My dirty little secret - MFP!

congrats on starting your jouney
congrats on 10 mins for the first time on a treadmill
congrats on wanting to be you

I haven't Tod anyone either but i love it here, keeps me motivated. Feel free to add me

I do it too. The only people i have told about this site is my husband and my sister. This is a great site and every one here is here for the same thing!

I've told hardly anyone I'm on here. When they ask me how I do it, I just answer "eat less, move about more", which is true of course. Only recently I've told a few people about "using an App to log my calories", but I am keeping it very vague.

there are some family members that know and some that don't. I love this site and it does help to have people that are encouraging. Just like in my family and acquaintances in real life I pick and choose what I want to say and to whom. Blogging and journaling are great too for saying anything I want But I bet for anything I would want to say there are at least 20 people here that are going through the same thing and have some helpful advice so this is a great place for support.
Welcome
Mary

also when I first got on the elliptical I could not do a full minute. now I can do thirty with no problem. It gets easier and your body adapts quickly so don't worry you can do this!

At first when I was still figuring out my weight loss plan, I didn't tell people about mfp because I didn't want to feel judged or questioned about my calorie counting. Once I started losing weight and understanding my body, I felt more comfortable letting people know "my secret".

Now that I have the hang of it, I've told a bunch of people! Most have joined and are gaining great success as well! You have to be happy and supportive of others for them to be supportive of you! To have a friend is to be a friend. :flowerforyou:

Hey, I don't tell any one either, MFP is my support network. I haven't told anyone I'm looking to lose weight, it's none of their business really and TBH I don't want to bore them. I also don't want other people watching what I eat and sometime even close friends will try to lead you astray 'go on it's just one slice of cake and it's home made' or 'don't bother going to the gym tonight you look great as you are'. It's my body, my battle, my life! Of course I share it with all the lovely MFPers but that's different we're all heading in the same direction and no one has to listen if they don't want to. Yes, I confess to slip ups and failures on MFP but would never tell my friends!

One person knows. Thats is it. I like it this way

I use to be the same way, mostly when I was younger, I would keep it from my family , cause I didn't want to hear about it when I ate something I wasn't suppose to etc. I don't now though, I have been on a deit most of my life and my friends family and everybody around me knows it and hey once in a while if I want a candy bar, i'm going to eat it and hey if I gain a couple of pounds so what, it's me and my body, besides no body around me is perfect!! I guess I started getting more confident when I didn't set myself up to fail, I would go into most situations figuring I was going to fail. I think mainly because my dad was my excuse for my weight gain I let him bring me down when I was a kid. Don't get me wrong he was a good dad, just a hard core strict health nut, he perfessional boxed, weight lifted etc. Sooo he was really hard on my when I was young, I can remember when I was about ten him making me do laps aroung our yard cause my *kitten* was getting to fat, I can remember him making fun of my calling me names in front of family like wide load, etc. I would go into the bathroom and cry. Well I'm stronger than that, so instead of going into the kitchen and downing a bag of chips cause I was mad at him, I proved him wrong, I ran my first 5k about 2 mo ago, I pretty well stay fit, I go to the gym and I have been at a ok weight most of my adult life!! Thanks Dad!!!!! So I know how you feel, beleive it or not.

I understand the secret. I've told my family and a few people what I am doing because I know this time I WILL reach my goals.....but secretly, I've hoped no one I know will hop on the MFP wagon with me.:blushing:

I like the ability to spill my guts out without people I know IRL giving me weird looks or bringing it up in outside conversation. I like having someplace to go to vent without feeling guilty.

I am now at a healthy and fit weight, but I am trying to become a total fitness machine now, and so I have quit telling people about it unless they ask what I am doing, because I have started getting the "hey you don't need to be working out" or "hey you really shouldn't diet"

they just don't understand! and so be it... I understand, I Am healthy, and its MY life!

I havent told anyone and i dont want to synch this with facebook. All I will get is people who will say stuff like I dont care or question your workouts and weight loss. All set with that. I love MFP and friends on here. Welcome to the site

I'm the same way, I didn't feel comfortable syncing with Facebook. My husband is also on MFP, but no one else knows what I'm doing. If they did, certain people would make it feel more like a contest or race and I don't want to play that way. This site is so supportive and unlike anything I've ever used!!
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Haha! I call it my dirty little secret too. Although I know it's not a secret. Well, MFP is, sort of. The thing that counts is you've decided to do something about it. Once you figure your way around, and start to see results you'll probably say PROUDLY what you've been doing. I decided this time around I'm doing it mainly on my own with my best friend knowing the full story of the decisions and choices I'm making.

I love my mom to pieces - but sometimes if she knows I'm doing something in particular, all of a sudden I'm getting web link emails, articles cut out of magazines or a random call "you know, on Oprah today she said....". It's over kill, and while I appreciate her trying to help, I then feel like I'm being smothered by too much conflicting information. Sometimes it's just easier to find our own way!

Best of luck and way to go!

I keep this pretty private as well. My wife knows I'm on here, that's about it. I prefer to keep this separate from Facebook as well. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind if I had friends on here on Facebook too, I just dont' want to broadcast this to everyone I know. Most wouldn't care, plus if I'm ever caught drinking a beer by someone on there, I'll probably have to answer a million questions about this site and drinking beer and bla bla bla.