"You can't out train a bad diet" and "you can't out earn bad spending habits" what are some other true clichés along the same lines as these? (lemmy.world)

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Obviously you can kind of but its extremely difficult (for those pedantic commentators I foresee)

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[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

If you’re being a pedant, sure. But of course everyone knows what “bad diet” actually means

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 points 20 hours ago

What does it mean then?

[-] ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip 9 points 19 hours ago

You're literally being pedantic. You do know this, don't you?

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 19 hours ago

But of course everyone knows what “bad diet” actually means

I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about

[-] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

5000 calories a day of any food, any reasonable person with absolutely barebone nutritional education knows this. Idk if everyone is just trolling that other dude or what's happening.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 16 hours ago

Eh, I look at it more as who you're going to be telling this to. Someone who is fat and starting exercise is never going to have the endurance to burn off their caloric intake. They need to reduce their caloric intake so that their body can physically handle exercise.

But a lot of high caliber athletes have trash diets because caloric intake trumps nutrient needs. It is also the reason why a lot of athletes get fat if they stop exercising since they are used to the trash diets and can no longer burn it off.

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 hours ago

Eh, I look at it more as who you’re going to be telling this to. Someone who is fat and starting exercise is never going to have the endurance to burn off their caloric intake.

It depends on your timing. In 18 months, I went from obese to able to run 5km in under 20 minutes.

It is also the reason why a lot of athletes get fat if they stop exercising since they are used to the trash diets and can no longer burn it off.

And that's exactly what happened to me when I got injured!

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