What ppl do on MFP that bugs me.

It bugs me when people b*tch about what other people do.

^Truth and it bugs me that this looks like my first post ever

Why does it bother you?


There are all sorts of people on here...young, old, some with over 100 lbs to lose, some trying to lose 5 lbs...some trying to gain muscle.

To some people walking around the block would be a huge accomplishment.

To others finishing a full marathon is their goal.

Live and let live.


^Thank you for this. One of my favorite sayings! For my mother to walk around the Cul de sac would be her life's goal. For me, it's to get back in shape when I was running track at a D1 school.

I have friends on here who mow the lawn and log it, as well as cleaning their house vigorously for 2 hours. Then there are those who run 6-9 miles before I even get to work in the morning. Who is anyone to judge another, we all need support in reaching our goals.

I find it hard to get annoyed with people who are trying to do their best to be better, no matter what their goal. But, that's just me.

Know what bugs me? When posters use text lingo and juvenile abbreviations in an online forum.

Funniest thing ever on here was a comment someone else made about a question posed on how many calories vacuuming used. He said:

If you did it while you were getting fatter then don't count it as exercise for losing weight.

:laugh:

Why does it matter to you what other people log? Does it have any impact on your life, or even your weight loss?

To be fair, you have a point, but at the end of the day, what other people do and don't do shouldn't really be any of our business unless they ask us directly for help or advice.

The reason I say you have a point, is that I noticed just over a month ago, that I had put on weight. My holiday shorts from last year were a really tight fit. This prompted me to investigate, only to find when I stepped on the scales, my weight has increased by a stone since last September. I was quite worried, as there had been no major changes in my life with regards to my eating or exercise habits............or so I thought.

I live in the north of Scotland, and we have had pretty awful weather since August last year. My main complaint was that I could not spend hardly any of my free time working in my garden....................ie preparing for winter, then spring, and now we should be in summer!!!

Before joining this site, this week, I looked at few others, and, lo and behold GARDENING was listed in various forms as an exercise for burning calories. I could not believe how many calories I could burn cutting the grass, or digging the vegetable patch, or even weeding!!!

I like to cycle as my form of exercise, but again this has been limited due to the weather, so last week when we had a day perfect for cutting grass, and cycling, I was torn between which one to do, as I had not discovered that I could class gardening as exercise. In the end I chose to cut the grass, it was almost a foot high, and it was going to be a big enough job, without letting it grow anymore. Two days later, I discovered that I probably burned more calories cutting the grass than I did cycling for an hour!!!

To sum up, I think a good proportion of my extra weight has come, not just because I've not been out on my bike, but also because I have not spent the minimum 1 day a week, I would normally spend working in my garden. But thankfully, I have learned, not too feel bad now, for choosing to do urgent work in the garden, rather than cycling, which I automatically assumed was better for me.

Based on this, I think if it's an activity that you wouldn't normally do on a daily basis, then no matter what it is, it can be logged. I have logged my exercise for today as 60 mins, gardening. I actually spent an hour and a half, cutting down over grown shrubs and bushes in my front garden, and I can assure I worked up a sweat, and my heart was pumping a good bit more than if I had been at rest.

Not trying to stir up controversy or anything

lie.

Mine would be the "earned" calories. If you are working on maintaining your weight, then the earned makes sense. If you are trying to lose, you don't "earn" calories (i.e. more calories to eat) you want to "burn" calories. If you are trying to lose weight and you are supposed to take in 2400 calories for maintenance, then you need to have a lower net calorie at the end of the day. Not replenish what you burn. . .

Not trying to stir up controversy or anything, but it bugs me when people log their work, cleaning, or cooking in as exercise. MFP already takes all of those into account when you choose your normal daily activities. I know some people have really intense jobs that require a lot of heavy lifting or some cleaning such as yardwork (ie mowing the lawn) is a lot more intense than housework, so they log those as workouts. But when you are just cleaning around the house or at work, those are not workouts. They are just part of your everyday routine. You should only log them if you have sedentary as your setting. If you don't then only log REAL workouts.

/endrant

OMG! I was just talking about this yesterday!!! It is so annoying. I cannot stand that!! Ironing clothes, doing laundry and cooking is not exercise, it is every day life.

I say bash away This is what forums are for is people to debate and voice how they feel. No law against that. . . yet.

The only thing that 'bugs' me about MFP is when people start disparaging their start weight.
Because your start weight may be someone else's goal weight.

Or your start weight, might be my weight today (at midpoint), which I worked very hard for. So please don't talk about how 'disgusting' you were or moan about 'how I let myself go'. I would rather wake up feeling like my accomplishment is something to be proud of, rather than something that would've shamed you.

Excellent point!

Not trying to stir up controversy or anything

Yes you are. Otherwise you'd have kept it to yourself.

You should only log them if you have sedentary as your setting. If you don't then only log REAL workouts.

How do you know what other people's activity settings are? Maybe the people you're complaining about ARE set at sedentary.

Not trying to stir up controversy or anything, but it bugs me when people log their work, cleaning, or cooking in as exercise. MFP already takes all of those into account when you choose your normal daily activities. I know some people have really intense jobs that require a lot of heavy lifting or some cleaning such as yardwork (ie mowing the lawn) is a lot more intense than housework, so they log those as workouts. But when you are just cleaning around the house or at work, those are not workouts. They are just part of your everyday routine. You should only log them if you have sedentary as your setting. If you don't then only log REAL workouts.

/endrant

How does this affect your weight loss?

Not trying to stir up controversy or anything, but it bugs me when people log their work, cleaning, or cooking in as exercise. MFP already takes all of those into account when you choose your normal daily activities. I know some people have really intense jobs that require a lot of heavy lifting or some cleaning such as yardwork (ie mowing the lawn) is a lot more intense than housework, so they log those as workouts. But when you are just cleaning around the house or at work, those are not workouts. They are just part of your everyday routine. You should only log them if you have sedentary as your setting. If you don't then only log REAL workouts.

/endrant

How does this affect your weight loss?

How does my post affect yours'?

Haha, defensive much. You posted on a public forum with a rant.

I asked a serious question.