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Giant thanks to all our new mentor volunteers! @bee_bee8 @LarryRacesBikes @tweaking_time @VeronicaA76 @emilyb117 Have all been added to the list of available mentors in the opening post. Noobs, please reach out to these mentors via private message to see if they are interested in adopting you.

Dear Posters, I wanted to provide a brief explanation for locking this topic. The forum guidelines include this item: 3. No Promotion of Unsafe Weight-Loss Techniques or Eating Disorders a) Posts intended to promote potentially unsafe or controversial weight loss products or procedures, including non-medically prescribed…

Dear Posters, I wanted to provide a brief explanation for locking this topic. The forum guidelines include this item: 3. No Promotion of Unsafe Weight-Loss Techniques or Eating Disorders a) Posts intended to promote potentially unsafe or controversial weight loss products or procedures, including non-medically prescribed…

I am going to go ahead and close this one. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines

I have cleaned this discussion up a bit. Let's try to bring this discussion back around... Its great to use humor and be playful but please also be respectful. Please remember that plenty of people are new, do not turn every discussion into an insiders game.

Calling all mentors! Sending a group blast to everyone who has volunteered to help mentor noobs and hasn't yet reached to me to let me know you are full and/or no longer taking noobs. @AdamAthletic @adammeynell86 @adipace815 @aelunyu @atombod @AJ_G @apullum @AverageJoeFit @BrandNewMan1970 @brdnw @briohne128 @cabwj @cathipa…

Thanks for tagging me in. My perspective is that the OP has this exactly right, the magic of MFP is there is no secret for sale here. We are escalating this issue internally. We do not want our members to see these claims and believe they are falsely being endorsed by us.

Hey folks - we are going to keep this discussion closed. Body shaming and objectification violate our community guidelines. Thanks for your understanding.

Temporarily closed for mod review. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines

I have closed this discussion because the nature of much of it amounted to body shaming. Note I am not saying that was anyone's intent per se. Thanks to many of the community members who posted here. I appreciate much of the dialog, while the subject is problematic, there still remains a lot of insightful discussion and…

Welcome to the MyFitnessPal Community! Wishing you the best of luck with all of your health and fitness goals.

Welcome to MyFitnessPal! Thanks for such an inspiring intro post. Wishing you the best of luck with all of your health and fitness goals.

MFP Staff Note: We are closing this discussion because it was soliciting users to an offsite group which is a violation of our guidelines. As a few posters chimed in, we do have some great existing groups for people working to lose 100+ pounds and I encourage everyone who was interested to check those out. Thanks! [/b]…

Staff Note: If you have concerns a post violates our community guidelines, please report it for our moderators to review. Please do not call people out on violations, this derails a discussion.

Much thanks to the new mentors who have offered to adopt a noob! Anyone posting to be adopted please be sure to read the opening post and reach out to a potential mentor via private messages.

Hey Folks - This member has reposted the discussion with our permission. This discussion isn't violating guidelines and this member is here to help and is new to learning our forums. Let's move on from worrying about any past posting history. If you have questions or want help, reply here.

@balewis337 Welcome to our Community! As you can see from the responses to your question, there is a lot of history around here with folks asking that question. The question is welcome and while we clean up this discussion (no pun intended) I encourage you to check out this resource already posted in this discussion as it…

Closed for moderator review.

^Not abusive, I cleared the flag and appreciate the responses and the mention.

Welcome to MyFitnessPal @beckmageau ! It sounds like you have gotten great advice here and MFP doesn't have additional guidance to offer that hasn't already been suggested. We previously suggested members select the gender they most closely associated with as opposed to their biological gender and then customize the goals.…

Hey folks this type of discussion doesn't work for our community. Ignoring the fact that there are several references to genitalia on the first page alone... calling out people who are creepers makes it impossible to tell posts intended in good fun and aimed at a friend from posts attacking or calling a member out. Report…

This discussion is closed. If you'd like to discuss approaches to parenting styles and discipline please start a group. 4. Show Respect to All Groups and Individuals No derogatory references to sex, gender, age, weight, body-type, disability, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, or endorsement of violence against…

Welcome to MFP! You might want to check out this group, its a great and active support area for folks looking to lose 50+ pounds. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/3462-50-pounds-to-lose

Note: this discussion got seriously derailed and has been split in two. If you are looking to debate calorie deficits, go here. Otherwise please get back to the OP's questions. Thanks to everyone who has already chimed in to offer guidance.

Thank you for sharing your incredible success! You are an inspiration and it helps our community so much to have these amazing examples of hard work paying off.

Dear Posters, I wanted to provide a brief explanation for locking this topic. The forum guidelines include this item: 3. No Promotion of Unsafe Weight-Loss Techniques or Eating Disorders a) Posts intended to promote potentially unsafe or controversial weight loss products or procedures, including non-medically prescribed…

@katieallison5309 Please accept our apologies for the frustration, it looks like there is an issue with your premium subscription. I have located the email you sent our support team this morning and have escalated it to the correct team and you should be getting a response shortly. If you have not gotten your issue…

Hey folks, appreciate everyone here giving respectful non-medical advice. If the OP comes back and has follow-up questions or more information for folks, great. Regardless if the OP returns please avoid letting this discussion go down a rabbit hole of a side argument.