The benefit of losing Facebook?

OP, congrats.

As for Facebook, it is only toxic if you allow it to be. It's different for different people. They have different reasons for using it, or not using it. It got started on it as a way to be informed on a class reunion and planning, as a group for our class was set up. It is still a way to keep up with reunion news and connect with former classmates, even if I didn't have much to do with them in school...lol. I am friends with some of them as well as family and people I have "known" for years from other online forums and bulletin boards that are now defunct. It is a great place for sharing of family pics and videos. I don't accept friend requests from people I don't know, or know who they are.

I was just curious if anyone else here left Facebook and see that I'm not alone. I left about a month ago and found I'm much happier and less stressed now. I do miss some of the for sale groups and a couple others.... but, overall much better now without it. I found that you can deactivate your fb account and still keep the messenger app on your phone if you want. I do this so I can still visually chat with people.

You can control how you use Facebook just like anything else. I use it to keep up with crafters in my special realms of interest (pin loom weaving and loom knitting). I hide anyone who puts up too much political junk because I don't care to see that much of it. It helps me keep some track of family activities by what little they post. Just hide what you don't like and don't give anything on Facebook more weight than it deserves. Same with Twitter and anything of the like.

I would give up Facebook too, if I didn't have Facebook I wouldn't have found out that two of my uncles and my sister had died. My niece notified me through Facebook messenger and my cousins notified me through Facebook app. Facebook seems to be the only way I can keep in contact with some of my family members.

Huge waste of time for me so I deactivated my account 2 months ago. I'm studying for a very important exam, 5 hours long and crucial to my career advancement, and I need no stupid distractions in my way. Ditching Facebook freed up needed time for me. If you're anyone I care about and you need me or want to chat, you have my phone number and address.

ultraastra wrote: »

I’ve just completed week 3
And I’m 8lbs down

I’ve successfully done significant weight loss twice before on MFP, but it’s taken me months to get back into it this time.

So what was the difference of the last 3 weeks? I lost access to Facebook! So every time I habitually looked to my phone where did I go? I logged my food!

I would like to build up a network on here if possible which will keep me coming back

Anyone?

I'm game. I've lost 66# since January & I post my diary most every day. I'll send you a friend request. -- rockconner