FRIENDSGIVING !!!!

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  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    "SKINNY-STEALTHING" Along with the more common survival strategies, one my general holiday/ party/ gathering strategies is what I call "skinny stealthing".

    There is inevitably one or two of my skinny friends or relatives at the gatherings, and so I "stealth" them by (a) trying to model my portions/ food choices after theirs; and (b) eating at the same pace that they do.

    It's a great exercise in mindfulness to watch what my "target" puts on his/her plate (they don't try to cram every little corner full or get a taste of EVERYTHING like I do . . .)

    Also If I wait to take a bite until my "target" takes a bite, I find I spend much less time eating and much more time talking, chatting, listening, and generally engaged in the cameraderie of the event and less obsessed by the food.

    :laugh: I'm such a dork. Between this post and condescending cat, why are these the funniest things I've read in a while!
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Why can't we have an FFG instead of an FG?
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    edited November 2014
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Honestly I've always thought it was strange to add people so you can see what they eat also. :laugh:

    But I realize many people do it.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    uh, no, I add people who have big ol hooters in their pics.

    I love owls.
  • mochapygmy
    mochapygmy Posts: 2,123 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Honestly I've always thought it was strange to add people so you can see what they eat also. :laugh:

    But I realize many people do it.

    I've been around almost a year and had no idea this was a thing. I add people mostly if we share similar interests (fitness or non health interests). I guess I've been MFPing wrong. :( Oh well. :)

  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    NO I do not do this.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    NO I do not do this.

    Didn't say everybody did

  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    People shouldn't, if they're adults.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    People shouldn't, if they're adults.

    That's like saying IMO that people shouldn't need MFP if they are adults. We each use the site differently, and I may not need the support or info you need and vice versa. I know when I first started and MFP gave me a recommendation of 1380 calories, I needed to know HTH people were able to do that consistently or at least how such a plan worked over the long term. Not just a couple meal suggestions, months. Sounds pretty adult to me to be able to review and analyze cold hard data and formulate a plan based on it.

    It wasn't until several months after I started posting on forums that I discovered posts calling for open diaries, which essentially have the same purpose. I still peek in completed diaries for ideas from time to time since I get bored eating the same foods and frankly generally favor higher calorie items than my body weight can support
  • JoshuaL86
    JoshuaL86 Posts: 403 Member
    This is the first time I've heard of Friendsgiving. Must mean I don't have any friends.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    Oooh... Dunkin donuts and coffee for Meal 1 yesterday, I know where I'm stopping on my way to work today! Wait, could you tell me what time exactly you ate the donut? Oh no, that's not very stealthy is it :|
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.

    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    Oooh... Dunkin donuts and coffee for Meal 1 yesterday, I know where I'm stopping on my way to work today! Wait, could you tell me what time exactly you ate the donut? Oh no, that's not very stealthy is it :|

    First we'll use your example of you stealthing my diary. If someone is going to not ask questions and just watch what others eat: Do they know that yesterday I went for an 8 mile bike ride before stopping for that donut? Do they know what goals I have.. right now I'm working towards maintenance so mirroring what I'm doing is not a good idea for someone trying to lose. They also aren't following me around watching my every move to know if and when they should eat something.
    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya

    When I'm in public I'm not giving my consent to have people follow me around and mimic my every move. Being in a restaurant and someone orders something that might sound good is again much different than sitting back going .. oh that person has the body I want, I'll order what they have and think it's going to make me miraculously have that body.

    Again this is creepy stalkerish and won't achieve any thing because you don't have the big picture. Will it kill the person doing it.. maybe maybe not.. depending on who they choose to stalk.. I would be freaked out and would confront them
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.

    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya

    You can't possibly be serious, can you?

    I'm not touching the first one. I will say though if I ever saw someone watching me at a party to eat what I eat, when I eat it, I will think they are a crazy person and I won't feel bad about it.

    Now, to my latter point, the poster said this was a diet method for her. This means that she is using this routine because she feels it will help her manage her calories better at a party. She qualifies her targets based on how skinny they are. This is the information we have based on her post...

    A LOT of skinny people are misleading when you see them at parties. Some workout beforehand, some do IF, some have obscenely high metabolisms because they have a very active lifestyle. Thus, following them and eating what they are eating as a way to lose weight is going to inevitably fail. If you followed me at a party and ate what I ate, you'd easily go over on your calories because 9/10 times I haven't eaten that day and I'm blowing my whole calorie allotment at that event.

    You can argue this for the sake of arguing (and, honestly, it seems like that's what you are doing), but this is a diet and fitness site. We have lurkers that read these boards. So, for their sake (and for newbies) do not, I REPEAT DO NOT, blindly copy what other people are eating and assume that it's right for you.

    If you want to be successful, be responsible for your own goals and your own diet based on the very specifics nuances of your life, health and fitness level.

  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.

    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya
    There is a difference between two people at a restaurant ordering the same thing off the menu and someone following another person around, putting exactly the same items on his or her plate and then only taking a bite when the other person takes a bite.

    That is weird and creepy and not exactly mentally healthy.

  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    robinred2 wrote: »
    There is nothing wrong with taking foods you can eat. You could even call your hostess and ask if you may. That way you can enjoy your friends and not feel guilty about ruining your eating plan.

    Sage advice.

    It's also pretty proactive. "Hey, I can't eat the snicker's salad. So, I'll bring a Waldorf Salad."

    Resolved!
    Don't mention the war!

  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.

    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya

    You can't possibly be serious, can you?

    I'm not touching the first one. I will say though if I ever saw someone watching me at a party to eat what I eat, when I eat it, I will think they are a crazy person and I won't feel bad about it.

    Now, to my latter point, the poster said this was a diet method for her. This means that she is using this routine because she feels it will help her manage her calories better at a party. She qualifies her targets based on how skinny they are. This is the information we have based on her post...

    A LOT of skinny people are misleading when you see them at parties. Some workout beforehand, some do IF, some have obscenely high metabolisms because they have a very active lifestyle. Thus, following them and eating what they are eating as a way to lose weight is going to inevitably fail. If you followed me at a party and ate what I ate, you'd easily go over on your calories because 9/10 times I haven't eaten that day and I'm blowing my whole calorie allotment at that event.

    You can argue this for the sake of arguing (and, honestly, it seems like that's what you are doing), but this is a diet and fitness site. We have lurkers that read these boards. So, for their sake (and for newbies) do not, I REPEAT DO NOT, blindly copy what other people are eating and assume that it's right for you.

    If you want to be successful, be responsible for your own goals and your own diet based on the very specifics nuances of your life, health and fitness level.

    As already stated, if I were skinny stealthing and you were scarfing down double cheese burgers, you wouldn't be my target

    Please don't speak about mental health when rather than have a good laugh at this topic you're acting as though you're being violated in some way. Talk about first world problems

    Serious or not, I highly doubt a PSA is needed to instruct people to avoid copying blow out days. I do those all by myself. If anything I would need to know how to be satisfied with rabbit food and/or less calories in general. If people were 100% responsible for their own diets, why would we need a supportive site like MFP? I just see a lot of parallels is all. I'll freely confess that Skinny stealthing is not much of a stretch from what I'm already doing. Plus it sounds fun as hell; I gotta give it a shot sometime :laugh:
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.

    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya

    You can't possibly be serious, can you?

    I'm not touching the first one. I will say though if I ever saw someone watching me at a party to eat what I eat, when I eat it, I will think they are a crazy person and I won't feel bad about it.

    Now, to my latter point, the poster said this was a diet method for her. This means that she is using this routine because she feels it will help her manage her calories better at a party. She qualifies her targets based on how skinny they are. This is the information we have based on her post...

    A LOT of skinny people are misleading when you see them at parties. Some workout beforehand, some do IF, some have obscenely high metabolisms because they have a very active lifestyle. Thus, following them and eating what they are eating as a way to lose weight is going to inevitably fail. If you followed me at a party and ate what I ate, you'd easily go over on your calories because 9/10 times I haven't eaten that day and I'm blowing my whole calorie allotment at that event.

    You can argue this for the sake of arguing (and, honestly, it seems like that's what you are doing), but this is a diet and fitness site. We have lurkers that read these boards. So, for their sake (and for newbies) do not, I REPEAT DO NOT, blindly copy what other people are eating and assume that it's right for you.

    If you want to be successful, be responsible for your own goals and your own diet based on the very specifics nuances of your life, health and fitness level.

    As already stated, if I were skinny stealthing and you were scarfing down double cheese burgers, you wouldn't be my target

    Please don't speak about mental health when rather than have a good laugh at this topic you're acting as though you're being violated in some way. Talk about first world problems

    Serious or not, I highly doubt a PSA is needed to instruct people to avoid copying blow out days. I do those all by myself. If anything I would need to know how to be satisfied with rabbit food and/or less calories in general. If people were 100% responsible for their own diets, why would we need a supportive site like MFP? I just see a lot of parallels is all. I'll freely confess that Skinny stealthing is not much of a stretch from what I'm already doing. Plus it sounds fun as hell; I gotta give it a shot sometime :laugh:

    You're weird and very creepy.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.

    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya

    You can't possibly be serious, can you?

    I'm not touching the first one. I will say though if I ever saw someone watching me at a party to eat what I eat, when I eat it, I will think they are a crazy person and I won't feel bad about it.

    Now, to my latter point, the poster said this was a diet method for her. This means that she is using this routine because she feels it will help her manage her calories better at a party. She qualifies her targets based on how skinny they are. This is the information we have based on her post...

    A LOT of skinny people are misleading when you see them at parties. Some workout beforehand, some do IF, some have obscenely high metabolisms because they have a very active lifestyle. Thus, following them and eating what they are eating as a way to lose weight is going to inevitably fail. If you followed me at a party and ate what I ate, you'd easily go over on your calories because 9/10 times I haven't eaten that day and I'm blowing my whole calorie allotment at that event.

    You can argue this for the sake of arguing (and, honestly, it seems like that's what you are doing), but this is a diet and fitness site. We have lurkers that read these boards. So, for their sake (and for newbies) do not, I REPEAT DO NOT, blindly copy what other people are eating and assume that it's right for you.

    If you want to be successful, be responsible for your own goals and your own diet based on the very specifics nuances of your life, health and fitness level.

    As already stated, if I were skinny stealthing and you were scarfing down double cheese burgers, you wouldn't be my target

    Please don't speak about mental health when rather than have a good laugh at this topic you're acting as though you're being violated in some way. Talk about first world problems

    Serious or not, I highly doubt a PSA is needed to instruct people to avoid copying blow out days. I do those all by myself. If anything I would need to know how to be satisfied with rabbit food and/or less calories in general. If people were 100% responsible for their own diets, why would we need a supportive site like MFP? I just see a lot of parallels is all. I'll freely confess that Skinny stealthing is not much of a stretch from what I'm already doing. Plus it sounds fun as hell; I gotta give it a shot sometime :laugh:

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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.

    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya

    You can't possibly be serious, can you?

    I'm not touching the first one. I will say though if I ever saw someone watching me at a party to eat what I eat, when I eat it, I will think they are a crazy person and I won't feel bad about it.

    Now, to my latter point, the poster said this was a diet method for her. This means that she is using this routine because she feels it will help her manage her calories better at a party. She qualifies her targets based on how skinny they are. This is the information we have based on her post...

    A LOT of skinny people are misleading when you see them at parties. Some workout beforehand, some do IF, some have obscenely high metabolisms because they have a very active lifestyle. Thus, following them and eating what they are eating as a way to lose weight is going to inevitably fail. If you followed me at a party and ate what I ate, you'd easily go over on your calories because 9/10 times I haven't eaten that day and I'm blowing my whole calorie allotment at that event.

    You can argue this for the sake of arguing (and, honestly, it seems like that's what you are doing), but this is a diet and fitness site. We have lurkers that read these boards. So, for their sake (and for newbies) do not, I REPEAT DO NOT, blindly copy what other people are eating and assume that it's right for you.

    If you want to be successful, be responsible for your own goals and your own diet based on the very specifics nuances of your life, health and fitness level.

    As already stated, if I were skinny stealthing and you were scarfing down double cheese burgers, you wouldn't be my target

    Please don't speak about mental health when rather than have a good laugh at this topic you're acting as though you're being violated in some way. Talk about first world problems

    Serious or not, I highly doubt a PSA is needed to instruct people to avoid copying blow out days. I do those all by myself. If anything I would need to know how to be satisfied with rabbit food and/or less calories in general. If people were 100% responsible for their own diets, why would we need a supportive site like MFP? I just see a lot of parallels is all. I'll freely confess that Skinny stealthing is not much of a stretch from what I'm already doing. Plus it sounds fun as hell; I gotta give it a shot sometime :laugh:

    You're weird and very creepy.
    Oh dear. When YoPeeps says this, you're REALLY weird and VERY creepy! lol

  • fivethreeone
    fivethreeone Posts: 8,196 Member
    rml_16 wrote: »
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    PRMinx wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But aren't a lot of people on MFP skinny stealthing? Many of us add friends to our list especially when we first start out for the express purpose of seeing what they eat so we can get some ideas. And Rose is stealthy - she ain't gettin' caught. ;) What do you guys know, she probably skinny stealthed you already. Skinny Steathing For The Win!!

    Getting meal ideas/ recipes from other peoples diaries is one thing, but if you start mimicking exactly what they eat, their timing while they eat, and whatever is creepy.

    This!

    There's an enormous difference between peeping diaries on a site intended for it where, by making your diary public, you are giving consent v. being stalked at a dinner party.

    Also, from a practical perspective, diaries here show the whole day of food. If you are "skinny stealthing" at a party, you have no way of knowing how much food was eaten before, or after, the event.

    I'd say by being in public you're giving your consent to having other people eat the same food you are. How about when people order the same food you do at a restaurant, oh noozz!!

    Who cares about what their diet is like normally? I would assume you wouldn't skinny stealth someone eating a bunch. And if you eat too little because you're copying someone who ate a ton of food prior - it's one meal, won't kill ya

    You can't possibly be serious, can you?

    I'm not touching the first one. I will say though if I ever saw someone watching me at a party to eat what I eat, when I eat it, I will think they are a crazy person and I won't feel bad about it.

    Now, to my latter point, the poster said this was a diet method for her. This means that she is using this routine because she feels it will help her manage her calories better at a party. She qualifies her targets based on how skinny they are. This is the information we have based on her post...

    A LOT of skinny people are misleading when you see them at parties. Some workout beforehand, some do IF, some have obscenely high metabolisms because they have a very active lifestyle. Thus, following them and eating what they are eating as a way to lose weight is going to inevitably fail. If you followed me at a party and ate what I ate, you'd easily go over on your calories because 9/10 times I haven't eaten that day and I'm blowing my whole calorie allotment at that event.

    You can argue this for the sake of arguing (and, honestly, it seems like that's what you are doing), but this is a diet and fitness site. We have lurkers that read these boards. So, for their sake (and for newbies) do not, I REPEAT DO NOT, blindly copy what other people are eating and assume that it's right for you.

    If you want to be successful, be responsible for your own goals and your own diet based on the very specifics nuances of your life, health and fitness level.

    As already stated, if I were skinny stealthing and you were scarfing down double cheese burgers, you wouldn't be my target

    Please don't speak about mental health when rather than have a good laugh at this topic you're acting as though you're being violated in some way. Talk about first world problems

    Serious or not, I highly doubt a PSA is needed to instruct people to avoid copying blow out days. I do those all by myself. If anything I would need to know how to be satisfied with rabbit food and/or less calories in general. If people were 100% responsible for their own diets, why would we need a supportive site like MFP? I just see a lot of parallels is all. I'll freely confess that Skinny stealthing is not much of a stretch from what I'm already doing. Plus it sounds fun as hell; I gotta give it a shot sometime :laugh:

    You're weird and very creepy.
    Oh dear. When YoPeeps says this, you're REALLY weird and VERY creepy! lol

  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    rml_16 wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    robinred2 wrote: »
    There is nothing wrong with taking foods you can eat. You could even call your hostess and ask if you may. That way you can enjoy your friends and not feel guilty about ruining your eating plan.

    Sage advice.

    It's also pretty proactive. "Hey, I can't eat the snicker's salad. So, I'll bring a Waldorf Salad."

    Resolved!
    Don't mention the war!

    "Have you ever been to Frankfurt?"
    "Twice, in 1944, it was dark and I didn't land."
  • srslybritt
    srslybritt Posts: 1,618 Member
    I'm bored with OP's trolling style. But props on getting yopeeps here to call you creepy. #achievementunlocked
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    ewhsweets wrote: »
    So just curious have any of you noticed that this new event called "Friendsgiving" is becoming more and more popular? We've been invited to 3 Dinners "other-than" the one on Thanksgiving day...personally I'm not a fan of roasted turkey so it saves me from having to make any myself....

    Any good ideas for eating moderately or good healthy recipes that you've made in the past?

    (I mean things that you've actually done and they work for you...refrain from the obvious "eat less" please ;-p)

    I find that traditional Thanksgiving foods are generally pretty "healthy". The biggest issue with these holidays, as I see it, are the traditions of stuffing one's self until they are ready to explode..and tons of desert types of things which people over indulge in.



  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    rml_16 wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    robinred2 wrote: »
    There is nothing wrong with taking foods you can eat. You could even call your hostess and ask if you may. That way you can enjoy your friends and not feel guilty about ruining your eating plan.

    Sage advice.

    It's also pretty proactive. "Hey, I can't eat the snicker's salad. So, I'll bring a Waldorf Salad."

    Resolved!
    Don't mention the war!

    "Have you ever been to Frankfurt?"
    "Twice, in 1944, it was dark and I didn't land."
    That is NOT from Farty Towels!

  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    ewhsweets wrote: »
    So just curious have any of you noticed that this new event called "Friendsgiving" is becoming more and more popular? We've been invited to 3 Dinners "other-than" the one on Thanksgiving day...personally I'm not a fan of roasted turkey so it saves me from having to make any myself....

    Any good ideas for eating moderately or good healthy recipes that you've made in the past?

    (I mean things that you've actually done and they work for you...refrain from the obvious "eat less" please ;-p)

    I find that traditional Thanksgiving foods are generally pretty "healthy". The biggest issue with these holidays, as I see it, are the traditions of stuffing one's self until they are ready to explode..and tons of desert types of things which people over indulge in.


    That's why you should thin-stalk someone smaller than you. Since they're skinny, they will obviously eat very little, because all skinny people eat very little.

    Do monitor them in the bathroom too, to ensure there aren't any purges you're missing out on.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    I checked my calendar this morning and just realized that I have 5 Thanksgiving meals to eat in the next twelve days:

    1 with each kid at their school (2)
    1 at my work
    1 with my husbands family on the actual day
    1 with my family on the Saturday after

    Guess how worried I am about it? Not at all... with that many opportunities, I won't feel the need to gorge myself at any one meal. I'll make a plate of food - some of it will look better than others (I mean come on - Thanksgiving from an elementary school cafeteria?, eat a piece of pecan pie every time it is offered, and make smart choices the other 30 or so meals I eat in this time frame...

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