Facebook?

I even belong to the MFP group on FB.

I talk about it on FB a bit. When I hit mile stones and stuff like that. Or epic snack recipes I tend to post. A few buddies are doig weight loss or trainig so we give each other a boost.

Villae81 wrote: »

What is this Facebook you guys speak of?

LOL! I was gonna quip the same thing.

Making your friends read nonstop fitness posts on FB, is like when you are in your younger 20s, single, and just wanting to live life...........while your post-pregnant friends post baby pictures 5x a day. Keep it separate. I even created a fb account for my daughter so my friends don't have to view kid pics. They wanna see em, they can add her account. Keeps things simple.

Nope and I only have a few real friends who I'm friends with on MFP. Vice versa, you've got to be a pretty damn special MFP friend for me to invite you into my real life on FB.

Most of my friends on FB are too sensitive about weight related anything so I seldom mention it there.

Announcing it on FB is a great way to find out who sells weight loss products. As far as adding someone from MFP to my FB it would all depend on who it is. The only person who has asked me was a coach so that was a no go.

I keep them completely separate! I just prefer people I know in real life to not know I'm trying to lose weight I guess.

I keep it separate primarily because I'm only friends on FB with people that I actually know IRL or have a very close relationship with online. Secondly, why does anyone on FB need to know I am working on losing weight? That's a very private issue for me.

I actually just joined Facebook, on April 1st because it was also, my 36th birthday. I did post about my birthday because it's only once a year, as I did about it being April Fools' Day. I don't have any friends yet there & am not seeking any but did try to search, for some people; that I know of but didn't make myself, known to them. Unfortunately I don't come from a family oriented family, so I'll most likely never have; family as friends. I am single, don't have children & don't have any friends offline because of my disability, so I'll possibly never have Facebook friends; unless someone I know/know of seeks my friendship there & I'll only accept any friend requests there, if I know/know of them offline or plan to because unlike here, my Facebook page involves my overall life; whereas here is just a facet of it.

I also began my recent attempt, at trying to get rid of weight; on April 1st as well but didn't post about it because 1 I posted about it being my birthday & 2 about it being April Fools' Day, so I believe that that was enough; for 1 day but also because since I've failed before, to get rid weight; I decided not to mention it because I might fail again. However I do plan to post about huge milestones: Every 100 days, When I am no longer overweight & When I reach goal weight because those posts, won't be often & won't include normal fluctuations. Like when on my wall here, it'll post that I've lost weight but if I gain a couple of pounds of water weight, I delete that because it's, no longer true. I don't desire to create posts, that I know I'd be deleting there. My Facebook page is about me & what I desire to share, about myself. If someone doesn't like my posts, they don't have to keep me; as a friend or read it. I don't cater to someone else's preferences, concerning my posts. However I do understand how annoying it is, to constantly/consistently read about every little achievement; so I won't post all of that because I don't desire to clutter my own Facebook page, especially when I have another place (here); to document everything about getting rid of my excess weight.

I didn't tell Facebook world about me trying to lose weight, I wanna surprise my family. And the others are big critics. Here people are helpful and encourage