Do you tell people you are on the journey to loose weight?

Only Family members:)
My friends tend to be extremely "judgy" about diets and healthy eating (for whatever reason) so I don't bother telling them.

Isn't that great when others notice? I never get tired of that

I think I'm like most of the rest. I let other people mention that I look like I've lost weight then I may say just thanks or depending on who it is, explian why I'm on this new change in my eating habits (as I like to call it). I don't really like to call it a diet either, because that to me sounds temporary also, and this has to be a permenant change in my life. I think I would just go with my instincts on who to tell and who not to tell, and just let it play out. You are always welcome to add me, I love to talk to people and can always use the encouragement myself. Good luck with everything!!!

I never tell people, other than my immediate family. Unless there's a goal I'm working toward, that I can get others excited about with me (a workout class, a big race, or even a "meltdown competition") there's no point in telling people. I either set myself up for failure with everyone watching me if I don't succeed, or I feel like I"m rubbing it in other's faces and making them feel like they need to join me/change themselves.

Besides, I'm about 30 lbs less than when I absolutely started trying to lose weight, about 2.5 years later and it's hilarious to see people I havent' seen in a long time, and have everyone notice!

*eye twitch*

!yes!

I only told the people that I live with because they see me changing my eating habits. They still bring doughnuts and cakes into the house so they know not to offer them or at least understand when I say "no thank you". There is only one person at work that knows because she caught me measuring out my cereal one morning and asked point blank. But most of the people I work with are diabetic, eat junk food all day, and then complain that their diabetes is out of control.

I told everyone! I even told people I didn't know! It kept me accountable and excited about my progress! I'd give updates to anyone that would listen how much Id lost every Friday. I work in a call center so this was easy. I liked the encouragement and I'm surprised at how many people come seek me out to ask questions. Let me tell you I made this a lifestyle change and introduced it as such. 93lbs lighter, it's awesome to have random people tell you your inspirational, they heard about your story. So yeah, I told everyone! I said your my support team so I hope you don't mind my updates. I think at first some were not sure how to take me, but that's just part of it. Your doing it for yourself, they're just here to watch you in all your glory girl! ;-)

Damn you!

When I started in March, I just had made up my mind that I was going to make some "lifestyle" changes because realistically, for the rest of my life, I'm going to have to monitor my eating habits and not over indulge and be very aware of what I'm eating so I didn't tell anyone about it, I just started doing it and then people started asking if I was losing weight and then I would tell them. Some will ask if I'm on Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers or something like that and I tell them know explain MFP to them, tell them what personal changes I made regarding my diet ie: no fried foods, very little bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, everyone who knows me knows I love a great piece of cake and I explain to them how I really cut back on that as well, no sodas, and that I do some sort of exercising on the minimum of 5 days a week. It's surprising how you can motivate someone else with your personal journey and you don't even have to say a word...people can look at you and see that you've made some changes in your life! So...in essence....no I don't tell people, but if they ask, I am more than welcome to share what has worked for me, because what works for me, doesn't necessarily work for everyone else and this weight loss journey is definitely a personal journey and you can only take it if you decide that's what you want to do, not for anyone else, because it truly takes, time, commitment, patience, prayer, determination and discipline to meet your goals.

No. I don't ask people about their diets, why should they ask about mine?

I agree! Sometimes the anonymity really helps.

1 other thing i want to add though, i only have 2 personal friends on MFP, because even though i tell all my friends, this is still something i want to do just for me not anyone else, so i do advise my friends to use this site, but no one wants to stick with it, so i have 84 friends on here and only actually know 2 of them, but i love the support on this site, and i cant always get that from friends

I have told close family and friends. They are very supportive.

I told everyone! I even told people I didn't know! It kept me accountable and excited about my progress! I'd give updates to anyone that would listen how much Id lost every Friday. I work in a call center so this was easy. I liked the encouragement and I'm surprised at how many people come seek me out to ask questions. Let me tell you I made this a lifestyle change and introduced it as such. 93lbs lighter, it's awesome to have random people tell you your inspirational, they heard about your story. So yeah, I told everyone! I said your my support team so I hope you don't mind my updates. I think at first some were not sure how to take me, but that's just part of it. Your doing it for yourself, they're just here to watch you in all your glory girl! ;-)

Me too. I am an "Open-Book" sort of person. I talk about it to anyone who shows an interest in why I am smaller. My co-workers are all eating healthier and exercising more and since I was once almost the biggest in our dept. I think my lifestyle changes and how happy I was about it made them take note. They know I still have cake or treats if we have a Birthday, that I just plan ahead for it. The "feeder" in our Dept. knows to tell me if he brought something yummy so I can see if I can make it fit by shifting my snacks and meals around(12 hr shifts) and knows that if I say no one night that another I will partake in the goodies. I haven't cut out anything, just moderated and substituted healthier things. They know I work out, Zumba, Hiking, and whatever else. I'm a chatty Cathy PollyAnna type so if you are in line behind me at the store you might even hear me telling the cashier about something:laugh:

I've only told my sisters that I've been meaning to lose weight after one of them used me to step on her scale and add 10 pounds to make it seem as if she lost a couple about a month or two ago. That was when I realized that I was 161 lbs, over 30 lbs overweight, and not getting any smaller. The pants were getting tighter, and I had half a box of yummy costco cheese pizza whenever I wanted. I joined my sister and tried to get another sister to join me in living a more fulfilling life. I don't tell my friends.