pseudo science and weight loss BS

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  • SheilaSisco
    SheilaSisco Posts: 722 Member
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    I had a coworker tell me the other day that he has a friend who swears he builds muscle best by following this nightly routine: Lift weights, eat 50 grams of protein, watch 30 minutes of porn, go to bed. I laughed in the guys face... he swears it's because watching porn pumps in testosterone that will build muscle while you sleep. lol
  • almc170
    almc170 Posts: 1,093 Member
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    I had a coworker tell me the other day that he has a friend who swears he builds muscle best by following this nightly routine: Lift weights, eat 50 grams of protein, watch 30 minutes of porn, go to bed. I laughed in the guys face... he swears it's because watching porn pumps in testosterone that will build muscle while you sleep. lol
    Broscience at its best! :laugh:
  • jg627
    jg627 Posts: 1,221 Member
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    I had a coworker tell me the other day that he has a friend who swears he builds muscle best by following this nightly routine: Lift weights, eat 50 grams of protein, watch 30 minutes of porn, go to bed. I laughed in the guys face... he swears it's because watching porn pumps in testosterone that will build muscle while you sleep. lol
    Lol I think it has more to do with what he's doing while he's watching it. Definitely knitting. I can't think of what else it could be.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
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    It's at this point that I force myself to step away from the computer, slap myself in the face, remind myself I am NOT a caveman and that millions of years of evolution have made me an incredibly efficient disease-fighting machine.. and if I simply take good care of my body, it will take good care of me.

    Huzzah!

    Mine is "African Thisberry or Thatberry or YaddaYaddaFruit will magically melt your fat away! Just look! Africans have known the secret forever!" You know why Africans are so skinny? BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
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    I had a coworker tell me the other day that he has a friend who swears he builds muscle best by following this nightly routine: Lift weights, eat 50 grams of protein, watch 30 minutes of porn, go to bed. I laughed in the guys face... he swears it's because watching porn pumps in testosterone that will build muscle while you sleep. lol
    Lol I think it has more to do with what he's doing while he's watching it. Definitely knitting. I can't think of what else it could be.

    I can never concentrate on my porn when I'm knitting.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
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    It's at this point that I force myself to step away from the computer, slap myself in the face, remind myself I am NOT a caveman and that millions of years of evolution have made me an incredibly efficient disease-fighting machine.. and if I simply take good care of my body, it will take good care of me.

    Huzzah!

    Mine is "African Thisberry or Thatberry or YaddaYaddaFruit will magically melt your fat away! Just look! Africans have known the secret forever!" You know why Africans are so skinny? BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD.

    I'm probably going to hell for laughing at that...
  • cal1973
    cal1973 Posts: 306 Member
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    I only have to look at a cake and I put weight on.....
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
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    Every trainer at the gym tries to push this "Fat Burning Zone" BS in regards to cardio, ...I guess my HIIT is "doing more harm than good" and I should go get a magazine to read while on the treadmill.

    Every trainer at the gym tries to tell me that I need to eat intermittently throughout the day to keep my metabolism burning, and they use the "stoking the camp fire" analogy.

    I was told that it's better to drink beer/alcohol heavily just one day a week rather than have a beer every night because your body will cease to burn anything else until the alcohol is gone.

    I was told not to eat late at night because it's stored as fat.

    ^^^ 24 Hr Fitness.
  • PaigeStephenson
    PaigeStephenson Posts: 19 Member
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    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2926239/

    Interesting article on weight loss and metabolism ... seems there may be some truth to the "myth" about frequent eating.

    http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/metabolism-make-over-fact-or-fiction - this is the summary of findings from the Rosenbaum and Leibel studies
  • bio_fit
    bio_fit Posts: 307 Member
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    "GMO is bad for you" :laugh:

    I have asked people 'why' a few times, and nobody has ever replied... funny that!
  • jg627
    jg627 Posts: 1,221 Member
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    I only have to look at a cake and I put weight on.....
    pecan pie maybe, but cake? Come on that's just silly. The sugars can enter your bloodstream through your eyes by electromagnetic radiation from really sugary foods.
  • xlolitabandita
    xlolitabandita Posts: 242
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    That to lose weight you have to completely cut all of the so-called "bad" foods out of your diet forever and ever.
  • xlolitabandita
    xlolitabandita Posts: 242
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    Oh, and for some reason a lot of people seem to think that vodka is 0 cal.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
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    If you burn more calories than you consume you will lose weight...wait, maybe that one was true...wait, I can't remember...I'M SO CONFUSED!
  • sbeisel1
    sbeisel1 Posts: 181
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    Bananas make you fat

    Oh good Lord, do not even joke about bananas. Those things can kill you.

    true story. They're dangerous:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w

    :laugh: "banana equivalent dose" google it. this is actually true, but its also true of EVERY food.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
    ban all bananas... untill next year they will be the miracle cure for some obscure disease... then we will have to ban eggs again..
  • waldo56
    waldo56 Posts: 1,861 Member
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    the only "natural high" I get after exercising, is that I'm so happy it's over!

    Runners high is better than an orgasm.
  • sbeisel1
    sbeisel1 Posts: 181
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    Oh, and for some reason a lot of people seem to think that vodka is 0 cal.

    oooh I hate when people say this of any alcohol!! :grumble:
  • NaurielR
    NaurielR Posts: 429 Member
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    Oh, and for some reason a lot of people seem to think that vodka is 0 cal.

    oooh I hate when people say this of any alcohol!! :grumble:
    Haha, agreed. If vodka were calorie free, I would be getting drunk waaay more often.

    How about the one that you can target burn fat by working out that body part. Like doing crunches will burn belly fat, or doing squats will burn butt fat.
  • blturner1
    blturner1 Posts: 89 Member
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    These are some excuses that I have heard to ignore the fact that a child may be on the verge of becoming obese:
    "oh, he's just big boned"
    "no reason to worry she'll grow out of it"

    Hm, it couldn't be the fact that your child is not outside running around and is eating nothing but junk all day long....
  • vendygirl
    vendygirl Posts: 718 Member
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    Oh, and for some reason a lot of people seem to think that vodka is 0 cal.

    Oh if that were true I would be "drinking" my meals everyday!

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