MFP Diary: to share or not to share?

nursee67

I share my diary just because. If you want to look at it...go ahead. I may or may not look at yours. ...I am putting everything I eat for me. It may not be what you choose to eat for yourself but it is what I eat. It helps me understand some of the choices I make...where I may be most hungry. Others diaries may be helpful to me to see what people eat in their limited calories and how they make their choices.
Regarding 'food police'.... remember this...
"I wake up with myself every morning so the only opinion that really matters is mine. I'm gonna be happy with myself no matter what." (Gabourey Sidibe)
So...do what you do for you...not anyone else!

Yurippe

I don't eat well 100% of the time. Especially when I travel! My diary is open so that anyone can view it. I've never received anything but positive feedback. I'd welcome negative feedback as long as it was constructive and helpful. Like others have mentioned, I like to get ideas from others diaries.

Occationally I'll see somethat that may not be eating what I think is enough calories, or too many, or garbage food. It's not something that I discuss with them unless they specifically ask for advice. It really isn't my business unless they ask me to be involved.

porkchopz

I leave mine open because I love looking at other people's diaries. There's some voyeuristic pleasure in it, but also I like getting new meal ideas!

sonjavon

I have mine open to friends because someone asked me to open it. I considered closing it earlier this week because I kind of "took a break" from logging my meals... not an intentional break... life just got a little too hectic to keep up with posting... but then I decided, ya know maybe someone else needs to see that occasionally I don't log all my food and occasionally I go over on my calories and occcasionally I'm under on my calories... and I'm still losing and I'm still here.

I'll admit, I look at my friend's diaries and if I see a consistent area of concern... I'll check in with them. How we're eating can be an indicator of emotional issues that maybe we need to talk about... "Hey, I noticed that you ate out fast food 3 nights this week... everything ok?" or "I noticed that you're not eating all of your calories, are you feeling okay?" Those private messages have allowed me to be there for people who had a family member in the hospital (hence they were eating out a lot) or who were experiencing sickness (couldn't eat all their calories) or were on the verge of giving up... I'm glad to be able to support friends through the issues that they're having.

Mary_Burris

I keep mine public because it helps me stay accountable, and I have my friends who look at mine and I look at theirs to get meal ideas! I honestly dont pay attention to the hater threads because ive lost 142lbs and I dont give a **** about what they say. :bigsmile:

jerren

What a thread! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this everyone!