Why did you choose your username?

Sued0nim
Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm often interested why people have chosen the name they post under

Mine was because I thought diet=rabbit food (yeah I was wrong) and rabbit means talking a lot (yeah I do)

you?
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  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    I chose mine 9 years ago and have stuck with it for everything. Demora = a race from my favourite game (they're actually called Dremora but when I signed up to something with it for the first time I typed it wrong so stuck with it). Fairy because I had a fairy obsession at the time. Also partially went with this because it was the first username I tried that wasn't already taken.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    DemoraFairy wrote: »
    I chose mine 9 years ago and have stuck with it for everything. Demora = a race from my favourite game (they're actually called Dremora but when I signed up to something with it for the first time I typed it wrong so stuck with it). Fairy because I had a fairy obsession at the time. Also partially went with this because it was the first username I tried that wasn't already taken.

    actually I always read yours as Demerera which is a type of sugar so you're the sugarfairy in my head :laugh:
  • flabassmcgee
    flabassmcgee Posts: 659 Member
    I've had several usernames. This one was somewhat based on my favorite haiku by Megan McCafferty:

    Furious flutter
    Awakened hummingbird heart
    Hello, hello love

    Thus furioushummingbird was born.
  • redpandora56
    redpandora56 Posts: 289 Member
    red was a nickname of mine and I used to always start gamer tags and forum names with red something - redpandora i used in a few places. 56 is my lucky number.
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    DemoraFairy wrote: »
    I chose mine 9 years ago and have stuck with it for everything. Demora = a race from my favourite game (they're actually called Dremora but when I signed up to something with it for the first time I typed it wrong so stuck with it). Fairy because I had a fairy obsession at the time. Also partially went with this because it was the first username I tried that wasn't already taken.

    actually I always read yours as Demerera which is a type of sugar so you're the sugarfairy in my head :laugh:

    Haha! I'm quite happy being the sugarfairy!! XD
  • MissBabyJane
    MissBabyJane Posts: 538 Member
    Miss Baby Jane was a nick name that Christina Aguilera used to go by. She is my favourite singer, very inspiring person.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited March 2015
    MissBabyJane wrote: »
    Miss Baby Jane was a nick name that Christina Aguilera used to go by. She is my favourite singer, very inspiring person.

    ahhh the tale of a sadistic sibling tormenting her crippled sister never crossed your mind then
  • WednesdayJanuary07th2015
    WednesdayJanuary07th2015 Posts: 163
    Was when I started my diet & exercise regimen.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited March 2015
    (I rather like the "Ilikecockatiels" poster name, it abridges perfectly in the last poster list)
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    Mine isn't hard to guess, as long as one knows the definition of "atypical" and doesn't read it as "a typical".
  • eeelizabeth2012
    eeelizabeth2012 Posts: 132 Member
    It is my middle name and the year I created this account.
  • Wiseandcurious
    Wiseandcurious Posts: 730 Member
    I had a username which in my language and culture has strong connotations of fatness and laziness, had been using it on forums for years and suddenly realized how self-defeating that was. MFP allows you one change of username and I decided to do it, but everything I typed seemed silly and rang false. I thought, what is one true thing I know of myself? And typed this spontaneously, thought "no way am I going to self proclaim I approach life feeling wise and curious" and at the same time when I meant to hit cancel, hit enter. I feel better with it :)
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    I've used "Phrick" for YEARS, starting at a parenting site where I wanted to see how far I could push the limits before getting banned. Phrick was acceptable but P.Hucker got me banned LOL
  • AmazonMayan
    AmazonMayan Posts: 1,168 Member
    Mine is because of being tall and called an amazon several times in my life lol...not in a bad way and it was actually when I was thin and very fit/kind of athletic. The mean kids actually called me jolly green giant when I was growing up. Where I lived, there weren't other tall girls/women and I was the tallest (of girls and boys and most the adults) in my entire school/all grades for a long time. Mayan is just because I needed something to tack onto the end of my username.

    My goal is to get back to the amazon look lol.
  • Sydbert93
    Sydbert93 Posts: 11
    cause i was looking for my name on a bottle of coke and the closest i found was sydnas and sydbert then when i complained to my housemates they started calling me sydbert and after a few months of them saying it i decided to just roll with it lol. and 93 is the year i was born
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Mine is pretty easy I want ALL the coffee (well except instant)
  • nutty192
    nutty192 Posts: 50 Member
    My name is hazel, enough said!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Mine, I changed after being here awhile, because my goals changed.
  • Linvala
    Linvala Posts: 53 Member
    Mine is from a magic the gathering card. :|
    My family is pretty big into it and I happened to like the name Linvala.
  • foxlme
    foxlme Posts: 57 Member
    Mine is a variation on my maiden name. Really throws people. :)
  • inchwormbyinchworm
    inchwormbyinchworm Posts: 180 Member
    An inchworm is a kind of exercise. It’s not necessarily something I do everyday; rather, it reminds me of this journey. When you do inchworms, you can’t be in a hurry, and it’s not really always pleasant, but if you keep on keepin’ on, you’ll get to where you want to be. I hope I am blessed with the perseverance to keep on keepin’ on.

    https://inchwormbyinchworm.wordpress.com/about/
  • inchwormbyinchworm
    inchwormbyinchworm Posts: 180 Member
    WednesdayJanuary07th2015 wrote: »
    Was when I started my diet & exercise regimen.

    Welcome!

    Google Diane Carbonelle and Erika Kendall. Diane has a nice list of 25 mistakes people make in weight loss, and Erika has a fantastic series on emotional eating and self care.

    Good luck!
  • mjohnson1twenty
    mjohnson1twenty Posts: 932 Member
    my username is my first name initial and my last name with my goal weight as a reminder of where i want to be at the end of my weight loss journey...
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    Mine is totally boring. I'm a mother, and Peach was a childhood nickname. I mostly picked it because I've used some variant of it for years and my memory is crap. Choosing something new would throw me.
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    Because it's true.
  • SandyCoils
    SandyCoils Posts: 164 Member
    If you look at my hair you can see why. :p
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    It's one I've used in other places...not because I'm from Malibu (I've never even been to California), but because I drive a Malibu.
  • JSurita2
    JSurita2 Posts: 1,304 Member
    Mine is boring. First initial and last name and I don't remember why 2. I think I may have used this site before with JSurita and couldn't remember my password. I'd like to change it to something more fun. Is that even possible on here?
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    Name of my favorite snowboard video.
  • BrotherBill913
    BrotherBill913 Posts: 662 Member
    Brother Bill is what people call me IRL because I organize and coordinate volunteers for home repair projects to help people who are in need due to someone in the home being seriously ill, sometimes terminal. 913 is my area code.

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