Important note about our Community Guidelines

Alex

Dear Members,

The purpose of this forum topic is to provide a community for all of our users who are trying to gain weight in healthy way. While those seeking support in their recovery from an eating disorder are welcome at MyFitnessPal, we do not allow promotion of unsafe weight-loss techniques or eating disorders.

From our Community Guidelines:
No Promotion of Unsafe Weight-Loss Techniques or Eating Disorders
a) Posts intended to promote potentially unsafe or controversial weight loss products or procedures, including non-medically prescribed supplements or MLM products will be removed without warning.
b) Profiles, groups, messages, posts, or wall comments that encourage anorexia, bulimia, or very low calorie diets of any kind will be removed, and may be grounds for account deletion. This includes positive references to ana/mia, purging, or self-starving. Our goal is to provide users with the tools to achieve their weight management goals at a steady, sustainable rate. Use of the site to promote, glamorize or achieve dangerously low levels of eating is not permitted.
c) Photos intended to glamorize extreme thinness will be deleted.
i) Those seeking support in their recovery from eating disorders are welcome at MyFitnessPal.

MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that anyone suffering from the symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, or Compulsive eating seeks help and support for their disease.

Please make use of the resources offered by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.
You may reach the ANAD hotline by phone in the US: 847-831-3438 (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, Central Time) or on the web at http://www.anad.org

Sincerely,
Olivia
MFP Community Manager