JoshFS's Journal, 01 June 2016

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Hello FatSecret community. Today I created a new FatSecret account due to having email problems yesterday. On Memorial day I had a barbeque with family. My brother sent me a message through facebook with his phone saying I could get a free pizza from Pizza Hut. So I filled out my information including my email address, and never got a coupon for a free pizza. So the next day I get back from my dentist appointment only to find my email loaded with new spam that did not used to come in on a daily basis. I knew something didn't add up when I filled out a form thinking I was going to get a free pizza. When I was asked several questions survey style, I knew something wasn't right. So I started unsubscribing from the spam I was getting yesterday, but it kept coming in. Several hours after unsubscribing to over 100 unwanted emails, it kept coming in. I decided that the spam may never end after clicking the unsubscribe button. So I finally decided to to make a new email account and close the one that was established for years. I was logging into FatSecret with Facebook but was not able to change my email account to receive notifications for the new email account. Here on FatSecret you cannot click a button to close an account, but you must email registration to close it for you. So far my old account is still open, I had 3 pages worth of friends and will try to add you guys back with the new account. This morning I weighed in at 191.8, about that same thing as when I weighed in on May 19th. On May 19th I was 191 pounds, I ate lots of rice pasta and ice cream and gained up to 6 pounds of water weight. It taken until today to get back into the 191 pound range again. Calendar wise I am on schedule for the weight I lose on a monthly basis. My original goal weight was 175 pounds, but now I have moved it down to 160. I look at my body every day and have come to the conclusion that I need to drop about another 30 pounds. So today is the 1st of June a new start weight and goal weight for me. Happy week everyone.

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Sorry to hear about the problems, hope it all gets cleared up.

01 Jun 16 by member: warrenwinter

Wow. Tell your brother I don't want a free pizza! What an ordeal. New month, new goal. I like it. Good luck!

01 Jun 16 by member: Five-Two Cowboy

Thanks Warrenwinter I think I'm going to play it safe in the future and have a real pizza coupon in my hand lol.

01 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

I hear you FiveTwoCowboy, no more listening to little brother lol.

01 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

I've been trying to add buddies today, but it looks like I can only add about 2 to three per day. Oh well I will just take it one day at a time. Am happy to be able to log into FatSecret for now.

01 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

Suzy this is my new account, I tried adding you as a buddy / Happy June to you as well.

01 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

1. Are you sure it was your brother? If so, did he email you the link, or tell you to go to a site? Pizza hut is a reputable firm, any legitimate offers from them would not be click bait. SO either his Facebook account was hacked and you received a fake message from him, or he fell for the fake Pizza Hut link and sent it to you. 2. Think about what information you filled out for your free Pizza. Name, address, zip, any other personal information? 3. Never click unsubscribe, it lets spammers know you're alive and listening and you simply get more spam.

01 Jun 16 by member: mahjohn

stick with 175. 160 is too much in one year. steady, slow weight loss is better than strong goals. slow weight loss establishes eating patterns better.

01 Jun 16 by member: anthonylorenz

Mahjohn My brothers friend send the pizza thing to him then he forwarded it to me. I don't know if my brother filled out his own info and realized it was fake. Yes anything from the pizza hut website is legitimate. We log in to to pizza hut from time to time to find specials. This site was external, as a previous webmaster I should of known better. I simply put my trust in what my brother sent me. I was bugged for what happened didn't know what to think. I did a little bit a detective work in my mind and came to the conclusion that my email address became part of a mass mail spam. Yes, I agree about clicking unsubscribe from an unknown sender as to extract my address for more mass mailings. This new email account I have is clean and I'm only going to click the subscribe button from trusted websites that are important to me.

01 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

dang, if that doesn't cure you from wanting pizza, I don't know what will. LOL Sorry for the pain in the butt I know this is.

01 Jun 16 by member: ImLaura

You might be right Anthonylorenz. Currently I wear a 2XL T-Shirt and look pretty reasonable in it. People know I've lost a ton, I tried on a 1XL to see what is looks like. It's wearable, but the man boobs and stomach are more evident. I'll try a shirt size switch maybe for the 4th of July. I think I'll try to lose enough to fit into a regular large by or before autumn season. Just about any department store has regular large T-Shirts in abundance. I was wearing 4XL last winter and was ordering from KingSize Direct lol.

01 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

Thanks Suzy

01 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

Lol is right ImLaura. I was demented yesterday, but been having a good time today :)

01 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

Josh, you should see what happens on my computer. I have every fraudster in the frigging world trying to hack me. lol One of my credit card companies called me and said, "Just to let you know, someone had a wonderful day at Tiffanys on your card, but don't worry, we got it. " I'm like Oh, OK!"

01 Jun 16 by member: warrenwinter

@checkout "unroll.me" gathers all that spam/promotional email and bundles it for you to review if you want...

02 Jun 16 by member: mahjohn

Thanks Mahjohn I bookmarked the link.

02 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

I hear you Warrenwinter. It's amazing the the US government gets hacked from time to time from countries overseas. My uncles yahoo got hacked about a month ago, I got a strange email from him clicked on the link, then realized they wanted my password for what was supposed to be a downloadable PDF file. People in my uncles contact started giving him static including my Mom and me in the form of did you send this? So he realized he'd been hacked and changed his password.

02 Jun 16 by member: JoshFS

Quick PSA to all: Run your local computer as a "Limited User" account and not and Admin. This alone will prevent a large portion of malware/spyware infections. If you have Windows 7/10 Pro and not home. Use "AppLocker". The combination of these two things remove the need for Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software.

02 Jun 16 by member: mahjohn

Mahjohn - Looking at this on my Windows 10 - looks like I have to make a second account (as you must have an administrator account) that is a standard and always log in using the standard account?

02 Jun 16 by member: trackin64

Bummer about the email situation - I sent you a new Buddy Request for your new profile

02 Jun 16 by member: HCB

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