I am sorry if I have no picture

jmkmomm
jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
in Introduce Yourself
I have sent friend requests and not had an acceptance. Yes some have and I appreciate the ones who have. But I have no idea how to do it and I really don't think it is that important. But my purpose of being here is to lose weight and this place does do that for me. And if I can help some one else that is even better. But I can't do it by myself and I don't get a lot of support at home and that is why I have reached out here for help. So if anyone wants to add me I would appreciate it. But I have no picture
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  • HappyNewSarah
    HappyNewSarah Posts: 30
    There is nothing to apologize for! Congrats on taking the first step and joining MFP. Don't worry about others who care so much about whether or not you have pictures or go into details about your personal life. If you're planning to be here awhile so am I. I'd love to be your friend.
  • aakokopelli7
    aakokopelli7 Posts: 196 Member
    Don't listen to people who go on and on about who they do and who the don't accept requests from. You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.
  • HappyNewSarah
    HappyNewSarah Posts: 30
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.
  • jackiecamarena
    jackiecamarena Posts: 290 Member
    I am fairly new as well. I will be here to support anyone, regardless of whether they have pictures or not. That is silly.
  • afmom2013
    afmom2013 Posts: 13
    You can add me, I need all the support I can get! :)
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    Sooooooo....get a picture? It's not hard to do. It doesn't even have to be you. Plenty of people use a pic of a sunset or flock of seagulls or something. You can find free stock photos on the net, just google.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I think you might find the reason some haven't added you is because you are not eating a healthy amount of food and nothing to do with a picture. Many say in their profiles they won't add people eating VLC and you have lots of days eating only around 900 calories more or less.

    Feel free to add me if you are at least trying to eat above 1200. I realise we are all on here because we have our issues with food.
  • Vercell
    Vercell Posts: 437 Member
    you are so right, you can add me is all about support
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.

    ???
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.



    :huh:
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.
    You will, so I'll be ready to kick you when the time comes.

    Yay for people who have been on the site for all of a week, yet think they have it ALL figured out.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    Your profile > edit pictures > upload picture


    Edited for missing letter.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member


    Yay for people who have been on the site for all of a week, yet think they have it ALL figured out.

    this:angry:
  • LittleMiss_WillLoseIt
    LittleMiss_WillLoseIt Posts: 1,373 Member
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.

    Jeezums....someone has a case of Mrs. Crankypants.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.

    Aww, poor thing? Someone pee in your Cheerios this morning?

    Oh right, someone probably didn't accept your friend request. How are those sour grapes? I'd imagine they're, well, sour.
  • _KATzMeow
    _KATzMeow Posts: 336 Member
    I don't add people without pictures because it doesn't look pretty on my profile.

    mine is not me, I stole it off tumblr
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.
    You will, so I'll be ready to kick you when the time comes.

    Yay for people who have been on the site for all of a week, yet think they have it ALL figured out.

    What she said.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    Many people don't arbitrarily accept friend requests because... well... it's their choice to do so or not to do so.

    I can tell you that if I get message-less, picture-less (just the "stock image") request, particularly from someone new, with no extra info, etc., I have no way of telling if this person is a spambot, or a "puppet account," or what. I also have no idea how this person found me. Did they read a post of mine? Were they just circling through a member list? That's not much to go off of for a "friendship," particularly if we have very different viewpoints on nutrition, fitness, etc.

    The passive aggression (not from you, OP) is quite pungent in here, though...
  • Poetry_In_Pics
    Poetry_In_Pics Posts: 149
    I like making new friends!! :smile:
  • Mad_Dog_Muscle
    Mad_Dog_Muscle Posts: 1,251 Member
    I support anyone that wants it, young, old, big, small, pic or no pic. I'm sending a FR now! Best of luck to you!
  • MidwestAngel
    MidwestAngel Posts: 1,897 Member
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.
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  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    I don't like adding my pics too. But I post something just to give people some idea. I mean, having thousands of people with the same default blue profile pic gets confusing and it gives the illusion that you're not serious.

    Just post a picture of somebody who's body you are working towards getting. Like a goal body pic. Or, like in my case, something that represents something about you.

    Good luck :)
  • HappyNewSarah
    HappyNewSarah Posts: 30
    This is actually my second time around. I was on this site for over a year and, since I've been back, I never found so many people ready to be mean for no reason. I actually don't really keep up with who accepts me and who doesn't but I do know that no one on my FL would choose to be mean just for the sake of being mean.
  • meg7399
    meg7399 Posts: 672 Member
    I try to stay out of cliques on here. You will notice members on here acting like the regulars at a gym when the New Year comes. They hate all the newbies giving it a shot. Yes, lots will drop off but some won't. You never know. Just remember that its the internet and even though you do not know these people they will still form cliques and post things that simply irk the HECK out of you! Its how it goes. But trust me, you will find a good group that motivates you and you mesh well with, you just need to keep looking. Good luck to you for trying something new and I wish you the best of luck on your journey...picture or not! :)
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    This is actually my second time around. I was on this site for over a year and, since I've been back, I never found so many people ready to be mean for no reason. I actually don't really keep up with who accepts me and who doesn't but I do know that no one on my FL would choose to be mean just for the sake of being mean.

    Sorry but nobody in this thread was mean to anyone except you.

    Unnecessary name calling and derailing of a thread is unnecessary
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I don't like adding my pics too. But I post something just to give people some idea. I mean, having thousands of people with the same default blue profile pic gets confusing and it gives the illusion that you're not serious.

    Just post a picture of somebody who's body you are working towards getting. Like a goal body pic. Or, like in my case, something that represents something about you.

    Good luck :)

    ^ what taunto said. You can always post a funny pict or something like that.
  • cubizzle
    cubizzle Posts: 900 Member
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  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    This is actually my second time around. I was on this site for over a year and, since I've been back, I never found so many people ready to be mean for no reason. I actually don't really keep up with who accepts me and who doesn't but I do know that no one on my FL would choose to be mean just for the sake of being mean.
    I'm sure.
  • meg7399
    meg7399 Posts: 672 Member
    . You wouldn't want to be in their clique anyway.

    ^^This^^ has become all to clear lately. If I ever start acting like a diva just because I lost a bunch of weight, please someone kick me.
    You will, so I'll be ready to kick you when the time comes.

    Yay for people who have been on the site for all of a week, yet think they have it ALL figured out.
    This makes me sad. Some people will leave a site like this due to attitudes like this. It has become a very useful tool to me...luckily I know what to ignore. I would hate to think we are turning away people who could benefit from MFP due to attitudes like this. Yes, they may be new, maybe they act like they know it all from lifting weights to genetically enhanced whatevers...but just like you hate people dropping assumptions/opinions/etc your way, they to dislike negativity. There hopefully I solved all internet forum problems with this post! Next off to conquer world peace!
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    This is actually my second time around. I was on this site for over a year and, since I've been back, I never found so many people ready to be mean for no reason. I actually don't really keep up with who accepts me and who doesn't but I do know that no one on my FL would choose to be mean just for the sake of being mean.

    It didn't seem like the OP said anyone was being mean? Just that they thought that lacking a picture may be why they had denied friend requests?

    You've made two posts in this thread about your anger at people in the forums. Perhaps that would be better suited in a blog post, and not in hijacking OP's thread? That, and having two accounts, is technically against forum rules...

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