why would people feel the need to keep their food diary priv

runs4zen

It's probably mostly because they don't want everyone to know what a COUGHfattyCOUGH I mean how unhealthy they were!

Its the judgement in statements like this that is part of the reason why mine is private. I know I am problem eater. When someone says, "Your fat you shouldn't be eating that!", it makes me more likley to eat it

Exactly. And this is incorrect anyhow. My log is private, I'm not fat, I just don't see why anyone would be interested in it and I know I'm not interested in theirs and I don't care what anyone else on this site thinks about my health. I hope they don't care what I think about their health either. Sounds to me like there are plenty of food logs to scroll through without mine, anyhow!

Jeff92se

I don't thik anyone has demanded they see everyone's diary.

jedi9393

Mine is open. I dont have food issues. Food IMO isnt a private thing. It's just well....food. Not a big deal. If someone sends me an email and they arent on my friends list I look over it and if they are negative I just delete it. I dont hoard friends. I only have a few on my friends list. If one of them even dared to be critical or be a jerk I would just remove and block. Some people get too emotional over what peope say or worry over what people think. I think its a confidence thing. I dont care what others think really. And yes I do it with the lights on!

Jeff92se

Mine is open. I dont have food issues. Food IMO isnt a private thing. It's just well....food. Not a big deal. If someone sends me an email and they arent on my friends list I look over it and if they are negative I just delete it. I dont hoard friends. I only have a few on my friends list. If one of them even dared to be critical or be a jerk I would just remove and block. Some people get too emotional over what peope say or worry over what people think. I think its a confidence thing. I dont care what others think really. And yes I do it with the lights on!

I feel similar

unsuspectingfish

Mine is open. I dont have food issues. Food IMO isnt a private thing. It's just well....food. Not a big deal. If someone sends me an email and they arent on my friends list I look over it and if they are negative I just delete it. I dont hoard friends. I only have a few on my friends list. If one of them even dared to be critical or be a jerk I would just remove and block. Some people get too emotional over what peope say or worry over what people think. I think its a confidence thing. I dont care what others think really. And yes I do it with the lights on!

I don't have food issues, either, but I don't think what I eat is anyone's. I'm here for me. I'm tracking my food so I know what I'm eating and can get an idea about how to eat when I eventually get to a maintenance level. Not even my family needs to know every little thing I'm eating. Why would I let a bunch of strangers know that?

loved1

My join date is 2 years ago because I used to use DietPower to track my diet/exercise but I had to keep handwritten notes & log everything so that I could enter it on DietPower on my home computer at the end of the day.
MFP was internet based w/mobile phone access & it was free so it was a better option. My log was created as a means of tracking for me in the same way that my notebook/health diary was for me. It never occurred to me to open it. I have included a lot of personal stuff in the notes & I don't see the need to share when I've had a great BM or what day my cycle starts or when I went to dinner at a particular restaurant with Mary, Jim & Bob.

I just started using the community part of the site since I've had some major life changes and am working to lose baby weight.

1953Judith

Not everyone wants or feels the need to advertise every aspect of life on the internet, this is a fairly new thing with face book & web boards but it isn't required to share every part of yourself with the rest of the internet.

I am much more comfortable with nonpublic diary (though very proud of my food choices). Through the forums, I know that there are many wonderful, knowledgeable people who I wish I knew, but I have chosen not to use the friends and public food diary aspect of MFP.

Jeff92se

Someone commented on the fact that I had french toast for dinner yesterday. LMAO

killagb

Someone commented on the fact that I had french toast for dinner yesterday. LMAO

You must be totally fatter today because of it.

Pollywog39

Maybe they're not on the right track eating clean yet and are embarassed to show that they either aren't logging at all, aren't logging everything, or are logging bad things.

What is "eating clean"? Is that the opposite of eating dirty?

I eat food. Real food, as much as possible. If I don't eat "clean" like you do, is that bad?

What is "bad" food?

Maybe some people don't think it's anyone's else's gd business what they eat?
Mine's private, and will stay that way.

Thank you for your support :smokin: :embarassed: :smokin: :embarassed: :smokin:

Mama_CAEI

Because I had a complete stranger make a snarky comment about the number of Halloween size chocolate bars I ate one day.

Jeff92se

Someone commented on the fact that I had french toast for dinner yesterday. LMAO

You must be totally fatter today because of it.

It was a positive comment. :bigsmile:

jennajava

I have seen some people say they've made theirs private because people were being so judgmental. I'd guess it's just because they can't take the heat! People generally tend to not accept criticism well, even if it's true.

AwesomelyAmber

I keep mine private because it's my own business. Period. I don't look at other people's either... That's just me. Not because i care what people think, not because I am ashamed, not eating what I should or anything like that. I don't call my husband and tell him what I put in my mouth every day... i don't even tell my mom and best friend who are trying to lose weight too. If I don't tell them, I don't feel I need to show the friends I have here. If someone asked, i would tell them...after asking what business it is of theirs