Who'se looking forward to the January newbies???

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  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Never underestimate the ability of people to read their own emotional issues into otherwise benign statements.
  • mister_universe
    mister_universe Posts: 6,664 Member
    I was a resolutioner this year. I plan to pay it forward because that's the standard of behavior I maintain for myself, but I'm neither anxiously awaiting nor dreading it.

    So far I've been successful. I'm not done becoming fit yet, but taking responsibility for my health made me something of an accountability addict. I've spent months learning how to stop being a princess, stop fearing success, and start owning my life, mistakes and all. It's bled into my career, how I parent, what kind of wife, daughter, and friend I am. It's been risky, and terrifying, and amazing, and it's how I do things now.

    But I'm not wiggling in my seat to help a ton of people do the same because they won't, for two main reasons:

    1. Some people really just need to lose 15 pounds and move a little more. They don't need me and my revolution.
    2. Some people do need a revolution but aren't ready for the honesty and accountability that requires.

    But I'll put what I can out there. You never know who it will ignite.

    :smooched: :smooched: :smooched: :smooched: :smooched:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    FRESH MEAT!!

    We've had nothing but maggoty bread for THREE STINKING DAYS!!

    Aye!
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    So no one else was new here once? or EVER faltered? WOW I am going to strive to be that Perfect, NOT!!! It is a journey, with hills and valleys, mistakes and progress. Embrace your journey and if you can't be nice, keep your mouth shut!

    Mmmmkay then
  • FatHuMan1
    FatHuMan1 Posts: 1,028 Member
    So no one else was new here once? or EVER faltered? WOW I am going to strive to be that Perfect, NOT!!! It is a journey, with hills and valleys, mistakes and progress. Embrace your journey and if you can't be nice, keep your mouth shut!

    This is a journey

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    This is a movie based on a book about a fictitious journey


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    This is a band called Journey

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    This is a car called, you guessed it, Journey

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    Weight loss is not a journey. It's a choice, or more exactly, a series of choices. Stop dramatizing it and making it more complicated than it has to be.

    :flowerforyou:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I hate all new year's resolutions. I think it's a stupid tradition. People usually do it "because everyone else is doing it" which is a stupid reason to do anything.

    QFT
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    Never underestimate the ability of people to read their own emotional issues into otherwise benign statements.

    you're just jealous! :angry:
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Why won't anyone support my gurney?

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  • SkinnyFatAlbert
    SkinnyFatAlbert Posts: 482 Member
    I think there will be lots of threads on TOM, not eating back exercise calories, how lifting makes you bulky...

    I might just have to take a hiatus from the forums for a few weeks until the resolutioners give up.

    I love the TOM threads. How can someone be so clueless about an event that happens every month after about age 11ish?
  • JonfromIndiana
    JonfromIndiana Posts: 34 Member
    Funny how judgmental some people on here can be when it wasn't that long ago that they were new here, and asking questions about net calories etc...
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    Why won't anyone support my gurney?

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    I'm not supporting it, I'm embracing it
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    Well said!! Funny how judgmental some people on here can be when it wasn't that long ago that they were new here, and asking questions about net calories etc...

    I wasn't judgmental and will even do my best to help people (until it drives me crazy), but then again I've only posted a total of one topics to ask a question specific to my at home exercise routine. I used the search function for the rest of it. I don't blame people for being cranky about the influx of stupid questions. just sayin...
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I think there will be lots of threads on TOM, not eating back exercise calories, how lifting makes you bulky...

    I might just have to take a hiatus from the forums for a few weeks until the resolutioners give up.

    I love the TOM threads. How can someone be so clueless about an event that happens every month after about age 11ish?

    Careful, that's a strike-able statement right there. :flowerforyou:
  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
    we can always try the

    "have you used the search function? I remember seeing something like your question already around here somewhere."


    approach.. might work this year :drinker:
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I don't judge people for being new. I don't think I saw anyone in this thread saying that being new was what they found annoying.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    we can always try the

    "have you used the search function? I remember seeing something like your question already around here somewhere."


    approach.. might work this year :drinker:
    People have been given strikes for saying that.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Depends on how much common sense they have and whether or not they are truly willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. I will help anyone who genuinely wants to work hard. If there's one thing I cannot stand, it's hearing someone say "I want X. How do I get it?" and then claim that whatever you tell them to do is too much work.
  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
    we can always try the

    "have you used the search function? I remember seeing something like your question already around here somewhere."


    approach.. might work this year :drinker:
    People have been given strikes for saying that.

    srsly?? wow I thought that it was actually a decent response to help keep the forums clutter free.. (obviously, not "*^@!#$* newb use the search...but more care-beary or something.. ) oh well, back to lurking. (ty for the info btw )
  • janatarnhem
    janatarnhem Posts: 669 Member
    Sigh.....I always feel like a newbie! Constant broken diet and fitness resolutions!
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    OP, looks like you joined January of this year. You were a noob once, not too long ago. it would do many people well to remember that they all started at the bottom, just like anyone else, and to give noobs the benefit of the doubt.
  • KristinNicole82
    KristinNicole82 Posts: 164 Member
    I will support anyone who is willing to try. I dont mind newbies on the message boards but am not looking forward to my gym being packed for the next couple months. Purely selfish reasons.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Mmmm Fresh meat.

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  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    there's always a few I can talk into showing me their t.i.ts.
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    So no one else was new here once? or EVER faltered? WOW I am going to strive to be that Perfect, NOT!!! It is a journey, with hills and valleys, mistakes and progress. Embrace your journey and if you can't be nice, keep your mouth shut!

    this is an example of the over-reacting butt-hurt that will be everywhere in January.

    No, this is an example of people who were not raised correctly. I was taught, "if you cannot say something nice, say nothing at all!"
  • Casstevens133
    Casstevens133 Posts: 142 Member
    Well I was a January starter this year and I'm still here and nearly 42lb down :-) Yes I know a good percentage will give up fairly quickly but not all so I'll give the benefit of the doubt to this who have the courtesy to send a note along with their friend requests :-)
  • JustAboutDelicious_wechanged
    JustAboutDelicious_wechanged Posts: 2,486 Member
    I'm just hoping one of these new people can FINALLY tell me how to get a thigh gap. I mean, I'm only partially a woman without a thigh gap, amiright?
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
    Mmmm Fresh meat.

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    Its been done, son.
  • GothyFaery
    GothyFaery Posts: 762 Member
    Everyone is new at some point. I still consider myself new as I have only actually been doing this for 3 months now. People will have questions that have been asked 100 time already but honestly, I HATE the search function on here. I never find exactly what I want and I end up with a million results from one thread. It's actually easier to go to Google, type My Fitness Pal and then the question you need answered. So you can't be too hard on people who are just trying to start out on the right foot.

    That being said, if you have to wait to a specific date to start losing, you probably are going to give up after a month. I know people who are eating so much junk food right now because "as of January first, no more of this!" If you aren't motivated to start losing weight right now, you're most likely going to lose your "new year" motivation quick

    The same thing can be said for dieters who start their diets on Monday. Don't tell me you're going to over eat Thursday - Sunday because you're going to start dieting on Monday. If you want to get healthy, do it now. Don't wait for the beginning of something to do it. There's no better time to start than right now!
  • BikerGirlElaine
    BikerGirlElaine Posts: 1,631 Member
    I started in January (although yeah, I joined a while back before that). My FL will probably grow, but not a bunch, just because I don't come to the forums all that often. But people helped me and added me even when they had no idea who I was or whether I would stick around, and I will try to do the same.
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    I was a newbie once,

    I don't mind any new mfp members showing up any time of the year.
    They will be asking questions and I'm sure I will learn something new.

    I'm sure many of this January newbies will be next January's success stories :smile:

    QFT.......This for the win....

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