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What are your unpopular opinions about health / fitness?
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If you're trying to lose weight, and closely monitoring your progress, it's best to stick to basically the same macro ratios the entire time. If you're LCHF, stick to that. If you're HCLF, stick to that. letting your carb and fat ratios fluctuate is a recipe for the kinds of "why did i gain 4 pounds today" hysterics that discourage people trying to lose weight.
Not universally a problem. Some of us are (1) able to understand what's going on with fluctuations, right from the start; and (2) are not even slightly inclined to hysterics about much of anything, let alone something so trivial.
Clearly, others' mileage will vary.
I swear to god, this website will “not every....” literally anything
yup...however in most situations you shouldn't blanket statement things...because there will always be a "not every...." shortly if you do...
because typically there is a not every to follow....
you'll get the hang of it I promise...5 -
If you're trying to lose weight, and closely monitoring your progress, it's best to stick to basically the same macro ratios the entire time. If you're LCHF, stick to that. If you're HCLF, stick to that. letting your carb and fat ratios fluctuate is a recipe for the kinds of "why did i gain 4 pounds today" hysterics that discourage people trying to lose weight.
Not universally a problem. Some of us are (1) able to understand what's going on with fluctuations, right from the start; and (2) are not even slightly inclined to hysterics about much of anything, let alone something so trivial.
Clearly, others' mileage will vary.
I swear to god, this website will “not every....” literally anything
yup...however in most situations you shouldn't blanket statement things...because there will always be a "not every...." shortly if you do...
because typically there is a not every to follow....
you'll get the hang of it I promise...
What exactly did that comment do to add to or clarify what I said? I think it was pretty obvious that I was talking pretty specifically about the seemingly endless stream of posters who complain every time they see the scale go up a pound.
The “aaaaccctually not eeeevery...” respond added literally nothing.
I didn’t say “every” or “all” anywhere in my post.
I was speaking very specifically to people are “closely monitoring their weight loss.”
Clearly if you already understand there’s going to be fluctuations, you’re in that bucket, and the entire rest of the message is completely, and totally, irrelevant to you.3 -
Adulting is hard. I don't know if it's that unpopular though...9
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My most unpopular idea about fitness tends to be that I am right and you are wrong. Typically you don't like being wrong, especially when I am right.29
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If you're trying to lose weight, and closely monitoring your progress, it's best to stick to basically the same macro ratios the entire time. If you're LCHF, stick to that. If you're HCLF, stick to that. letting your carb and fat ratios fluctuate is a recipe for the kinds of "why did i gain 4 pounds today" hysterics that discourage people trying to lose weight.
Not universally a problem. Some of us are (1) able to understand what's going on with fluctuations, right from the start; and (2) are not even slightly inclined to hysterics about much of anything, let alone something so trivial.
Clearly, others' mileage will vary.
I swear to god, this website will “not every....” literally anything
yup...however in most situations you shouldn't blanket statement things...because there will always be a "not every...." shortly if you do...
because typically there is a not every to follow....
you'll get the hang of it I promise...
What exactly did that comment do to add to or clarify what I said? I think it was pretty obvious that I was talking pretty specifically about the seemingly endless stream of posters who complain every time they see the scale go up a pound.
The “aaaaccctually not eeeevery...” respond added literally nothing.
I didn’t say “every” or “all” anywhere in my post.
I was speaking very specifically to people are “closely monitoring their weight loss.”
Clearly if you already understand there’s going to be fluctuations, you’re in that bucket, and the entire rest of the message is completely, and totally, irrelevant to you.
"Closely monitoring", to me, means carefully tracking consumption, exercise, and scale weight. I'm a believer in doing those things. But anxiety about any of it is optional.
Personally, I prefer to encourage anxious people to understand the process - including fluctuations - in the hope that will help them reduce their anxiety and avoid hysteria, rather than encourage them to meticulously control their macro ratios, which seems more likely to cause increased anxiety. (Also not universal.
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But that's just my opinion, in a thread about opinions, where you posted your opinion, then I posted mine, and so on.5 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »My most unpopular idea about fitness tends to be that I am right and you are wrong. Typically you don't like being wrong, especially when I am right.
See, I've learned to accept that you are likely right about things. So if I find myself disagreeing with you, I tend to think I'm wrong and you're right.
But this applies only to you (and a few others).13 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »My most unpopular idea about fitness tends to be that I am right and you are wrong. Typically you don't like being wrong, especially when I am right.
See, I've learned to accept that you are likely right about things. So if I find myself disagreeing with you, I tend to think I'm wrong and you're right.
But this applies only to you (and a few others).
Oh come on I was making a joke...don't make it weird lol6 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »My most unpopular idea about fitness tends to be that I am right and you are wrong. Typically you don't like being wrong, especially when I am right.
See, I've learned to accept that you are likely right about things. So if I find myself disagreeing with you, I tend to think I'm wrong and you're right.
But this applies only to you (and a few others).
Oh come on I was making a joke...don't make it weird lol
Too late! LOL2 -
I think sugar in context is good.6
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My understanding is that sugar is good post-workout to replenish glycogen stores. Could be mistaken.0
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It's good in an apple pie on Thanksgiving too.8
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lemurcat12 wrote: »It's good in an apple pie on Thanksgiving too.
And good in apple pie outside of Thanksgiving too.5 -
stevencloser wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »It's good in an apple pie on Thanksgiving too.
And good in apple pie outside of Thanksgiving too.
Is this an unpopular opinion? I'd consider it mainstream, tbh. 5 -
estherdragonbat wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »It's good in an apple pie on Thanksgiving too.
And good in apple pie outside of Thanksgiving too.
Is this an unpopular opinion? I'd consider it mainstream, tbh.
depends on which group you are a member of - the "sugar is poison!" crowd would vastly disagree lol
and pumpkin pie - can't forget the pumpkin pie! With whipped cream!3 -
stevencloser wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »It's good in an apple pie on Thanksgiving too.
And good in apple pie outside of Thanksgiving too.
True, and in just the apple also.1 -
My understanding is that sugar is good post-workout to replenish glycogen stores. Could be mistaken.
My point is that you don't really need to put context around sugar for it to be "good", but if you do, it's also used during endurance sports/activities.
I believe @lemurcat12 has a story about a friend who's known for her Coke guzzling during marathons.2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »My understanding is that sugar is good post-workout to replenish glycogen stores. Could be mistaken.
My point is that you don't really need to put context around sugar for it to be "good", but if you do, it's also used during endurance sports/activities.
I believe @lemurcat12 has a story about a friend who's known for her Coke guzzling during marathons.
coke during the marathon on an ironman is da bomb! so is the chicken broth - its magical!2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »My understanding is that sugar is good post-workout to replenish glycogen stores. Could be mistaken.
My point is that you don't really need to put context around sugar for it to be "good", but if you do, it's also used during endurance sports/activities.
I believe @lemurcat12 has a story about a friend who's known for her Coke guzzling during marathons.
i ran a half-marathon in Romania years ago and they had beer every at the water table every 2 miles.3 -
I like eating a few gummy bears after I work out but I have no disipline when they are in my house...I stopped buying them because I believe they cause more harm than good....its a very unpopular opinion in my house. Does this count?3
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