Fake success pictuers

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  • chauncyrenayCHANGED
    chauncyrenayCHANGED Posts: 788 Member
    Maybe they lost weight....joined MFP..lost more weight...and the ticker reflects their "MFP weight loss".

    A lot of people as they lose the final 20lbs restart their ticker to reflect where they are in their journey. It doesn't mean overall weight loss.
  • lisa_getz
    lisa_getz Posts: 22
    Some people reset their tickers to meet each of their mini goals.

    That is a good point!!:smile:
  • aymarie33
    aymarie33 Posts: 27 Member
    Maybe they lost weight....joined MFP..lost more weight...and the ticker reflects their "MFP weight loss". It's ok....thinking is hard.

    This is very possible... I went from 198 to 170 before I joined MFP.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    I don't think i've seen any fake success pictures on here. I have only seen lots of people proud of their achievements!

    Take this guy for example...

    abs-photoshop-fail.jpg

    He worked hard for those abs and he just wants to show them off. :wink:

    I vote that one as a fake. As a photographer and a graphic artist, I see photoshop lines. Sorry if I'm wrong, but I'd stake $$$ that I'm not.

    You're right! That cellphone is totally photoshopped in! The picture was taken before it was released, no way he got his hands on it that early!!!!!
  • FitqueenT
    FitqueenT Posts: 120 Member
    Why are people so concerned about others? It doesn't affect you if so and so burns 1000 calories a day doing "light cleaning" and it doesn't affect you if they also photoshop their picture.

    Focus on you, not other people.



    Amen!! It's like who cares? It's their lives...no?
  • Mom0fTwo
    Mom0fTwo Posts: 326 Member
    15lbs on me is an insane difference losing only 10 lbs this far has made me do from a size 10 to an 8 and my face has thinned out a lot ppl have noticed already, if i were to lose another 15 lbs i would be very toned :)
  • shamr0ck
    shamr0ck Posts: 296 Member
    If someone has lost 20 pounds of fat and added 5 pounds of muscle, they are going to look more trim than someone that *only* lost 15 pounds, especially if some of that lost weight was muscle.

    My weight loss over the last year is about 50 pounds, but i've been using DEXA scans every quarter as well as the scale. I've actually added a bit of muscle, so i look smaller than i actually am.

    Also, i'm having a lower body lift in 3 weeks. I'm only expected to lose about 7 pounds with that surgery, but i'll probably drop 2 more pants sizes, just from having that 4 inch roll of excess skin gone off my abdomen.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I agree...Sometimes I think the pictures look a little odd, for the amount of weight they lost.

    I agree fully, but I've witnessed it in myself. I've been 130# of marshmallow fluff without much muscle, and know how different that was from how I look now at a little over 130# with a decent amount of muscle. I might LOOK like I lost more weight than I did, because I lost a lot of fat while retaining lean muscle.
  • iAMaPhoenix
    iAMaPhoenix Posts: 1,038 Member
    Why does anyone care if someone is posting a fake pic or not...sheeessshh.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    If I were gonna fake it, I'd edit out the stretchmarks. :smile:
    Me too!
  • AndiJ2011
    AndiJ2011 Posts: 82 Member
    Honestly, I can fit sizes 6,8 or 10 (depending on if I am in jeans, slacks, etc...) but I look like a size 6. So I think it's possible. People guess my weight waaaayyyy under what I really am. I am only 5ft 4in also.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    If I were gonna fake it, I'd edit out the stretchmarks. :smile:
    Me too!

    I'd give myself hooters. :laugh:
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    Honestly, I can fit sizes 6,8 or 10 (depending on if I am in jeans, slacks, etc...) but I look like a size 6. So I think it's possible. People guess my weight waaaayyyy under what I really am. I am only 5ft 4in also.
    Yeah, when people find out how much I weigh, their eyes usually get huge and they get this look of total disbelief. For me, though, it is because I am tall and have a lot of muscle - many people don't realize how much more that makes someone weigh.
    I'm 5'10" and also wear 6-8 (but I weigh 167 pounds). Crazy, isn't it?
  • woou
    woou Posts: 668 Member
    Why does anyone care if someone is posting a fake pic or not...sheeessshh.

    I think it could actually be harmful, when the person describes how they ate, exercise, etc... that actually doesn't work. But from seeing the success pictures, someone may just follow their plan.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Anyone faking pics should be laughed out of the room.


    Except for Skitty.
  • InnerPinup79
    InnerPinup79 Posts: 129
    If I were gonna fake it, I'd edit out the stretchmarks. :smile:


    Hahahaha!
  • skittybang
    skittybang Posts: 1,525 Member
    Anyone faking pics should be laughed out of the room.


    Except for Skitty.

    There's only one thing I fake.....
    and it's not my pics. This only proves yoga works.
  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
    Anyone faking pics should be laughed out of the room.


    Except for Skitty.

    There's only one thing I fake.....
    and it's not my pics. This only proves yoga works.


    Im a firm believer that Skitty can touch her Whoo haaa with her mouth..There is not faking that.......Thats what makes Skitty...Skitty! LOL
  • alistephens12
    alistephens12 Posts: 9
    Well I for one know how evil the camera can be...LOL! I intend on doing "afters" professionally if I can afford it. I have lost about 80 pounds (actually lost almost 100, but the holidays put some back). However I have about 75 or so more to go. I have a VERY round face so pictures accentuate that, and I still dress in more billowy clothes, because I am not yet comfortable with where I am. I look at pictures sometimes and think no way I've lost that much weight, but then I drag out some clothes I have saved from before and put them on and they literally fall off. I've heard the closer you are to goal the more dramatic the change will appear. So the second half of the journey should yeild more visual results, at least from the camera's angle. In person, everone notices the weight loss, but pictures still stink of me.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    If I posted a picture of me when I started and now, you would think I had lost 60lbs, not 30, but 30 it is.
  • kelceyjean12011
    kelceyjean12011 Posts: 185 Member
    someone send me a link to the fake pics...i kind of want to see them :)
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    If I were gonna fake it, I'd edit out the stretchmarks. :smile:
    Me too!

    I'd give myself hooters. :laugh:
    Me too!
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    I don't get why it's a big deal.

    I could fake my weigh-in's too, or my diary, or 'shop my pics, or use really old photos...no one would ever know. Except me.

    Most people don't know (or care) that I reset my ticker after a long break. It would say 40+ pounds if I'd left it alone. None of anyone's business though, to be blunt. This is MY journey and I'll do it MY way.
  • Alma_Sana
    Alma_Sana Posts: 453 Member
    Everyone loses differently and sometimes 15 lbs of fat from mostly one area could look like 40. Others it may look like you lost 10lbs and you lost 60. Everyone is different Hun. Can't judge them on that. Also I would like to think most people would never post a pic that isn't theirs. When you cheat like that it's only cheating yourself. The pics are very inspirational. I agree Im glad they have the courage to post them to help others <3
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    If I were gonna fake it, I'd edit out the stretchmarks. :smile:
    Me too!

    I'd give myself hooters. :laugh:
    Me too!
    I'd donate mine.
  • zoominzozo
    zoominzozo Posts: 92 Member
    It's not just the pictures- sometimes it's their entire opinion that's fake.

    Numerous times I've read how people exercise all the time and eat the best foods and usually these people- in a "motivational way" put others down. eg "you shouldn't have binge days it creates bad habits, that's why I'm really strict" when someone has gone over their goal by 5 calories or something ridiculous. Another fave- "I exercise an hour a day, you have to do it otherwise you'll only disappoint yourself"

    I Click profile, click food diary and suddenly this person is 1000 calories over their goal for THE DAY- everyday for the last TWO WEEKS with minimal exercise done!

    For every success story there's also someone trying to feel better about themselves by inadvertently putting others down and for reasons only known to them inflating the truth. I think it's funny that these people tend not to have located their privacy settings!
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    I don't get why it's a big deal.

    I could fake my weigh-in's too, or my diary, or 'shop my pics, or use really old photos...no one would ever know. Except me.

    Most people don't know (or care) that I reset my ticker after a long break. It would say 40+ pounds if I'd left it alone. None of anyone's business though, to be blunt. This is MY journey and I'll do it MY way.
    I don't think it has to do with what you are doing for yourself, it's a matter of the trust with those you choose to support on here. If you don't do that...then clearly it's a non-issue. If one of your MFPals comes across as being a big liar....who wants that for support? Not me.
  • candlelady4045
    candlelady4045 Posts: 1 Member
    I think if the pictures motivate you who cares if they are fake they only hurt themselves by lieing.
    I'am doing it for me.I want to be around for my grandbabys.I want tobe healthy for me I do'nt care tobe fake.
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    ahh I see exactly where this thread is going.......

    Going by this thread, it is going to be mighty easy to brush off anybody that does things that are not the "norm" on MFP as being fake and if they then post photos, those will be considered fake too.

    Oh dear, what a slippery path.

    We may all as well pack up and go home and never log on again if what is going to happen is some people are going to be accused of being fake, how very convenient for the masses......
  • AlbertPooHoles
    AlbertPooHoles Posts: 530 Member
    ahh I see exactly where this thread is going.......

    Going by this thread, it is going to be mighty easy to brush off anybody that does things that are not the "norm" on MFP as being fake and if they then post photos, those will be considered fake too.

    Oh dear, what a slippery path.

    We may all as well pack up and go home and never log on again if what is going to happen is some people are going to be accused of being fake, how very convenient for the masses......
    :huh:

    There was a case where one person was proven to be using photoshopped pics to "inspire" her fans. They were quite obviously fakes. I don't think that most folks suspect the majority of the pics though.
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