Lets all calm down now....

Very true Focus on what you are eating, not everyone else, and you will find happiness!

really? again?

I'm all for clean or dirty eating. I don't care. Your body, eat ramen noodles all day if you like

I will however give my opinion and what knowledge I have when:

1) you ask for advice
2) I see you giving somebody bad advice. Even if the OP knows better, I still say it in case somebody else stumbles upon the thread later
3) I see a destructive pattern somewhere. Even juicing can be called "clean eating" which would be fine except most juicers live on like 500 calories which is NOT fine.

So yes, I have opinions and I will state them when I feel they're needed.

Ok I am on MFP for 50-55 days. I usually read the threads and respond rarely.

So 127 posts in 50-55 days is rarely responding? Crap I would hate to see your facebook posting....

As for the topic, who cares? When people get upset about something written on the internet, they need to take a step back and think about their internet addiction and go outside--take the kids to a park or walk on the beach.

I don't think the problem lies in people being opinionated and thinking their way is the best, but rather the anonymity of the Interweb gives people license to be rude (or so they think). I try to imagine what I'd say to someone's face, and respond in that way.

It could also be miscommunication based on the fact that not everything comes across accurately in print. Sometimes people seem rude, but they don't intend it that way. Don't let it get to you.

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I don't eat dirty food. If my poptart falls on the floor, I at least dust it off before I eat it, and I wash my veggies before I eat them too.

Can we be done with these threads now? Everybody mind your business, eat what pleases you, and let others do the same.

Rigger

Very true Focus on what you are eating, not everyone else, and you will find happiness!

if everyone followed what u said there would be no forums, no mfp. where is the joy in that? lol

The only time anyone really cares...

1) when someone says they're "eating clean" or veggie or vegan or whatever and claiming they're not losing any weight People will chime in and tell the poster that clean/dirty/whatever has nothing to do with it. There's no magic to "eating clean"...it's sill the laws of thermodynamics. But it gets pretty heated because often the poster ignores good, sound advice and just insists they're doing everything right because they're simply eating a certain way

2) when someone asks for advice in RE to "should I eat ______way?" Again, you're going to have a lot of different opinions and a whole lot of people essentially saying that it doesn't matter....again, laws of thermodynamics.

3) when people are being so restrictive with their diets that trying to conform to "clean eating" or whatever it may be that they're miserable. You're again going to get a lot of IIFYM folks and others saying, "it doesn't matter"...stay within your calorie goal and hit your macros.

4) self righteous proclamations.

It's stuff like this that gets the debates going...otherwise nobody cares.

I am not really a proponent of either clean eating or IFFYM ...but I probably do more IFFYM but that is just how it works out..

However, I believe what some are taking issue with is when the clean eating types say that is the ONLY way to lose weight, be shredded, get to your goals, etc....

On the flip side, the clean eaters take issue with some who say you can pretty much eat pop tarts and ice cream all day and still get to your goals..but then the IFFYM folks come in and say that is not IFFYM....

thus, the never ending circular firing squad perpetuates itself...

I say do what works for you ..

but the threads are for debating, so why does it bother you that they debate it?????

If I may ask a noob question I guess, what is IFFYM please?

I am not really a proponent of either clean eating or IFFYM ...but I probably do more IFFYM but that is just how it works out..

However, I believe what some are taking issue with is when the clean eating types say that is the ONLY way to lose weight, be shredded, get to your goals, etc....

On the flip side, the clean eaters take issue with some who say you can pretty much eat pop tarts and ice cream all day and still get to your goals..but then the IFFYM folks come in and say that is not IFFYM....

thus, the never ending circular firing squad perpetuates itself...

I say do what works for you ..

but the threads are for debating, so why does it bother you that they debate it?????

Also, I find these differing opinions to be very educational. When I first started on MFP, I thought "clean" eating was the only way I could successfully lose weight. Learning that weight loss is pretty much ALL about calorie deficit, was a revelation and it saved me from falling off the diet wagon from deprivation. It's all a learning process and the more debating... the better!