Has Myfitnesspal advertised fattening food to you?
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I need to go to Bermuda again, I just realized0
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Nothing is really fattening. It's all about fitting foods you like into your calorie goal and eating in moderation.
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lemurcat12 wrote: »I don't think it should be an issue. You are going to be exposed to tempting food throughout life, so trying to make MFP a special cocoon where we are protected from photos of food doesn't really seem practical.
It's also likely not possible given how the ads work--as mentioned above, that ad is for travel, really.
This. If an ad on MFP is all it takes to derail someone than IMO that is the problem, not the ad with food in it.
Spend a half hour watching TV and count how many ads are for yummy delicious food.
Yes. OP are you currently seeing a doctor for Binge Eating Disorder? Because if seeing a picture of a sandwich is enough to trigger a binge for you then it sounds like you have bigger problems than a lack of understanding how internet ads work....
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No, I use an ad blocker and see very few ads. Just places I shop like Fabletics, Ulta and Modcloth.0
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1000 cals for me means 500 yummy calories today and another 500 yummy cals tomorrow.
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At my gym every other TV is set to the Food Network. Kinda seems like masochism.0
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I don't label food as "fattening." No food is that unless you overeat or otherwise don't make it fit into your plan. Yesterday I ate a hamburger and French fries. I made it fit and enjoyed every bite.0
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The ads probably have a regional bias as well as looking at your online history - I would guess that most NZ users got the ads for jelly tip biscuits/chocolate, since there was a big push for the new release last week0
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jeffpettis wrote: »Nothing to add really except...
I would eat that sandwich!!!
You said what I was thinking lol!0 -
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UltimateRBF wrote: »lalalalalaurie wrote: »(Which all listed above would cause me to binge and overeat)
I could probably eat two of those and if I take one bite, I will want to.
You can't blame food adverts for your lack of control forever. It can be difficult, but take responsibility for your actions.
I am on this site to attempt to take responsibility for my actions. I think counting calories and struggling daily to not eat poorly is good enough for me.
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SherryTeach wrote: »I don't label food as "fattening." No food is that unless you overeat or otherwise don't make it fit into your plan. Yesterday I ate a hamburger and French fries. I made it fit and enjoyed every bite.
Some foods are triggers that cause over eating. Anything fried, fatty and with bread...I will overeat and dream about them after if I happen to taste it. Seeing pics doesn't help either.
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If that half was sitting in my fridge, I would be mindlessly down at the fridge in the middle of the night stuffing my face while half awake. The sandwich would be calling me through the walls until I answer.
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WinoGelato wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I don't think it should be an issue. You are going to be exposed to tempting food throughout life, so trying to make MFP a special cocoon where we are protected from photos of food doesn't really seem practical.
It's also likely not possible given how the ads work--as mentioned above, that ad is for travel, really.
This. If an ad on MFP is all it takes to derail someone than IMO that is the problem, not the ad with food in it.
Spend a half hour watching TV and count how many ads are for yummy delicious food.
Yes. OP are you currently seeing a doctor for Binge Eating Disorder? Because if seeing a picture of a sandwich is enough to trigger a binge for you then it sounds like you have bigger problems than a lack of understanding how internet ads work....
Yes, binging is a much more important topic than knowing how Google ads work on Myfitnesspal. How clever and observant.
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They don't approve every ad.
It is trivial to not accept these kinds of ads. That they show such ads is unequivocally a choice on their part, and they of course have the right to do so.
But hey, realistically, a giant dieting site is a fabulous place to put those kinds of ads. Smart marketing...
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lalalalalaurie wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I don't think it should be an issue. You are going to be exposed to tempting food throughout life, so trying to make MFP a special cocoon where we are protected from photos of food doesn't really seem practical.
It's also likely not possible given how the ads work--as mentioned above, that ad is for travel, really.
This. If an ad on MFP is all it takes to derail someone than IMO that is the problem, not the ad with food in it.
Spend a half hour watching TV and count how many ads are for yummy delicious food.
Yes. OP are you currently seeing a doctor for Binge Eating Disorder? Because if seeing a picture of a sandwich is enough to trigger a binge for you then it sounds like you have bigger problems than a lack of understanding how internet ads work....
Yes, binging is a much more important topic than knowing how Google ads work on Myfitnesspal. How clever and observant.The ads probably have a regional bias as well as looking at your online history - I would guess that most NZ users got the ads for jelly tip biscuits/chocolate, since there was a big push for the new release last week
This makes sense.
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2 slices of bread -206
3 x fish fingers - 243
Ketchup/mayo - 20-40
Lettuce / tomato / other salad - 5-10
Under 500 cals
Those are fried fish bits. And G-d only knows what's in the sauce. If I didn't have an official calorie count, I'd call it 800-1000, depending on how depressed I wanted to make myself.0 -
2 slices of bread -206
3 x fish fingers - 243
Ketchup/mayo - 20-40
Lettuce / tomato / other salad - 5-10
Under 500 cals
Those are fried fish bits. And G-d only knows what's in the sauce. If I didn't have an official calorie count, I'd call it 800-1000, depending on how depressed I wanted to make myself.
Hahah!
Agreed. I say 1000 easy.
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That sandwich looks disgusting to me too, but because sweet and savory things mixed that way is typically not my thing...
Right now I have ads for diapers, Staples, Summer beach vacations, Cadillac, Emirates, none of which actually make any sense to me. I'd rather see food, to be honest.0 -
The only thing that made this thread worth reading were the Doctor Who references.0
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Maybe it's not realistic that your dietary idiosyncrasies play much of a factor in which ads get served, though.lalalalalaurie wrote: »SherryTeach wrote: »I don't label food as "fattening." No food is that unless you overeat or otherwise don't make it fit into your plan. Yesterday I ate a hamburger and French fries. I made it fit and enjoyed every bite.
Some foods are triggers that cause over eating. Anything fried, fatty and with bread...I will overeat and dream about them after if I happen to taste it. Seeing pics doesn't help either.
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Maybe it's not realistic that your dietary idiosyncrasies play much of a factor in which ads get served, though.lalalalalaurie wrote: »SherryTeach wrote: »I don't label food as "fattening." No food is that unless you overeat or otherwise don't make it fit into your plan. Yesterday I ate a hamburger and French fries. I made it fit and enjoyed every bite.
Some foods are triggers that cause over eating. Anything fried, fatty and with bread...I will overeat and dream about them after if I happen to taste it. Seeing pics doesn't help either.
Expecting the Earth to spin on its axis in such a way as to not offend one's own sensibilities is rarely a productive enterprise, right?
For people triggered by pictured, it's a lesson worth learning. I understand wanting a haven, but my goodness, you walk out your door or turn on the television or pick up a magazine in the doctor's waiting room and are assaulted by ads and aromas. We have to learn to deal. It's all part of learning to handle food.
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These threads give me life. But if you're unwilling/unable to take responsibility for allowing advertising to get inside your head, why allow that trigger in the first place? You need to install an ad blocker. I don't watch the Food Network or look at cooking websites at night because it's a trigger. Should I demand that they switch to showing pro wrestling and take their site offline between those hours?0
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