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Bigmomma0u812

Hello Everyone on Myfitnessville,

I rarely ever post but I feel led today by my current mood. I have been using MFP since April and I love it so much. It has become an addiction as I log on everyday and check on total strangers that I've friended. I see when they exercise, what methods they use, what foods they eat and what their weaknesses are on a daily basis. I also see nonstop encouragement with my friends. There is always someone here to say I've been there my friend, keep going, you're doing awesome. You couldn't ask for much better than that.

However there are some things that I hate about MFP. What's up with all the negativity I've seen lately? Isn't this a site where we all have a similar goal? Don't most all of us want to look better, feel better, enjoy life a little bit better with our loved ones? So, if that's the case then why do we have to nit pic and bicker like young siblings? Just recently I've seen people annoyed at what some call exercise, annoyed by "friend's" food choices, making light of the fact that fat people don't eat vegetables and tired of explaining the same old things to new people that can't read..... what the heck? I know I sometimes have this Pollyanna "Pay it Forward" type of mentality that the rest of the world doesn't share but do we have to step on heads to climb the ladder? Can't we just all get along and support one another in their time of need and be done with it? What good does anyone truly get from posting something if they have to say, sorry if this hurts your feelings.... BUT?

I'm just saying...

cessnaholly

Cheers!

sister_bear

*hugs* I try to avoid it. I click the back arrow sometimes because it's the only way I can deal with that. Some people are going to pass judgement and be negative.

All I can do is be myself.

38Gigi38

Very well said. I agree with you completely. I am here to meet my goals, but I am also here to learn from others, and to help others along the way if I can. I don't understand the need to be negative, because I'm not a very negative person. I try to stay up beat and support others even when I'm feeling down. I guess some people feel bad about themselves and feel like they need to find fault in others in order to make themselves feel better. I hate that it works that way, I guess I too live in a Pollyanna "find the gladness in things as much as possible" world. Que cera cera!