has completed his diary and exercise diary for BLAH BLAH BLAH! ... BA HUMBUG!
DittoDan
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My MFP Friends,
I was looking into the MFP settings on my PC tonight and found a wonderful thing! You can turn off the some of the annoying posts to your status report...!
If you are logged into MFP, go to your settings here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/news_feed_settings
and turn some of those things off, especially the one in this picture:
I beg you turn that particular one off. It serves no useful purpose and just clutters up the status reports.
Thank you!
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.
P.S. Please post on my wall that you did it, and I will send you $10.00
I was looking into the MFP settings on my PC tonight and found a wonderful thing! You can turn off the some of the annoying posts to your status report...!
If you are logged into MFP, go to your settings here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/news_feed_settings
and turn some of those things off, especially the one in this picture:
I beg you turn that particular one off. It serves no useful purpose and just clutters up the status reports.
Thank you!
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.
P.S. Please post on my wall that you did it, and I will send you $10.00
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Thanks for the 411! Took care of that tonight. Because it IS annoying!!0
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OMG YESSSSSSSSS0
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And this is how you turn off that ad for Diet Coke at the top of your screen:
https://adblockplus.org/0 -
Or you can open a new profile and don't do friends. There will be almost no notifications and feed info coming in.
And your diary updates will never bother anyone!0 -
And this is how you turn off that ad for Diet Coke at the top of your screen:
https://adblockplus.org/
Thank you WAB!!!! I just installed it and it works perfectly. I just started using Chrome about a month ago. So this was a welcome addition!!!
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.
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Now how do we get rid of the big green "IF" button in our diaries?0
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I love that one!!! Don't turn it off! That's how I know when to go stalk your day and get ideas and motivation on what to eat! Crazy stalker here, yes. Now if I could turn off that annoying liar "if you ate like this everyday you'd weigh..." I'm all over that.0
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Def turning off that "I commented" or "I liked" parts. As if I need to be reminded what I did. ??? Never got that. Does anyone really care if I liked something?!0
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Did anyone notice they puts ads in the news feed too, what's that about?0
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I just saw that today. I could almost understand the reasoning if the ads had something to do with food/diet/health, but the one I saw was Old Spice.KenSmith108 wrote: »Did anyone notice they puts ads in the news feed too, what's that about?
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Huh. You're right! I'm so mind blind to ads I didn't even notice.0
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Turned it off, along with a few others. I had left it on thinking it'd be a way to meet friends and get encouragement but it did nothing. I too wish we could turn of the "you will wiegh this amount in 5 weeks", it's depressing!!!
On a side note, I also want to turn off the thing that will not let me log my entry if I don't get 1000 calories a day. In order to stop it I had to basically delete all my exercises because my calorie deficit will go below 1000 when it adds them in. Or sometimes I go and change the calories setting so I did 45 minutes of aerobics for 1 calorie burn!! Lol It's a lot of extra steps and it deletes information that I would like to keep, ie the calories I'm burning and the exercises I'm getting. I don't believe in eating back your calories because a lot of times the Garmin or the treadmill or excetera give you a calorie count that you have no way of knowing if it is accurate.
Anyways, I hope you're all having a good day and good luck with your diet.0 -
jessicatroberts wrote: »Def turning off that "I commented" or "I liked" parts. As if I need to be reminded what I did. ??? Never got that. Does anyone really care if I liked something?!
I leave the commented one on because I have a lot of friends and it can be hard to find a conversation again on my wall. I like being able to go to my profile and click on it.
I think most everything else is turned off for me. I have had the diary thing off forever.0 -
...On a side note, I also want to turn off the thing that will not let me log my entry if I don't get 1000 calories a day. In order to stop it I had to basically delete all my exercises because my calorie deficit will go below 1000 when it adds them in. Or sometimes I go and change the calories setting so I did 45 minutes of aerobics for 1 calorie burn!! Lol...
Agree. I sometimes use the food (search it's there) "fake food so my MFP logs". Like yesterday. It goes in 100 cal increments.
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Now that's funny! That's an idea I haven't tried... may have to.jessicatroberts wrote: »...On a side note, I also want to turn off the thing that will not let me log my entry if I don't get 1000 calories a day. In order to stop it I had to basically delete all my exercises because my calorie deficit will go below 1000 when it adds them in. Or sometimes I go and change the calories setting so I did 45 minutes of aerobics for 1 calorie burn!! Lol...
Agree. I sometimes use the food (search it's there) "fake food so my MFP logs". Like yesterday. It goes in 100 cal increments.
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Oh thanks! All fixed.
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I kinda like hitting that complete button each night. In my head it's like a daily finish line I get to cross.
I've also decided to test the weight estimates its giving me. I've only recorded them for the last 6 days so far, but I want to test its accuracy for myself at the 5 week mark. I'm going to average each weeks estimates to get one number and then see where I'm at in 5 weeks compared to it.
But, I have to say that If I continue to lose at the rate I have been so far, the estimates it gives me will prove to be high. I would actually lose more than its saying. I really wish I had kept track from the beginning. With only 14 lbs left to goal, I expect it will slow down, but I'm surprised it hasn't already. Ive realized lately that my loss trend has been considerably better than expected. I'm not sure why...0 -
For me too its a mental thing. I know as soon as I hit the complete diary button, the kitchen is closed. No more snacking, no more adding another snack in. DONE! And I like seeing the entries saying people have completed their diary because then I just click view diary and check out their day 0
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I don't have a problem with anyone hitting the completed button- it will update you. But does everyone need to know you completed it? Go ahead and turn off the notification to everyone. You can hit that button to your hearts desire, just don't clutter up my status log. I like to see real conversation there, things that matter. Like real posts about your trials and tribulations, victories and questions you may want to post to your friends- but would be too scared or too small to post to an open forum.
After I get everyone to quit that, I'm going start working on the exercise status....
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.0 -
You can unfriend those that are a nuisance to you.0
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After I get everyone to quit that, I'm going start working on the exercise status....
Now you hit a nerve, my doc says I don't get Ex calories. I log excerise in my diabetes log
so Ex calories don't muck up my macros.
I always thought what's good for the goose is good for the gander but noooo....
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You whinging about it is just as annoying, you know.0
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KenSmith108 wrote: »
After I get everyone to quit that, I'm going start working on the exercise status....
Now you hit a nerve, my doc says I don't get Ex calories. I log excerise in my diabetes log
so Ex calories don't muck up my macros.
I always thought what's good for the goose is good for the gander but noooo....
Ken,
I'm not thinking you are understanding what I am trying to do or maybe you don't understand how MFP status reports works. I'll try to explain. when I say to turn off the setting (see above pic) as far as I know, it doesn't take away anything you are currently doing. Your exercise info will still be in MFP. But if you do turn off the setting I have above, it won't REPORT it to everyone on your friends list. So, I'm not taking anything away from you, I just don't want to hear about your exercise.auntstephie321 wrote: »You can unfriend those that are a nuisance to you.
Same thing above. My friends are not annoying me, its their umpteen million worthless automatic announcements. I don't mind the announcements that mean something, like "so and so lost X lbs", or if someone created a new blog, those are meaningful. But the fact that you exercised today is worthless.
If clutter is what we want, lets have MFP report everything you enter into your diary ~ to all your friends everyday....
"has eaten 3oz of ribeye steak, at Red Lobster, 12 grams of fat, 0 grams of carbs, 4 grams of protein, 0 grams of fiber"
"has eaten (3) homemade fat bombs...blah, blah, blah...ad infinitum
"has drank 1 cup of water"
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I kinda like hitting that complete button each night. In my head it's like a daily finish line I get to cross.
I've also decided to test the weight estimates its giving me. I've only recorded them for the last 6 days so far, but I want to test its accuracy for myself at the 5 week mark. I'm going to average each weeks estimates to get one number and then see where I'm at in 5 weeks compared to it.
But, I have to say that If I continue to lose at the rate I have been so far, the estimates it gives me will prove to be high. I would actually lose more than its saying. I really wish I had kept track from the beginning. With only 14 lbs left to goal, I expect it will slow down, but I'm surprised it hasn't already. Ive realized lately that my loss trend has been considerably better than expected. I'm not sure why...
Again, I am not preventing you from the satisfaction of hitting that button, and it will still predict the future for you, I just don't want to see it on my status report. So, if you change the setting, you will still see the prediction and it will make you feel good. But I won't see that annoying message...
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.0 -
Updated.
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.
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What is annoying to you may not be annoying to others. Many likely don't see those announcements as worthless. Why should your friends need to change the way they do something because thy don't like it. If you are the one with the grievance shouldn't it be you making the changes?0
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KenSmith108 wrote: »
After I get everyone to quit that, I'm going start working on the exercise status....
Now you hit a nerve, my doc says I don't get Ex calories. I log excerise in my diabetes log
so Ex calories don't muck up my macros.
I always thought what's good for the goose is good for the gander but noooo....
Ken,
I'm not thinking you are understanding what I am trying to do or maybe you don't understand how MFP status reports works. I'll try to explain. when I say to turn off the setting (see above pic) as far as I know, it doesn't take away anything you are currently doing. Your exercise info will still be in MFP. But if you do turn off the setting I have above, it won't REPORT it to everyone on your friends list. So, I'm not taking anything away from you, I just don't want to hear about your exercise.auntstephie321 wrote: »You can unfriend those that are a nuisance to you.
Same thing above. My friends are not annoying me, its their umpteen million worthless automatic announcements. I don't mind the announcements that mean something, like "so and so lost X lbs", or if someone created a new blog, those are meaningful. But the fact that you exercised today is worthless.
If clutter is what we want, lets have MFP report everything you enter into your diary ~ to all your friends everyday....
"has eaten 3oz of ribeye steak, at Red Lobster, 12 grams of fat, 0 grams of carbs, 4 grams of protein, 0 grams of fiber"
"has eaten (3) homemade fat bombs...blah, blah, blah...ad infinitum
"has drank 1 cup of water"
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go
Dan,
I completely understand you. What "I" would be looking for is something like a filter, to filter out what I didn't want
to read. Like maybe the same settings we have now but for outgoing and incoming.
Now for a bad pun "Then we could have our cake and eat it too."
Ken
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auntstephie321 wrote: »What is annoying to you may not be annoying to others. Many likely don't see those announcements as worthless. Why should your friends need to change the way they do something because thy don't like it. If you are the one with the grievance shouldn't it be you making the changes?
I guess you are not understanding how MFP works. I cannot click on a checkbox and prevent the worthless announcements from invading and trashing my status box. If I could "Make the change" as you write, I would. But MFP doesn't have that option.
Tell me what benifit do you derive from these announcements? Here is the last 24 hours for my status log:
(note, there are no duplicates, each entry is a different person)
Secondly, I'll space them out like on my status report.
burned 116 calories doing 36 minutes of Brazil Butt Lift - High & Tight
burned 108 calories doing 20 minutes of Cleaning, light, moderate effort
burned 1 calorie doing 30 minutes of T-25 Gamma
burned 44 calories doing 10 minutes of Swimming, treading water, moderate effort
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/02/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
burned 508 calories doing 71 minutes of Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog
burned 408 calories doing 30 minutes of Stationary bike, general (bicycling, cycling, biking)
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/02/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
burned 426 calories doing 105 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Walking, 2.0 mph, slow pace"
burned 465 calories doing 52 minutes of Running (jogging), 5 mph (12 min mile)
burned 250 calories doing 52 minutes of Walk the Maligator
burned 330 calories doing 60 minutes of Walking, 3.5 mph, brisk pace
burned 123 calories doing 30 minutes of Walking, 3.5 mph, brisk pace
burned 942 calories doing 91 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Running (jogging), 8 kph (7.5 min per km)"
burned 547 calories doing 105 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Stationary bike, vigorous effort (bicycling, cycling, biking)"
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/02/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/02/2015. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under his calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
burned 1,329 calories doing 125 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Stationary bike, vigorous effort (bicycling, cycling, biking)"
burned 522 calories doing 47 minutes of cardio exercises, including "HIIT on treadmill"
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015. View Diary
burned 438 calories doing 45 minutes of Skating, roller (rollerblading, roller blading)
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under his calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under his calorie goal. View Diary
burned 180 calories doing 30 minutes of Gardening, general
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under his calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015. View Diary
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under his calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under his calorie goal
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under his calorie goal. View Diary
completed his food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under his calorie goal. View Diary
burned 284 calories doing 35 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort"
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015. View Diary
burned 419 calories doing 30 minutes of Swimming, treading water, fast/vigorous
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
burned 2 calories doing 240 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Walking, 2.0 mph, slow pace"
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
burned 642 calories doing 176 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)"
completed her food and exercise diary for 8/01/2015 and was under her calorie goal. View Diary
burned 260 calories doing 60 minutes of Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace
burned 625 calories doing 50 minutes of Zumba® Fitness
burned 927 calories doing 181 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Walking, 2.0 mph, slow pace"
burned 1,337 calories doing 90 minutes of cardio exercises, including "Circuit training, general"
burned 850 calories doing 90 minutes of Legs and Booty ?
Do you see what I have to wade through everyday?
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.
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DAN sez: "I just don't want to see it on my status report. So, if you change the setting, you will still see the prediction and it will make you feel good. But I won't see that annoying message…
Yes indeed!!! First you admonished the "liars" who didn't post their repeated weight loss to your liking.
so here is my advice to you:
PLEASE, DAN, STOP with the glaring multicolor history of your life in EVERY single post you make…lots of them actually assault my eyeballs daily. …If I wanted to scroll thu your wonderful history-- I'd go to your profile..like what most people do when they want to know more..with YOU..we are forced to see it.
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Seems like your need for attention to yourself, while telling the REST of us not to clutter up YOUR eyeballs with OUR life is a bit unbalanced, and unfair, yes?
Now, can we get back to just general Low Carb discussions and sorta remove the ego????0 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I kinda like hitting that complete button each night. In my head it's like a daily finish line I get to cross.
I've also decided to test the weight estimates its giving me. I've only recorded them for the last 6 days so far, but I want to test its accuracy for myself at the 5 week mark. I'm going to average each weeks estimates to get one number and then see where I'm at in 5 weeks compared to it.
But, I have to say that If I continue to lose at the rate I have been so far, the estimates it gives me will prove to be high. I would actually lose more than its saying. I really wish I had kept track from the beginning. With only 14 lbs left to goal, I expect it will slow down, but I'm surprised it hasn't already. Ive realized lately that my loss trend has been considerably better than expected. I'm not sure why...
Again, I am not preventing you from the satisfaction of hitting that button, and it will still predict the future for you, I just don't want to see it on my status report. So, if you change the setting, you will still see the prediction and it will make you feel good. But I won't see that annoying message...
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / IF / Sedentary
100 pounds down, 24 to go.
What you're suggesting wouldn't change anything for me, that's true.
And Dan, I think you're awesome, I really do, but I'm not sure you're aware of how your suggestion is coming off. I'm sure it's unintentional, but it kinda makes it seem like you're annoyed by your friends.
Here's something I don't think you've considered, and I'm sure it's because this is just not how you use the news feed info yourself, some people really like to post that stuff for friends to see for the positive feedback of "likes" and comments friends make. I have a few friends that workout very hard and some have expressed that at times they have a hard time making themselves do it. I make a specific effort to like and make encouraging comments when I see their completed workout because I think they will really appreciate it. It is for some, a very rewarding part of the MFP experience, in either getting feedback or just by giving feedback in support.
I doubt you had any intention of the request to sound off putting to anyone. But to those that enjoy the posts for whatever reason, it probably did... At least a little.
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