Your favorite bogus nutrition/health "advice"
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So much woo...
The manager of my Anytime Fitness had a female playing a VR video game to get her heart rate into the fat burning zone.3 -
Waffles with peanut butter and blueberries actually doesn't sound that bad though? I might hit it with some extra honey but still, it seems sound in principle.
Give up loneliness? Are there actually people out there who actively choose loneliness? As an introvert, I might change that one to "stop trying to please everybody" since you extroverts tend to get way too stressed out about what other people think.
How is fish, carrots, and green beans a 5 minute dinner? Are they eating everything raw? Ditto brown rice - what kind of miracle cooking grains do nutritionists buy that they can cook brown rice in less than 5 minutes?9 -
sleep in the cold and burn calories all night....3
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My aunt needs to stop watching Dr. Oz...she believes everything coming out of that man's mouth!
"Honey, make sure you add flax to your oats. It's all about the flax and the chia seeds!"... *face palm*5 -
rickiimarieee wrote: »I love the whole drink apple cider and you'll magically wake up and be skinny. Or stay away from all foods with a high percentage of fat in it. Or the wraps for stomachs!
the stomach wraps, oh my god. There's no way those things are comfortable
once i even saw a girl at the gym who was running in a full sweatsuit and on top of that, she had wrapped her upper body in a literal trash bag
I keep seeing the wraps made up of saran wrap and almost every salve and balm you have in your medicine cabinet. With the neoprene wrap on top. Nope.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »all i need to say here....My aunt. Like if you know what im saying xD Been a while since i posted about her maybe later ill let you in on some more of her nonsense
Has she buttered your coffee lately?!?
Thankfully that stopped, Instead she got mad and aparently suddenly hates all coffee and wont allow me to drink it near her, Aparently ever since pregnancy she gets sick from the smell...like 25years ago? Seems shes butthurt i yelled at her lol5 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »all i need to say here....My aunt. Like if you know what im saying xD Been a while since i posted about her maybe later ill let you in on some more of her nonsense
Has she buttered your coffee lately?!?
Thankfully that stopped, Instead she got mad and aparently suddenly hates all coffee and wont allow me to drink it near her, Aparently ever since pregnancy she gets sick from the smell...like 25years ago? Seems shes butthurt i yelled at her lol
Cold dead hands, Auntie. Cold dead hands...
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Waffles with peanut butter and blueberries actually doesn't sound that bad though? I might hit it with some extra honey but still, it seems sound in principle.
Give up loneliness? Are there actually people out there who actively choose loneliness? As an introvert, I might change that one to "stop trying to please everybody" since you extroverts tend to get way too stressed out about what other people think.
How is fish, carrots, and green beans a 5 minute dinner? Are they eating everything raw? Ditto brown rice - what kind of miracle cooking grains do nutritionists buy that they can cook brown rice in less than 5 minutes?
I know nutritionists get a bad rap but do you not own a microwave oven?
All can be zapped in the microwave for under 5 minutes. 0 -
''There is no point counting calories because companies are allowed to be 20% out when putting numbers on their foods''
I mean, okaaaayyy, may be true, probably is, but surely logging and tracking calories along with any weight loss or gain will give you a better plan to work with. If you gain when 'in a deficit' then eat less and take into account the possible 20% discrepancy.
Every time this guy starts with the 20% argument I nearly lose my eyes from rolling them so hard. I have lost around 50lbs and have not struggled against the lying companies lying about calorie numbers!7 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »all i need to say here....My aunt. Like if you know what im saying xD Been a while since i posted about her maybe later ill let you in on some more of her nonsense
I need more Aunt stories 5 -
''There is no point counting calories because companies are allowed to be 20% out when putting numbers on their foods''
I mean, okaaaayyy, may be true, probably is, but surely logging and tracking calories along with any weight loss or gain will give you a better plan to work with. If you gain when 'in a deficit' then eat less and take into account the possible 20% discrepancy.
Every time this guy starts with the 20% argument I nearly lose my eyes from rolling them so hard. I have lost around 50lbs and have not struggled against the lying companies lying about calorie numbers!
This is why a food scale is so handy. The packaging may say one cookie is 100 calories, but it will also say one cookie is 50 grams. Weigh the cookie. If it's really 75 grams, then you know it's 150 calories. Negates the 20% argument.10 -
My favorite definitely came on Monday, from a functional med doc who I am hopefully not going back to.
In discussing my food/beverage choices, he called out my once-a-day can of Diet Coke. He told me that it was causing an insulin response, and that I could probably drop 20 pounds if I cut it out. (I've gained 14 pounds due to a thyroid issue, hence why I was there -- we're trying to come up with a treatment plan, and I'm at my wits end. But please spare me the "it's all about calories." We've checked my RMR. I'm at a 30 percent calorie reduction from TDEE. My body literally is not converting the Synthroid I take to the T3 that my body uses. Lab confirmed and all.)
I'm type 1 diabetic. Have been for almost 36 years. Trust me when I say that if Diet Coke would trigger an insulin response in me, I wouldn't need my insulin pump.
(I say hopefully not going back, because I need a better game plan before I make the decision that he's not worth my time/money. I'm hoping that he's not the only one who will treat with T3, but OMG so much woo.)
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Tacklewasher wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »all i need to say here....My aunt. Like if you know what im saying xD Been a while since i posted about her maybe later ill let you in on some more of her nonsense
I need more Aunt stories
Jeez, it's like your name is BeetleJuice when it comes to aunt stories...
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collectingblues wrote: »My favorite definitely came on Monday, from a functional med doc who I am hopefully not going back to.
In discussing my food/beverage choices, he called out my once a day can of Diet Coke. He told me that it was causing an insulin response, and that I could probably drop 20 pounds if I cut it out. (I've gained 14 pounds due to a thyroid issue.)
I'm type 1 diabetic. Have been for almost 36 years. Trust me when I say that if Diet Coke would trigger an insulin response in me, I wouldn't need my insulin pump.
(I say hopefully not going back, because I need a better game plan before I make the decision that he's not worth my time/money. I'm hoping that he's not the only one who will treat with T3, but OMG so much woo.)
Diet soda woo is some of my "favorite" woo. My grandfather had it around the house when it first came on the market back in the 1960's because he was diabetic and diabetics have been drinking it for years. The nonsense surrounding it now cracks me up.1 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »My favorite definitely came on Monday, from a functional med doc who I am hopefully not going back to.
In discussing my food/beverage choices, he called out my once a day can of Diet Coke. He told me that it was causing an insulin response, and that I could probably drop 20 pounds if I cut it out. (I've gained 14 pounds due to a thyroid issue.)
I'm type 1 diabetic. Have been for almost 36 years. Trust me when I say that if Diet Coke would trigger an insulin response in me, I wouldn't need my insulin pump.
(I say hopefully not going back, because I need a better game plan before I make the decision that he's not worth my time/money. I'm hoping that he's not the only one who will treat with T3, but OMG so much woo.)
Diet soda woo is some of my "favorite" woo. My grandfather had it around the house when it first came on the market back in the 1960's because he was diabetic and diabetics have been drinking it for years. The nonsense surrounding it now cracks me up.
And he's sitting there telling me this with a straight face! And how he used to weigh 250 pounds, and then he cut out soda, and he was sure that it was the insulin response. And I'm thinking "Buddy, if you were drinking that much regular Pepsi, of course you gained weight. And I literally don't *make* insulin to get a response from!"
Do all these people really think that it'll just make insulin happen? If it were that easy, we wouldn't have to treat type 1 with injectable meds!3 -
Walk barefoot on grass FOR 40 MINUTES A DAY?3
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I am equally amused and aghast. Definitely going to cut down on alcohol and loneliness.
I was told to eat an orange after every meal. The pounds just melt away. Same person said don't exercise longer than 30 minutes as anything over doesn't do anything.
One of my favorites, though, is to drink water at room temperature to speed up metabolism.
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A former fruitarian friend: "You'll lose weight if you eat 8 bananas a day!"
...Ya know, maybe it does work? But I didn't (and still don't) feel like going bananas trying that one...
Everything in moderation works for me.5 -
Stationagentjules wrote: »I am equally amused and aghast. Definitely going to cut down on alcohol and loneliness.
I was told to eat an orange after every meal. The pounds just melt away. Same person said don't exercise longer than 30 minutes as anything over doesn't do anything.
That might be from the Beachbody workouts, they spout that woo to push their 30 minute a day programs. I use their workouts because they work for me, I just ignore all the Woo that they try to push.
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