What sucks about My Fitness Pal!

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  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    No, just how I find it ironic that junk food ads are often on MFP.
    And second, clean eating is eating all good nutritous foods

    Pizza is nutritious. And good.

    Protein , carbs and fats . Throw some veggies on and WHOOP you even have a micro nutrient packed meal . No one said eat 10 slices
  • susiesweets
    susiesweets Posts: 48
    This is so not true. I never look up weight watchers Brownies or Dominoes on my computer or the current ad for "Group Power- Auto Insurance from Met Life" and yet these ads are plastered all over my screen. I don't get HeartBurn and look up TUMS antacids but they are featured to my right. It's just companies buying advertisement space where they know the people who use their products will see them. People concerned about their fitness / weight are likely to be eating Pizza, Brownies, Cookies, want to buy into the "Exercise free weight loss programs" Dr. Oz approved weight loss pill, etc. That's all.
  • cschaub01
    cschaub01 Posts: 7 Member
    I hate that MFP does not allow tracking of specific diets- like 80 10 10 pr Paleo...and it does not track micronutrients. They sgould look at Chronometer.com and emulate!
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    Maybe you guys should get ad block pro. It's a plugin for FireFox or Chrome.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I find it ironic that people don't realize that MFP can't control the ads. I find it ironic that people think they can never have pizza again for the rest of their lives. I find it ironic that people think ads are sabotage. Just stating random facts (or not facts because they are my opinion) without really considering if I am using the word ironic properly in a sentence. Carry on.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    pizza is delicious and i want some.

    Me too! PIZZA! It's what's for dinner...and lunch...and sometimes breakfast.
  • alexandriapatton
    alexandriapatton Posts: 117 Member
    What I don't like is that MFP counts all sugars the same. Whether I eat a bunch of fruit or a bunch of brownies, it counts it the same. Obviously fruit is better, but 2 cups of watermelon is over 40 sugars, and it puts me in the red. MFP makes me feel guilty about eating fruits. I'm to the point where I'm just not even going to log the fruits that I eat....
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    Pizza and beer for everyone, hurrah! :drinker: :drinker:

    What sucks is when people whinge about a FREE site. Just sayin'. :flowerforyou:
  • tigerblood78
    tigerblood78 Posts: 416 Member
    Here's a recent one for me:

    MFPer makes a post on their wall whining about how people send them hate mail when they get deleted.
    I delete this person.
    They send me hate mail.
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    Mine has a cell phone ad and tums...haha I'm a smooth talker :laugh:

    A lot of times it still gives me Vegas Vaca deals even though I have been back for like 3 months. :)
  • lisaabenjamin
    lisaabenjamin Posts: 665 Member
    What I don't like is that MFP counts all sugars the same. Whether I eat a bunch of fruit or a bunch of brownies, it counts it the same. Obviously fruit is better, but 2 cups of watermelon is over 40 sugars, and it puts me in the red. MFP makes me feel guilty about eating fruits. I'm to the point where I'm just not even going to log the fruits that I eat....

    Hmm, not sure I completely agree with this. Sugar is sugar and whether it is in a piece of watermelon or a brownie, it has the same calorific value, gram for gram. The difference is that brownies have way more sugar than fruits, and not a lot else, whereas fruits have lots of healthy vitamins, fibre, etc. So I agree that fruits are better than brownies, but I don't agree that fruit sugar shouldn't count. That said, as long as I stay under my calorie goal, I don't get too beat up if I go ver on my sugar.
  • Mishinmite
    Mishinmite Posts: 43 Member
    My ad is for a divorce attorney and I'm getting married in February. :frown:
  • McGruber03
    McGruber03 Posts: 113 Member
    Apparently, my work blocks ads. I don't see any. The only think I would like to see different is with logging your running. There is no choice for 10.5 or 11 minute mile. For some reason, you can choose a 10 minute mile and an 11.5 minute mile. I'm consistently a 10.5 or 11 minute miler, both of which I can't choose. Why MFP? WHY??????

    McGruber - you can add your own exercises! I have a whole list of running speeds added to my exercises. Go to the Exercise tab, select 'My Exercises' and then click 'Create Exercise'. Enter the data of your run from your HRM or whatever you use to log, and voila.

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    the mods...
  • buffywhitney
    buffywhitney Posts: 172 Member
    "Like"
  • kellehbeans
    kellehbeans Posts: 838 Member
    Even if you search for something on MFP or even look up pages with words like pizza, you tend to get random adverts. I personally, have one for Abu Dhabi. Now, I honestly do not even know why I have that!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    When your writing a post on being healthy and clean eating, and then you look and see a side ad for pizza.
    Im just like:

    Pizza is the cleanest food ever! I'm making some tonight, in fact. The only "processed" food in it is the flour and tomato paste, and those are only minimally processed.
  • __delete
    __delete Posts: 245 Member
    I had pizza for dinner last night.

    AND.

    This morning.


    I also ate ice cream last night. BEFORE. The pizza.

    Hate me. Please.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    I find it ironic that people don't realize that MFP can't control the ads. I find it ironic that people think they can never have pizza again for the rest of their lives. I find it ironic that people think ads are sabotage. Just stating random facts (or not facts because they are my opinion) without really considering if I am using the word ironic properly in a sentence. Carry on.

    Inigo Montoya.
  • CrankMeUp
    CrankMeUp Posts: 2,860 Member
    What I don't like is that MFP counts all sugars the same. Whether I eat a bunch of fruit or a bunch of brownies, it counts it the same. Obviously fruit is better, but 2 cups of watermelon is over 40 sugars, and it puts me in the red. MFP makes me feel guilty about eating fruits. I'm to the point where I'm just not even going to log the fruits that I eat....


    Unless you have a medical reason to do so stop tracking sugars since they are included in your carbs.:flowerforyou:

    I added fiber...i realize now I was way low on that.
  • Mishinmite
    Mishinmite Posts: 43 Member
    What I don't like is that MFP counts all sugars the same. Whether I eat a bunch of fruit or a bunch of brownies, it counts it the same. Obviously fruit is better, but 2 cups of watermelon is over 40 sugars, and it puts me in the red. MFP makes me feel guilty about eating fruits. I'm to the point where I'm just not even going to log the fruits that I eat....


    Unless you have a medical reason to do so stop tracking sugars since they are included in your carbs.:flowerforyou:

    I added fiber...i realize now I was way low on that.

    I replaced sugar with fiber as well.
  • darkguardian419
    darkguardian419 Posts: 1,302 Member
    You know the ads are linked to your browsing history right? If you been on pizza company websites you will get their ads. Presumably if you look up a lot of porn you'll get their ads as well but I wouldn't know :laugh:


    I always thought it was just job security... :wink: :laugh:
  • Jonahisout
    Jonahisout Posts: 31
    The thing that I dislike the most, is that people will complain about a free tool that helps them in their pursuit for a better life!
  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
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  • PJ64
    PJ64 Posts: 866 Member
    There's no "like" button, which means my lazy *kitten* has to type compliments:laugh:

    It's a fitness site.

    Oh yeah, people with no sense of humor too:bigsmile:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    No, just how I find it ironic that junk food ads are often on MFP.
    And second, clean eating is eating all good nutritous foods
    You get ads specific to you, based on your browsing history.

    So if you're getting a lot of junk food ads, well ....
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    There's no "like" button, which means my lazy *kitten* has to type compliments:laugh:

    It's a fitness site.

    Oh yeah, people with no sense of humor too:bigsmile:
    you burn more calories typing like than you do pressing a like button......stop being lazy!! \m/
  • ChgingMe
    ChgingMe Posts: 539 Member
    Yep. Ads are linked to your browing history. I was looking for a used car for my daughter now I get all kinds of pop ups from cars.com, carmax etc.. I hate it
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    No, just how I find it ironic that junk food ads are often on MFP.
    And second, clean eating is eating all good nutritous foods
    You get ads specific to you, based on your browsing history.

    So if you're getting a lot of junk food ads, well ....
    so if I get a lot of monistat and preparation H ads...............???? \m/
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I don't mind, it's a free site, has to bring in money somehow. And maybe if the adds bothers you can think about it as preparing you for the real wolrd. Pizza, it is out there.
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