5 myths of weight loss

[sxgt]

I see a lot of people giving skewed advice. Maybe this can clear things up.

1. Eating fat makes you fat.
-truth. calorie surplus will resort in food energy being store as fat wither its Fat Carbs or Protein.

2. Spacing out meals will increase your metabolism
-There is currently no scientific research to support this.

3. Eating before you go to bed is bad.
- You will only store food energy as fat if you are in a calorie surplus.

4. Soda is bad
-Diet soda is zero calorie and the evidence against artificial sweeteners is inconclusive.

5. Weight loss is Half diet Half exercise.
- Note that one can consume a 1300 calorie pizza in the same time it takes to burn 160 calories running. You cant out run or exercise out a BAD diet, its simply to easy to over eat. Diet is better projected as 70% and exercise 30%.

[th3pwn3r]

Originally Posted by sxgt

I see a lot of people giving skewed advice. Maybe this can clear things up.

1. Eating fat makes you fat.
-truth. calorie surplus will resort in food energy being store as fat wither its Fat Carbs or Protein.

2. Spacing out meals will increase your metabolism
-There is currently no scientific research to support this.

3. Eating before you go to bed is bad.
- You will only store food energy as fat if you are in a calorie surplus.

4. Soda is bad
-Diet soda is zero calorie and the evidence against artificial sweeteners is inconclusive.

5. Weight loss is Half diet Half exercise.
- Note that one can consume a 1300 calorie pizza in the same time it takes to burn 160 calories running. You cant out run or exercise out a BAD diet, its simply to easy to over eat. Diet is better projected as 70% and exercise 30%.

Nice, good post homie.

[MaxKnuckles]

you steal this off another site?

[sxgt]

no i just now made this all up off the top of my head. I posted it here and on 4chans Heath and Fitness

[Eileen]

1. Er NO. Eating a high fat keto diet is one of the fastest ways to lose bodyfat. Eating excess calories makes you fat.

2. The thermic effect of eating is the same, about 10% of calories consumed. So ten meals of 200 cals will have the same effect as one of 2000 cals. You won't burn more (or less) calories by spacing out meals in any particular way.

3. True. It's all down to calories, not times of eating.

4. Some large scale studies have found that even diet sodas cause weight gain. The theory is that the sweetness can cause an insulin spike, and/or that separating calorie intake from sweetness can cause your body to distrust its food intake and eat more.

5. Diet causes weight loss. Exercise makes you look good naked.

[sxgt]

I think its better if we all say , Diet soda will make you feel hungry.

[coals]

For the love of god one of the biggest myths in weight loss

YOU CAN SPOT REDUCE.
-- yeah it's called liposuction

[sxgt]

http://thetruthaboutfatlossforwomen....-fitness-myth/

We conclude that any effects of meal pattern on the regulation of body weight are liely to be mediated through effects on the food intake side of the energy balance equation.

Interestingly, in studies (as reported in the same paper) report an inverse relationship between "nibbling" and reduced body fat, there were multiple other influences that mitigated the findings, i.e physical activity, smoking status, alcohol intake, meal under-reporting)

[juicedgixxer]

Originally Posted by sxgt

http://thetruthaboutfatlossforwomen....-fitness-myth/

We conclude that any effects of meal pattern on the regulation of body weight are liely to be mediated through effects on the food intake side of the energy balance equation.

Interestingly, in studies (as reported in the same paper) report an inverse relationship between "nibbling" and reduced body fat, there were multiple other influences that mitigated the findings, i.e physical activity, smoking status, alcohol intake, meal under-reporting)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't spacing out meals suppose trigger your metabolism to speed up? Say you consumed say 2000 calories in on sitting once a day, your metabolism will try to conserve this energy seeing there is no other source of energy coming in. Now if you consume say 200 calories 10 times a day, your body will see it does not need the energy reserves thus speeding up the metabolism?

[dextersLa8]

Originally Posted by juicedgixxer

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't spacing out meals suppose trigger your metabolism to speed up? Say you consumed say 2000 calories in on sitting once a day, your metabolism will try to conserve this energy seeing there is no other source of energy coming in. Now if you consume say 200 calories 10 times a day, your body will see it does not need the energy reserves thus speeding up the metabolism?

At the end of the day you're still eating 2000 calories. Your body will adjust to difference in food intake over the course of a few days not hours.

[chickeneater]

Originally Posted by sxgt

You cant out run or exercise out a BAD diet

nicely put

[sxgt]

Originally Posted by juicedgixxer

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't spacing out meals suppose trigger your metabolism to speed up? Say you consumed say 2000 calories in on sitting once a day, your metabolism will try to conserve this energy seeing there is no other source of energy coming in. Now if you consume say 200 calories 10 times a day, your body will see it does not need the energy reserves thus speeding up the metabolism?

What you hear from your high school gym teacher vs. applied Science.

[aelephant]

There are other benefits to eating multiple meals spaced throughout the day, such as more steady insulin/blood sugar levels vs. periods of low/high blood sugar and insulin spikes with 3 huge meals.

[Obnoxious123]

Originally Posted by Eileen

4. Some large scale studies have found that even diet sodas cause weight gain. The theory is that the sweetness can cause an insulin spike, and/or that separating calorie intake from sweetness can cause your body to distrust its food intake and eat more.

I believe this is false. If they were not on controlled diets, then it's bs IMO.

[coals]

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[barkadark]

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@OP Great post sxgt, repped(nvm wont let me).

[peter03]

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[Bodybreak]

Originally Posted by juicedgixxer

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't spacing out meals suppose trigger your metabolism to speed up? Say you consumed say 2000 calories in on sitting once a day, your metabolism will try to conserve this energy seeing there is no other source of energy coming in. Now if you consume say 200 calories 10 times a day, your body will see it does not need the energy reserves thus speeding up the metabolism?

Who's to say your body wouldn't slowly burn the calories through out the course of the day?

[deadpool9]

Originally Posted by aelephant

There are other benefits to eating multiple meals spaced throughout the day, such as more steady insulin/blood sugar levels vs. periods of low/high blood sugar and insulin spikes with 3 huge meals.

I have to agree with this. I know research may say different, but I know from personal experience. I have trouble with my blood sugar levels. My whole family is diabetic. I have yet to be diagnosed with it, but I am sure it is coming some day. But if I eat a large lunch vs eating a small breakfast, lunch, and snack, I can definately feel the effects on my body. The large blood sugar spike starts making me sleepy, which is a common symptom of high blood sugar. I experience this only on Fridays, when I have my cheat meal at lunch, where as all the other days I eat consistant small meals.

[TR4J4N18]

Originally Posted by sxgt

I see a lot of people giving skewed advice. Maybe this can clear things up.

1. Eating fat makes you fat.
-truth. calorie surplus will resort in food energy being store as fat wither its Fat Carbs or Protein.

2. Spacing out meals will increase your metabolism
-There is currently no scientific research to support this.

3. Eating before you go to bed is bad.
- You will only store food energy as fat if you are in a calorie surplus.

4. Soda is bad
-Diet soda is zero calorie and the evidence against artificial sweeteners is inconclusive.

5. Weight loss is Half diet Half exercise.
- Note that one can consume a 1300 calorie pizza in the same time it takes to burn 160 calories running. You cant out run or exercise out a BAD diet, its simply to easy to over eat. Diet is better projected as 70% and exercise 30%.

4. yes idgaf what ne one says soda is bad if it be diet or whatever. if u really wanted to lose fat u would go for a cup of water over a soda even if youre one of those poeple who say "oh i dont like water" well harden the fukc up if u wanted to lose fat that bad u could easily get use to the water

5. and i would go to say 90% diet 10% exercise

[sxgt]

Diet Coke is 99% water

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.co...-a-good-thing/

[Sick96stang]

Originally Posted by sxgt

Diet Coke is 99% water

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.co...-a-good-thing/

How much of regular coke is water?

[AC-DC]

is coke zero just as good as diet coke?

[hankst]

Originally Posted by AC-DC

is coke zero just as good as diet coke?

Coke Zero = Diet Coke in a different bottle, for a different target group (men vs women). That's what I heard, and it's kinda conclusive if you look at the ingredients. And I don't taste any difference whatsoever.

[BananaBoy]

Ever since my lifestyle change, I have not even had soda once in the past 2.5+ years. Last time I even close to "having" soda, my body rejected it and spat it out. (My tongue was burning, there were 2 glasses infront of me, one with water, one with sprite...picked up the sprite and spat that all over lol )

[sxgt]

well regular coke has the sugar and calories you see

[ilovesarakim]

Nice post brah.

[Alex465]

Originally Posted by sxgt

I see a lot of people giving skewed advice. Maybe this can clear things up.

1. Eating fat makes you fat.
-truth. calorie surplus will resort in food energy being store as fat wither its Fat Carbs or Protein.

2. Spacing out meals will increase your metabolism
-There is currently no scientific research to support this.

3. Eating before you go to bed is bad.
- You will only store food energy as fat if you are in a calorie surplus.

4. Soda is bad
-Diet soda is zero calorie and the evidence against artificial sweeteners is inconclusive.

5. Weight loss is Half diet Half exercise.
- Note that one can consume a 1300 calorie pizza in the same time it takes to burn 160 calories running. You cant out run or exercise out a BAD diet, its simply to easy to over eat. Diet is better projected as 70% and exercise 30%.

The hard truth but true.

[everblue]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't spacing out meals suppose trigger your metabolism to speed up?

Technically no, it doesn't "speed" up metabolism. When you eat something (with carbohydrates), your blood glucose level increases around 30 minutes later. This causes the release of insulin into the blood stream to transport the glucose into muscle cells, adipocyte cells, etc. Your blood glucose level will not decrease until a few hours later. When your blood glucose level becomes low, what happens is epinephrine/glucagon is released into the blood stream and then they bind to receptors on the adipocyte cells and this initiates the hydrolysis of triacylglycerols into fatty acids. These fatty acids then diffuse through the adipocyte cell into the blood stream, the fatty acid will bind to a blood protein and the fatty acid will be transported to all the types of muscle to be used for energy.

Who's to say your body wouldn't slowly burn the calories through out the course of the day?

This is what happens. For example:

You have 2 people who are pretty much the same (height, weight, age, genetics, etc.) Dude #1 eats small frequent meals throughout the day for a total caloric intake of 2000 calories. Fat will be burned slowly during short intervals throughout the day. Dude #2 eats 1 big meal in the morning and nothing else the rest of the day and his total caloric intake is 2000. Dude #2 will store the majority of what he ate as fat, but throughout the whole day his blood glucose level will be low and will be burning fat. Dude #2 and Dude #1 will burn the same amount of fat at the end of the day.

That is what I gather from Biochem

[ilovesarakim]

nah