Checking OUT of Facebook to focus on self?

Yes I have and yes it helps.
Facebook is full of fake.
I haven´t set a status or commented for almost a month now on FB and it´s like I don´t exist, my friends couldn´t care less because they are too busy bragging about their perfect lifes, their spouses, their children, their creativity....etc.
Who needs to be put down by some fakebook? Not me, my confident is so much better when I stay away from fakebook and I think I will keep it that way.

I de-activated my account a few years ago, best choice i made. I dont miss it at all!

Well I deactivated my account about half a year ago. But when I was off facebook I realized something. It is not facebook that had a effect on me, but my perception of facebook. Facebook is just a tool, and I chose to think certain thoughts about certain people. Once I altered my thoughts the experience of my life changed accordingly. Now I don't use it since it has freed up a lot of my time to do other things in life I love. I still have my cell phone, email and text messaging so life is good. If I did not deactivate my account I probably would not have self realized how my thoughts affect me in life and why I was comparing myself to others.

I love this quote i heard somewhere, "change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change!"

I did cut back a lot recently; I installed LeechBlock (add-on with Firefox) to limit when and how long I could be on facebook and blogs. It's helped with my productivity, and broken the habit of checking it all the time. But I still find facebook a convenient way to keep in touch with people.

Yes. I did this recently... partly to focus on myself, partly to force myself into better communication with people, and partly because it was before the election and I was tired of the rampant political posts.

It helped immensely, and although I'm back on there again because I'm posting pictures I've taken of family events (to share with other members of the family far and near), I'm not checking it so frequently and am not comparing myself to the all the perfect little snowflakes from my high school class.

That has never occurred to me. I have managed to stick to my goals in spite of my participation on Facebook. I'm not sure how "checking out of Facebook" would be beneficial to me. But whatever works for you. :flowerforyou:

I have actually been off of Facebook for 9 months now... I was suffering terrible anxiety and panic attacks, and that was one of the first things suggested. It has made a HUGE difference in how I function. I miss my friends a lot and I miss some activities, but I have a LOT more time to do the things I really need to to take care of myself.

I quit facebook. Everyone is either super negative, or they are trying to pretend their life is awesome when it isn't. It was depressing me.

I find Facebook helps me:

1) It helps me network with other fitness pals (Encouraging one another to come to a workout, sharing recipes, finding out about local events or useful websites, sharing inspirational photos/quotes).

2) It makes me feel good about myself to "check-in" to a gym on Facebook, sort of a little "I did it! " to myself. Likes or comments from friends are nice, but I'm posting more for my own record rather than to get "likes."

3) It's a place I can write about a workout accomplishment or post gym photos that I can look back on. Friends will cheer me on, share their own workouts/progress or give advice.

4) People new to working out ask me advice, about gym schedules or ask me to accompany them to a class at the gym I go to, and it makes me feel happy that I can assist someone to getting on a healthy path.

5) It helps me become better friends with trainers & people I meet in the gym, races, events, etc. Normally it's a bit hard to get a word in at an intense workout & we'd all go home knowing nothing about each other. But by adding each other on Facebook, we can learn about each other or have a friendship bud out of a facebook convo if we're shy. Knowing what's going on in the lives of my workout pals makes it easy for me to start a convo in real life with them... ask how something went, discuss a photo they posted or bring up something you both like

6) I actually LOVE seeing photos of fit friends on Facebook! It amazes me, reminds me to work out & that a great body IS possible without photoshop & deception lol. Well at least I assume they haven't photoshopped it!

As for all the negative, depressing or annoying posters of Facebook... I unfriend those users, skip over their ranty paragraphs or sometimes their posts make me realize how lucky I am that I have no real drama in my life. And that I'm using Facebook for positivity rather than negativity!

I know MFP can do many of the above things I mentioned, but Facebook helps keep it local for me. Support from people I know in real life. And it's a little more organized photo-wise.

I definitely know that there are traps I can fall into on Facebook. Certain people, former romantic partners or the popular girls from high school, never make me feel better after seeing status updates or pictures. I really like the idea of taking a break from the site for a little bit!