Do you ever comment on unrealistic logging by friends?
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I’m surprised that so many people even look at the news feed. I almost never read mine. But no, I don’t say anything. If they want advice, they’ll ask for advice; otherwise it’s none of my business.9
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TavistockToad wrote: »cheryldumais wrote: »I stay out of it. Sometimes they know it but it is their fitness band or whatever and most people who are losing know how much they can eat and lose. I know what you mean tho. 1000 calories for a walk? I get 125.
cleaning and cooking are my favourite ones... and anything from mapmywalk or mapmyrun
That would be awesome if I burned the calories some people post for cleaning! Lol I clean the house 5 days a week! Or burned 400 calories weightlifting! 🤣 I only use time under tension and then only for snits and giggles.0 -
I consider it to be their business unless they're specifically asking for help or advice.5
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I don't look at other peoples diaries unless I am asked to. Then, the only thing I question is unreasonably low calorie days. Sometimes my calorie burns look ridiculous but I don't eat most of that back because I know it's not accurate. Jiu Jitsu regularly gives me over 900 calories. In reality, I probably burn about 150-250 depending on whether it is a grappling night. I just like the accountability of logging my physical activity.0
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I would respond to someone asking what is going wrong, but would not critique without invitation.
Nunya bidness2 -
This is why I don't do "friends". I'm sort of picky and basically would "unfriend" a person who was that intrusive. So yes--you would come across as a know it all...who doesn't know me.6
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I would only mention it with several caveats:
1. Person also posts about frustration or inability to lose
2. Only address through a private message, never in a public forum
3. Address it with the intent to help
4. Make sure the person actually wants help
Something like --- Hi, I noticed you are frustrated and I see something with your calorie burns that may be a factor. Do you want some help figuring it out?
(I expect all of you to send me this message on my next 1000 calorie burn!)6 -
mountainmare wrote: »This is why I don't do "friends". I'm sort of picky and basically would "unfriend" a person who was that intrusive. So yes--you would come across as a know it all...who doesn't know me.
i think its really interesting how people view their 'friends' on here...5 -
Nope. Who says what's unrealistic? Just because I think it may be unrealistic doesn't mean it is unrealistic to others. I have to focus on my own goals based on my own abilities and willpower, threshhold.2
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Nope. That’s their business and I don’t know what kind of setup they have and what kind of number voodoo they might be doing to account for a million things that I don’t know about.
For example-I once posted a 430 calorie burn for 50 min of yoga. Did I burn 430 calories doing 50 min of yoga? Of course not. But was my fitbit half tracking/shut off by itself and didn’t track 1/2 of my run and because of the way fitbit and mfp interact-that was the easiest way to account for the missing calories? Yes. Did I feel like I just should be able to post whatever I want in my diary/feed without a doctoral thesis and mathematical proof explaining why? Also yes.8 -
I saw someone log 1000 calories for 'mowing the lawn'.
But, nope, not my business.1 -
I do not.
I don’t actually use MFP to track my exercise. I usually log my runs but only to have a log of my times. I know I didn’t burn as many calories as MFP says I did, I would incredibly annoyed if someone kept commenting on my logs pointing that out and would probably just delete them as a friend.
If someone asks for help/guidance the sure mention it but otherwise you don’t know their mindset and what they may be using those numbers/tracking for.2 -
annaskiski wrote: »I saw someone log 1000 calories for 'mowing the lawn'.
But, nope, not my business.
Big lawn, push mower?
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Tacklewasher wrote: »annaskiski wrote: »I saw someone log 1000 calories for 'mowing the lawn'.
But, nope, not my business.
Big lawn, push mower?
I considered that, still skeptical...0 -
I have only commented on those who asked specifically for feedback when they requested me as a friend. And that's only two people. They were both very open to the comments.
Otherwise, no. I have unfriended a couple people who were giving crappy advice, posting inflated calorie burns and dubious dieting science.4 -
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.
Friends whether IRL or virtual friends helping one another with advice from areas of experience or knowledge doesn't seem an odd behaviour at all.
A lot of people, quite understandably, are clueless about estimating exercise burns and may well benefit from a nudge in the right direction such as not using HRMs for strength training calorie estimates, not using MapMyCompleteFantasyBurn app for anything but distance, which cardio machines to trust etc etc.
No one is obligated to take advice after all.
A bit like an extension of the community forums sharing knowledge and experience but on a personal level.4 -
How does one decide what is unrealistic and what isn't? This whole idea of this conversion seems a bit presumptuous to me.5
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How does one decide what is unrealistic and what isn't? This whole idea of this conversion seems a bit presumptuous to me.
Sometimes it's just obvious. I saw someone, whose stats were known, post a calorie burn of 800 calories for 30 minutes of a moderate activity. There was no way that was even close.
Can it be presumptuous, sure. But, it can also be simply applying experience.
ETA: she was happy for the correction and it helped her in the end.3 -
Speaking as a newbie, don’t be too harsh. A lot of users are probably like me. I am utterly confused by all the nonstop oceans of data. I feel like I’m drowning in it: the incorrect calories I see on some of the MFP entries, the data that my scale sends via Bluetooth, the crazy “burn” numbers I see on mapmyrun, the totally different numbers from my new Apple Watch (thought that might be more accurate but it just confuses things worse) and then the figures that “sync” to MFP seem to be off in their own little numerical world. I can’t even figure out where they come from. They don’t seem to relate to anything else. So I simply stick to trying to eat healthier and keep under 1500 calories per day, and mentally pat myself on the back when the activity or excercise monitor in the watch app circles around for the third or fourth rotation and know that at least it means I’m “moving more/eating less”. As long as the weight continues to come off, I guess it’s all good. Otherwise you’d go all OCD and drive yourself nuts.
I’m going to see a dietician tomorrow for reassurance.16 -
How does one decide what is unrealistic and what isn't? This whole idea of this conversion seems a bit presumptuous to me.
Calorie burns that would go over 1000 per hour for moderately intense (and sometimes not even intense) exercise. 150+ calories per mile for miles computed from daily steps. My original question was sincere, not wanting to ridicule people. I see posted activity that would wipe out a daily deficit of 500 calories sometimes. It is entirely possible that some of these people don't know.9
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