WHY keep your food diary hidden?

reneeileen

Mine is open to my friends but I recently had this discussion with someone and they shared that they had a hard time being honest with herself and she was learning to do that with her food diary. This is a personal journey. If someone feels more safe being honest if it is just them and their diary, that is their choice to make.

Moonbyebye

I keep mine closed because I didn't join this site to show the world what I'm eating! I joined to help ME track my calories. Not strangers or my dear MFP friends. Do people on here struggle to sleep at night knowing that people decide to keep their diaries closed?

Moonbyebye

Fear. plain and simple. fear of judgement, fear of rejection, fear of humiliation. Fear.

it's up there on my list of the world ending, sharks, etc...

NYPetite

Maybe because MFP members don't want to be scrutinized on what they are choosing to eat. Everyone has their bad days along with their good. What if one day I want to eat 5 Twinkies? At least if its private I can still list it and realize what I chose to eat and observe and not have everyone's 2 cents. Obviously i know i shouldn't be eating 5 Twinkies :P

justbecause2014

I leave mine open for one reason..because I LOVE reading other peoples food diaries so I may as well let them read mine!