Faking Stats? I wonder....

Hmmm... I guess that's a valid question. I dated someone that stole from me. I told them that stealing from me was like stealing from himself. At anyrate... They would only cheat themselves. This journey is all about being honest with yourself and admitting what you want to change and partnering with people who are on like journey's.

Oh yeah I am sure plenty of people fake post on here. Not sure why but whatever.

I'm pretty sure I was wearing clothes at my first weigh-in. Since then not so much.

I feel better getting that off my chest actually.

Seems stupid to do that the only person you are hurting is yourself.
Although I have seen some fake profiles of girls with pictures that I have seen they have taken from the internet just to get guys to talk to them, but I am not hating just saying

I simply adore how you all assume that everyone that lies about their stats lies in their own favor.

If I workout for 108 minutes, I only log 100.
If it says I burned 398 calories, I usually type in 350.
If i ate a bagel and it says it was 172 calories, I put in 200.

I purposefully post my stats against myself, to keep myself pushing harder.

And I only log half my workouts cause I dont like the backlash from the lazies telling me Im obsessed.

lol or calling my workouts FAKE.

I think you're just being realistic. MFP burns seem to be higher, and its better to estimate in a cautious manner. That's definitely not the kind of "faking" the OP seemed to be implying (she did say 'to get praise"...and clearly you aren't looking for that when you play down your stats)

Ok I can go with that.

But one of the biggest reasons lots of people on here DO have to downplay what they log is because there are way too many people who just jump on the chance to point a finger and call someone a liar, faker or exaggerator. It hurts feelings.

Please think three times before you rush to call someone a faker. Maybe they just woke up that day and decided to run a half marathon (ive done it) or post their ACTUAL starting weight (i did it - took me a year and a half before I admitted that I started at 260 and not 220)

I'm with you on that...I think the majority of people on here are being honest, and if they're fudging a little by overestimating on their burns or underestimating their portion sizes, its not necessarily intentional (I've NEVER called anyone out on what I think might be embellished, and never would). Just being on here is generally a step in the right direction for the majority of people, and this site has helped SO many!!

Hey! I really DID burn 500 calories while *kitten* the other night! I've got great stamina, and the movie really pulled me in!

Why stop at stats? I made a completely fictional profile just for entertainment purposes.

i wouldnt be surprised. i know people have admitted to being dishonest with their food log, so why not anything else on here that's public

OMG I thought about that this morning because my ticker accidently said I lost a 111 pounds instead of 11 and I got some reactions for that. When I miscarried my baby 3 years ago I joined a support board for mothers like myself. There was actually a woman who had ultra sound images etc who was claiming to have lost her child too. Someone noticed that the name on the ultra sound actually belonged to another mom on the site. It was very sad. It crushed a lot of us. But you have to understand that there is an illness that causes people to behave like this. But I am sure it really happens here too. All you can do is pray for them.

I'm sure there are people out there that do that. But the are only one they are fooling is themselves.

Faking your own stats means you are cheating yourself & not the MFP community.

P.S. My weight was 115lbs when I joined the site, but I raised it to 120 to 130...this was before I learned that I could change the numbers manually. I did not know how to change the carbs:protein:fat ratio so I thought that by increasing my weight it would increase the numbers as well. LMAO!

Anyways, when Sherrib (a MFP friend) taught me how to do it right, I changed it right back to the normal weight...Well imagine what my newsfeed said? I lost 15 lbs in a span of 2 weeks!! LOL. However, I let every one know what happened before anyone could comment

Never thought about it but I'm sure people do.

Who cares?

I don't pay enough attention to anyone else to care if they are faking. I'm completely self-absorbed.

Ditto.

Double Ditto!

I not only fake my stats, but my whole background. It's boring down here in my parents' basement.