What sucks about My Fitness Pal!

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  • MrsGriffin67
    MrsGriffin67 Posts: 485 Member
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    Hmmm. Funny, my ads are Charter Communications and Choice Hotels. Wish they had a "like" button and that I could read forums from my phone/tablet.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    That's because you don't understand addiction. It's like thinking a former alcoholic can have a drink once and a while. You just can't. When I sit down to a Papa Johns pizza, I eat half the pizza. It tastes so good that I can't stop eating it.

    I can eat an entire pizza in on setting. But I will do that once every few months. Alcoholics won't just have one drunken night and then not drink again for months and months.

    I like the taste of pizza. I am not addicted to it.
  • chervargish
    chervargish Posts: 5 Member
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    My ads are victoria's secret and shoes :)
  • BigDnSW
    BigDnSW Posts: 641 Member
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    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:

    Yes. Get AdBlock and DoNotTrackMe and stop your whining....

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  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
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    actually when you do MFP on the phone (not the app).. they just started doing pop up ads..even on iphone. its annoying as hell. you click it off and it pops right back up.
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,650 Member
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    I do wish the reporting tool was more robust. This tool could be really phenomenal. Where you could run a report on all nutrients, not just one at a time.

    Another thing I would change, is that the original calories calculator would be better. Have it more like Scooby's. Teach people what TDEE is and answer basic questions about eating back exercise calories or not. That would save so much newbie confusion!!

    MFP is much less confusing for newbies than Scooby's site. It really is pretty self-explanatory, and there are stickies on the forums explaining the reasons for eating back calories. Just no one ever reads them.
  • ejonesy
    ejonesy Posts: 9 Member
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    What suck's about my fitness pal...people complaining my fitness pal sucks. Get off the site then.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
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    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.

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  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
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    NuVet "Help Your Dog's Lumps, Bumps, and Tumors Naturally!"

    Hubby and I were talking about our elderly English springer spaniel's mammary tumors. He googled "canine mammary tumors" online. FIVE MINUTES LATER I signed onto MFP and the above ad popped up on my home screen. "They sure didn't waste any time," he said.
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
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    . Presumably if you look up a lot of porn you'll get their ads as well

    Well that explains a lot...
  • adlace
    adlace Posts: 375 Member
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    Your browsing history dictates the adverts...

    That isn't completely true. A large portion of the time, the ads relate to topic being discussed. Other times they are for completely random things.

    yes, this. read a post about 'rolling' and got all sorts of ads for stuff to roll yourself with ;-) but...THERE IT IS! PIZZA AD! But I don't like Dominoes so it's ok, lol
  • Roxy_is_Running
    Roxy_is_Running Posts: 12
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    There's no "like" button, which means my lazy *kitten* has to type compliments:laugh:

    It's a fitness site.

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAA!!! :L
  • JDySart777
    JDySart777 Posts: 270 Member
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    I had pizza for dinner last night.

    AND.

    This morning.


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

    Hate me. Please.

    I hate you...I had roasted veggies -__-
  • mfrkorey
    mfrkorey Posts: 176 Member
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    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.

    Thank you. That made me laugh out loud.


    me too :happy:
  • cparter
    cparter Posts: 754 Member
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    Pizza is only evil if you make it that way. Anything in moderation is acceptable. The key is to plan for the week and not like a moment wreck a life time.
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
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    What suck's about my fitness pal...people complaining my fitness pal sucks. Get off the site then.

    Grumpy people with bad grammar...:flowerforyou:
  • johannypoo
    johannypoo Posts: 13
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    cannot post pictures, no like button, bad synchronization with UP
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    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.

    It depends on the pizza. Pizza is almost as a wide open a term as clean eating.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    I do wish the reporting tool was more robust. This tool could be really phenomenal. Where you could run a report on all nutrients, not just one at a time.

    Another thing I would change, is that the original calories calculator would be better. Have it more like Scooby's. Teach people what TDEE is and answer basic questions about eating back exercise calories or not. That would save so much newbie confusion!!

    MFP is much less confusing for newbies than Scooby's site. It really is pretty self-explanatory, and there are stickies on the forums explaining the reasons for eating back calories. Just no one ever reads them.

    This ^^ 100%
  • Going4Lean
    Going4Lean Posts: 1,077 Member
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    I thought this thread was asking everyone what sucks for them about MFP.

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