Losing weight takes time, there's no quick fix!

dannylives
dannylives Posts: 611
edited October 1 in Health and Weight Loss
(This is NOT a stupid ad or advertisement, I just watched this dudes video and it was bad *kitten*.) Holy crap. If you feel like you're not losing weight fast enough, do yourself a favor and go to gregplitt.com, set up the paypal account, pay the measly 10 bucks for a subscription, and watch his video blog #18 called "how Long will it take To Lose Weight?" BIG EYE OPENER FOR ME! A lot of the stuff you see about losing weight fast and all that crap is mostly all bullsh*t! Losing weight takes TIME!

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  • krystonite
    krystonite Posts: 553 Member
    $10 for common sense? I'm good.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    Yes, yes it does. It's taken me 14 months to lose what I have.
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    $10 for common sense? I'm good.

    lol..... Nice.
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    I am in no way trying to be rude or ugly or funny, but I do have a question.... Did you really pay to watch a video to tell you that losing weight takes time and there is no quick way to lose? Or, were you just being funny? I do sincerely apologize if this was offensive.
  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    No.
  • Godsflower1789
    Godsflower1789 Posts: 90
    AMEN
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    I wish people would realize that weight loss takes time and patience. We are society of "WANT IT NOW" people. We want it all and we want it yesterday. Unfortunately, weight loss (when done correctly) doesn't happen overnight. Too many people think it should and get frustrated when it doesn't.
  • fastbelly
    fastbelly Posts: 727 Member
    Yep! I'm good on common sense too! I'll pass on the $10 but its undeniable that some people may need to shed $10 multiple times and even then they might not see the light.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    quick fix will also go away quick...
  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    I wish people would realize that weight loss takes time and patience. We are society of "WANT IT NOW" people. We want it all and we want it yesterday. Unfortunately, weight loss (when done correctly) doesn't happen overnight. Too many people think it should and get frustrated when it doesn't.

    Right on! I think I finally learned this! Thanks! ;)
  • goldnanoparticle
    goldnanoparticle Posts: 37 Member
    The faster you lose weight, the more likely you are to regain it. This is because your body desperately wants its energy source (excess fat) back. Also, those '6 minutes a day' exercises won't work either. You haven't even given yourself a chance to warm up!
  • victoriashea
    victoriashea Posts: 112
    Do you know how much spinach I can buy for ten bucks?
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
    But wait! I heard if you drink the urine of a male albino dolphin that was born under a full moon you'll lose 50 pounds in one day! It only costs $450 per fluid ounce. Please send checks payable to me.

    My cousin's uncle's best friend's grandma did it... twice.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    I have done the work/time/exercise/calories deficit of at least 48 pounds lost but am only at 29. Of course a long plateau was in there. On to the next 20 something.
  • corpus_validum
    corpus_validum Posts: 292 Member
    But wait! I heard if you drink the urine of a male albino dolphin that was born under a full moon you'll lose 50 pounds in one day! It only costs $450 per fluid ounce. Please send checks payable to me.

    My cousin's uncle's best friend's grandma did it... twice.

    This reminds me of a LONG weight loss plan story:

    Did you hear about the guy who had tried every diet in the world in an attempt to lose weight? He tried the Scarsdale diet, the Navy diet, Weight Watchers, etc. and none worked. He was reading the paper one day when he noticed a small ad that read, "Lose weight $1.00 a pound." And it simply listed a telephone number.

    Having little to lose the man called the number. A voice on the other end asked, "how much weight do you want to lose?"
    To which the man responded, "ten pounds."
    The voice replied, "very well, put you check in the mail and we'll have a representative over to your house in the morning."
    About 9:00 A.M. the next morning the man gets a knock on the door. There stood a beautiful redheaded woman, completely naked except for a sign around her neck stating, "if you catch me you can screw me".
    Well the overweight fellow chased her upstairs, downstairs, over sofas, through the kitchen, all around the house. Finally he did catch her and when he was through enjoying himself, she said, "quick, go into the bathroom and weigh yourself!" He did just that and was amazed to find that he had lost ten pounds, right to the ounce!

    That evening he called the number again. The voice on the other end asked, "how much weight do you want to lose?"
    To which the somewhat less overweight man replied, "twenty pounds".
    "Very well", the voice on the phone told him, "put your check in the mail and we'll have a representative over to your house in the morning."
    At about 8:00 A.M. the next morning the man receives a knock on the door. When he opens the door he sees a beautiful blonde dressed only in track shoes and a sign around her neck stating, "if you catch me you can screw me". The chase took awhile longer this time but the man finally did catch her.
    When he was through she told him, "quick, run into the bathroom and weigh yourself!" He ran to the bathroom and found he had lost another 20 pounds!
    "This is fantastic!" He thought to himself.

    Later that evening he called the number again and the voice at the other end asked,
    "how much weight do you want to lose?"
    "Fifty pounds!" The man exclaimed.
    "Fifty pounds?" The voice asked. "That's an awful lot of weight to lose at one time."
    The overweight man replied, "my check's already in the mail. You just have your representative over here in the morning." Then he hung up the phone.
    About 6:00 A.M. the next morning the man gets out of bed and gets all fancied up, ready for the next representative. At about 7:00 A.M. he gets a knock on the door. When he opens the door he sees this large, beastly man with a sign around his neck stating, "If I catch you I'm going to screw you."
  • leynak
    leynak Posts: 963 Member

    This reminds me of a LONG weight loss plan story:

    Did you hear about the guy who had tried every diet in the world in an attempt to lose weight? He tried the Scarsdale diet, the Navy diet, Weight Watchers, etc. and none worked. He was reading the paper one day when he noticed a small ad that read, "Lose weight $1.00 a pound." And it simply listed a telephone number.

    Having little to lose the man called the number. A voice on the other end asked, "how much weight do you want to lose?"
    To which the man responded, "ten pounds."
    The voice replied, "very well, put you check in the mail and we'll have a representative over to your house in the morning."
    About 9:00 A.M. the next morning the man gets a knock on the door. There stood a beautiful redheaded woman, completely naked except for a sign around her neck stating, "if you catch me you can screw me".
    Well the overweight fellow chased her upstairs, downstairs, over sofas, through the kitchen, all around the house. Finally he did catch her and when he was through enjoying himself, she said, "quick, go into the bathroom and weigh yourself!" He did just that and was amazed to find that he had lost ten pounds, right to the ounce!

    That evening he called the number again. The voice on the other end asked, "how much weight do you want to lose?"
    To which the somewhat less overweight man replied, "twenty pounds".
    "Very well", the voice on the phone told him, "put your check in the mail and we'll have a representative over to your house in the morning."
    At about 8:00 A.M. the next morning the man receives a knock on the door. When he opens the door he sees a beautiful blonde dressed only in track shoes and a sign around her neck stating, "if you catch me you can screw me". The chase took awhile longer this time but the man finally did catch her.
    When he was through she told him, "quick, run into the bathroom and weigh yourself!" He ran to the bathroom and found he had lost another 20 pounds!
    "This is fantastic!" He thought to himself.

    Later that evening he called the number again and the voice at the other end asked,
    "how much weight do you want to lose?"
    "Fifty pounds!" The man exclaimed.
    "Fifty pounds?" The voice asked. "That's an awful lot of weight to lose at one time."
    The overweight man replied, "my check's already in the mail. You just have your representative over here in the morning." Then he hung up the phone.
    About 6:00 A.M. the next morning the man gets out of bed and gets all fancied up, ready for the next representative. At about 7:00 A.M. he gets a knock on the door. When he opens the door he sees this large, beastly man with a sign around his neck stating, "If I catch you I'm going to screw you."


    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • angiematwij
    angiematwij Posts: 14
    It definitely takes times. I has taken me 3-1/2 years to lose 71 pounds and I'm still trying to lose 60 more. This is a life long journey that I will be on and the slower I lose it the longer it will stay off.
  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    There's a lot of cool information on that dude's site. If you're hungry for workout info. pay the 10 bucks.
  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    It definitely takes times. I has taken me 3-1/2 years to lose 71 pounds and I'm still trying to lose 60 more. This is a life long journey that I will be on and the slower I lose it the longer it will stay off.

    You're hardcore!
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
    There's a lot of cool information on that dude's site. If you're hungry for workout info. pay the 10 bucks.

    Hey hey hey! Don't be getting pushy now. I have a lot of dolphin urine to sell and you're in MY territory. Don't make me break out the nut crackers. :mad:
  • dannylives
    dannylives Posts: 611
    Watch this video preview and tell me the guy (for 10 bucks) wont give you your moneys worth in 70 video blogs and a bunch of workout videos. http://youtu.be/vMAGVmtpJJc
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    Yes, yes it does. It's taken me 14 months to lose what I have.
    Yay I thought I was the only slow-poke.
    I'm so about a small deficit and learning new eating habits that I can maintain for a long long time to come.

    The way I see it if I go on a drastic diet I won't know what it feels like to eat the proper amount of food. The slower the drop and your calories and the slower the rise to maintenance calories the less disruption you have to your diet... no?

    I want to know what that FEELS like so I can do well even on the days I can't track. (Hmmm been thinking about the iPodTouch... So I'm never out of range. But, still, I get a little anxious when I can't track. and let's face it there will always be something that comes up. So better if I can find a way to internalize it.)
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
    Watch this video preview and tell me the guy (for 10 bucks) wont give you your moneys worth in 70 video blogs and a bunch of workout videos. http://youtu.be/vMAGVmtpJJc

    I'll pass... just cuz I like my $10. He's cute and cuddly and makes me laugh. I couldn't just give him away. He'd be heartbroken.
    Besides... I don't know anyone who's ever lost weight watching youtube videos.
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