Why do you care if people have open food diaries ?

zachatta

People like excuses to be nosey, and tell others how to live.

Everytime i see an open diary, i will see one comment to the effect of

"Well hurr durr next time watch your sugar intake durrrrrr".

NVM87

Pay closer attention. At least once a week (or sometimes a day) someone posts a thread ranting about people with closed diaries.
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You're probably right... Maybe I haven't noticed cause my focus is constantly on educating myself on weight loss rather than keeping an eye out for pple talking s*** bout others..this is a very popular diet tool that many pple from around the world are using...there's bound to be some bad eggs on here! Who cares everyone is entitled to their opinion

Julicat6

I don't care if anyone else has theirs open to public, open to friends, or closed when it comes to picking people I want to be MFP friends. I can tell enough from what they say in comments and in their profile. Mine is open to public, although when I first joined I had it open to friends only. I comment on the forums enough that I decided to make mine open. I think that people who post in the forums asking for advice on what they are doing wrong or how to break a plateau should open theirs, at least temporarily, so people can respond with some knowledge of what may be the problem. I would have kept mine closed had I started my weight loss journey here, rather than WW, at least at the beginning.

LynnieG85

I have an open food diary. For the first couple of weeks it was closed, and no-one commented. I decided to open it to friends because I could see them giving each other good feedback and advice. It doesn't bother me if someone has an open or closed diary, I think having it open to my friends can only be positive.

MrsPong

I just find that I'm more honest with it closed, if its open I tend to not log "every single bite" but thats just me.

junipearl

Oh, see I HAVE to be honest because I know that I am only cheating myself.
So if I am going to be honest and my diary is OPEN then I better eat right, so it motivates me to do better!

PriceK01

I'm new to this, but I keep mine open to friends. I'm expecting them to help keep me accountable. I'd be more likely to make poor food choices if I wasn't worried about someone else seeing them.

JaciaW

I can definitely see both advantages and disadvantages to have an open diary. Personally, I have experienced a lot of judging for people when my diary was open. Certain members sent me personal messages accusing me of having an eating disorder because I was under my calories for almost a week. It's really sad that people would come to such a conclusion when I was not feeling well so I didn't have much of an appetite. I've also had people call me out on slipping on and eating not so healthy food. So what if I chose to eat pizza one night? There's nothing wrong with indulging every once in a while. I don't get why people would get so worked up about someone else eating something "bad" when it's not their body and they don't know the situation.

JeepGirl56

We can do this journey.

Brenda_Pancakes

Holy Crap. Who would seriously go thru other people's diaries to "feel better about themselves and their slipups"? That's pathetic.

I'm nosey. I like looking at what other people that are doing really good put into their bodies. Some lead by example and don't even realize it.