I hate when people refer to mfp as a diet

fuzzysham

My parents, my roommates, and I are all doing MFP and have all lost weight but it annoys the crap out of me when people call this a "diet" and think I can't eat what I want.
B**** you don't know my life! hahah
No but seriously, people don't get that you really have to change your lifestyle and make sacrifices and not finish this diet and restrict all your fav foods and then as soon as you get off the diet you gain all the weight back.
I just had to rant.

myfitnessval

i agree. people get mad whenever i talk about getting in n out every other week or so and i'm like YOU KNOW WHAT, its my life, its not just temporary so why should i never enjoy the foods i love ever again? i'm not going to cut out the things i like forever, just eat them less frequently and in smaller quantities. people dont seem to understand the term 'moderation' lol

fuzzysham

Yes, thank you!!!
People don't realize that theres a simple way to use mfp and eat what you love in moderation and still drop the pounds.
For example, the school I go to (GSU) has a chick fil a in the student center, and every tuesday one of my roommates and I go there for lunch- we know we are going there so we eat a smaller breakfast and then either go to the gym that evening or play badminton for an hour.
People are so *uneducated* I guess you could say

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

I hate it whenever people ask thin or fit people what are they doing on MFP when they got nothing to lose. I know that the vast majority here use this site for weight loss but not everybody is looking to lose weight. Hello this is myfitnesspal & not myfatnesspal so everybody is welcome to join here.

fuzzysham

I agree with that! Plus after you log everything you eat for such a long time and you are done with the loss/gain then it feels weird NOT logging everything you eat. I'm not at my goal yet, but I know once I am I have to do stay on here to maintain it.