Food diaries: private or public?
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Mines public.. Or friends only... i like to see what people think and hopefully they can give me opinions on where they think i have maybe gone wrong on that day.. also like browsing other peoples for meal ideas0
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Mine's public so my dietician can see it. I hate writing it out on paper and MFP is so convenient as an app on my phone!0
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Mines public.. Or friends only... i like to see what people think and hopefully they can give me opinions on where they think i have maybe gone wrong on that day.. also like browsing other peoples for meal ideas
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open, i look at other peoples diarys for ideas and don't mind people looking at mine0
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Re- Samandlucysmum: I was certain my food diary was open, but you're right, it wasn't. Well, it is now0
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I originally had my diary set to private because I was ashamed of the choices I was making, but then figured if I am going to get the most from this site I need to be held accountable. I also had the mentality that if I didn't log it, it wouldn't count but it showed up on the scale so I new I had to make changes now I am public and it has helped me to lose 35lbs.0
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I wish more people (especially my friends) kept their food diaries open. I find it very helpful to see and compare what others are eating, especially the more successful losers. That's too bad that some people have experienced critical comments concerning their food diaries.0
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Me too,
Helps with motivation even if no body looks0 -
I keep mine open (I think it is open...) because I can't see a reason to close it. I don't mind if people want to look.0
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I keep mine open as i think there is nothing to hide in it. We are all in common form with same objective i.e. loosing weight and being open we might be helping others unknowingly, i might be getting info from someone elses diet, that will help me achieving my result faster....0
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Mine's closed because I use the notes section to keep track of my IBS symptoms - I really don't want the world reading about my bowel movements!
I don't read anyone else's diaries though, so it's quite fair.0 -
Mine is public. I welcome constructive criticism (hey, I can use all that help I can get) and so far I haven't had anyone be rude/mean about what I've eaten. Though I'm in the "hey, why am I not losing as quickly as others" club.
What she said ..i just switch from private to public..but i have been eating junkie food but it will stop one day ...plus i am always under my cals 2 why not!0 -
Mine is open to friends...not sure if it's open to the public...my reasoning is that I want women to know that you do not have to eat <1200 cals a day to lose weight. I think so many women fall off the wagon from starving themselves...I want them to see you can eat 2000+ calories a day and still lose weight!
And FWIW I've never had anyone comment that I eat too much...I've had them indicate surprise when they see the scale going down but always in a nice way.0 -
Mine is open, and so are most of my friends.
I always read theirs before commenting, and love finding delicious food ideas.0 -
Mine is open to friends, and I like to see their diaries to see how they are going, the food choices so I can get some ideas, and so on. If a diary is closed that is someone's own business, but having mine open means that people can pick up if I am having any bad choices or whatever.
I have picked up some ideas along the way - one being that people who drink lots of water seem to lose a lot of weight; processed foods seem to slow weight loss down; that sort of thing.0 -
mine is open to friends, Its nice to share food ideas to my MFP friends0
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Mine is open to friends. I don't keep mine open to the general populous of MFP because I'm not really looking for feedback or input. I reached my weight loss goal several months ago, and am now in maintenance mode.
I usually eat 2200-2500 calories a day, so I really don't think my diary would even be helpful to people who are still trying to lose weight.0 -
Public because sometimes I need the extra advice to help with my journey. Or sometimes I just need my freinds here to tell it like it is and get my eating habits back in check.0
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Thanks, didn't know you could do this0
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Mine's public so my dietician can see it. I hate writing it out on paper and MFP is so convenient as an app on my phone!
What she said ^^^^ :-)
But I also like to look at others, not to critique, but to get food ideas! Sometimes I run out of ideas on what to eat.0
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