Food posts on FaceBook- am I being mean?

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  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
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    chocolate ecclair cake
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    any one got the recipe?

    No...but in gonna find one and I'll send it to ya. Drooling

    Haha...http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/07/no-bake-eclair-cake.html

    Edited to include recipe
  • Athena53
    Athena53 Posts: 717 Member
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    Change "your" to "my" in the above sentence and it is very slightly better. You have a right to say that those calories do not fit into your daily goal. It crosses a line to say that they do not fit into someone else's.

    Interesting perspective. I would have thought that saying I wouldn't make that because it doesn't fit in with my calorie/fat goals would have sounded holier-than-thou and I didn't want to come off that way, either.

    Last night my wonderful DIL's parents posted a recipe for "Hot cheesy spinach dip".

    Must..back..away..from..keyboard....;-)
  • mrsroseblack
    mrsroseblack Posts: 45 Member
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    HIDE them! Problem solved. I have 99% of the people on my FB hidden. If I want to look at someone's pictures, I'll go to their page. This way I don't have to read all their drama and see every detail of their lives PLUS I don't have to see those fattening recipes.
  • tapirfrog
    tapirfrog Posts: 616 Member
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    You're not being mean. You're being worse because you're giving unwanted advice. Mean people suck, but preachy people bore others to death.

    Hide them, unfriend them, ignore them, or get off Facebook, but don't be the food police for people who haven't asked you to be.
  • JazminGowdy
    JazminGowdy Posts: 31
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    My Pinterest "foodie" stuff is FULL of fattening droolicious recipes lol. There's even a recipe for chocolate chip cookies stuffed with oreos. Yep. I made them for a kids party we were going to and the kids (and moms) LOVED them! Nothing wrong with things in moderation!

    oreo-stuffed-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe-21499-1301016853-36_zps261c7fc5.jpg

    Cookieception!

    >.> Sorry, I just wanted to say that..
  • katielshelby
    katielshelby Posts: 137 Member
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    I am still trying to figure out what's inside that open-face sandwich....haha
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
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    It's really their problem. When someone is annoying me on fb I unfriend or hide them. No need to preach really - they know it's bad.
  • Athena53
    Athena53 Posts: 717 Member
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    Hide them, unfriend them, ignore them, or get off Facebook, but don't be the food police for people who haven't asked you to be.

    I did hide one because he couldn't seem to find anything else to post other than pictures of rich food. Oh, yeah- once he posted a link to a site with recipes for "natural cleanses", which you don't need if you eat healthy in the first place.

    I genuinely enjoy posts from my friends with kids who do funny and interesting things, who post from various places, who let me into a little of their daily lives even though we live far away. I know it's helped me maintain ties with friends and family that I might have lost touch with over the years otherwise. But the ones who do nothing but re-post recipes and pictures of flowers and kittycats and "share this if you love your daughter more than anything else in the world"- meh. I can live without that.
  • AllisonSyzdek
    AllisonSyzdek Posts: 8
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    Then don't comment, Raven.
  • Marcia315
    Marcia315 Posts: 460 Member
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    Change "your" to "my" in the above sentence and it is very slightly better. You have a right to say that those calories do not fit into your daily goal. It crosses a line to say that they do not fit into someone else's.

    Interesting perspective. I would have thought that saying I wouldn't make that because it doesn't fit in with my calorie/fat goals would have sounded holier-than-thou and I didn't want to come off that way, either.

    Last night my wonderful DIL's parents posted a recipe for "Hot cheesy spinach dip".

    Must..back..away..from..keyboard....;-)

    Cheesy spinach dip sounds awesome. In moderation, at a party. I'd make it. But not for dinner.
  • Charlottesometimes23
    Charlottesometimes23 Posts: 687 Member
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    I love and welcome food porn on my Facebook page. Who am I to judge who posts it?

    Endless baby photos and updates (Oooo baby pooed it's nappy, Oooo baby torturing the cat, Oooo baby dribbling food down its chin, isn't it cute?) and religious BS are grounds for unfollowing IMO.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,067 Member
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    Change "your" to "my" in the above sentence and it is very slightly better. You have a right to say that those calories do not fit into your daily goal. It crosses a line to say that they do not fit into someone else's.

    Interesting perspective. I would have thought that saying I wouldn't make that because it doesn't fit in with my calorie/fat goals would have sounded holier-than-thou and I didn't want to come off that way, either.

    Last night my wonderful DIL's parents posted a recipe for "Hot cheesy spinach dip".

    Must..back..away..from..keyboard....;-)

    PP did say "very slightly better" - still not good.

    best thing really is to say nothing - block, hide or whatever the pictures if you cant control yourself to say nothing.

    And like others have said, there is a time and place for everything - facebook is not the time or place for unsolicited advice.

    Dinner is not the time or place for large helping of cheesy spinach dip - but great for a bring a plate party food.

    No-one is posting these recipes with recomendations that you must cook them and eat large helping for your dinner every night are they?

    Surely they are expecting you to see a picture of chocolate cake and know when to cook/eat it and when not to.
  • mmommymusings
    mmommymusings Posts: 18 Member
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    all their stuff is amazing. I love the post they did about 50 freezer meals in one afternoon. Also their Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll Cake is to die for.
    http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/02/cinnabon-cinnamon-roll-cake-recipe.html
  • mmommymusings
    mmommymusings Posts: 18 Member
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    My Pinterest "foodie" stuff is FULL of fattening droolicious recipes lol. There's even a recipe for chocolate chip cookies stuffed with oreos. Yep. I made them for a kids party we were going to and the kids (and moms) LOVED them! Nothing wrong with things in moderation!

    oreo-stuffed-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe-21499-1301016853-36_zps261c7fc5.jpg

    Cookieception!

    >.> Sorry, I just wanted to say that..

    I need to follow you on Pinterest. Those look amazing. (http://www.pinterest.com/momtimesfive/ is my pinterest page)
  • NianMaya
    NianMaya Posts: 108
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    No, you are not being mean! You are just giving them so information on the dish. I have friends that do the same thing and I just ignore most of them because the dishes are so extreme!

    I personally thought the dishes and their calorie count that you mentioned was hilarious!
  • sarahmilner714
    sarahmilner714 Posts: 23 Member
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    Just googled Millionaire Spaghetti Pie, it sounds amazing and the food pics are making me drool.
  • mmommymusings
    mmommymusings Posts: 18 Member
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    nom, nom.nom:drinker:
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
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    I totally posted pictures of whisky all day today. YEAH HELL YEAH HELL YEAH HELL YEAH WHISKY.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,725 Member
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    don't make it sound like you were doing a 'public service', unless you really were being totally nice.. but yeah if you pointed their weight out and dictated to them the calorie content and fat content i'd say for sure it was kinda mean and inappropriate.

    It was something on the order of..." Funny these recipes don't include nutritional info, but I found that this is 459 calories per serving with 45% of your daily saturated fat allowance, 91 g carbohydrates,,," I may even have added a smiley face. I NEVER refer to the shape the person is in. I don't want to make people feel bad about themselves; I had an Ex who did that so I know what it feels like to be on the receiving end. I wanted to let them know what that recipe might do to their bodies.

    Really think it's a newsflash that a swelteringly delicious chocolate cake is 1,000 calories per serving? People already know this. I'd say a valueable way to participate here is to follow up with your alternatives or ingredient substitutions that cut down the calories and yet taste almost like the real thing. Then you can post before and after calorie counts. :smile:

    Also if they weigh more than you, their caloric/fat/carbohydrate allowance is more than yours, so there!

    I do agree that if you insist, you could find other ways to communicate the same thing, though. It's just, why?! Like, "wow, that looks delicious. I can just see the extra inches going straight to my *kitten*"
  • Athena53
    Athena53 Posts: 717 Member
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    I totally posted pictures of whisky all day today. YEAH HELL YEAH HELL YEAH HELL YEAH WHISKY.

    Hey, I can buy into that! DH and I just celebrated my birthday with some good Ardbegh and we've got a closet full of single-malt cask-strength scotch whisky. Some of it is from a shop in London (Cadenhead's) and you can't get it in the US. Since whisky isn't meant to be guzzled (and I'd get a migraine if I did), a typical quantity, savored slowly, isn't a threat to your diet.

    I like the idea of just saying something funny like "I think I gained 10 lbs. just looking at that picture so I don't think I'll be making it".

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