why don't you log?

JaydedMiss

its no ones business what i eat why would it be....? Also why would i be shy to admit to eating things i "shouldnt have" to a bunch of internet people? I love you guys but you hold no power to make me ashamed of myself lol

jesspen91

I'm approaching maintenance so I'm trying to wean myself off logging somewhat. If I'm still losing I will be a bit more relaxed and only log the things that I can easily measure which is pretty much all my breakfasts and most of my lunches. If my boyfriend is cooking or we're eating out I won't log and I also don't log beer as it varies so much by brand and most aren't on the database. I still log wine and spirits as these are less variable.

If I find that I'm starting to gain (I weigh myself daily) I tighten up and start logging the things that I was letting slip before until I am losing again.

My diary is public in case I need to ask a question on the message boards but I don't often get comments about it and I never read my friends' diaries. I don't really see the point.

deannalfisher

i understand why people don't log (and/or) make their diaries private - but at the same time, you have multiple people daily posting threads about their inability to lose weight and not logging/private diary - makes it hard for anyone to help them identify issues - so its kind of a double edged sword

Lounmoun

I think my diary is public. I don't care if people look or not.
My food diary is a tool for me though not some kind of proof I am eating right or the best dieter. I have been logging for a couple of years. I use my logging to help me make choices.

mmshark

As a newbie, for me, it's helpful to view someone's food diary who has similar goals / calorie intake, and who has been successful in fulfilling those goals. If you lost 50 pounds and have kept it off, AND you've kept an accurate count of your calories, I would love to see your diary because I could probably learn a lot from you--the good, bad, and ugly.

Commenting on someone's food diary to criticize never even occurred to me, and I'm shocked to hear that people actually do that. Kind of boggles my mind.

NovusDies

JaydedMiss wrote: »

its no ones business what i eat why would it be....? Also why would i be shy to admit to eating things i "shouldnt have" to a bunch of internet people? I love you guys but you hold no power to make me ashamed of myself lol

This is true but I also don't go out of my way to be hassled.

Dani9585

I log everything. My diary is private because that is the default setting and I haven't needed to unlock it for feedback yet.

crabbybrianna

JerSchmare wrote: »

I share with friends only. But, the idea of looking at someone’s diary is stupid. I don’t know why people do that. I have heard all the reasons. But, it is stupid, as far as I’m concerned. Why does one person concern their self with what someone else is eating? I don’t get it.

Yeah, this. I’ve never looked at someone else’s diary, and I have no desire to. I can’t think of any reason why anyone would want to look at what I’ve eaten today (let alone a random stranger online). Even friends. Why the *kitten* would they want to see what I’ve eaten?

JeromeBarry1

Over the past several months I gained weight by eating too much. I know I ate too much. I ate so much as to make measuring and recording what I ate onerous. Those events are memorialized by my diary having a recorded breakfast, maybe a recorded lunch, and then nothing else. My logging goal is to remember to log my foods. If I can remember to log my dinner and my snacks, I can usually stay within my budget. I have several cardio exercise machines in my house I can use briefly those evenings when my food diary gets red.

AnnPT77

crabbybrianna wrote: »

JerSchmare wrote: »

I share with friends only. But, the idea of looking at someone’s diary is stupid. I don’t know why people do that. I have heard all the reasons. But, it is stupid, as far as I’m concerned. Why does one person concern their self with what someone else is eating? I don’t get it.

Yeah, this. I’ve never looked at someone else’s diary, and I have no desire to. I can’t think of any reason why anyone would want to look at what I’ve eaten today (let alone a random stranger online). Even friends. Why the *kitten* would they want to see what I’ve eaten?

People have friended me to see mine, in order to see what a li'l ol' lady long-term vegetarian eats to get solid protein every day. Occasionally, someone will ask "what do you put ingredient X in?" or "I'd like to try food Y: how do you cook it?" or some such thing.

It's a social site where one of the foci is eating. Why wouldn't people look at others' diaries? (Shrug.)

amusedmonkey

crabbybrianna wrote: »

JerSchmare wrote: »

I share with friends only. But, the idea of looking at someone’s diary is stupid. I don’t know why people do that. I have heard all the reasons. But, it is stupid, as far as I’m concerned. Why does one person concern their self with what someone else is eating? I don’t get it.

Yeah, this. I’ve never looked at someone else’s diary, and I have no desire to. I can’t think of any reason why anyone would want to look at what I’ve eaten today (let alone a random stranger online). Even friends. Why the *kitten* would they want to see what I’ve eaten?

For food ideas, eating patterns to try, learning from successful dieters how to they regulate their foods and snacks, curiosity about calorie levels or even just plain curiosity. I can think of many reasons. I also can think of many reasons why one would want to hide their diary.

bbell1985

I close my diary to the public if I'm doing an aggressive cut.

MelanieCN77

I think mine is open to friends? When I've fudged logging or not logged, 99% of the time it has been because it was a party day or I knew I intended to over-eat or, early on, was avoiding being honest with myself (the other 1% was a long awaited trip home to family where I didn't log but was careful in my eating). It took a long time to turn the corner of understanding and acceptance that doing anything but accurate logging is super pointless. These days if I don't log it's because, like yesterday, I had a BBQ and had zero intention of keeping track of the kind of grazing that was going on, as there was Uno to play and friends to trash talk. I quick added a medium guesstimate just so I could see the day in my history and today I go back to normal. It's important to log the high calorie splurges because the very act of doing so tempers you in my opinion - you see lots of people get into the trap of "well I'm over, might as well *kitten* it" - where if they'd just logged the In n Out they might have made some different choices after.

workinonit1956

I log religiously, but for some reason I feel funny letting people read it. I’m overly sensitive, so I guess I’m just being protective.

amberellen12

I won’t think of looking at someone else’s food dairy so it never occurred to me to open mine. I also try to eat low calorie nutritarian and a lot of people would bash me for it when it’s none of their business to judge my way of eating.

SteamPug

Because it’s a huge hassle and I’m successful without it.

MelanieCN77

amberellen12 wrote: »

I won’t think of looking at someone else’s food dairy so it never occurred to me to open mine. I also try to eat low calorie nutritarian and a lot of people would bash me for it when it’s none of their business to judge my way of eating.

What's nutritarian?
Also I love creeping on my friends' diaries.

WanderingRivers

Depression

Gisel2015

deannalfisher wrote: »

i understand why people don't log (and/or) make their diaries private - but at the same time, you have multiple people daily posting threads about their inability to lose weight and not logging/private diary - makes it hard for anyone to help them identify issues - so its kind of a double edged sword

Then just ask the people requesting help to open his/her diary to see what the problem is, and maybe offer solutions. The rest of us can keep it private.

babysaffy

I allow my friends to see my diary. That being said I've now permanently blocked my husband on here as I don't need him knowing everything I eat and he likes to tease/bug me about certain things. Plus I don't always want him to know about certain foods I might have hidden in the house lol for example my secret expensive protein shake i don't want him to use

I have my brother as a friend and don't mind his teasing when I have a 'bad day'.

I do find it a bit frustrating when friends on here have closed diaries as I find others food diaries them interesting and inspirational to look at.

GottaBurnEmAll

Years ago, someone tried to food shame me (she was a low carber who didn't think calories counted and thought my intake was pitifully low and had too many grams of carbs) in a thread. I was appalled that my food choices were weaponized like that, because I eat a balanced diet and it was ugly of her. She lied about it, saying she ran reports on my overall nutrition (which another user can't do) and shared my diary with house guests who happened to be doctors and that they were also aghast.

All this because I ended a day filled with vegetables, lean vegetarian protein, and whole grains with an 80 calorie fun sized Snickers bar.

My intake was an apparently ghastly 1400 or so calories.

I vowed then and there that what I ate was no one else's business unless I decided it was and made my diary private.

I log my food in a sloppy way. There are bits of this and that I don't log. I top my cottage cheese with popcorn seasoning and don't log that. I don't log every spice or things like gum.

Every now and then I have a day when I don't log my food because I'm not in the mood, but I keep a mental tally and have a vague notion of what I'm eating on those days. I don't bother logging on holidays or when we're on vacation. It's a sort of relaxed attitude/balance about logging that keeps it enjoyable and easy to do for me.

zyxst

I made mine private out of depression.

workinonit1956

@GottaBurnEmAll, that’s awful. I’m sorry that happened to you.

chrislee1628

@GottaBurnEmAll some people are just petty and childish it is shocking

GottaBurnEmAll

workinonit1956 wrote: »

@GottaBurnEmAll, that’s awful. I’m sorry that happened to you.

Thanks. She disappeared from the boards after a while. A lot of people who are very zealous often do.

But I've still decided to keep my diary private. I developed a problem with binge/restrict cycling a couple years after that happened, and having my diary private helped me face up to logging my binges, which has enabled them to become very, very limited and much smaller over time.

Noreenmarie1234

I do log most days, but have it private because people don't need to see and comment on my sky rocket sodium level and excessive fiber. I am honestly embarrassed about it...

cwolfman13

I haven't logged in 5 years because I don't need to. I can maintain my weight and lose weight easily without logging anything and I don't need a diary to "hold me accountable."

When I did log, I don't know if my diary was public or not...I don't remember. I've never looked at anyone else's diary unless they've asked me to.

sijomial

I don't log food because I don't need to.
I do log exercise because I want to.

My diary has always been open including when I was a food logger - it didn't bother me in the slightest if anyone wanted to look or comment. Had a few comments as I used the 5:2 IF diet when I lost my weight so the 600 calorie days were a bit of a surprise to people.

dsboohead

Is mine public? I am not sure.
I'm not a facebook partaker or any other social outlet where I bleed out every aspect of my life.
I'm not sure if I would like someone judging and voicing my choices....in fact it would make me furious!
I am a believer of "I do me and you do you".
But....if I needed help theeeeen....I will ask and then I would expect opinions.

CarvedTones

Nothing bad is going to happen to me if you criticize what I eat. Sometimes I ask questions that people could answer easier if they look. It's not like I use my real name or anything. I think I am better at sticking to it with it open. This works for me; I don't mean everyone should do it because I do.