What's in a number?

shivaslives
shivaslives Posts: 279 Member
edited January 2 in Motivation and Support
After having great success on MFP and losing more than 80 lbs over the past year, I decided to reset all numbers to enter a new stage for health and fitness goals. Now, when I attach my ticker to posts, its reads that I have only lost 3 lbs rather than the 80 I have lost in total. The question is whether that impacts the perception of the validity of any suggestions I give? Are you more willing to take the advice of someone who is registering a large loss and is at the right end of their ticker over someone who has little loss at the left end? Just curious.

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  • kpbs68
    kpbs68 Posts: 20
    it shouldn't matter as long as you have reached your goals people should be willing to take the support and lessons that you have learned along the way. its the journey not the destination that overwhelms and intrigues us, its part of the human condition..
  • cebreisch
    cebreisch Posts: 1,340 Member
    If people seeking advice are truly looking for advice, and the advice is sincere, the number shouldn't matter. It's hard for me to say that because it was always hard for me to go to a Weight Watcher leader who had "only lost 20 pounds". Of course, then I learned that different people have different perspectives and might actually have good insight as to how to proceed.
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