How public are you regarding your dieting?

I tell everybody so that they can remind me when I'm about to mess up!

The only time I could really do some damage to my diet is if I'm completely alone, which is almost never!

Very public! I think really only strangers don't know hehe. And even that's not completely true because I a blog of my own that anyone could visit.

Being open about it has been really positive so far. I've had multiple people tell me I've inspired them!

I told myself I wouldn't say anything until people started noticing I was losing weight which happened for the first time at -22 lbs. People started asking what I was doing so I have led a handful of people here and now they are losing weight too.

Everyone I know is on the bandwagon...I am in a pre-op weight loss course before surgery and one of the first things they discuss is who you have for support and who will sabotage it...

In my opinion if I tell everyone then I have a lot of people supporting my loss and helping me get on track if I fall off.

I share my weight and the complete struggle with my mother, but I'm only partially public with the rest of it. I've made it known I intend to lose weight and what I'm giving up and what my general goals are and I feel that it's helping me stay on track. How embarrassing would be to talk about how proud I was of myself and then totally fail?! Haha. I've gotten a lot of support from family and friends too which is amazingly helpful. This is the one time I feel I can actually do it!

I've grappled with the same thing, and am walking kind of a middle road...

It's obvious to everyone I work with that I've gotten really active: I've gone from being a lazy you-know-what to keeping my bike in my office and riding an hour every day. I've also been Facebooking the rides.

Apart from that, I'm on a medically-supervised program (HMR). I don't go out of my way to hide it, but I don't go around advertising that I'm on it, either. If it's relevant, it's relevant (for example, if someone asks if I'm on a diet/what kind of diet, I'll answer forthrightly).

Fundamentally, this is a personal thing that I'm working on, so it deserves discretion; but it's not a shameful thing that I feel I need cover up.

I let it be known to everyone everywhere without having to say much. They usually see what I'm eating now vs. what they used to see me eat and what I looked like before, then they don't really question it except if I'm on drugs or not. Lol.

To strangers, they don't question it either, because...well, they're strangers. WTF are they so concerned about with what's on my plate? So what if I'm eating a salad with dressing on the side and a baked cod? They can keep right on enjoying that delicious plate of lasagna, fettucine alfredo, and chili cheese fries with ranch dripping off the side. I know what it tastes like. I'm good.

Since joining MFP last October I've become pretty public about it. Once I saw that I really was going to the gym, was watching my calories, was making better food choices and was having some success I started talking about it more. I update my friends on facebook periodically and they're all very supportive. I'm sure a lot of them didn't really notice how overweight I was/am because I hide it well and know how to dress. And a lot of the pictures of myself were taken while I was pregnant, so it's easy to forgive the weight in those pictures.

I don't expect anyone else to give me motivation or to keep me accountable. It actually makes me angry when my husband asks if I'm going to the gym, etc. This is my issue to deal with and I'm doing it. I like the support I get here and the congratulations I get from my family and friends. But that's all I need from them.

Being small and dieting for medical reasons I don't let people know most of the time because I have had a life time of hatred thrown at me for being small and not needing to lose weight. Evidently it is simple to gain weight however I am yet to find someone who can tell me how I can gain without eating very unhealthy and fattening foods or highly processed supplements (both of which I'm not allowed)

Being small you start to be an outsider as a teenager as you can't possibly know what it is like to have 'a fat day' or not fit into your jeans or 'does my bum look big in this is?'

It is much easier to keep quiet and not get the nasty and snide comments.

BTW small people put on weight and grow out of their jeans too, going from an 8 to a 12 is the same as going from a 14 to an 18 it is just that people think you should be in a 12 to start with.

I only talk about it if people ask me... My wife and close friends support me... But I'm doing it for me this time so I'm not worried what they think

I suggest that you tell those you love, friends, family. Everyone else isn't really interested in what you are doing anyway. Feb 14th of 2009 I started my weight loss journey with the app Lose It, which I had on my Ipod. I was around 400 pounds, wasn't too sure, scales don't generally go that high. Anyway, I didn't tell anyone at first. I told my very close family and basically went about my business of losing weight. People who saw me frequently really didn't notice that i was changing my eating habits until they began to notice that I was losing weight which is when they started to inquire, and when, I began to tell them about what I was doing. Eventually, I hit my goal of 245 pound over an eight month period of time, you can bet people were asking what I did then. You should be proud, and if people ask let them know. My personality is more, see my actions, not my words. Keep it up, you will feel great. You get stronger with every pound you lose.

The myfitnesspal app is really nice, somewhat better than Lose it!,

At my job we have teams of 15 people. My team knows I am dieting and they know not to offer me junk food or candy. I also have a gym at work and some of my team mates workout with me. Plus they always ask me what I am having for my healthy lunch. I also post my pounds lose on facebook on sundays and if I don't my family gets on me. I find it easier because if I slip up everyone knows and iit holds me more accountable

I'm more private. I just like to do what I want to do and not be on public display. I have some minor health issues that while they are usually managed, sometimes I'll have a flare up that might side line me for a little bit. Not so much in the eating but definitely in the exercise department. It's also just nicer for me to have people notice out of the blue that I'm a little slimmer than to have told them and they're watching me expectantly. I just don't need the pressure!

However, at home my family knows what I'm doing because we're all trying to eat better. I'm all about health rather than just weight loss and the changes I'm making benefit my whole family. In fact, my husband has lost over 20 pounds since I started changing some things here and he's not even counting calories! I'd be mad since he's doing better than me but I'm just so happy it's working for him! Plus he's looking darn good. :smooched:

Well I have been on many weight loss plans and find that people sometimes aren't to kind. They make alot of comments that don't help.:explode: So a few peeps know but not all....I find that works best for me.

I am an open book! I see it like it's my personal version of Biggest Loser. To be honest, it's been the best thing for me. Not only for the support, but my competitive, almost type-A personality doesn't like to admit failure. I have to succeed, because I can't let anyone know I failed... again. The constant scrutiney (in my mind) has been the biggest and best push to keep going. I now find I love talking about losing weight, eating better, being a better role model for my children and husband. Love it! Love it! Love it! Definitely the first time I have ever dieted and been happy about it. My MFP is linked to my FB account also. That positive feedback from family and friends when I've lost as little as .2 lbs that morning is fantastic. It gets me going and helps keep me going through the day.