Why the WOOs
LynnJ9
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Recently I responded to a post asking about the Medifast plan. Here was my response:
I am using Medifast. I say using because I eat their food which I buy online and I count my calories, filling in with other food to get to my calorie goal. I love it because each of their items have a about 11 grams carbs, 4 g fat and about 14 g of protein.
I don't follow their lean and green meal rules exactly, I just eat an additional 500 calories of any food I choose. I do try to keep with high protein low fat meals because it keeps me feeling the fullest. I had been losing about 1.75 lbs per week which was about 1% of my weight. I can see my loss is starting to slow down to 1.5 lbs per weight which makes sense and is again 1% of my body weight.
I know people will say that I need eat regular food or I won't learn to count my calories. But I am counting my calories, I log everything, I eat a variety of food 1 to 2 meals a day, I eat 6 small meals which works for me and I log my exercise calories.
I find it works better for me to keep my settings at maintenance and sedentary, then eat under that and add my steps and exercise.
Why would people WOO that?
Is it because I am losing about 1% of my body weight a week? I thought that was the ideal?
Is it because I make sure I try to stay right at 1200 calories? Isn't that the ideal minimum?
Is it because I try to eat high protein meals that also have a good amount of carbs so I have energy and feel full?
Is it because I log everything I eat, weigh all my food (except veggies and lettuce) plan my meals so I stay within both my calorie and macro goals?
Or was it simply because I said I use the Medifast meals? They have high protein and a god number of carbs, they are easy for me grab in the morning, they are perfect for my small meals.
My diary is public. I am proud of how much I have lost, and I am encouraged by how mucheck I have learned about calorie counting and my food choices. I really am truly perplexed, How is that worth a WOO?
I am using Medifast. I say using because I eat their food which I buy online and I count my calories, filling in with other food to get to my calorie goal. I love it because each of their items have a about 11 grams carbs, 4 g fat and about 14 g of protein.
I don't follow their lean and green meal rules exactly, I just eat an additional 500 calories of any food I choose. I do try to keep with high protein low fat meals because it keeps me feeling the fullest. I had been losing about 1.75 lbs per week which was about 1% of my weight. I can see my loss is starting to slow down to 1.5 lbs per weight which makes sense and is again 1% of my body weight.
I know people will say that I need eat regular food or I won't learn to count my calories. But I am counting my calories, I log everything, I eat a variety of food 1 to 2 meals a day, I eat 6 small meals which works for me and I log my exercise calories.
I find it works better for me to keep my settings at maintenance and sedentary, then eat under that and add my steps and exercise.
Why would people WOO that?
Is it because I am losing about 1% of my body weight a week? I thought that was the ideal?
Is it because I make sure I try to stay right at 1200 calories? Isn't that the ideal minimum?
Is it because I try to eat high protein meals that also have a good amount of carbs so I have energy and feel full?
Is it because I log everything I eat, weigh all my food (except veggies and lettuce) plan my meals so I stay within both my calorie and macro goals?
Or was it simply because I said I use the Medifast meals? They have high protein and a god number of carbs, they are easy for me grab in the morning, they are perfect for my small meals.
My diary is public. I am proud of how much I have lost, and I am encouraged by how mucheck I have learned about calorie counting and my food choices. I really am truly perplexed, How is that worth a WOO?
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People will woo anything, that's why. People have dozens of different opinions about everything.
If you've found a way of eating that works for you, go for it and ignore what other people think.32 -
Woo can be positive or negative.18
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Hello, I did not "woo" you, but I would guess it's because unless you plan to eat Medifast forever, you aren't learning how to prepare and count a full day's worth of calories in non-Medifast food. Either that or they didn't read your entire post and wooed based on your first sentence. (TL;DR)
Your progress sounds great to me, but I don't know anything about the Medifast food, and someday if/when you transition away from Medifast, that will be an adjustment. At the end of the day you have to do what works for you!12 -
Maybe they were excited for you? Some people use woo for that.
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Kathryn247 wrote: »Hello, I did not "woo" you, but I would guess it's because unless you plan to eat Medifast forever, you aren't learning how to prepare and count a full day's worth of calories in non-Medifast food. Either that or they didn't read your entire post and wooed based on your first sentence. (TL;DR)
Your progress sounds great to me, but I don't know anything about the Medifast food, and someday if/when you transition away from Medifast, that will be an adjustment. At the end of the day you have to do what works for you!
Yes, I do think about that. I do know that I will only be able to increase my calories by about 600 each day. I meal plan each week with my daughters, they are both in college, and we budget about 2000 calories each day for them, so I do think I will be able to transition to menus similar to theirs, with a few adjustments. In the past I think my biggest problem was eating out and eating fast food. Now that I look at the calories when we eat out, I am shocked by how many calories I would eat before, from wine to appetizers to high calorie entrees and dessert.5 -
I wouldn't have personally Wood that because it's just talking about personal experience and not preaching some broscience but I would not be completely on board with such a plan for myself.
- 1% is not ideal, it's the MAXIMUM that can be lost healthily and is teetering right at the line between "fine" and "are you kidding me", and is usually not fine for people who aren't exceptionally active.
- 1200 is the MINIMUM (again, not ideal) BEFORE exercise - any extra activity means extra calories, and it's mostly suitable for someone who is light and short, which by the rate of your weight loss it appears you aren't. You are essentially netting under 1000.
- I wouldn't personally diet using Medifast because it's not about learning how to count calories, it's about learning how to live life around regular food, how to handle food situations, how to pick your battles... Etc. I wouldn't personally waste my money on it because it wouldn't be teaching me much in terms of practical experience, but I'm not explicitly against it if that's what someone chooses to do.
I got woos for weirder replies, I wouldn't worry too much about that, but I do encourage you to reconsider your calorie intake.
Here is one of my replies that good a "Woo" just for the giggles:
"I love Nutella! I can also polish a can of condensed milk with a spoon, so there is that."15 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Maybe they were excited for you? Some people use woo for that.
That is a nice thought, I thought WOO were just that they thought you were wrong. Thanks4 -
Kathryn247 wrote: »Hello, I did not "woo" you, but I would guess it's because unless you plan to eat Medifast forever, you aren't learning how to prepare and count a full day's worth of calories in non-Medifast food. Either that or they didn't read your entire post and wooed based on your first sentence. (TL;DR)
Your progress sounds great to me, but I don't know anything about the Medifast food, and someday if/when you transition away from Medifast, that will be an adjustment. At the end of the day you have to do what works for you!
I agree, and the points mentioned in the above post is probably why you got wooed.
I've noticed that most posts which contain MLM schemes, diet shakes/food etc etc get wooed, because these things are only temporary, and not a lifelong change.9 -
People will woo anything, that's why. People have dozens of different opinions about everything.
If you've found a way of eating that works for you, go for it and ignore what other people think.
Thank you, I feel so much better, and I think I will be able to get to my goal weight this way.5 -
Dont know where youre all from, but as an aussie, ive only ever used a woo for like a "well done/good on you" never knew it would be used for anything more. Id woo you to your effort, loss, planning and sticking to it
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Woo is definitely used as a positive comment too!4
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amusedmonkey wrote: »I wouldn't have personally Wood that because it's just talking about personal experience and not preaching some broscience but I would not be completely on board with such a plan for myself.
- 1% is not ideal, it's the MAXIMUM that can be lost healthily and is teetering right at the line between "fine" and "are you kidding me", and is usually not fine for people who aren't exceptionally active.
- 1200 is the MINIMUM (again, not ideal) BEFORE exercise - any extra activity means extra calories, and it's mostly suitable for someone who is light and short, which by the rate of your weight loss it appears you aren't. You are essentially netting under 1000.
- I wouldn't personally diet using Medifast because it's not about learning how to count calories, it's about learning how to live life around regular food, how to handle food situations, how to pick your battles... Etc. I wouldn't personally waste my money on it because it wouldn't be teaching me much in terms of practical experience, but I'm not explicitly against it if that's what someone chooses to do.
I got woos for weirder replies, I wouldn't worry too much about that, but I do encourage you to reconsider your calorie intake.
Here is one of my replies that good a "Woo" just for the giggles:
"I love Nutella! I can also polish a can of condensed milk with a spoon, so there is that."
Thank you, you gave me a lot to think about. I am not very active at the moment, I am having knee issues, but I am a high school teacher, so I do walk a lot, so based on what you said 1200 calories is ok, but at the same time, since I am not active 1% might be too much. Honestly I have been surprised how much I have been losing. In the past I felt like I ate even less and struggled to lose weight. I think the difference is logging everything, even a tablespoon of peanut butter or a handful of chips, and weighing my food instead of eyeballing it or measuring it.2 -
The definition of the newly introduced "Woo" button was ambiguous. Be an optimist and interpret it as the happy form. Have a nice day.9
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I hate the woo button. It's so ambiguous...
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Dont know where youre all from, but as an aussie, ive only ever used a woo for like a "well done/good on you" never knew it would be used for anything more. Id woo you to your effort, loss, planning and sticking to it
I'm an Aussie too, and first heard the term "woo" as its used here when i joined mfp. So i use it in the woo-bro science way, cos that's the way i learnt to use it.
If it had hoo behind it, as in woo-hoo, then that couldn't be mistaken. But on mfp the word woo does not have a positive conitation associated with it..
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Because people will woo anything. They will most definitely woo this comment. Lol who cares14
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Before I asked and knew that "woo" was meant as a negative type thung, or unfounded whatever or what not lol, I used to "woo" when I was like " ooh girl/guy lookit you woot woot ,way to go" then I found out it was what it was sooo. Yeah I never like to use that anymore. I would rather not say anything. I usually get "wood" ... I meeeean "woo00" d lol when I talk about ACV.4
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My comments get "woo" all the time. I'm betting it's the negative "woo", but who cares? This is a forum, you are entitled to your opinions, do what works for you!11
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Nykkismommy21 wrote: »Before I asked and knew that "woo" was meant as a negative type thung, or unfounded whatever or what not lol, I used to "woo" when I was like " ooh girl/guy lookit you woot woot ,way to go" then I found out it was what it was sooo. Yeah I never like to use that anymore. I would rather not say anything. I usually get "wood" ... I meeeean "woo00" d lol when I talk about ACV.
Lol woot woot to you too!1 -
J9LynnHelton wrote: »Thank you, you gave me a lot to think about. I am not very active at the moment, I am having knee issues, but I am a high school teacher, so I do walk a lot, so based on what you said 1200 calories is ok, but at the same time, since I am not active 1% might be too much. Honestly I have been surprised how much I have been losing. In the past I felt like I ate even less and struggled to lose weight. I think the difference is logging everything, even a tablespoon of peanut butter or a handful of chips, and weighing my food instead of eyeballing it or measuring it.
1200 being the minimum doesn't mean it's necessary or ideal.5 -
Haters gonna hate... don't listen to 90% of what you read here. You can do anything you set your mind to. If you want to lose 30 lbs in 4 months, dial back your calories, dial up your exercise, and it will happen. Accept the discomfort that comes with it. You can't salve your emotions with food anymore, and you will feel hungry, you will feel tired at times, and you will feel pain from exercise. It is ok to experience these things.
I recently lost 13% of my body weight in 32 days because I was sick of being obese/overweight. Don't ask for advice because what you will get is 1) MFP complaining about how many calories you eat, 2) all the standard Internet bromides about water weight, nutrition, starvation mode, NIH calorie reccomendations, and blah, blah, blah.
Just ignore it all, and stay focused on your goal: driving your body to obey your will.14 -
From my observation, people here 'woo' because it's an anonymous, passive aggressive way to cast derision on something someone else has written.9
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My comments get "woo" all the time. I'm betting it's the negative "woo"
I completely disagree.
1) There is a smiley face above the "woo" button. Thus indicating positivity.
2) The buttons appear to be in (somewhat) increasingly positive order:
Like, then Awesome, then Woo (with smiley face)
3) The MFP forums are intended to be supportive, not bashing in any way. So I am sure the button creators did not intentionally place a quick - reply key for "you're full of crap."
Since "woo" has both positive and negative connotations, I agree that the button should instead read "woo-hoo" or be deleted altogether.
I am grateful the OP brought this issue to my attention as I give "woo"-hoo's out daily. Armed with this new information I shall immediately cease and desist!!9 -
Woo? I had to think a minute about what that actually means. In the language I use (born in Africa, live in the UK) we use woo! hoo! as a term of encouragement and to signify excitement. It means positive things. I am not sure what a woo on its own means other than the old fashioned term to woo someone as in try and capture their affections.
Oh ha! It is a button at the bottom of the post. See, just how confusing this all becomes? Ha! I learnt something new this morning...It means awesome...I guess as the face looks ecstatic...
p.s. if you are going to base how you feel and what not on the button reactions people give, then...I dunno. I do not do things based on other people's reactions. For serious. I do things for me. I am not from the social media generation. MFP and another forum make up my daily dose of internet.3 -
nexangelus wrote: »Woo? I had to think a minute about what that actually means. In the language I use (born in Africa, live in the UK) we use woo! hoo! as a term of encouragement and to signify excitement. It means positive things. I am not sure what a woo on its owm means other than the old fashioned term to woo someone as in try and capture their affections.
Agreed.
I'm from the USA and, until relatively recently, it has had the same meanings you identified. Apparently the derogatory association of "woo" evolved from a 1990's term "woo-woo," used by science writers to ridicule people who believe or promote pseudoscientific explanations of things. (from RationalWiki http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Woo)
Man, language is (d)evolving so fast these days... it's tough to keep up!2 -
Here is the officially sanctioned meaning of the Woo button:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
So yes, it is completely ambiguous and therefore entirely meaningless.
Life's too short to stress out about something so insignificant. 7 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »Here is the officially sanctioned meaning of the Woo button:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
So yes, it is completely ambiguous and therefore entirely meaningless.
1) Thanks for finding the reference!
2) Purposefully creating an ambiguous hot key is so utterly ridiculous that it's laughable. (Must be why there's a :laughing: smiley above Woo.)
3) I believe The Powers That Be at MFP are laughing every time someone clicks the Woo button.
4) True: Every time the Woo button is clicked, an angel loses its wings.11 -
40lbslighter wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »Here is the officially sanctioned meaning of the Woo button:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
So yes, it is completely ambiguous and therefore entirely meaningless.
1) Thanks for finding the reference!
2) Purposefully creating an ambiguous hot key is so utterly ridiculous that it's laughable. (Must be why there's a :laughing: smiley above Woo.)
3) I believe The Powers That Be at MFP are laughing every time someone clicks the Woo button.
4) True: Every time the Woo button is clicked, an angel loses its wings.
It's just a button. Put any human group together, limit them in some way, and they will find a way to say what they want. In this case, people have created a negative meaning for a button because all others are positive. Language and expressions evolve to accommodate where one meaning wins over others, even on a micro scale.5 -
On my phone, woo looks like a super happy face. On my laptop it's looks like a "wtf a you talking about" face. I've avoided using it for that reason lol5
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