# The Hunt for Easy Fat Loss Continues...In Amusing Ways. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 25, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029 "2012-11-25T01:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/1 "2012-11-25T01:03:26Z")
So I ran into GNC today just to grab a water and a (yummy) protein bar, and as I was being rung up at the register I was offered a few free samples of some new products they were featuring. One of these products was a “fat-burning cream”; which was supposed to be rubbed on the skin, where it would “burn calories”. 😛 Now maybe my skepticism was heightened by the fact that the clerk offering me this magical cream was, in fact, himself a portly lad who it seems would have been an ideal candidate for such a product. That is if the product had any effect other than to cause one to lose weight from one’s WALLET. The next way to lose weight without putting forth one iota of effort will always part a fool from their money. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/2 "2012-11-25T01:47:34Z")
Id return it after a month complaining that I suffered 2nd degree fat burns 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/3 "2012-11-25T02:03:39Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > Id return it after a month complaining that I suffered 2nd degree fat burns 😃 What I want to know is why can’t I eat it?! Ugh. Such archaic times we live in. Is asking for a delicious fat-burning cream that you rub all over your body AND eat for dessert _really_ too much to ask??? I don’t think so.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/4 "2012-11-25T02:12:18Z")
You can burn calories waxing with delicious new [**Shimmer**](http://www.hulu.com/watch/61320). ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/5 "2012-11-25T02:22:25Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > You can burn calories waxing with delicious new [**Shimmer**](http://www.hulu.com/watch/61320). It’s a floor wax. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/6 "2012-11-25T02:24:11Z")
Well, I suppose if you we’re to rub it really really vigorously for an hour you might burn a few calories. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/7 "2012-11-25T03:32:00Z")
Because it’s America, and we want to take a pill to be perfect, and we want it to kick in before lunch. To fool someone, a scam must either be persuasive or the target must want to believe you. This is an example of the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_I\_Am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_I\_Am](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_I_Am)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/8 "2012-11-25T04:01:22Z")
Sodium hydroxide would make a pretty good fat burning cream. Of course it does tend to burn through your skin first… ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/9 "2012-11-25T04:06:12Z")
The green coffee thing really bugs me. [http://nutritionunplugged.com/2012/07/green-coffee-bean-claims-are-hard-to-swallow-so-dont-get-too-jazzed-up/](http://nutritionunplugged.com/2012/07/green-coffee-bean-claims-are-hard-to-swallow-so-dont-get-too-jazzed-up/) ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/10 "2012-11-25T11:19:54Z")
I’d like to know what brand of protein bar you consider “yummy”. I eat them, but not because they’re just so delicious, only because they’re fast, portable, non-messy to eat and carry around and so on. All of them, even the least yucky ones have a bitter aftertaste to them. If you know of a brand that actually does taste good? Do tell! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/11 "2012-11-25T12:22:25Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > I’d like to know what brand of protein bar you consider “yummy”. I eat them, but not because they’re just so delicious, only because they’re fast, portable, non-messy to eat and carry around and so on. All of them, even the least yucky ones have a bitter aftertaste to them. If you know of a brand that actually does taste good? Do tell! I’d post a link but I’m posting from my phone and I don’t know how but they are Supreme Protein Bars. Pretty much any flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/12 "2012-11-25T12:27:45Z")
Ugh. A lady at work is selling ‘weight loss wraps’ (and monogrammed bags, and Scentsy candles, and some other stuff). These sticky plastic sheets are impregnated with something stinky (mentholatum?), come in different sizes for different body areas, are surprisingly expensive, and are guaranteed to make you lose weight and inches! Unless you read the label. I sense some disappointed customers next week who won’t do anything about being sold a crappy, snake oil product because they won’t want to be embarrassed about being sold crap and don’t want to hurt a coworkers feelings. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029/13 "2012-11-25T19:10:32Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > I sense some disappointed customers next week who won’t do anything about being sold a crappy, snake oil product because they won’t want to be embarrassed about being sold crap and don’t want to hurt a coworkers feelings. Ahh yes, the ingenious business model, no doubt. 😉