“But there aren’t any calories in sour cream.”
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“I could eat the same as you and wouldn’t lose weight. There really isn’t such a thing as overweight, it’s where your body naturally wants to be and it’s pointless to fight that so eat another cookie.”
Slightly paraphrased but yep, someone really said that to me.
Ugh. That's the Health At Every Size (HAES) mindset and the founder (or I think she's the founder) says this. That it's where your body naturally wants to be and it's pointless to fight it.
I Can't stand HAES, I understand that people shouldn't' be judged for how they look and everyone's weight is their own business but being over or under weight is unhealthy, and so far everyone I have meet in this group has been vary hateful and one sided to anyone at a healthy weight.
I use to work with someone who was a part of HAES and she seemed to think that she was doing a good deed by treating me like trash. I was at 150lbs and she would tell me I look sick and was anorexic she told me I waste food by eating and one time she followed me to the bathroom and tried to get in the stall with me because she thought it was IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to be thin simply from eating healthy and exercising and thought I was going to make myself vomit. she of course told everyone at work this...42 -
I think the best thing I've heard isbritishbombshell08 wrote: »Currently eating salmon and salad and it’s amazing. Everything is about portion control at the end of the day 😉14
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HostageCat wrote: »“I could eat the same as you and wouldn’t lose weight. There really isn’t such a thing as overweight, it’s where your body naturally wants to be and it’s pointless to fight that so eat another cookie.”
Slightly paraphrased but yep, someone really said that to me.
Ugh. That's the Health At Every Size (HAES) mindset and the founder (or I think she's the founder) says this. That it's where your body naturally wants to be and it's pointless to fight it.
I Can't stand HAES, I understand that people shouldn't' be judged for how they look and everyone's weight is their own business but being over or under weight is unhealthy, and so far everyone I have meet in this group has been vary hateful and one sided to anyone at a healthy weight.
I use to work with someone who was a part of HAES and she seemed to think that she was doing a good deed by treating me like trash. I was at 150lbs and she would tell me I look sick and was anorexic she told me I waste food by eating and one time she followed me to the bathroom and tried to get in the stall with me because she thought it was IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to be thin simply from eating healthy and exercising and thought I was going to make myself vomit. she of course told everyone at work this...
What...I....how...what?! This is so horrible on so many levels I don't even know where to start! All's I can say is *hugs*!5 -
I came across a "healthy blog" (wish I could find it now!) and nearly every single article mentioned how it's unhealthy to count calories, no one loses weight from counting calories. Apparently, "the media" wants us to starve ourselves by calorie counting. But the truth is, if you make this special drink for breakfast, that is how you will lose weight.
Their blog was so ridiculous, filled with statements about how what the doctors say isn't true. Doctors are mistaken and "don't listen to us". The worst part is how many of the comments agreed with them. This person managed to convince people that CICO is a myth and unhealthy, and completely fabricated a story about how you "actually" lose weight.
For a more personal story, I brought up that I had eaten beef jerky to someone, and they said "oh, are you not on a diet anymore?" and I just kind of went "uhhh... I am..." and they went "I guess you just couldn't resist the beef jerky".
I don't really have to resist anything, I didn't lose any battle because I ate some beef jerky.17 -
For a more personal story, I brought up that I had eaten beef jerky to someone, and they said "oh, are you not on a diet anymore?" and I just kind of went "uhhh... I am..." and they went "I guess you just couldn't resist the beef jerky".
I don't really have to resist anything, I didn't lose any battle because I ate some beef jerky.
You ate beef jerky? Where's the insta-ban button?!? Someone call PETA? Are there clean eating police? Call them, too!
BTW, I really enjoy the Ostrim brand Beef-Elk Habenero stick.
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For a more personal story, I brought up that I had eaten beef jerky to someone, and they said "oh, are you not on a diet anymore?" and I just kind of went "uhhh... I am..." and they went "I guess you just couldn't resist the beef jerky".
I don't really have to resist anything, I didn't lose any battle because I ate some beef jerky.
You ate beef jerky? Where's the insta-ban button?!? Someone call PETA? Are there clean eating police? Call them, too!
BTW, I really enjoy the Ostrim brand Beef-Elk Habenero stick.
I know, I'm the worst. I can't believe I've committed such a sin!
Mmm, I want to try that now.4 -
I had a coworker tell me, "I could exercise to lose weight, but I'd rather just eat less." Because why do both when you could just do one or the other?
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It just struck me as funny. Like she makes it sound like it's one or the other. Personally, I would rather do both, and work on being healthier overall, but that's my choice and she's made hers.7 -
It just struck me as funny. Like she makes it sound like it's one or the other. Personally, I would rather do both, and work on being healthier overall, but that's my choice and she's made hers.
I think our lovely cat forgot which thread she was posting in!3 -
It just struck me as funny. Like she makes it sound like it's one or the other. Personally, I would rather do both, and work on being healthier overall, but that's my choice and she's made hers.
I think our lovely cat forgot which thread she was posting in!
Very possible :laugh: It's been quite a day! Serves me right for fly-by posting.5 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »One woman I know used a similar site to MFP, and had very good progress as she lost about 10% of her body weight and still had a long way to go. She stopped tracking her calories & macros and she said it was because she liked going out to dinner on Fridays with her boyfriend and she couldn't enjoy it if she was tracking the calories, and it was too hard to figure out with local restaurants. She's since regained the weight she lost. I didn't suggest just skipping the entry for that one meal (something I've started doing in maintenance myself). I guess it was not worth it to her.
However, same lady spends hundreds on MLM weight loss products, so there's that.
I had this issue when I first started here, so I figured out a trick that I use to this day. I'm sure many of you do this, but maybe it'll help someone new. I will figure out what popular chain restaurant would serve a dish that is similar to what is on my plate. I consider portion sizes (my local Italian places have much bigger portions than olive garden). And I'll log it as if I ate at the chain. Chicken Parm? That's 1.5 servings of the olive garden chicken Parm entry. Is it accurate? Of course not. But it's way more accurate than leaving it blank and not having a clue. I try my best to overestimate and it all evens out since I only eat out once a week. It's less important for us since we are on maintenance, but this trick really helped me lose weight.19 -
njitaliana wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I'm only get the typical ones around these parts.
"I'm doing low-carb, so I only eat whole wheat bread." She also had a short period of "I'm eating no carbs" and ate roasted potatoes for lunch. I think she believes that only white bread and pasta contain carbs.
"I only lose weight when I cut out carbs." Different lady. She is on a constant cycle of water weight loss and gain. Same five pounds over and over.
I'm allergic to wheat and you wouldn't believe how many people tell me that I should be able to eat whole wheat! And I've also heard, "This isn't wheat. It's white bread." What do these people think white bread is made out of, anyway? Ground white? It's all wheat in one form or another! “Ground white.” I really shouldn’t laugh because it’s actually sad that folks know so little about food and the ingredients in them. Kudos to you for not slapping them upside the head with the “ground white” bread. 8 -
I once landed on blog where the author insisted that pooping a lot when you were on a diet was a good thing, because that was how you lost weight.
There was a long, detailed explanation about how you could not lose weight without pooping, because your body converted the fat to poop to get rid of it.
The best part was the comment section where person after person explained you do not poop out the fat and the science of how weight loss happens and all she did was argue with them and insist she was right in-between congratulating other commenters who posted their amount of poop and how it signified they were losing.14 -
bluesheeponahill wrote: »
It’s something a lot of keto-ers do, called “Bullet Proof Coffee.” Not for me, but there’s nothing wrong with it, either. Different strokes and all that.4 -
Years ago: a friend was trying to lose weight. I mentioned she was eating a lot of chocolate for someone wanting to lose weight.
She said, ‘oh, it’s fine. This gives me energy.’ I asked her if she knew the measure of energy. Blank look.
‘Calories. If you want to lose weight, you need to eat fewer calories, which is energy, than you expend through movement. So, if you reduced the amount of chocolate you’re eating, you will lose weight.’
She replied, ‘nah, I really need a lot of energy.’
I gave up after that, and she never lost weight.7 -
I remember another one: when I was 18, I was trying to eat more healthily, but my parents did all the cooking. They used to drown everything in olive oil because they believed it was healthy.
I asked if we could start cooking the meals with less fat. My dad said, ‘oh, there’s no fat in our food, we always use olive oil and that’s really healthy.’
I told him olive oil is a fat. So he showed me the label and said, ‘look, it says zero cholesterol. It’s got no fat in it.’
I told him that cholesterol and fat are two different things. He argued the point for a while. I pointed out that oil is 100% fat. After a lot of ‘buts,’ I think he must have gone off and read some books, because they stopped using so much oil in their cooking, and slowly they both lost a little weight.21 -
I was told that meal planning, food journaling, support groups, and accountability were a bad idea. Supposedly, all of this thinking and talking about food is just another way to obsess over eating, and what I need most is to get my mind *off* of it.
What a load of Bart Simpson's initials that is.
I was never obsessed with eating. I didn't develop a weight problem because I was thinking about food too much. I developed a weight problem because I ate mindlessly and wasn't putting *enough* thought into it. Keeping track of what I eat, and giving account to other people, has been exactly what I needed.19 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Sugarfree soda is bad. It will trick your body and think it's sugar and you still get all the calories....
This is literally impossible. Our bodies can't create energy from nothing and it is certainly capable of "knowing" whether or not something has calories or not.
Edit: Never mind, haven't had coffee yet. I thought you were asserting this, not reporting that someone else said it!
Lol...i should have used question marks.1 -
I'm late to this party, but here's a really good one I've heard recently. Basically a convo with a dear family member.
Them:"You should be having a glass of wine every night. It has really amazing health benifits"
Me: "I'm sure it does, but at around 120 calories per glass, it adds up fast. Not something I can really afford every day."
Them: "Your body doesn't process all the calories from wine"
Me: "What? Yes it does!"
Them: "Something the tannins blah blah blah and the alcohol, and it's so good for my health"
Me: "Sorry, but your body recognizes the sugars in alcohol as calories and will process them accordingly."
Them: another weak counter argument about the health benefits and that wine calories don't count...
I cant even! lol! I really love this person, but they need to stay off the internet and whatever blogs they are getting this crap from.
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My mom (who lost a lot of weight since her highest, but has been on a plateau for years): "I work out so I can eat whatever I want!" and in the next breath "I don't know what else to do to lose more weight, it must just be my age!"
I love her to death, but she doesn't make any sense.7 -
I personally will argue, in the correct context, that charitable calories don't count. (Think bake sale for great charity.)
I don't believe a word of it, but within reason, will act as if I do, at point of purchase . . . and a bit of consumption.
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I personally will argue, in the correct context, that charitable calories don't count. (Think bake sale for great charity.)
I don't believe a word of it, but within reason, will act as if I do, at point of purchase . . . and a bit of consumption.
We were having a bake sale at my work, and someone said, "I bought and ate a cupcake earlier, but I will just have a salad later so they will cancel each other out."
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I personally will argue, in the correct context, that charitable calories don't count. (Think bake sale for great charity.)
I don't believe a word of it, but within reason, will act as if I do, at point of purchase . . . and a bit of consumption.
This is much like how broken cookies don't have calories. (if only). 10 -
I personally will argue, in the correct context, that charitable calories don't count. (Think bake sale for great charity.)
I don't believe a word of it, but within reason, will act as if I do, at point of purchase . . . and a bit of consumption.
I completely agree and also Girl Scout cookies would fall into this category. An entire box of Samoas has no calories.12 -
Crafty_camper123 wrote: »I personally will argue, in the correct context, that charitable calories don't count. (Think bake sale for great charity.)
I don't believe a word of it, but within reason, will act as if I do, at point of purchase . . . and a bit of consumption.
This is much like how broken cookies don't have calories. (if only).
Me: heads to kitchen in order to drop entire package of cookies on the floor.22 -
Crafty_camper123 wrote: »I personally will argue, in the correct context, that charitable calories don't count. (Think bake sale for great charity.)
I don't believe a word of it, but within reason, will act as if I do, at point of purchase . . . and a bit of consumption.
This is much like how broken cookies don't have calories. (if only).
Me: heads to kitchen in order to drop entire package of cookies on the floor.
*Mashes entire pan of fresh baked cookies*
whoops! No one will eat those now! Oh well, guess I'll take one for the team!5 -
I read a good one on quora this morning:
“Eating like a thin person won’t make you thin.”4 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »I personally will argue, in the correct context, that charitable calories don't count. (Think bake sale for great charity.)
I don't believe a word of it, but within reason, will act as if I do, at point of purchase . . . and a bit of consumption.
I completely agree and also Girl Scout cookies would fall into this category. An entire box of Samoas has no calories.
Wow, maybe we could break the Samoas. If charity foods have no calories, and broken cookies have no calories, add them together & we might have an actual negative calorie food!
A gal can dream . . . . 13 -
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