WHY HIDE YOUR FOOD DIARY ??
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I am not sure why people hide there food diary as advice can help and lets be honest if your fat and overweight like i was you need to be honest with yourself.
This might seem harsh but come on people I found being honest with myself one of the biggest steps. I use to lie how fat I was to people and myself.
As long as we're saying things that "might seem harsh," you'll forgive me if I don't take advice from someone who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're." You may think I suck because my food diary's private, but I think that a grown man spelling things phonetically is a worse crime -- I guess we all have our things that drive us nuts.
+1 I don't take advice from people who can't write properly. It indicates to me either a lack of education, a lack of intelligence or both.
As for your question, I value my privacy. I'm honest with myself; that's all that's necessary.
And as we all know, those who aren't as well-educated or intellectual are actually sub-human. Third World countries should be severed ties with immediately, only given dictionaries and thesauruses to fend for themselves. Only when they can recite the entireties of these books with ease, shall we bring these formerly ignorant countries back into communication with us "proper" humans.
excuse me but did you just called people of third world countries ignorant?
In the most sarcastic manner possible...
Oooooooh, now there's gonna be a fight, time to get the popcorn!!!!!
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Actually thank you for this post! I had no idea till i looked that mine was locked but now its open to my friends! It does not bother me to have it looked at.0
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Mine is private because it is my business. Seeing as how I have lost a good amount of weight, goes to show I don't need everyone to look at my diary and see what I am doing right or wrong. But it's awesome that you felt the need to try and call people out on their diary....the only thing you did was make yourself look dumb, while trying to pretend others are using MFP "wrong".0
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I am not sure why people hide there food diary as advice can help and lets be honest if your fat and overweight like i was you need to be honest with yourself.
This might seem harsh but come on people I found being honest with myself one of the biggest steps. I use to lie how fat I was to people and myself.
As long as we're saying things that "might seem harsh," you'll forgive me if I don't take advice from someone who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're." You may think I suck because my food diary's private, but I think that a grown man spelling things phonetically is a worse crime -- I guess we all have our things that drive us nuts.
+1 I don't take advice from people who can't write properly. It indicates to me either a lack of education, a lack of intelligence or both.
As for your question, I value my privacy. I'm honest with myself; that's all that's necessary.
And as we all know, those who aren't as well-educated or intellectual are actually sub-human. Third World countries should be severed ties with immediately, only given dictionaries and thesauruses to fend for themselves. Only when they can recite the entireties of these books with ease, shall we bring these formerly ignorant countries back into communication with us "proper" humans.
I am not talking about 3rd world countries. I am talking about the OP who has enough food to eat and access to the internet!
if u want peeple to teak you seriosly then learn to right good
You were actually talking about anybody you deem less educated and intellectual, anybody who can't write properly. Third World countries was just ONE example, this wasn't about having food and access to the internet. Those who have learning disabilities have those two priviledges also, but they may not be able to write up to your standards.
LOL. How about I tell YOU what I was talking about rather than the other way around. Oh wait, I already did. :bigsmile:0 -
100% agreement with this. Hell, most days I don't even bother logging, hasn't hurt my maintenance or my current weight loss stage at all. I'm a grown man, I certainly don't need someone else to hold me accountable for my actions. I'm perfectly capable of doing that myself. It's called, "being a mature adult."I explain in my profile the reasons why mine is locked:My food diary is locked and will remain that way for a couple reasons:
1) I eat reasonably healthy, but I won't hold my diet up as an example for anybody else to emulate.
2) What I'm doing works for me and I really don't care what anybody else thinks of it.
I certainly don't claim to be any kind of expert and don't have degrees or certifications to back me up, but I've got a decent handle on nutrition. I'm accountable to myself, and don't want or need people who've chosen to starve themselves, eat in a manner different from me and/or who arbitrarily exclude foods (or entire food groups) from their diets trying to tell me how evil my diet is and why I should change it. As SideSteel alluded to above, I don't want/need commentary or accountability to others. I'm 100% responsible and accountable for my efforts and have just never been into the cheerleader/group support mentality. It works for many people and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that - it's just not my thing.
OTOH, if we're talking about people who come into the forums to ask advice regarding their diet, why they're stalled, why they're gaining, etc. - then they should certainly open their diaries so people who are inclined to do so can look at them and offer relevant suggestions.0 -
Well I believe my friends can see my food plan. If it's private that's okay with me, maybe people don't need to see my food cause it will confuse whatever eating plan they are on. Honestly I think if anyone criticized my choices I might block it. If it's open that's okay too it might inspire someone. I dno, I'm clearly on the fence about this. I've had no problems so far, so however it is I will leave it that way. (think I'm gonna change my name to sweden, or switzerland or whatever that "neutral" country was.)0
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I make mine public so my trainer can view it. If some else is interested in what I eat, I would be shocked.0
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Because I can.0
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I am not sure why people hide there food diary as advice can help and lets be honest if your fat and overweight like i was you need to be honest with yourself.
This might seem harsh but come on people I found being honest with myself one of the biggest steps. I use to lie how fat I was to people and myself.
When I want you to view my diary, I'll let you know.0 -
:laugh: I am actually burning calories laughing at this thread. Oops there goes another 50 cal. :laugh:0
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I am not sure why people hide there food diary as advice can help and lets be honest if your fat and overweight like i was you need to be honest with yourself.
This might seem harsh but come on people I found being honest with myself one of the biggest steps. I use to lie how fat I was to people and myself.
As long as we're saying things that "might seem harsh," you'll forgive me if I don't take advice from someone who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're." You may think I suck because my food diary's private, but I think that a grown man spelling things phonetically is a worse crime -- I guess we all have our things that drive us nuts.
+1 I don't take advice from people who can't write properly. It indicates to me either a lack of education, a lack of intelligence or both.
As for your question, I value my privacy. I'm honest with myself; that's all that's necessary.
And as we all know, those who aren't as well-educated or intellectual are actually sub-human. Third World countries should be severed ties with immediately, only given dictionaries and thesauruses to fend for themselves. Only when they can recite the entireties of these books with ease, shall we bring these formerly ignorant countries back into communication with us "proper" humans.
I am not talking about 3rd world countries. I am talking about the OP who has enough food to eat and access to the internet!
if u want peeple to teak you seriosly then learn to right good
You were actually talking about anybody you deem less educated and intellectual, anybody who can't write properly. Third World countries was just ONE example, this wasn't about having food and access to the internet. Those who have learning disabilities have those two priviledges also, but they may not be able to write up to your standards.
LOL. How about I tell YOU what I was talking about rather than the other way around. Oh wait, I already did. :bigsmile:
Hmm, well then maybe you should post it while using your awesome grammatical skills to make it say what you ACTUALLY meant instead of what you wanted it to mean?
The reason I took offense enough to ever respond in the first place is because you're flatly judging everybody who doesn't write properly and up to your standards as less educated and less intelligent. That's an ignornant judgment, and it deals with more people than the OP.
I'M done responding here, I'm sure that I'll get flamed plenty for this, I don't care.0 -
I open mine to my MFP friends and highly prefer that all my MFP friends open theirs to at least their friends. The reason why is because I want to provide encouragement to my MFP friends and have a hard time doing that for people who have a closed diary. When I see "XXX has completed their log and are below their calorie goal". I don't know what their goals are, I don't know whether they made good or bad food decisions. How can I say "good job" if I don't know they did a good job? I try to figure out what their real goals are and give them specific "good job drinking that water" kind of thing; if I know they've had a hard time getting in the water they want to drink. The generic "Good job" just falls flat when it's based on virtually no information. Same is true for "XXX completed their log" - but without the "below calorie goal". That day might not be so bad at all. They may have made excellent food choices. How am I to know and give them positive feedback?0
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I have no problem being honest with myself. I log everything religiously. I just don't care to have my eating habits scrutinized and picked over. I find it the interwebz equivalent of being [istared[/i] at while I'm eating.
And too often, when someone says anything about diets,esp promoting clean eating it pretty much invites all the nasty people to eye-rape their diary and crucify them for the ONE soda they had two weeks ago. It's ridiculous. My diary keeps me accountable for ME, and everyone else can go [insert preferred expletive here] themselves.0 -
You look like you got some good muscle mass. Any advice on my diet?0
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I keep mine private so I can use the notes section to write my opinions of all the people on my friends list.
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I made mine only view able to my friends after getting into arguments from some people on here about how it's bad to only eat 1-2x a day. That I should be eating 4-6 small meals a day. Oh and that eating after midnight is really bad for me and I will never lose weight unless I stop @ midnight, or even better, at 7pm. I work nights. I don't have a typical eating schedule like the day walkers do. For me sleep is priority #1. I plan my day/night ahead and if I know I will be busy, I will sometimes eat all my allowed calories in 1 meal so I can get my sleep.0
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I made mine only view able to my friends after getting into arguments from some people on here about how it's bad to only eat 1-2x a day. That I should be eating 4-6 small meals a day. Oh and that eating after midnight is really bad for me and I will never lose weight unless I stop @ midnight, or even better, at 7pm. I work nights. I don't have a typical eating schedule like the day walkers do. For me sleep is priority #1. I plan my day/night ahead and if I know I will be busy, I will sometimes eat all my allowed calories in 1 meal so I can get my sleep.
This really made me contemplate opening mine up all the way in the hope that some of the fanatics comment on mine. I sometimes like having fun with telemarketers too. It could be fun debating with some of the fanatics. Or better yet, find fanatics in opposite camps and hook them up; then watch. It could be a real hoot.0 -
Mine is available to my friends only. I have an online stalker so I do not need them having access to that.
I have my diary open to my friends for 3 reasons
1) Why not? I'm sharing this with them and most people I know IRL. I've never had unsolicited remarks, if I did they would get deleted.
2) A few people I've inspired to get healthy I've added on MFP. They want to see what I'm eating as an example of what they can be doing. It can be hard when you don't know where to go. I also have yum meals so people can use them for themselves.
3) To show I'm not bull****ting. Who would put that much effort into their diary if they are eating crap? Some days I have 30+ single entries of food.
People have their own reasons.0 -
Because you're a private person?0
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The reason I took offense enough to ever respond in the first place is because you're flatly judging everybody who doesn't write properly and up to your standards as less educated and less intelligent. That's an ignornant judgment, and it deals with more people than the OP.
Why would you take offense? My comment was directed at the OP. :huh: Also, you've misquoted me. I never said 'and'. I said 'either...or both'. BIG difference. Before you get all :mad: over someone's post, please read it more carefully...but not too carefully.
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My diary is open as far as I know. No bad comments from anybody and I have come to realize that there is no such thing as privacy. Plus, I like to share everything. Even the bad stuff. I guess I am just not ashamed of what I eat or what I do. I am human. It is seeing the daily struggles of others that bonds us all. At least, I think so!0
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I am not sure why people hide there food diary as advice can help and lets be honest if your fat and overweight like i was you need to be honest with yourself.
This might seem harsh but come on people I found being honest with myself one of the biggest steps. I use to lie how fat I was to people and myself.
As long as we're saying things that "might seem harsh," you'll forgive me if I don't take advice from someone who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're." You may think I suck because my food diary's private, but I think that a grown man spelling things phonetically is a worse crime -- I guess we all have our things that drive us nuts.
+1 I don't take advice from people who can't write properly. It indicates to me either a lack of education, a lack of intelligence or both.
As for your question, I value my privacy. I'm honest with myself; that's all that's necessary.
And as we all know, those who aren't as well-educated or intellectual are actually sub-human. Third World countries should be severed ties with immediately, only given dictionaries and thesauruses to fend for themselves. Only when they can recite the entireties of these books with ease, shall we bring these formerly ignorant countries back into communication with us "proper" humans.
I am not talking about 3rd world countries. I am talking about the OP who has enough food to eat and access to the internet!
if u want peeple to teak you seriosly then learn to right good
You were actually talking about anybody you deem less educated and intellectual, anybody who can't write properly. Third World countries was just ONE example, this wasn't about having food and access to the internet. Those who have learning disabilities have those two priviledges also, but they may not be able to write up to your standards.
LOL. How about I tell YOU what I was talking about rather than the other way around. Oh wait, I already did. :bigsmile:
Hmm, well then maybe you should post it while using your awesome grammatical skills to make it say what you ACTUALLY meant instead of what you wanted it to mean?
The reason I took offense enough to ever respond in the first place is because you're flatly judging everybody who doesn't write properly and up to your standards as less educated and less intelligent. That's an ignornant judgment, and it deals with more people than the OP.
I'M done responding here, I'm sure that I'll get flamed plenty for this, I don't care.
I agree it sounds harsh! As for the original poster's query.... I don't think his aim was to inflame mfp members trigger fingers and send them off onto a nasty,reply, rampage. He was genuinely concerned and confused as to other people's alternative approach to weight loss. Why he couldn't get polite, thought out responses is beyond me!0 -
:laugh: I am actually burning calories laughing at this thread. Oops there goes another 50 cal. :laugh:
really this thread is funnier than your purple tux? that's what's got me in "stitches" bright magenta ones.0 -
I am not sure why people hide there food diary as advice can help and lets be honest if your fat and overweight like i was you need to be honest with yourself.
This might seem harsh but come on people I found being honest with myself one of the biggest steps. I use to lie how fat I was to people and myself.
As long as we're saying things that "might seem harsh," you'll forgive me if I don't take advice from someone who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're." You may think I suck because my food diary's private, but I think that a grown man spelling things phonetically is a worse crime -- I guess we all have our things that drive us nuts.
+1 I don't take advice from people who can't write properly. It indicates to me either a lack of education, a lack of intelligence or both.
As for your question, I value my privacy. I'm honest with myself; that's all that's necessary.
And as we all know, those who aren't as well-educated or intellectual are actually sub-human. Third World countries should be severed ties with immediately, only given dictionaries and thesauruses to fend for themselves. Only when they can recite the entireties of these books with ease, shall we bring these formerly ignorant countries back into communication with us "proper" humans.
I am not talking about 3rd world countries. I am talking about the OP who has enough food to eat and access to the internet!
if u want peeple to teak you seriosly then learn to right good
You were actually talking about anybody you deem less educated and intellectual, anybody who can't write properly. Third World countries was just ONE example, this wasn't about having food and access to the internet. Those who have learning disabilities have those two priviledges also, but they may not be able to write up to your standards.
LOL. How about I tell YOU what I was talking about rather than the other way around. Oh wait, I already did. :bigsmile:
^ this scares me. didn't even read it all, just the whole length of it and skimming...scary.0 -
I have mine set to just friends can see. I don't mind sharing it, but I also don't want to show it to everyone in the world.
I agree totally, but when people criticize they get deleted, I'm only wanting supportive friends not picky ones
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My friends can see mine, but if they feel the need to write negative comments to me about it I just delete them. Cya Stupid.
I don't need the negs.
Same reason I don't make it public - everyone has an opinion and opinions are free and that's pretty much exactly what they're worth.0 -
I am not sure why people hide there food diary as advice can help and lets be honest if your fat and overweight like i was you need to be honest with yourself.
This might seem harsh but come on people I found being honest with myself one of the biggest steps. I use to lie how fat I was to people and myself.
Sounds like having your diary opened for accountability reasons worked - that was YOUR WAY of being honest with yourself. NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU - and if you are FAT (which yes, lots of us are) doesn't mean we aren't honest with ourselves, we just handle things differently.Some people do not want feedback from others. This is not the same thing as "not being honest with yourself" in all cases.
I will give you one example: I have a friend with an eating disorder. She does not like to be ridiculed by people who truly do not understand her battles. Locking her food diary prevents this.
I'm sharing this with you for context. You may need accountability or commentary. Other people may not, and that's not a bad thing.
^^^^ I agree with what he says but also - have/had my own reasons. ^^^^
I have an Eating disorder and HATE when people make rude comments about things like "you shouldn't eat that" blah blah blah - yes, I know I shouldn't be eating AS MUCH OF that, but I did. I can't change the past. At the time (when I first joined MFP) I wasn't sure if I was comfortable of letting how many ever people read what I ate for that day BEFORE they understood my situation. I've had enough problems with my own family making snide remarks, I didn't want random people to either.
NOW, I have my diary open ONLY to my friends (because now we have bonded and I am comfortable with them knowing) because I've weaved out the jerks that like to MAKE rude comments. I like to get feedback from my MFP friends because it helps me - or IDEAS for recipes or something to make or to switch up.
But sometimes, when I am feeling down and out, I like to hide my diary, because then instead of feeling like I need to impress my MFP family or feel like I've failed my teammates in my biggest loser challenge - it helps keep me accountable for ME! And THAT is the ONLY reason why I chose to do what I WANT with MY DIARY.
You having YOUR diary opened for everyone on MFP has helped you out. I've lost 53 lbs because I MANAGED my diary (and other things) the way I needed to per scenario. Don't like it, I don't care.
We all have our own opinions, but bashing people for not having their diaries open is such a waste of time, and obviously you are the one who is insecure about something Sir. Do what works for YOU ONLY, and DO NOT criticize others for how they handle themselves and their diaries or anything else for that matter.0 -
When I send friend requests to people I let them know that I have a closed diary and the reasons why - that why they can choose not to accept my friend request if that is a deal breaker for them. (When people friend me and ask - I tell them politely my reasons)
The reasons why I have a closed diary is:
1. I write personal health related tracking notes in my diary that are just that "personal"
2. I don't want to open myself up for comments negative or otherwise about my food choices, if this was to happen I would find myself "cheating" and not recording everything just to "please" the masses. The only one I am accountable to for my food choices is myself.
3. What I am doing this time around is working for me. While I am on a roll I would like to keep it that way.
4. If and when I think I need advice on my food I know that I do have the option of opening up my diary to my friends for advice or go and see a dietitian and take my iPad in and let her view the diary!0 -
I am not sure why people hide there food diary as advice can help and lets be honest if your fat and overweight like i was you need to be honest with yourself.
This might seem harsh but come on people I found being honest with myself one of the biggest steps. I use to lie how fat I was to people and myself.
It's my tracking tool, it's nobody else's business what I consume.
Besides, there are a lot of weird judgemental people on the Internet.
A fact this thread seems to back up very well ...0 -
It's my tracking tool, it's nobody else's business what I consume.
Besides, there are a lot of weird judgemental people on the Internet.
A fact this thread seems to back up very well ...
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