01-05-2012, 04:42 PM
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Burn It!
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Nashville, TN
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Pintrest = Binge
Anyone else struggle with all the food porn on Pintrest? I really only intentionally look at food on there if I need a fun receipe for a party or something. Mainly I'm interested in the DIY, home decor and fashion. But everyone else posts tons of food stuff. I will have felt wonderfully motivated all day, then after 5 minutes on Pintrest I'm obsessively craving junk food. *Sigh* I think me and Pintrest are gonna have to go on a break.
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Ashley
Mini Goal- Get back to last summer's weight
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01-05-2012, 04:54 PM
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Sufferer of abibliophobia
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 268
S/C/G: 206/ticker/150
Height: 5'7"
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What's Pintrest?
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MyWorkoutTrackerBloggyThingy
 
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#1: 191 - No longer obese; Met 10/26/2011
#2: 180 - My 'lightest' after having kids; Met 11/16/2011
#3: 170 - Just because I needed an in between goal!
#4: 160/159 - My 'heaviest' before having kids/no longer overweight
Final: 150 - digging through my old 'skinny' clothes!
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01-05-2012, 05:15 PM
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Burn It!
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 2,234
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It's like a book marking site. You "pin" your interests (hence pintrest). You create boards for different catagories and can browse other peoples pins. There's lots of wedding ideas, DIY, crafts, clothes, humorous photos, and, well, food.
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Ashley
Mini Goal- Get back to last summer's weight
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01-05-2012, 05:40 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Michigan
Posts: 66
S/C/G: 150/[TICKER]/120/115
Height: 5'2
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I'm with you! Pinterest is so addicting! I honestly have to take breaks from it at random times because I'll just sit and browse for so long. And yes, the food and recipes always look so good! I have 2 separate pinboards just for healthy recipes and fitness motivation so when I start feeling temptation, I just start pinning those things, and it keeps me back on track.
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“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethez
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01-05-2012, 06:37 PM
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 54
S/C/G: 293.7/243.4/165
Height: 5 ft 7.5 inches
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I have a motivation board. When I feel like snacking or am craving junk, I go on there and look for weight loss motivation to distract myself from munching.
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01-05-2012, 08:22 PM
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Let's do this!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: 3rd cornfield on the left.
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Hmm, I like the idea of a motivational board 
There is so much food porn on there! But there's also some great ideas for healthy stuff too. It just sucks that I find a recipe for a green smoothie next to one for chocolate chip cookie dough dip...
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Jen
2011- putting on the baby weight
2012- TAKING OFF THE BABY WEIGHT
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01-05-2012, 11:55 PM
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Canadian on the Inside
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 118
S/C/G: 190/150.1/120
Height: 5' 6"
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I'm not a Pintrest fan, but I have the same problem when reading cookbooks (and even sometimes when reading my regular food blogs in the late afternoon). I have to do it in very small doses or I go crazy with cravings. Which is sort of annoying, because it means it takes me a week or more to finish reading a cookbook.
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01-06-2012, 11:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 511
S/C/G: 209/178.8/150
Height: 5'4''
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Pinterest is my life-saver AGAINST binges! ha!
When I feel hungry or like I might run to the vending machine or fast food at work....I get on Pinterest and go straight to the "fitness" board. It is full of motivational sayings, great inspiration photos, workouts, great articles (and once I start reading, I'll forget that I'm hungry), and some healthy recipes.
I do browse the home decor and my friend's boards...but I NEVER look at the "everything" board or the food boards because I don't want to be tempted. Plus there are just awful recipes out there for outrageous stuff. I saw one for fried avocado fries. What is wrong with just eating an avocado? Why must we make everything 10 times worse for us? Or like one I saw was a dessert that was basically a concoction of 4 storebought desserts combined into one. (like oreos, brownies, cookie dough and cake). Why would one EVER need to do that? If I want an oreo, I'll eat an oreo...I don't need it combined with 3 other things....
In my opinion, when I do see that crap, I stop and think about it and I'm disgusted...not driven to eat it.
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My History: Started MRC Sept 1, 2010....lost 40 pounds from 209 total around Feb, 2011....took a "break", gained 10 back...now I'm getting fit.
http://brittgetsfit2012.blogspot.com/
Goals: 5 pounds- new eyeshadow- met on 1/14/12!
10- a pedicure
15- manicure
20-new anniversary dress (must make this by mid-March
25- facial
30- Hanson's 5 of 5 DVD set
35- goal! two piece swimsuit to wear at my 25th birthday
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01-07-2012, 04:22 AM
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Super Squish
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 73
S/C/G: 298/252.6/150
Height: 5'
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My Pinterest is mosting my 'thinspiration' and when I need to, I go there. It helps me a lot.
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01-07-2012, 03:11 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 61
S/C/G: 144/140/118
Height: 5'2"
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I have the same problems but with cupcake recipes on Stumbleupon!
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01-08-2012, 01:18 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 96
Height: 5'2"
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I love Pinterest.... but definitely had to stop looking at all the delicious food. I try to search for healthy and motivational things now.
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