No, I'm not bloated. It is fat, I can feel my butt and my stomach jiggle and that isn't bloat." because anytime she gains weight she swears she's just bloated and all she needs to do is drink some kombucha.14
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makes me wonder if they actually believe their own information. Like, My aunt its very clear shes fooling herself with her "nutritional science" -remember her wendys meal?-
Where im pretty sure not- Especially where she has me telling her how i lost my weight and having her argue with me im wrong- I think its not that she believes in any of it, Just finds comfort in the excuses. If i eat all of the macros ill lose because its healthier- If i dont lose because this drink, Its the drinks fault not the sheer amount of calories i eat daily.
Just a side effect of people not being as ready to change as they think2 -
RunRutheeRun wrote: »Oh my goodness, my thoughts exactly when I look at Pinterest!! I always roll my eyes to the ones where you 'lose 20lbs in 2 weeks' etc.. so much woo out there and people who don't know any better will be taken in.
and one especially comes to mind from Pinterest: rub vaseline on your breasts ladies to see them get bigger in a matter of weeks...YEAH RIGHT! wonder what I can do to make mine get smaller, maybe if I heat the vaseline and then apply it, maybe that would work
If you do find a way to use Vaseline to make them smaller, contact me.
I think someone did a post yesterday about inventions. I'd like a non-surgical, non-evasive way to make mine smaller too. I'd pay good money for something that worked...LOL1 -
ladyhusker39 wrote: »I find it interesting that all of these posts, articles, etc are always about weight loss and never about the real challenge which is maintaining a healthy weight. I guess that's not sexy enough.
Because people who follow those ridiculous protocols never get to maintenance in the first place.
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Lillymoo01 wrote: »Colonoscopy preps do that. No way would I want to do that just because........
Yeah, this.0 -
Lillymoo01 wrote: »Colonoscopy preps do that. No way would I want to do that just because........
I was going to say... the drink is called bi-PegLyte LOL0 -
My Pinterest for a while kept showing me a "discreet solution to bladder problems" and I cannot figure out why. Other targeted stuff I kinda got but....? It was incessant!1
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Y'all....I saw a bottle of "Detox Apple Cider vinegar" that has cinnamon, honey, and lemon in it, with the mother. I'm not sure what infuriated me more...that this existed, or that there was only one left on the shelf. It's also about 3 times as much as a the bottle of regular apple cider vinegar next to it. What a sad waste of money.2
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Here, I'll toss in sugar addiction and how to properly address it:
http://physiqonomics.com/sugar-addiction-test/13 -
katnadreau wrote: »Y'all....I saw a bottle of "Detox Apple Cider vinegar" that has cinnamon, honey, and lemon in it, with the mother. I'm not sure what infuriated me more...that this existed, or that there was only one left on the shelf. It's also about 3 times as much as a the bottle of regular apple cider vinegar next to it. What a sad waste of money.
Cause you wanted to buy two bottles? :laugh:
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@YepItsKriss I should tell my GI about this at my upper endoscopy (no prep) next week. Luckily I will never ever have to do colon prep again0
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Woo will continue to get worse in the weight loss and fitness game primarily because there is a lot of money to be made in it. While Americans continue to get fatter, it is directly proportionate to a "Weight Loss and Weight Management" industry that as of 2017 generates 175.94 billion dollars a year.
The dynamic is simple if you are an enterprising entrepreneur or venture capitalist: Where else are you going to find such a desperate and gullible segment that is so willing to empty their wallets? The answer is not many, so why not take advantage of it? Just based upon the last 14 months of my experience here on MFP, If I ever get to a position in my life where I have the bank roll to throw some money around into projects, you guys will be my prime targets. It's a smart business decision.7 -
Cause you wanted to buy two bottles? :laugh: [/quote]
The added cinnamon might make for a good holiday marinade1 -
katnadreau wrote: »
Cause you wanted to buy two bottles? :laugh:
The added cinnamon might make for a good holiday marinade [/quote]
At this very moment there is a pork loin in my slow cooker. It was marinated in a mixture of dark brown sugar, golden raisins, and ACV. If it tastes half as good as it smells, I'm in for a treat. However, I'm pretty darn certain, it will not help me lose any weight.15 -
JustRobby1 wrote: »This is a trend I have noticed lately too, but I am not sure if it is because it is more prevalent or I am just paying more attention. The hard part about it for me is I know full well how people can get suckered into it since I have been there myself (I was once a cult of carb member). When you are desperate and grasping at straws it's easy to latch onto anything which you think might work, and even easier to engage in gargantuan feats of cognitive dissonance defending it even when the truth is right there in front of your face. I wasted months of my life barely losing anything believing in a false narrative. I consider myself a relatively intelligent guy, but that did not prevent this from happening. I am far from alone, but this provides no comfort for those wasted months I will never get back.
According to recent CDC data (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db219.pdf) obesity in the US is at a record high, and fad diets which promise the moon and chew people up and spit them out is not helping.
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We have a serious problem. We haven't figured out how to solve it . . . but we've monetized the heck out of it. It's the American way!
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JustRobby1 wrote: »This is a trend I have noticed lately too, but I am not sure if it is because it is more prevalent or I am just paying more attention. The hard part about it for me is I know full well how people can get suckered into it since I have been there myself (I was once a cult of carb member). When you are desperate and grasping at straws it's easy to latch onto anything which you think might work, and even easier to engage in gargantuan feats of cognitive dissonance defending it even when the truth is right there in front of your face. I wasted months of my life barely losing anything believing in a false narrative. I consider myself a relatively intelligent guy, but that did not prevent this from happening. I am far from alone, but this provides no comfort for those wasted months I will never get back.
According to recent CDC data (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db219.pdf) obesity in the US is at a record high, and fad diets which promise the moon and chew people up and spit them out is not helping.
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We have a serious problem. We haven't figured out how to solve it . . . but we've monetized the heck out of it. It's the American way!
True. And sadly, once confirmation bias sets in, it just keeps the money machine rolling. All we have to do is take a look at multiple new thread here each day to see the proof. Losing weight/fat is not easy but it is not nearly as complicated and each new scheme makes it seem.2 -
YepItsKriss wrote: »It's really not.. while I advocate for exercise and good nutritional balance I see so many people make failure posts about how they couldnt work out for the 100th day in a row and have been avoiding every bad food in existence.
It's a shame they believe that this is the only way and have no middle ground
What I have always found odd is I have encountered lots of people here who seemed to be very bright and articulate, but who nonetheless fall into patterns of stupendously lazy and short sided thought on this particular facet of life which you would think you would be more likely to encounter from an ADHD diagnosed teenager.
Granted this is not a predicament you can think your way out of per se, but weight loss is similar in many respects to religion, politics and other polarizing subjects in that it has the uncanny ability to bring out the absolute worst sides of human nature and turn otherwise bright people into intellectually lazy neanderthals.7
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