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Food diary secrets

jonibc
jonibc Posts: 104 Member
edited January 17 in Motivation and Support
My friends can't see my food diary because then they'd know how many calories I save for wine. Do you have anything to hide?
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  • jsjp
    jsjp Posts: 51 Member
    Lol. Bud light for me. Nobody has said anything yet.:drinker:
  • steflbrown
    steflbrown Posts: 168
    My once a month indulgence on McDonald's during my period... it's embarrassing but I just crave it!
  • VeganJamiOnAMission
    VeganJamiOnAMission Posts: 65 Member
    No secrets here. My friends can see my wine even when it's the entire bottle. Lol
  • whitneyas
    whitneyas Posts: 95 Member
    No secrets here. My friends can see my wine even when it's the entire bottle. Lol

    Haha, that was my Friday night last week and everyone saw it! I still lost weight too- I think wine may be a secret weight loss drink :)
  • fresh_start59
    fresh_start59 Posts: 590 Member
    Fast food, chocolate and cookies ... but my diary is open so my friends and anyone else on MFP can see my food "sins".
  • randoswife
    randoswife Posts: 32 Member
    Lol...awesome! Mine is Mountain Dew! I've cut way back, but I make room for 3 a day :)
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Nothin' to hide! I don't care if people see what I eat. I don't always eat great, but it serves as a good reminder, and I always look back during the week to see how I'm doing.
  • Four_Leaf_Clover
    Four_Leaf_Clover Posts: 332 Member
    no secrets for me either - I put it all on their the good and the bad (take today for example)

    but sometimes I don't complete my day so it won't show up in the news feed and hope no one notices!
  • MoreThanMommie
    MoreThanMommie Posts: 597 Member
    My food diary is open to my friends. I don't hide anything.
  • jonibc
    jonibc Posts: 104 Member
    No secrets here. My friends can see my wine even when it's the entire bottle. Lol


    LOL. I wish MFP had a "like" button!
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    I have a friends only diary, but I don't hide things. I'm not ashamed of what I eat... besides, the Snickers-a-day regimen I've been on hasn't hurt my waist line one bit.
  • hippy2skippy
    hippy2skippy Posts: 98 Member
    My food diary is open to my friends. I don't hide anything.

    Me either! lol
  • LisaMarie8713
    LisaMarie8713 Posts: 310
    I love Miller 64's.... they are in my most used list and anyone can see it! I don't care :)
  • _Lori_Lynn_
    _Lori_Lynn_ Posts: 460
    I drink wine also, but I don't hide it, because I am not here to impress anyone. They can delete if I offend them for being ME.

    I haven't looked, but I venture you are young. You'll grow more confident with who you are some day and then you won't give a hoot what people think.
  • _Lori_Lynn_
    _Lori_Lynn_ Posts: 460
    I drink wine also, but I don't hide it, because I am not here to impress anyone. They can delete if I offend them for being ME.

    I haven't looked, but I venture you are young. You'll grow more confident with who you are some day and then you won't give a hoot what people think.

    Just checked, you're 53, lol. OOPs, I was way off.

    You could always add it and see the calories and then delete it before anyone sees ;).
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    Nope! So far It's all there. The good. The Bad. The UGLY. I mean I'm only human :/
  • PrettyandPolished
    PrettyandPolished Posts: 45 Member
    You can always keep it open and do the "quick add calories" to hide your indulgences! Like how I did with that 250 calorie subway cookie I helped my 3 yr old eat.
  • jstar54321
    jstar54321 Posts: 15 Member
    My food diary is open to my friends. I don't hide anything.

    I had to slowly but surely get to that point. Now that I am, it puts the pressure on a little bit to really eat right. But Im human just like everyone else.
  • jonibc
    jonibc Posts: 104 Member
    I always add it, whatever I eat or drink. I just don't necessarily want other people to see it. I'm not sure I get the whole looking at other people's food diaries thing anyway. The only friends I had on MFP were my real life friends until recently and one of my new virtual friends made a comment about not being able to see my diary. I was thinking about that when I posted this topic.
  • CLFrancois
    CLFrancois Posts: 472 Member
    Vodka.
  • SkimFlatWhite68
    SkimFlatWhite68 Posts: 1,254 Member
    No point lying about it, you will only be lying to yourself. I log everything.
  • lizpirate
    lizpirate Posts: 92 Member
    Yeah--I plan on saving plenty of calories for whiskey and Guinness on Sunday! :P
  • judydelo1
    judydelo1 Posts: 281 Member
    I drink wine also, but I don't hide it, because I am not here to impress anyone. They can delete if I offend them for being ME.

    I haven't looked, but I venture you are young. You'll grow more confident with who you are some day and then you won't give a hoot what people think.

    Just checked, you're 53, lol. OOPs, I was way off.

    You could always add it and see the calories and then delete it before anyone sees ;).

    I don't drink wine, but I add and delete things all the time. I mix and match until I'm happy with the macros and calories BEFORE I eat the meal/snack. After I fiddle around with the meal, then I go make and eat it. ANyone else do this?
  • mreardon614
    mreardon614 Posts: 25
    I add everything I eat, I just don't share it with the world. I'm not exactly comfortable with my food habits yet, and still working out the kinks. Perhaps if I did share it might motivate me to eat healthier... To pp I just add it after I eat, maybe looking at the calories I am consuming before I consume them would be a good thing. I'm going to have to try that.
  • jonibc
    jonibc Posts: 104 Member
    I don't drink wine, but I add and delete things all the time. I mix and match until I'm happy with the macros and calories BEFORE I eat the meal/snack. After I fiddle around with the meal, then I go make and eat it. ANyone else do this?
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    I do that as a planning tool, especially if I'm going out to dinner. I'll check out the menu and plan ahead. Gotta save enough calories for wine. ;-)
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    Mine's open. But it probably should embarrass me that it says Movie Theater Popcorn and IHOP almost every Saturday.
  • judydelo1
    judydelo1 Posts: 281 Member
    BUt I will tell a secret. Sometimes I plug in the exercise that I plan to do . . . and then later remove it if I don't follow through, lol. But even still I've been below my calorie goal each day.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Mine's open with no secrets! Not even the Double-Double I had at In-N-Out yesterday. Although I did get it protein style... :bigsmile: But it's all out there - wine, beer, mixed drinks, burger night (weekly), pizza, ice cream, plus all the healthy stuff. Keepin' it real! :drinker:
  • StheK
    StheK Posts: 443 Member
    I don't drink wine, but I add and delete things all the time. I mix and match until I'm happy with the macros and calories BEFORE I eat the meal/snack. After I fiddle around with the meal, then I go make and eat it. ANyone else do this?

    Yes. I plan meals days in advance and just edit them if I end up doing something different. It helps me shop.
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    My food diary is open to my friends -- what use to have friends who are supposed to be there to encourage and keep us on track if we hide the toolbox from them. I have nothing to hide -- yeah, I may eat a half-block of fudge one day (special occasion) but I am not ashamed of it.. I even highlight and explain it (20 year anniversary)... but I don't hide it. That being said, I am a teacher and I don't keep an open diary for the general public... But my friends can see what I am doing if they wish.
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