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Do you see MFP as a Diet of a Lifestyle change?

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  • KittieLea
    KittieLea Posts: 1,156 Member
    Lifestyle change!

    I have gone on and off diets and the weight always came back. Diet=temporary. A lifestyle change is a success you can hold forever!

    Happy Friday!
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    It's an educational tool for me. Since I plan to keep using it once I hit goal weight, I see it as a lifestyle change. I've lost weight plenty of times, but I've never maintained at any weight since before I was a teenager, so I will need MFP even more once I hit goal.
  • lallaloolly
    lallaloolly Posts: 228 Member
    definitely a lifestyle change, although i think a lot of us come here wanting help with weight loss and then our goal transforms into fitness, not just weight loss, and then it becomes a lifestyle change. you can literally witness that transition in the forums every day.
  • Seabring17
    Seabring17 Posts: 19 Member
    I see it as a lifestyle, I have learned how to pay attention to what I eat. Most diets tell you how to eat, even Weight Watchers gives you a set of guidelines to follow although you can eat what you want within those. MFP allows me to make choices based on how I am feeling, example... this morning I wanted a bagel sandwich so I got one, but I only ate half of it because I was aware of the calorie count. The upside is that I finished out my breakfast with an apple and a chai latte and am completely satisfied. In addition I have half an egg sandwich for tomorrow too.
  • debstanley4
    debstanley4 Posts: 208 Member
    Definitely lifestyle change!!
  • stljam
    stljam Posts: 512 Member
    With the ratio of ladies to men, seems more like Tsukiji :laugh: :drinker: :laugh:

    Hey, I ain't discriminatin' ;)

    question is...did you have to google it or did you know what it was? lol
  • want2belean
    want2belean Posts: 124 Member
    Definitely lifestyle change...Diet is not in my vocabulary...lol .
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    Lifestyle change-I will be here forever!! lol

    +1!
  • Crookey21
    Crookey21 Posts: 311 Member
    i see it as helping me better my lifestyle for sure!
  • nenacakesxo
    nenacakesxo Posts: 118 Member
    Lifestyle for sure. Diets dont work longterm
  • karenwill2
    karenwill2 Posts: 604 Member
    total life style change. I eat nothing like I used to. No more processed foods, no refined sugars...I feel so good, there is NO going back.
  • LuccyH
    LuccyH Posts: 266 Member
    Both. It changed my life and it also helped me to understand food.
  • tubbyelmo
    tubbyelmo Posts: 415 Member
    Hate the word diet, this is a change in lifestyle, a journey to health, and certainly NOT a diet!! :wink:
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I came here initially to lose weight. But, now it's turning more into a lifestyle. My goals keep moving as I reach them. I can't believe that I once was really happy 15 lbs heavier. But, I totally was. I just keep making new goals and hitting them. I don't know if it ends. Lol. I don't mean weight loss, as an example, now I'm working on lowering body fat, not really weight.
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    Both really....
  • AmberJo1984
    AmberJo1984 Posts: 1,067 Member
    I see it as a lifestyle change. Diet is the way you eat everyday.... not a "fad" that ends up making you feel deprived of something.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    MFP is a tool helping with my diet. I don't have the hatred of the word diet. I use it as originally intended - diet = what I eat. If you want to call how I've changed what and how much I eat a lifestyle change, go ahead.
  • Danny_Boy13
    Danny_Boy13 Posts: 2,094 Member
    It depends on the user. I see most using it was a dieting tool but have also seen many that is a life style changer.
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