# Stoid, Are You Still Confident that You Know a Lot about Diet and Obesity? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 12, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100 "2013-02-12T18:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/41 "2013-02-13T03:20:34Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Does Stoid even post here any more? I think I remember reading somewhere that she started a thread about donut recipes recently. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/42 "2013-02-13T03:30:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My thoughts TO A TEE when I read your initial scree. Dude! That moment wherein the last kid picked for dodgeball becomes the school mascot. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/43 "2013-02-13T04:50:32Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Did you hear what the African American climatologist said about dieting while he was serving as his own attorney? Since no one else has bitten on this, I will. What did he say? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/44 "2013-02-13T07:53:54Z")
Maybe in a while this could disappear for a while and then he it shortens its entire life. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/45 "2013-02-13T12:00:36Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > But then, I am such a dinosaur that I was unaware “strawman” was now a transitive verb. It came out during the bi, gay, and transitive movement. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/46 "2013-02-13T12:09:48Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Moreover, the assumption that a person on a diet could never possibly consume doughnuts is ludicrous. I agree, but there is a certain irony and humor that such a self-professed expert on diet would come back a couple years later asking for a recipe for one of the most fattening, unhealthy foods around. I suppose one could argue **Stoid** deserves the benefit of the doubt. That people should assume her diet succeeded and that she has been maintaining her goal weight for some time now. That the donuts are just an occasional indulgence, always balanced off by plenty of small, healthy meals and exercise. But if I had to bet, I would bet otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/47 "2013-02-13T12:12:17Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > But then, I am such a dinosaur that I was unaware “strawman” was now a transitive verb. Yes, people have been verbing words for many years now 🙂 My favorites are “friend” and “summer.” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/48 "2013-02-13T12:28:21Z")
A doughnut shop near my house has maple flavored Long Johns with a strip/slice/rasher/piece of maple bacon on top! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/49 "2013-02-13T13:44:55Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Stoid doesn’t know a goddamn thing about obesity/weight management, and while it would appear that she \*thinks \*she does, deep down inside, she knows she’s full of shit. But isn’t feeling full one of those Shocking Weird keys to diet success?\* \*And it’s really pissing off the diet doctors. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/50 "2013-02-13T13:53:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > But isn’t feeling full one of those Shocking Weird keys to diet success?\* > > \*And it’s really pissing off the diet doctors. It’s a “tip of a flat belly.” When I saw those ads, I always wondered which part of the belly is the tip. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/51 "2013-02-13T14:00:45Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I’ll field this one: Stoid doesn’t know a goddamn thing about obesity/weight management, and while it would appear that she \*thinks \*she does, deep down inside, she knows she’s full of shit. Oh, please. She doesn’t know a damn thing about any damn thing. And one thing she doesn’t know is that she is, as you say, in fact, full of shit. It’s really sad, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/52 "2013-02-13T14:27:22Z")
From the “posts we’d like to see” department: > [@](#): > > Fictionally Posted by **Stoid** > > > [@brazil84](#): > > > > … > > This poster is an idiot. I do not engage with this poster. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/53 "2013-02-13T15:08:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I had some questions for a guy from out of town who was at work today - I got answers for my questions AND a donut. I told my boss it was the best day of my life. But were they from Tim’s? That is the important question. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/54 "2013-02-13T15:18:00Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > It’s a “tip of a flat belly.” > > When I saw those ads, I always wondered which part of the belly is the tip. Well, the _tri_-tip is apparently the _tensor fasciae latae_. From the diagram, it looks like it is kind of around the side of the belly. ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/55 "2013-02-13T20:48:39Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Shut up, **BigTard** This has had a sort of _anti-Betelgeuse_ effect as of late. Keep it up. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/56 "2013-06-09T09:47:12Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > From the “posts we’d like to see” department: Here’s what I’d like to see: > [@](#): > > fictionally posted by **stoid** > I tried losing weight based on **Taubes** writing and it did not really work out. I fooled myself into believing his ideas because I desperately wanted to believe that I could lose weight permanently without limiting my calories and still consuming a lot of tasty, fatty foods. I’m sorry for implicitly claiming status to which I was not entitled. > [@](#): > > fictionally posted by **Chesire Human** > I dismissed **brazil84** as an “idiot” because I don’t have a substantive response to his points and name-calling lets me steer clear of logical rebuttal ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/57 "2013-06-09T09:56:45Z")
It took you four months to pen that rejoinder? ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/58 "2013-06-09T10:16:40Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > It took you four months to pen that rejoinder? Lol, when I made that post I was pretty sure somebody post only to point out that it was made a few months after the post it responded to. I didn’t think it would take only 8 minutes though. Too bad that dieting is not as easy as meta. ---
**Author:** ![Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zuzu_s_Petals)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/59 "2013-06-09T12:20:11Z")
Wow, you’ve sure got a hard-on for Stoid. Not that I think it’s going to make any difference to you, but I eat pretty much exactly the way Stoid described --low carb, high fat – and yes, it does work. I’ve lost over 60 pounds in the last year, going from obese to a BMI that’s now at the lower end of my healthy range. All this without cravings and without feeling hungry, while eating plenty of meat, veggies, and yes, cheese, butter, olive oil and heavy cream. I have no idea if Stoid actually eats low-carb or not, but I do, and her claims, though stridently expressed, are perfectly true (at least for me - everyone’s different). For me, eating this way has changed my life for the better - indeed, it’s given me my life back. I’m full of energy, my cholesterol levels are perfect, my pre-diabetes is now totally under control. I’ve never felt healthier. I’m not sure why you’re so rabidly determined to try and discount her. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100/60 "2013-06-09T12:31:53Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Lol, when I made that post I was pretty sure somebody post only to point out that it was made a few months after the post it responded to. Well, the bizarre delay on posting it in the second-most-interesting thing about it. The first most interesting thing being that “fictionally posted by” business. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-are-you-still-confident-that-you-know-a-lot-about-diet-and-obesity/650100.md?page=4)