STOP With The Stupid Diets

[Anonymous]

Well,hello everyone.

It's me again.

For the MyTake today, I got inspired by some under 18 years old girls that I've been seeing all week tasking questions on the site anonymously about diets they've seen online and what result they may have.

Many people don't like me, I get that and I couldn't care less, but this is something serious, so I would appriciate if you could leave the ridiculous offensive comments for another time.

I know that many of you are insecure about their bodies and want to desperately lose weight and do it fast.

I get you, you want results and you want them now.

But you need to understand that results that come quick, leave even quicker. It's how life and of course how body works.

I'm an athlete,I've said it before and some of you believe me while others no (again I don't care), the thing is that I've learnt since really young age what eating healthy and staying healthy is.

I'm see a doctor that is taking care of my diet and weight and every single week since middle school years, in order to stay slim but at the same time healthy.

I'm not a doctor myself,however would appriciate it if you could hear and actually take my advices on the topic...Or if you don't want to listen to me, visit someone with a degree not every person on the internet and can write whatever they want even if they haven't tried it themselves.

If you click on the world 'diet' online, they will appear MILLIONS of results, similar to...

"With this diet you'll loose 60lbs in a week!"

"Your waist will become tiny in 3 days"

"With *insert number here* calories per day, you'll have Giselle's body in just less than a month!"

All these bullsh*t may sound appealing but most of the times are pure lies.

Of course some of them if not all, may actually somehow work, but with what cost?

Losing extreme weight and completely destroying your body and metabolism.

Let me explain how this works a little as simple as possible...

Your body needs and burns (naturally, with breathing,walking,talking and etc) a specific number of calories per day. If you start eating much less calories than before, then your body starts as well burning less.

If you do diets like these, it's highly possible you'll end up like this :

Basically ,at some point you'll stop being able to eat more than a tiny number of calories, after you'll become anorexic.

Or like this :

Basically here, your body after extreme diets STOPS burning calories and you become obese.

In a while, I'll post on how to actually have a nice body without following these stupid shit.

For the time being...just avoid damaging your body.

That's it for today babydolls.

Till next time, stay sassy.

- AngelicEmpress

[Philyouup]

This is a fair assessment. You point is spot on. AND yes , for those that will counter her Take, there are exceptions. On fella stated he eats over 1800 cals a day.. and still looks like a heroin addict. Average human consumption to maintain weight with some activity is 2000 cals a day. So yeah, you look like a heroin addict. LOL

[Philyouup]

thanks for the MHG

[JimRSmith]

Excellent take, and I agree, a lot of people need telling that these so called miracle diets aren't worth a thing.

[JimRSmith]

Thanks for MHO

[Sososinaxoxo]

Nice take!! I agree I went through some eating disorders myself.
I overcame them and I feel much better now!! ^_^

[Anonymous]

good job-babydoll :)

[ImSoSquishy]

with my experience with people like that in person at the gym, it mostly seems to stem from them being ignorant, and that's why average joes will always be average joes, standing at the side lines staring at the people who has done their research, reaching their goals, getting stronger by the day, while they themselves don't get anywhere no matter how many years they spend swinging dumbbells using momentum without actually using their muscles properly to do the work it's supposed to do, because they want results without putting in any effort to looking things up. then they'll either say negative things about people who put in the time to do research, or make up some BS to tell themselves to make themselves feel better, telling themselves they don't have to do this or that to reach their goals to make things easier. that's why we always see people doing half assed workouts.

there are guys ignorant guys who are so stupid and they hate on me at gym. like seriously, there's these guys at the gym who literally thinks pinching their shoulder blades together and pointing their elbows directly to the wall behind them is activating their lats for squats. like wtf? are you confusing your traps to be your lats? if you had even looked at the muscle diagram once in your life you'd know your elbows has to be pointing more towards the floor, while pushing your scapulas to the side and to your ribcage to actually engage your lats. but like these people, are so ignorant, they will start yelling and shouting trying to hide their incompetence with ignorance because they don't want to face the fact/reality that they've been doing things wrong for X amount of years. sorry for the long post, topics relating to these kind of people really gets me heated!

[Anonymous]

Also, rapid weight loss can possibly give people sunken eye look that will only take off withnsurgery... it will make you look tired and aged... I mean it doesn’t happen to EVERY Person that goes through rapid weight loss but it is a high risk and that’s awful! Some people have these naturally which is unfortunate, but if you don’t have it, you should do something to make it come to you faster than it should... as you age most people get that eventually...

And also, flabby skin... again, not to everyone but usually if you’re big and go through rapid weight loss without some type of weight training, you could end up with extra saggy skin that will most likely need surgery to look better...

But fasting for three days every now and then can be very beneficial to your health and physical appearance... and drinking warm lemon water water in the morning and the night with a straw to prevent it from touching your teeth... but placing the straw as far back as you can without pressing your lips too much or else you’re just going to make your lips wrinkle faster than they should as you age... and doing that can make you lose some pounds in a healthy way...

But not more than 3 days... or else it’s unhealthy..
And can be done once a month or once every 2 months... it can also enlingste your life! 😯💁🏼‍♀️

[Opinion Owner]

mean elongate! Make your life longer. Not elingste. Autocorrect is annoying. !

[NoPoliticsPlease]

When I was 26 I needed to lose weight so I didn't eat for 3 days then I ate a whole chocolate cake then I didn't eat for days again and kept doing stuff like that well i lost a lot of weight but then when I started eating normal again I gained it all back and more and because I was starving myself I gave myself fatty liver and my liver enzymes were slightly off for years and an ultrasound showed fatty liver then I had an MRI last year and my liver did not look fatty anymore from weight loss now I gained some back and am terrified so yea do not starve yourself do not go to extemes!

[Helloitzapartaih]

Even though im tall i still struggle with my weight and body shape. I have tried these diets and after a while i got bored of how they didn't work the way i expected them to. Now im working on eating healthier and working out to build muscle to feel and look better.

[lilaqua]

Thank you!!! I don’t understand why people don’t just eat a good, balanced diet full of low processed foods at the right portion size for their gender, height and exercise level. Instead they’re doing weird shit like cutting out high carbohydrate foods like grains, legumes and pastas and replacing them with inordinate amounts of meat. Keto is going to give you a deficiency if you’re not careful.

[Logorithim]

Excellent Point About calorie consumption. Find an online calculator for the Basal Metabolic Rate for your height and weight (age, too, if applicable) and make that your Minimum since it is the Minimum number of calories you Need to consume in a day if you are sedentary to Keep your brain functioning properly.

[Gopnik]

i just eat healthy more really isn't needed for me except for being active of course.
also i've just started a gym subscription because i'm gonna pick up kickboxing again, i'm planning for after a few months when my cardio is good enough and i've done some strength training to go back to competitive kickboxing which i've done for 4 years.

[Reggieray]

If you want to lose weight:

Eliminate sugary drinks.

Drastically cut carbohydrates.

Eat plenty of vegetables, some fruit, and avoid fruit juices

What carbohydrates you do eat should be whole grain.

Eat meat, nuts, eggs. Drink milk and eat cheese sparingly.

Measure your portions.

Make a food log.

Don't starve yourself, don't diet, do make dietary changes.

[EnglishArtsteacher]

If you're solely talking about losing weight, it's as easy as calories in/calories out.

You can theoretically eat junk food every day, and lose weight, as long as you eat less than the recommended calories per day (of course, there are exceptions).

That doesn't mean it's healthy though.

[Anonymous]

There will always be a "new" name diet (but still old) to sell for magazines and people to make money. If people stop eating large portion sizes and fast foods that are deep fried, they will drop pounds fast.
Americans are just lazy and looking for easy answers. Too bad.

[EnglishArtsteacher]

It's not necessarily being "lazy" as much as it's many Americans (and westerners) are so busy with their daily lives (work/family/other obligations), they don't have time to truly develop an effective diet, and exercise plan.

[Opinion Owner]

@EnglishArtsteacher Disagree. What an excuse. haha Even with a busy life, one can eat healthy snacks and meals and proper portions. Give me a break.

[EnglishArtsteacher]

Not necessarily true. Wealthy people have no excuse (since they can afford healthy foods, personal trainers, and other supplements), but many struggling people have to work too much, and can't prioritize dieting, and exercise over their life struggles.

Its sounds like to me you came from a wealthy upbringing, and don't realize you were privileged.

[Factshurt90]

My metabolism busts ass to keep me at normal weight. My problem is I have too much body fat. Do a mytake to drop body fat NOT body mass. When I workout I lose weight, but my ratios stay the same I just get smaller. Drives me crazy.

[Danxsarah]

Good read and I agree with u and good for helping them

I blame social media mostly everyone on there pretends to be something then they drag in young girls to make them look like there stars

Do you dont do me or Sarah or fred do YOU

As for diets your best diet is eating the proper food quick fix like diet soda ( which is poison form the aspartame in it )
Or diet pills 😑

[Kaneki05]

I think if your noticible fat then you should diet to get average wight and no longer clearly fat.

Otherwise no ponit in dieting just eat what you want.

And yeah i get your point about false get under wight within 3 days. So great take.

[xTom98]

Very well written and Props to you for taking the time to help others. Most people don’t seem to understand the importance of a diet and the time needed to loose weight.

Good take and thank you for the Information 👍🏼

[ATuairiscean]

Good take - The best thing is a long term slow diet/exercise program to lose a couple of lbs a week till you reach your goal then go on a maintenance program

[Micke0358]

Diets are very personal and vary from person to person. The pictures you show are from two very extream sides of the spectrum.

I would say for the average male 2000kcal is enough for a day, and for the average female 1800kcal is enough.

Also a diet is not a "quick fix" and shouldn't be treated as such. It's a lifestyle. If you want to stay in the same shape for life you have to do the diet for life. To make it easy for me, I just skip snacks and don't get 2nds. It works fine for me.

[Pink2000]

I did pretty good with a low cal diet. The only thing is losing weight too fast is awful. Sure I lost a lot but the end result is not wonderful. My hair started coming out. I was weak. No muscle at all.

[Gedaria]

True. If it has taken you 20years say to get body like the girl in green. To loose the weight it's going to take you neatly as long if ever. The damage done to the body getting to that size some parts of the body is irriverseable. !!!

[BrittBratt2416]

I don't do diets, diets most of the time do not work for many people. Just eat whatever you want but don't eat it all the time. For example, if you ate a cheeseburger on Monday then don't eat another cheeseburger in the same week.

[Lance1965]

I don't healthy at all but I exercise a lot and so I never put on weight. If I stop exercising I blow up like a balloon. A lot of people put on weight because they barely move.

[AbdKilani]

Good take
I have stated many times and ranted about people doing this a lot.
If you need any help or tips too I am up for it
Keep the good work up... And remember you as I told you.