"WTGs" when someone completes their diary

kapeluza

I give a grats to the simple fact that people are willing to log their food. Do you realize how busy some people are? How hard this ritual is for some people? The fact that people are taking time in their day to improve something about themselves is worth a grats to me! Now, if people have really bad diaries, well a nice note or some encouragement I think is in order. Courtesy and politeness goes a long way. Trashing people and belittling them because their diaries are not optimal is really not necessary.

dshalbert

Is it just me, or does it piss anyone else off that vodka (and wine) have calories???

when i start drinking, they don't.....(in my mind)....

but yeah really really pisses me off....i like to think of those as "happy calories" or " i won't beat the crap out of some people who run their mouth" calories

:laugh:

LtAngela

I'm not posting this out of spite, hate or a feeling of righteousness.

I've noticed that when someone completes their food diary with a calorie deficit people will often post "WTG" or "Well done!" as encouragement. That's great and I think that helps people a lot. It's also an indication that people are good and are thinking of other's success in a positive light.

What I've also noticed is that sometimes a WTGer (someone that posts encouragement) will not check the food diary before posting the encouragement. I've done this too! I checked a friend's diary yesterday and I noticed that they had eaten a bowl of oat meal for breakfast, another bowl of oatmeal for lunch, no dinner and 700 calories worth of vodka.

I drink too, that's fine, but I won't skip dinner just so I can drink! Nor should anyone. I believe that if you've blown your calorie budget for the day by lunch time you should still try to have a proper dinner with vegetables etc.

Am I overreacting? I really don't want to encourage people for starving themselves or having a 'liquid diet'. This stuff feels like it's so close to anorexia that it's almost frightening to encourage it!

Thoughts?

Here is RESULT!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/288131-compare-my-photo-before-and-after

becka63

I try to give positive comments - whether I can see their diary or not, and as I often respond on my iphone, as yet, unless you go into the proper site, there is no way on the app to view people's diaries.

I am uncomfortable with the notion of 'checking' diaries...I will look, out of interest, but the only things that will make me comment, is if I am not sure what they have eaten and it looks interesting (the whole trans-atlantic thing there!), I like what I see and I want some! And incredibly, very rarely I comment out of concern...I only know my friends through the info they choose to divulge on here. If, for them, eating 800 cals was a good day and an effort, it would be totally demoralising if I called them on it.

I don't have a problem wtg'ing on people who have had a treat day, or cheat day, or it is a rest day and they've gone over...sometimes it's nice to, you know, acknowledge that they've deserved that treat and that life shouldn't always be about saying no to foods! And it is sometimes very hard to be honest enough to yourself to admit that you've had a pizza, mcdonalds, whatever, let alone log it so it's there for you to see - and others!

There is also the issue of whether people are here dieting, or making a lifestyle change. I am making a lifestyle change, and whilst I know that involves some dietary change, and it's made me look at portion size and snacking, I don't want to change my diet drastically, so I would be offended if I was called on having white bread instead of wholemeal or half a bottle of wine...those are my choices and I understand the consequence of making them!

That said, I often ask my friends for help and ideas with weightloss and then they will view my diary and provide feedback...I value their contributions and take up the ones I see as achievable - for me.