What would you be like if MFP didn't exist ?

donyellemoniquex3
donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
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  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
    Still lazy, still unmotivated.
    Still eating junk. Still unhappy. :frown:
  • elelat
    elelat Posts: 117
    It would just be a lot harder..
  • runnercheryl
    runnercheryl Posts: 1,314 Member
    I've been living this lifestyle since November 2010. I only joined MFP in January 2012. That's over a year I had when I was doing this elsewhere, and I was doing well so it isn't impossible.

    I started on another similar site, but it quickly went downhill. During my time there, I was on 1300 calories and consistently losing whilst eating well and exercising. I learnt my own way of doing things, I found what worked for me and what didn't, and I was firmly in the correct mindset by the time I decided the site was absolutely beyond repair, and I moved away. From there, I continued logging on my own, but keeping track of my own calories day in and day out was incredibly complicated and eventually I joined MFP to get back to having a tracking tool.

    Didn't take me long to join the forums and make some friends, and I'm now enjoying this journey more than ever. I've tried new things, and more important I've raised my daily calories from 1300 (which is also what MFP set me) to my own setting of just over 1600 calories, which is working even better for me.

    In my opinion, being without MFP isn't going to make things so much more difficult that you can't lose weight or be healthy, but joining MFP makes it far more fun and gives you so much MORE information to find your own personal journey.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Using Livestrong,com. Or Sprakpeople. Or Weight Watchers. Or pen and paper.
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    :sad:
  • dollipop
    dollipop Posts: 379 Member
    I'd probably still be 13kgs heavier. Or more!
  • PATRHONA
    PATRHONA Posts: 7
    14lb heavier !
  • viser_haut
    viser_haut Posts: 97 Member
    I lost about 30lbs before MFP, but I was 16/17 and didn't realise how much I was damaging myself. Eating less than a 1,000 calories and then exercising is not enough... So I'd probably still have lost weight, but I wouldn't be as healthy as I am now, and I probably would have gained it back, as I didn't change my habits... I just ate less. I love MFP, don't know what I'd do without the success stories for motivation :brokenheart:
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I'd still be fat probably.. yes I was losing weight before MFP, but it was nothing like what I was doing with MFP.
  • SenoraMacias
    SenoraMacias Posts: 305 Member
    I've counted calories forever (used to have a real paper food journal!), but this makes it so much easier!
  • PeaceLoveVeggies
    PeaceLoveVeggies Posts: 673 Member
    Fat. Very fat. LOL.
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    I don't think I would have begun my journey...:frown:
  • tabulator32
    tabulator32 Posts: 701 Member
    42 pounds heavier.
  • sc1572
    sc1572 Posts: 2,309 Member
    I think I would've lost a little bit of weight, but not nearly as much. Plus, I would've had a lot more slip ups, a lot less motivation, and no support like I have from my MFP family! :( I love this site SOOO much!
  • VCanadapt
    VCanadapt Posts: 142 Member
    I wouldn't be as committed to tracking everything. Before MFP I was using a written journal... .writer's cramps!
    Now I take MFP with me on my mobile app so I'm even more likely to record everything.
  • dinovino_59
    dinovino_59 Posts: 1,700
    MFP is a great tool but life would most certainly go on....I would definitely be eating more ICE CREAM!
  • Raivynsblood
    Raivynsblood Posts: 68 Member
    Still lazy, still unmotivated.
    Still eating junk. Still unhappy. :frown:

    exactly
  • EBFNP
    EBFNP Posts: 529 Member
    I was the same person before I came here..Still working out and eating :)
  • Jaloth
    Jaloth Posts: 28
    Would not be down ten maybe more if it was not for My Fitness Pal!!! I have been trying to lose weight for over a year now by just using the Wii and walking and watching what I eat but I noticed that once I started with my fitness pal my protions got smaller and the weight started coming off!!!
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    I'd be working out and eating well. MFP didn't "fix" me. I fixed myself. It was just one of the tools I've used.
  • kate_sunflower
    kate_sunflower Posts: 152 Member
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  • Zichu
    Zichu Posts: 542 Member
    Probably still losing weight because I wouldn't of decided to lift weights or eat more to increase my muscle mass.

    I was losing weight just naturally eating healthy and jogging 3 times a week. I lost 20lb+ and was really motivated, but I still wasn't happy about how I looked because there weren't much muscle on me.

    I've still got a long way to go, but I can see progress.
  • SeasideOasis
    SeasideOasis Posts: 1,057 Member
    :sad: :brokenheart: :cry: I'd have never met some of my awesome friends that keep me going on a DAILY basis!

    MFP really helped me realize what I was putting in my face, so I would still have been working out, but I don't think I would have gained that understanding of food. Things I thought weren't a big deal were. A spin off of that is, because of learning more about food, I have turned into one heck of a cook. Ask my BF, I feel like I have relationship security just because of my cooking. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • kimberly702
    kimberly702 Posts: 369 Member
    Weight loss wise... maybe about the same, I had already started losing weight before I found MFP. But I'd probably get a lot more work done without MFP! lol
  • gooseafur
    gooseafur Posts: 340 Member
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    heheheheheeh LOVE THIS!!! That would be me...lol almost 50lbs ago!!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Using the other site for calories/exercise tracking. I only signed up to MFP because it's the only way to see nutritional info.
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