do you leave your diary open?

I do...however it's not very good

Mine's open only to friends. If I ever end up asking a question where seeing the diary would help, I'd open it temporarily, but I haven't felt any need so far. Guess I feel the need to keep something private in this age of Too Much Information.

Mine is closed. As is everything I do on the internet, I proceed with extreme privacy. I don't look at others either, as I am accountable only to myself.

Yeah, I think this may have a lot to do with your "Internet personality." I am the same way. When I want to share something specific, I post it. But I'm not the type to just have stuff on display. I haven't updated Facebook since the birth of my daughter.

It's open to friends only, but I've been considering changing it to strictly open.

Initially I made the decision for privacy and the embarrassment of eating a pizza for dinner. Anyhow, I don't think I care so much anymore. But I will say that I'm overall a private person even IRL.

Plus, I often find other people's diaries really confusing and not helpful when they don't even come close to their calorie goals -- or when they've only eaten three things but have somehow eaten all their calories and I can't see where the extra calories are coming from. So I always feel like I have a gazillion questions, but I don't know whether they really want me to be snooping around and inviting myself to ask questions about their diary.

I have the same problem! Like there will be two food entries totaling 400 calories, but their daily calories at the top will be 1500 out of 1550 total for the day. There's no way those two entries totaled 1500 so why can I only see 400?! It's the weirdest thing!

AFM: my diary is open, I think it holds me accountable and I encourage my friends to give me honest feedback on my day.

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:

True but then you have people making posts saying they dont know why they aren't losing and their diary's are closed but ince you ask them to open them you can easily see why they aren't losing. People like to lie to themselves.

Mine is open to friends. There are one or two who have reached their goal weights and I've found it helpful when they see something that I could do differently that will make this huge lifestyle change a little easier.

Yes, it's open, sometimes I'm not proud of it.

I don't leave it open because I do not use MFP for tracking calories. I prefer the old fashioned pen and paper way of doing things. And if I don't know how many calories are in something, I just don't eat it.

ditto. pen and paper

I do this too. when I was trying to figure out what could have cause my bloating problem, pencil and paper did a great job without stressing me out. LOL Plus I got to use those pretty stationary papers I collected throughout the old days...

don't like to leave mine open. Had some "uncomfortable" friends that would use what I ate as a basis for our relationship. I had someone yell at me for something I ate and I just set "f$%ck it".

Mine is closed because I'm perfectly fine with what and how I eat and I don't need feedback on it. If that changed, I'd open it and ask for opinions, but right now if someone wants to know what I eat they can ask, but I think having it open is somewhat of an invitation to look at it, and while I don't have anything to hide, I also have no reason to say "Hey, look at my diary!". I track for me.

I do find it odd when someone people won't friend people unless they have an open diary. You can support people without knowing the minutiae of what they eat. To me saying you won't support someone unless you can see what they eat every day is like saying on a pregnancy forum that you won't support someone trying to conceive unless you can see their basal body temp every morning :ohwell: I get that some people have ED's and the like but I choose to give the benefit of the doubt.

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.

That happens fairly often on the forums which is one good reason to keep your diary private.

Open to the world, and always looking for potential friends who are too. I like to see what others are eating for potential meal or food ideas that I may not have considered. Anyone who's open too, and looking for new friends can feel free to add me.

Mine is closed because I'm perfectly fine with what and how I eat and I don't need feedback on it. If that changed, I'd open it and ask for opinions, but right now if someone wants to know what I eat they can ask, but I think having it open is somewhat of an invitation to look at it, and while I don't have anything to hide, I also have no reason to say "Hey, look at my diary!". I track for me.

I do find it odd when someone people won't friend people unless they have an open diary. You can support people without knowing the minutiae of what they eat. To me saying you won't support someone unless you can see what they eat every day is like saying on a pregnancy forum that you won't support someone trying to conceive unless you can see their basal body temp every morning :ohwell: I get that some people have ED's and the like but I choose to give the benefit of the doubt.

Some members are using other members' diaries as weapons to shame and control. Some regularly stalk other members via their diaries. I've seen the open diary is mandatory requirement for FR but don't agree with it. I don't send or accept friend requests AND I have no interest in viewing someone's diary.

My diary is open. I have nothing to hide.