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    Fact or myth: lose weight by consuming less calories than you burn?

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    • Posts: 34,463 Member
      AnnPT77 wrote: »
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      Gotta be Thin Mints, since "thin" is right there in the name; whereas everyone is aware of the culturally insensitive stereotype that people from the South Pacific islands become obese if they consume sugar, so Samoas clearly aren't a diet food (despite the coconut). Simple logic.

      No matter how many times I click where the Awesome button used to be, I don't get the result I expect.

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      AnnPT77 wrote: »
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      Gotta be Thin Mints, since "thin" is right there in the name; whereas everyone is aware of the culturally insensitive stereotype that people from the South Pacific islands become obese if they consume sugar, so Samoas clearly aren't a diet food (despite the coconut). Simple logic.

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    • Posts: 7,122 Member
      psuLemon wrote: »
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      We dont know what the *love* you are talking about :p

      Awww *kitten*
    • Posts: 35,486 Member
      Irishman1970 wrote: »
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      Short term YEP - you can lose weight eating only thin mints - but you will lose muscle as well and that will lead to long term weight gain - your BMR is based on average muscle mass - without a standard BMR you will not have the same calorie burn - couple that will a complete lack of proper metabolic activities due to lack of quality nutrition and you WILL die on thin mint alone

      I dunno, 2g protein in 160 calories (4 cookies), so I could lose weight on 40 of those daily, and get as much protein as I see some other people getting around here. Vegan, too, so "healthy" . . . if a little high in sat fat. Gonna take a long time to die eating them.

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    • Posts: 140 Member
      I'm not sure about girl scout cookies, but definitely twinkie's ;)

      http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
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      Might I recommend the "Search" option for the forums?
    • Posts: 3,563 Member
      I am so jazzed that they have gluten-free varieties now! And so thankful they generally don't have them available when I pass the girl scout cookie tables outside the grocery stores :)
    • Posts: 376 Member
      Yes! It's all about math. I have some weeks where I am eating my allowed calories and it's all "healthy" foods. Other weeks I take in the same calories but more from "bad" foods. I still lose weight. I don't eat healthy foods for weight loss, I eat them for nutrition and because I genuinely enjoy them . Plus, as much as I'd like it, taking in all my calories from girl scout cookies would make me feel awful hehe!
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      bendyourkneekatie wrote: »
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      This is true, but be careful where those calories come from. The must be whole foods, organic, and unprocessed. The moment you touch a grain of refined sugar or, god forbid, a grain of grain of any kind, you will pile on the kilos and unkickstart your metabolism. (Though this can be quickly counteracted with a thorough detox with apple cider coconut grapefruit quinoa enemas).

      Whenever I'm feeling down, I know I can come to the MFP forums and find a post like this that will make me laugh out loud. Thanks for this!
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      DevilsFan1 wrote: »
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      Whenever I'm feeling down, I know I can come to the MFP forums and find a post like this that will make me laugh out loud. Thanks for this!

      IKR? The word "unkickstart" alone was worth the price of admission. ;)
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