Why do people hide their diaries?

because they feel guilty and shamed of what they actually eat. LOL

THIS is prime example of attitude that keeps my stuff to MYSELF~

I keep mine closed, even to friends, because I don't see any benefit in having my eating habits scrutinized. I'm losing weight comfortably, so I don't particularly need advice from others, and If someone needs food advice or a meal suggestion, I am happy to offer it, but I get uncomfortable with the thought of ppl rummaging through my diary. I feel like I have to eat perfectly and log impeccably or else ppl will judge me. (Silly, I know, but I can't change how I feel about it overnight).

I also don't like being physically stared at ("stare" as in ALL of someone's attention on me) while I eat, it irritates me. Maybe that has something to with it? Like if my diary is open I feel everyone is watching me eat, lol. Maybe later I'll feel differently about it, but it's closed for now.

Stop caring what other people think!

Has anyone honestly had an unsolicited PM criticising their food choices? (By unsolicited, I mean you haven't posted up asking why you're not losing weight or similar.) Because nobody in the 8 months I've been here has contacted me about my food diary. *ExpectsAFlurryOfInsultingPMsNow*

I keep mine open to my friends, because their input is the only input I care about.


That being said, my friends are the kind of people that know I don't need them to tell me when I went over, or that I'm gonna have a better day tomorrow, or "Gee, your sodium is a tad high. DRINK MOAR WATER."


I keep it open to them because my friends are awesome. A lot of the people on this site are not.


Also, check my ticker. Methinks I know how to eat well, without needing advice from strangers.

Because they don't want to hear our feedback.

I agree.

Just wondering why people don't publicly share their food diaries on here or even lock them with passwords? I love clicking on someone's forum post name and checking out their food diaries for comparison and learning sake but many have their diaries locked or hidden from public view. I realize many probably might not know that they have their settings on private or for friends only.. but just curious anyways. I just don't see any real negative consequences for making them public versus showing them so that others can compare and learn from them based on individual goals.

This has been discussed in lot's of threads in the past. Here's my take on it.
1 -It's nobodies business what I eat.
2 - there are people with medical issues and allergies that would rather keep their diaries private then explain why they eat the way they do
3 - there's always one bonehead in the crowd that going to give you unsolicited advice on your food choices. Yea thanks for pointing out those 12 cookies were bad for me, I honestly didn't know that.

I don't keep mine open because I don't want any advice or accountability for my diet.

This!! I've seen people taken apart for sharing their diaries. I keep to my calories but some days I might eat a muffin or white bread - my choice - and then you get comments like "You'd be so much better off if you swapped that white bread for wholegrain". Yes, true, and I do that. But today I felt like white bread and it fitted into my calorie allowance thank you.

Honestly, I find nothing wrong with it if people want to leave theirs on public for people to get ideas from, or if they are looking for advice... but personally... unless I ASK for people's advice on my dietary choices... then I don't really want to hear their unsolicited opinion on what I do or don't eat, why I keep my diary private

because they feel guilty and shamed of what they actually eat. LOL

THIS is prime example of attitude that keeps my stuff to MYSELF~

It's why I don't show mine. I'm not the healthiest eater, and while that slows me down in losing weight, I'm working on it, and would rather not show my diary, especially since I never really post in it. LOL

I often don't track cals. Not supposed to in relation to an ED. On here for friendship and support and fitness ideas. When I do track actual cals, not just food, I'm going against Dr's orders. However, I love the clean eating ideas, fitness chat, and support in leading a healthier lifestyle. Maybe your people have issues they don't need/want to discuss with someone they only know over internet?

Also, I eat a lot of wild meat and I don't like to hear about it; it's my choice and very predominant where I'm from.

Stop caring what other people think!

Has anyone honestly had an unsolicited PM criticising their food choices? (By unsolicited, I mean you haven't posted up asking why you're not losing weight or similar.) Because nobody in the 8 months I've been here has contacted me about my food diary. *ExpectsAFlurryOfInsultingPMsNow*

I can't remember any PM's but I have had unsolicited criticism of my diary before on the forums. You post advice and someone responds with something like “nice advice seeing you ate XXX last Monday” or something stupid like that. It doesn’t really bother me. I never believe people who say they eat right 100% of the time anyway, regardless of what they log, so mine is still open.

I thought about making mine public for funzies when I got bored enough at work to occasionally post in the forums but then I was scared away by forum threads like this one where people say that other people message them all the time telling them how much they suck. I eat a lot of pizza and candy.

I don't have mine open because I keep track of a lot of other things in the little notes area that are just for me

I didn't notice that little notes section until I read this!!

Stop caring what other people think!

Has anyone honestly had an unsolicited PM criticising their food choices? (By unsolicited, I mean you haven't posted up asking why you're not losing weight or similar.) Because nobody in the 8 months I've been here has contacted me about my food diary. *ExpectsAFlurryOfInsultingPMsNow*

I can't remember any PM's but I have had unsolicited criticism of my diary before on the forums. You post advice and someone responds with something like “nice advice seeing you ate XXX last Monday” or something stupid like that. It doesn’t really bother me. I never believe people who say they eat right 100% of the time anyway, regardless of what they log, so mine is still open.

Ah. Never had that. For the record, on Tuesday, I had a late lunch comprising two slices of cake Christmas cake, a mince pie, one piece of Scottish shortbread, 4 chocolates and a mini chocolate muffins. :laugh:

I don't even have my profile open. But good luck with that.

I used to be pretty adamant about only friending people with open diaries, or having an open diary. Until I had people who, unasked, would comment on my not tracked Saturday as "hindering my progress." Uh, yeah, I'm not eating 3500 calories in one day, and I routinely eat 1200-1400 calories a day. I'm just fine. Plus, you know, generally these people were the ones who had been here a month, had no picture, parroted Dr. Oz medicine... and oh yeah, telling a recovering anorexic, "I think you're eating too much on the days you don't track" is kind of a bad time.

So, that's why mine's hidden... and I STILL have it open for friends. So, Idgaf anymore... although, coming into the forums with a specific food/diary question with a closed diary makes no sense.