do you leave your diary open?

Mine is public. I know that if I keep it hidden from everyone, there's a possibility I might indulge more than I should; leaving it public means people can see and judge my choices, and nobody likes to be judged, so I'm more likely to stay within my daily calorie allowance (although I'm getting over that feeling now and finding it easier not to binge for the satisfaction of my own self.) Also, if I ask for advice or something, I figure it'd be easier for people to offer if they know what a typical food day is like for me.

Plus, I thought it might be useful as a reference for someone else, maybe someone with the same dietary limitation as me, to get ideas for certain meals/snacks or whatever.

Yep, always open for everyone's viewing pleasure . I figure what good is it to not be publicly accountable (I have only a handful of MFP friends, I like it that way) for my food choices. And I know peeking at others' open diaries has been super helpful for me to get ideas and get a handle on how to log accurately and how the whole "eat back your calories" thing works (um, brilliantly, by the way, when done properly--I totally earned my McDonald's feast tonight--still under for the day--YAY!).

I thank ALL of you with open diaries and real life advice and inspiration. It has allowed me to NOT freak out about a couple of fast food burgers. That's NOT a binge--it's a REFUEL (ok--could've eaten my chicken breasts and broccoli and potato like a good girl, but I didn't wanna tonight).

Good, bad, ugly, "weird", veg*ns, carnivores, non standard eating schedules, whatever--open diaries certainly can and do help others tremendously.

Mine is open and I am very openly honest about everything I eat plus how I feel that day. I know if I was starting out weight loss again I'd like to see open diaries and real honest thoughts from others to help motivate and inspire me. It does make me feel more accountable but if I cheat or make a bad decision it hopefully only shows I am human. I've yet to be insulted about my diary but I've been insulted for losing weight period by friends so I feel impervious to strangers rude comments should they come my way.

Mine's open. I don't really see a reason for it not to be. What's going to happen? Someone going to take offense that I eat at Taco Bell and stalk me?

I have mine totally open.
It was open to just my friends when I started. We all joined together so there's about 6 people I regularly hang out with that can see my diary. I know they look at it too cause we all spy on each other. It keeps me accountable cause I can't really lie on it cause I've usually eaten around at least one of them most days, and if I'm lying I won't lose weight so there's no point doing this at all.

I opened it to the public when I became a bit more active on the boards, just in case anyone was curious.
I did worry people were gonna think I was being rubbish at logging though cause most of the time I don't put spread on sandwiches, and I make porridge with just water and I've seen people get criticized for inaccurate logging when they don't put those things down. No one has though, so that's nice

I believe it's closed. I also use the food notes for my own notes about food, exercise, personal appts, whatever.

I might open it in the future, but to be honest, I've seen at least 2 people on the forums in my short time here use other people's diaries as a way to score points against them during some unrelated arguments.

That kind of thing doesn't make me feel open to the idea of being open.

I've seen this too. There was a lady who kept calling another lady "Fruit loop eater" It was so stupid. I might add the "fruit loop eater" had met her goal and was drop dead gorgeous. Mine's open to friends.

Mine's open. Was interested to read lately that people who have open diaries and share them with their friends lose twice as much weight as those who don't, according to MFP.

http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/2014/05/myfitnesspal-ebook-the-rise-of-the-fitness-tribe/

Or they lie lol

Open to the world.

Mine is closed. Ultimately this is a very personal journey and I'm accountable to myself. I'm doing well with my approach, so do whatever works for you.

I've also been here over two years now if memory serves me right. I've seen too many people get unsupportive comments about what they eat. I don't mean on the forums. I mean on the newsfeed. And to people who don't have eating disorders. There are some self-appointed diary watchers who give unsolicited feedback. If you don't mind that then have an open diary. Some of us prefer to avoid that.

Mine is always open... I really dgaf what other people think of my eating.

Mine's open. Was interested to read lately that people who have open diaries and share them with their friends lose twice as much weight as those who don't, according to MFP.

http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/2014/05/myfitnesspal-ebook-the-rise-of-the-fitness-tribe/

Or they lie lol

Eh, this is true. Or they cherry-picked the data. *Shrugs*.



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Open! People who have nothing to hide hide nothing.

Regardless of what anyone lists in their diary and regardless of whether it's private or open, the body keeps a very accurate record of what it's been fed. You can't hide anything from it. :laugh:

I keep mine open. TBH I don't understand the point of closing it.

Open! People who have nothing to hide hide nothing.

Regardless of what anyone lists in their diary and regardless of whether it's private or open, the body keeps a very accurate record of what it's been fed. You can't hide anything from it. :laugh:

Ha! Nailed it!


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Closed. Have gone back and forth on this.
If I was struggling to lose weight and asking questions about what I eat, ok.
But I am fine with my progress.
So in turn. No need.