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My husband can be insanely weird...

by PinkVelvet
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Yeah, my husband can be weird so.... Every time he goes to the gym, he gets a huge plastic bag and cuts a hole on top. He places the bag over his body and then puts a sweater over it to hide it so no one gives him a weird look at the gym. However, he sounds like a walking bag since you can hear it from underneath. Sometimes I wonder how his gym visit went and if anyone even noticed this strange noise. He claims that the more he sweats, the more he loses weight.

Now.... I don't think putting a plastic bag over your body will help you lose weight. Sometimes he wears the plastic bag while watching TV and doing nothing. This drives me absolutely crazy because the noise of the bag is really loud.

Does this bag thing work for losing weight or? >.>
  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    He may have a point. I lose more weight when I exercise when it's hot than I do when it's cool. The plastic bag is a little odd though, but cheer him on for trying to lose weight. It helps to have someone in your corner.
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  • Profile picture of the author ReferralCandy
    It might make a difference, but it's bound to be really minor. He might as well just push himself harder during his workout.

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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
    Just extra water weight from the increased sweating effect of the bag. He'll put the weight right back on when he consumes anything with water.
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

      Just extra water weight from the increased sweating effect of the bag. He'll put the weight right back on when he consumes anything with water.

      That's mostly right - but it also can make his body warmer so his body will burn some calories cooling down.

      One of the reasons Americans are so damned fat is because they keep their climate controlled to a point their body never needs to burn anything to stay comfortable. A little bit warmer than comfy in the summer and a tad cooler than comfy in the winter helps a lot in maintaining weight.
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      • Profile picture of the author Horny Devil
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        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post


        One of the reasons Americans are so damned fat is because they keep their climate controlled to a point their body never needs to burn anything to stay comfortable. A little bit warmer than comfy in the summer and a tad cooler than comfy in the winter helps a lot in maintaining weight.
        Warmer . . cooler . . wassup wid dat stat?

        The USA has a global stigma that wont budge on overeating/gluttony.

        Hey - (before you poke it back at me) - it's just a fact that most Brits are led to believe that the "States" is the land of fatties.

        I blame the newspapers (and the burgers).

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        • Profile picture of the author HeySal
          Originally Posted by Horny Devil View Post

          Warmer . . cooler . . wassup wid dat stat?

          The USA has a global stigma that wont budge on overeating/gluttony.

          Hey - (before you poke it back at me) - it's just a fact that most Brits are led to believe that the "States" is the land of fatties.
          Oh heck - there are people so fat here (and a LOT of them) that they have to ride on these little scooters in the super stores just because they're too fat to walk.

          I don't care what anyone says about discrimination - it's just damned unhealthy. They scream about smoking but fat kills more people than smoking does - and it incapacitates them in a lot of other ways, too.

          If people don't care enough about themselves to take care of themselves, I'm sure not going to feel obliged to give a crap.

          A lot of Americans are just plain gluttonous. We're the corn fed country, I guess.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anne0521
    Hmmm...I don't know but your husband sure reminds me of Bradley Cooper's character on Silver Linings Playbook. He wears plastic bag on top of his sweater when out running. I don't get the point, maybe he's trying to lose weight I just didn't heard him say it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by PinkVelvet View Post

    I don't think putting a plastic bag over your body will help you lose weight.
    I think it might, very temporarily, if you perspire inside it, just from the fluid-loss and dehydration. But that's only going to last if you stay very dehydrated. It's only fluid-loss, not fat-loss.

    There's an MLM company which is built on the basis of more-or-less this "method of weight-loss" and some of the "information" on their website and those of their distributors makes pretty "amusing" reading (if you like that sort of thing and are easily amused by nonsense).

    Originally Posted by PinkVelvet View Post

    Does this bag thing work for losing weight?
    Not in the long run, no - it's completely silly, I think.

    But if we keep the conversation going for long enough, there'll perhaps be someone along from that MLM company to say "Yes, it does - it's brilliant and you can make money while doing it, too!" There are even one or two people here who might be gullible enough to believe that, too. Just one or possibly two, I think.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by PinkVelvet View Post

    Yeah, my husband can be weird so.... Every time he goes to the gym, he gets a huge plastic bag and cuts a hole on top. He places the bag over his body and then puts a sweater over it to hide it so no one gives him a weird look at the gym. However, he sounds like a walking bag since you can hear it from underneath. Sometimes I wonder how his gym visit went and if anyone even noticed this strange noise. He claims that the more he sweats, the more he loses weight.

    Now.... I don't think putting a plastic bag over your body will help you lose weight. Sometimes he wears the plastic bag while watching TV and doing nothing. This drives me absolutely crazy because the noise of the bag is really loud.

    Does this bag thing work for losing weight or? >.>
    If you want to get him back for the annoying plastic bag sounds, spread newspaper all over your side of the bed, then toss & turn all night.


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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      I'm not 100% on the sweat thing but the above know more about it than me, however, while watching telly, with his dear wife, one does question if that's the time you wish to be sweating all over the place.

      Gym yes, sofa, not so much, at least whilst watching TV.

      Must be bloody uncomfortable too. Why not, Instead of wearing the bag, just do another 15 minutes at the gym?
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Hmmm... Maybe an enterprising individual could create plastic exercise bags. Have designer bags for celebs and rich folk and pedestrian bags for the working stiffs. Since people want instant results this might be just the thing. They can literally measure how much water weight they lose after a workout. Of course, they'll put that back on when they rehydrate but that's just a silly technicality.

    This is just the type of thing goofy fads are made from. And even though it's not really healthy and has no lasting effects, a person could make a fortune from it before the next useless weight loss mumbo jumbo comes along. What could be better? I'm off to the wholesale plastic warehouse to check prices... :rolleyes:
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Originally Posted by travlinguy View Post

      Hmmm... Maybe an enterprising individual could create plastic exercise bags. Have designer bags for celebs and rich folk and pedestrian bags for the working stiffs. Since people want instant results this might be just the thing. They can literally measure how much water weight they lose after a workout. Of course, they'll put that back on when they rehydrate but that's just a silly technicality.

      This is just the type of thing goofy fads are made from. And even though it's not really healthy and has no lasting effects, a person could make a fortune from it before the next useless weight loss mumbo jumbo comes along. What could be better? I'm off to the wholesale plastic warehouse to check prices... :rolleyes:
      You actually have a good point.

      Buy bin bags and reposition them as "The Dr Travlin Guy's indoor, stuff your face and do no exercise sweat vests".

      Just have a bit of small print saying they'll put the weight back on once they have a drink.

      The down side with this is, some people may take to giving up water in the hope of losing weight.

      Nothing surprises me anymore, in fact, nothing is about to surprise you anymore!

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      ^^^^This PinkVelvet is probably where he got the idea.
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    • Profile picture of the author PinkVelvet
      Originally Posted by travlinguy View Post

      Hmmm... Maybe an enterprising individual could create plastic exercise bags. Have designer bags for celebs and rich folk and pedestrian bags for the working stiffs. Since people want instant results this might be just the thing. They can literally measure how much water weight they lose after a workout. Of course, they'll put that back on when they rehydrate but that's just a silly technicality.

      This is just the type of thing goofy fads are made from. And even though it's not really healthy and has no lasting effects, a person could make a fortune from it before the next useless weight loss mumbo jumbo comes along. What could be better? I'm off to the wholesale plastic warehouse to check prices... :rolleyes:
      That's kind of funny actually, yet a brilliant idea. Not to sure if celebs would be that interested in wearing a bag though. It's almost like seeing a bad infomercial... Oh god, I can picture it already, lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Worner
    It's not uncommon for boxers to do this if they get weighted and they are over the class limit.

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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Douglas
    Nope. Not at all. Ever heard of that magic "Suana Belt" that helps you burn off pounds instantly? Turns out, it does work but not in the way we would want it to. While you do weigh less, that is not due to reduction in fat. In fact, it happens just because you have lost some water content from your body by sweating excessively.

    As soon as you drink some water, your weight goes right up. So, no. There is no scientific credence to it. It is just plain annoying-lol
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    • Profile picture of the author Brian John
      Originally Posted by Chris Worner View Post

      It's not uncommon for boxers to do this if they get weighted and they are over the class limit.
      very true. for decades boxers and wrestlers have done it and in recent yrs it's become more common among mma fighters

      Originally Posted by Chris Douglas View Post

      Ever heard of that magic "Suana Belt" that helps you burn off pounds instantly? Turns out, it does work but not in the way we would want it to. While you do weigh less, that is not due to reduction in fat. In fact, it happens just because you have lost some water content from your body by sweating excessively.
      As soon as you drink some water, your weight goes right up
      this^

      op, the plastic bag works via the same principle but covers more area and hence the water loss is more intense. this is not an effective or particularly healthy way to lose weight long-term and should not be incorporated into a daily workout regimen. it's primarily utilized by certain types of athletes attempting to "make weight," after which they almost immediately put the weight back on. and even then these athletes don't do this on a daily or even weekly basis, they do it periodically prior to competition if they happen to not be quite down to their competing weight and need to quickly shed a few pounds within a few hours before stepping on the scale
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  • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
    I think he may actually be HARMING and STRESSING his body, brain and other organ functions by virtually being in a state of dehydration.

    For most people, it's a matter of moving more and eating right and less calories. And, remembering that it took months or years to put on the extra weight and will take a similar amount of time to HEALTHILY lose the weight.

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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    Frankly, your husband is needlessly torturing himself on the basis of an erroneous belief. Clearly, you already know that. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rmipro
    Wow! Some of my relatives used to do this back in the day, right before I signed up for adoption.

    No, really this is something people have been doing for a LONG time. Not sure how effective it is, but it does make them sweat more. (Especially in the summer time, working out with a garbage bag over you and a jogging suit...)

    Just tell him to eat whatever he wants and drink a slim fast after it. lol

    Yes, I know people who do that for real.

    But hey at least he seems motivated and he's doing something....most people do nothing but complain about their weight.
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