STOP THE INSANITY!!

UsedToBeHusky
UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
edited October 3 in Health and Weight Loss
MFP is an awesome resource for anyone seeking to live healthier by improving their fitness and eating habits. However, it is also an awesome source of misinformation. It is important to remember that everyone offering input on the forums is offering opinion. Sure, there are some professionals using these boards, ie. personal trainers, nutritionists, and healthcare professionals, but the numbers of them are relatively few in relationship to the millions that use this website.

The following is a list of misinformation that gets tossed around so freely on these boards:

1. If you lose too fast, then you will gain it back. (This is only true if you choose to return to your old eating habits. I think everyone is intelligent enough to know that their old eating habits are what made them fat in the first place. How quickly they lost the weight had absolutely nothing to do with how fast they gained it back.)
2. The whole muscle/fat debate. (The same volume of muscle is heavier than the same volume of fat. Everyone understands that. No further explanation is required.)
3. HRM's are the most accurate way to determine calories burned. (No! Simply put, this is what the companies that make the HRM's want you to think. HRM's track heart rate. Calorie burn is achieved by your metabolism and everyone's metabolism is different. Calculating calories burned from heart rate is still only an assumed calculation.)
4. You have to eat back your exercise calories because that is how MFP is set up, therefore, it must be right to do that. (MFP is only a guide, a tool, to help each individual structure their own diet/fitness program. There is no right or wrong about eating back exercise calories. MFP is not set up for you to eat back your exercise calories either. The "starvation mode" warning only appears when calories consumed are below 1200. Not when net calories are below 1200.)

Just needed to rant. I'm sure there are some that will argue and some that might take offense, but if one person reads this and has a better understanding of what they are doing and how to use the site for their maximum benefit, then my job is done here.
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  • morganadk2_deleted
    morganadk2_deleted Posts: 1,696 Member
    here here!
  • ivikatasha
    ivikatasha Posts: 192 Member
    awesome post!
  • SlimSadieG
    SlimSadieG Posts: 323 Member
    Go you!
  • mandiberry
    mandiberry Posts: 12
    agreed!
  • julzmamabear
    julzmamabear Posts: 55 Member
    Thanks for posting this!!!
  • JRMcCaghren
    JRMcCaghren Posts: 114
    My question is: are you a professional or just throwing out opinion like everyone else?
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    I thought this was going to be a thread about stopping Insanity workouts!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    My question is: are you a professional or just throwing out opinion like everyone else?

    Point taken! But I have learned these things from professionals, as I too, have been misled by others opinions.
  • debydeb57
    debydeb57 Posts: 53
    i think my problem is my body is in starvation mode... i have eaten one meal a day for over two years hence the slow metabolism i have.... BUT i am trying this 1200 calories and the weight is not coming off.. it did at the beginning but now its coming back on one pound at a time.. i was up to 5 lbs lost now im down to 1 lb lost... ackkk.. its very frustrating.... how do i get my body to regulate and get out of starvation mode and into regular mode ... anyone with any advice would be greatly appreciated...
  • Tobi1013
    Tobi1013 Posts: 732 Member
    My question is: are you a professional or just throwing out opinion like everyone else?

    This is one of my questions, as well. My other question would be: Are you one of the creators of MFP? I only ask because you make some very definitive statements about the way the site has been designed to work.
  • sjcply
    sjcply Posts: 817 Member
    4. You have to eat back your exercise calories because that is how MFP is set up, therefore, it must be right to do that. (MFP is only a guide, a tool, to help each individual structure their own diet/fitness program. There is no right or wrong about eating back exercise calories. MFP is not set up for you to eat back your exercise calories either. The "starvation mode" warning only appears when calories consumed are below 1200. Not when net calories are below 1200.)

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

    I have always ignored it when people say this! I do not eat my exercise calories back (although sometimes I will eat some of them back IF I am hungry) I listen to my body, if I am hungry.....I Eat! When I exercise, if I struggle then I will eat a little more next time for extra energy! As long as my body feels good and healthy I do not worry about my calories! AND......I am losing weight! :bigsmile:
    I feel the best that I have ever felt in my life and I barely ever go over 1200 calories a day!

    Sorry in advance to all you "eat your exercise calories" ppl! :noway:
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    My question is: are you a professional or just throwing out opinion like everyone else?

    This is one of my questions, as well. My other question would be: Are you one of the creators of MFP? I only ask because you make some very definitive statements about the way the site has been designed to work.

    No. I'm not a creator of the site. And my post doesn't make a definitive statement about the way the site is designed. I have seen others make definitive statements about the site and my post was meant to debunk that theory.
  • FaithHopeBELIEVE
    FaithHopeBELIEVE Posts: 626
    Thankyou!!! :drinker:
  • sarahi2009
    sarahi2009 Posts: 285 Member
    I thought this was going to be a thread about stopping Insanity workouts!

    I thought the same thing!!...lol
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I apologize to those misled by the title. I would change it if I could. Wasn't thinking at the time. Just frustrated by something I read on the forums.
  • rbryntes
    rbryntes Posts: 710 Member
    I thought this was going to be about Susan Powter.
  • SimplyShanRunning
    SimplyShanRunning Posts: 885 Member
    I thought this was going to be about Susan Powter.

    Me too....Don't see her enough these days
  • FaithHopeBELIEVE
    FaithHopeBELIEVE Posts: 626
    4. You have to eat back your exercise calories because that is how MFP is set up, therefore, it must be right to do that. (MFP is only a guide, a tool, to help each individual structure their own diet/fitness program. There is no right or wrong about eating back exercise calories. MFP is not set up for you to eat back your exercise calories either. The "starvation mode" warning only appears when calories consumed are below 1200. Not when net calories are below 1200.)

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

    I have always ignored it when people say this! I do not eat my exercise calories back (although sometimes I will eat some of them back IF I am hungry) I listen to my body, if I am hungry.....I Eat! When I exercise, if I struggle then I will eat a little more next time for extra energy! As long as my body feels good and healthy I do not worry about my calories! AND......I am losing weight! :bigsmile:
    I feel the best that I have ever felt in my life and I barely ever go over 1200 calories a day!

    Sorry in advance to all you "eat your exercise calories" ppl! :noway:

    Thankyou!!! It has been hard for me to eat my calories back because I feel I should have burned those off. Well then I read the newbie please read section and the professional there said YES you have to eat them back. So I was going by what that stated. Going to listen to my body now. :happy:
  • rbryntes
    rbryntes Posts: 710 Member
    I thought this was going to be about Susan Powter.

    Me too....Don't see her enough these days

    What happened to her?

    TO THE INTERNET!
  • sarahi2009
    sarahi2009 Posts: 285 Member
    I think ultimately is YOUR body and YOUR journey. I know I do what is best for ME, sure I read post and then do my own research or give my ideas. You will always find 2 sides to the story and you get what you want and you think is best for your goals and your body.
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
    Who is Susan Powder?
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    or, everyone does what works for them - walah - no more arguments! Ding ding ding! :flowerforyou:
  • ZoeBZJ
    ZoeBZJ Posts: 12
    I thought this was going to be a thread about stopping Insanity workouts!

    me too! LOL
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Awww, don't take all the fun out of it. A day without a "muscle weighs more than fat" argument is like a day without a "can I log anything other than plain water as water" debate.
  • leilani♥
    leilani♥ Posts: 579
    or, everyone does what works for them - walah - no more arguments! Ding ding ding! :flowerforyou:

    Agreed!! :)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I thought this was going to be about Susan Powter.

    Yeah, me too.
  • foremant86
    foremant86 Posts: 1,115 Member
    People really do complicate this stuff wayyyyyy too much.

    quit over thinking everything. work out, don't over eat and win.
  • voluptuous_veggie
    voluptuous_veggie Posts: 476 Member
    Who is Susan Powder?

    Really?! Super awesome workout guru from the 80's/90's....like the original Jillian Michaels...same raspy voice and everything!
  • MrBrown72
    MrBrown72 Posts: 407 Member
    Well posted.
    many of the common posts and their answers should be displayed before someone is allowed to post for the first time.

    I do have to take exception with 3. HRM's are the most accurate way to determine calories burned.

    heart rate is a good estimate of calories burned, it is not 100% accurate, however if it is not the most accurate what is?

    just my opinion but my HRM does a good job of telling me if I am putting forth the same or better effort on a given day as well.
  • rbryntes
    rbryntes Posts: 710 Member
    Who is Susan Powder?

    Susan Powter is a health and fitness and weight loss motivational speaker type. She was big in the 1990s and had a TV show. She is an advocate of clean eating and people pretty much said she was crazy and that her plan wouldn't work.
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