What type of people are attracted to Myfitnesspal?

Definitely a math girl with a touch of anxiety about unplanned days and probably another touch of OCD....so yeah, generally crazy. lol I like calendars, lists and knowing when I'm supposed to be doing what. I am highly organized and detailed at work, have to have a freakishly neat working and living space but I'm definitely laid back and would rather someone else take the lead. I hate making decisions. Just give me a checklist in order, and I'll finish the tasks in order. I don't like when someone else disrupts the plan, but I adapt and move on without getting my feathers ruffled on the outside. God, I just realized I need therapy.

I have actually *never* been good at logging my food. But I do know that one of the best ways to start changing behavior is to monitor it...just the act of monitoring can make things change, even if you aren't really intending to. So I made a commitment to do it, even though it's not my favorite thing in the world. It is easier for me to do it on the computer because I can't lose it, and I'm always on a computer. When I was in weight watchers I would forever lose or forget that little journal they would give me.

What attracted me to it was the ability to do things the way I wanted to...I don't like people to tell me what to do. I don't want to have to only eat certain foods, or never eat other foods. That bugs me. I also wanted to determine my own calorie goal, and I can do that on here. I use information from this site, and other sources, but I'm the one who actually decided how many to aim for, how much exercise to do, how much fat/carbs/protein to eat, etc.

So, you've made the VERY HUGE decision to get healthy, whatever that means to you.

Your friends probably have not. Your appearance is very personal for most people and you suggesting they should change it could be very offensive.

That's why your friends havent jumped on. Probably has nothing to do with the type of people here.

For me, its very interesting all these SMOKING hot women love to post half-naked pics of themselves. And all I have to say thank you ladies!

When I first came on this site, I didn't even know about the community aspect of it, and when I heard someone mention that she met her fiance on here, I found it rather unusual. Ironically, I found my current boyfriend on here, and he is so awesome lol. I guess it makes sense that the whole weight loss thing allows you to bond with someone.

Im an accountant and thus very number oriented. I like writing things down. I do spreadsheets for everything!!!! LOL So this type of thing fits perfectly for my personality. My BF joined but is more the fly by your pants kinda guy and so its not working for him since he logs in for a day and then stops. I definitely think its a personality type that finds sites and tools like this useful.

I am a generalist, not naturally a details oriented type, but I can buckle down when I have to. I usually don't make lists (unless I am about to go to the grocery store) love the sciences and geekier side of life. mbti type is INTJ.

logging everything I eat isn't exactly a natural thing for me to do, but I see the value in it, so I do it. I've never done it before. What attracted me here was trying to pin down some of the specifics of the low carb /high protein diet, that I wasn't' sure of. I think I was looking for vitamin supplements that were necessary. I'd been on it before and remembered there were protein requirements and vitamin supplements that I needed to make it work for me. Once here, I was presented with food logging and the concept that you still were better off watching your calories on this diet than not. I thought that made sense (although I lost 20 or 30 pounds ten years ago without logging, kept it all off until my cat died a very slow death of cancer of the mouth and then got double whammied with a broken ankle)

So, I am sticking around because it sounds like a very logical way to go about.

In the fun and games part of the forums, someone posted a meyers brigg test threadnand there were a lot of intj's. at the time I was thinking maybe it was false positives to have so many of them show up, I'd have expected a lot more STJ's in the mix (the details oriented, facts based vs Generalist, big picture type, is S vs N... but I imagine that the TJ in general is probably attracted to a site that helps break down something that is generally seen as some sort of almost magic or voodoo( weight loss) into something that is broken down into numbers and equations.

having this tool makes the diet make a lot more sense to me and I'll probably be able to stick on it without falling off this way because I can see the numbers. I can see that I've done a good job or ok job or terrible job and know how it's balanced out week by week.

I've always been the type to make lists and charts. In college I always volunteered to make my friends' schedules based on their degree requirements and desire to sleep in. I suppose I rank somewhat high on the neurotic end of personalities, so MFP and I fit like peas in a pod! After reading through some other replies, OP, it looks like yes- MFP does have a "type" haha

*Edit* I'm an ESFJ by the way

I am goal orientated, I need a target MFP provides one.

I love math! I love to make lists and I love how mfp tracks my calcium and iron instead of me having to write it down. It's much quicker this way.

Another techie here, I'm treating it like a huge experiment.

Tweaking the variables, seeing what works, taking feedback.

I'm going to show the world I can look like a Men's Health cover model while simultaneously getting regularly drunk on 'empty calories'.

I am basically a walking contradiction when it comes to health. I suspect if I went all out for fitness it just wouldn't suit me ...

I'm a technical rep for a roofing company. I'm really nerdy, really goofy, and a tad bit sarcastic at times.

I'm a PhD student at the moment and I was not satisfied with the WW points system, because I always want to understand something to the fullest (within my means) and I always felt lots of the science of weight loss, fat loss, muscle gain etc was kept away, and I personally require the opposite.

I am not a mathematical, analytic type of person AT ALL. Total opposite. I tried journaling before the old-fashioned way and I couldn't keep up with it. I know it works best for me to keep track of my food intake, though, so MFP is GREAT for me. I like it because I can just type in what the food is, select it, and it does all the math and inputting of details for me. I think any type of person could make it work!

Writer.

Gotta go with what works, I guess. Move more, eat at a deficit to lose weight. Pay attention and stuff. But I am "How stuff works" minded. I like to be precise in my work and fix machines.