Unsupportive Facebook friends

I agree. I have not put this on my FB yet and probably won't...at least untill I lose quite a bit. I have lots of friend who would be supportive but there are a lot of aquantises ( now you know my dirty little secret...i'm a horrible speller!) who just would not 'get' it. And lets face it we all have those 'friends' who would secretly like to see us fail. At least at this site we are ALL here to improve our fitness and health and with that is losing weight. So don't feel bad about not sharing this part of your life with your FB family!

Keep up the good work! And if I would have stopped and done something about my weight whe I gained that FIRST 10 lbs, I wouldn't need to lose 100 now!! So kudos to you for getting on top of it before it gets on top of you!!! Those young girls that are closest to me I always tell them "The best advice I can give you is to not let those 5 lbs turn into 10, keep on top of your health/weight, do what ever it takes to stay in your healthy range."

Best of luck to you!:bigsmile:

Most people that have not made an effort to analyze or really consider how many calories they are consuming or what they are eating would have a reaction to the 1600 calorie number. Even if you're the type that goes around reading nutritional labels often you might be thinking constantly that '2000' is the magic number for any living adult vs those people that really focus on finding out a lot of details about nutrition etc.
Also as you mention you want to lose 10 lbs- they might think you're being extreme. Or they might just not even care? People like to be entertained on FB by funny or unusual drama and make jokes and argue.
One of the reasons why MFP is so awesome is that we're all trying to do the same thing relatively speaking. So it's easier for the MFP crew you have on here to focus on that AND have fun (at least, for me, in my case, and my friends) and throw around caloric and GW encouragement.

I feel the same exact way you do! I just chalked it up to one of my favorite sayings "haters are gonna hate"

I agree with this.
I too have friends that "question" why I worry about what I eat and show no support in my commitment to exercise. I think people are jealous and it makes THEM feel better to downgrade what we're doing.
Hells Bells-- even if we didn't need to lose weight, we need to maintain a healthy weight and exercise to not become feeble as we age.

Main reason I don't use Facebook is stuff like that. I'd rather go about my business without everyone knowing. Had a profile once, deleted it and never looked back.

this is the exact reason I've never shared with FB - most of my friends are the type that would think I was crazy cause they didn't think I'd need to lose the weight. they're happy with how they look, at least outwardly, and would not be supportive at all.

I love my friends here on MFP!

MUAH! We love you too!

I was overweight growing up so I don't get too much of the "stop losing" from people I knew back then. It's only the people I've met since I've lost weight that give me that bunk. I don't post anything about losing weight. The closest thing I do to that is occasionally I'll post about a fitness accomplishment like running 3 miles in 27:39.

I think the number of responses to this post is very revealing. I, for many of the same reasons, have chosen not to link MFP with FB. Honestly, I don't even like telling people how many calories I'm eating every day. When people ask if I've lost weight and how I've done it I just share that it's "diet and exercise."

However, I have turned a few people on to MFP.

Hang in there everyone. Keep sharing here on MFP.

I didnt link back up to fb when they unlinked it a little while ago because I just didnt want them seeing the 2 pounds lost stuff. I post to my fb if ive lost like 10 and up. I also have my photo album on there stating "Gettin My Skinny On"... lol

The friends that care about me...give words of encouragement, but no one else says anything negative... But its OBVIOUS i have a weight problem and have had one for quite sometime.

Im sorry your friends cant support you.

I'd be afraid of posting my info to Facebook just because it seems so personal! I'm losing weight just through diet (eventually I may introduce exercise, but I'm soo busy with school right now that I can't find the time or the energy), so I'd also be afraid of sounding like I have an eating disorder (some medication I was on in high school led to a short eating disorder, and I am worried people will connect the two). To people who don't know about nutrition, 1300 calories sounds very low!
My friends are all thin and I'm just about 20 pounds higher than where I'd like to be, so they've always reassured me that I'm not overweight - partly out of kindness and partly because I've never been clinically overweight. However, they've been supportive of what I've told them so far, and they'd probably remain supportive if I told them more. My girlfriend was actually afraid to compliment me on my weight loss at first because she was afraid it would sound like a backhanded compliment to acknowledge there was any weight to lose! Meanwhile, I'm the only one in my immediate family without a major weight problem, and I don't know if they'd see this as being "too skinny" or if they'd see it as inspiration to lose weight as well. I'd love to show them this website and all the other great resources I've found, but I don't want to sound preachy - I never had as far to go.

I don't post any MFP stuff on facebook. But boy do I look forward to the day when I post a new fb photo of myself at my goal weight with the caption "10 lbs lost" or something like that!