Am I the only one who does this?

I think that it would be fun to do. I just started using this so I don't really know how to use this yet. Would you show me some of the cool stuff on this site. I mainly use this on my phone.

I do this too. It's interesting. I made mine public because I want the criticism. I want others to tell me what they think about how I eat because I want to be able to eat heathier.

I occasionally look, and I enjoy having mine public.

I have only tried it when people asked me for pointers. I like to the great lunch ideas and sometimes I am impressed with how detailed people are when they add foods.

*peaks around at everyones diaries*
Lyadeia, what is a ricotta crunch? lol, it sounds interesting, i love ricotta, but have no clue how it could be crunchy!

It's a recipe that I took from ChaLEAN Extreme which is one of my favorite workout programs. I think my adaptation is a little different than the book, but I take 1 cup of fat free ricotta cheese and mix it with half a cup of blueberries and half a cup of strawberries. They I stir in some cinnamon and drop some thin almond slices on top. The almonds make it "crunch." The whole thing is just really tasty. :bigsmile:

I am notorious for looking at other people's food and exercise diaries! I do it for so many reasons - to compare with what I eat; for different food ideas; to see how many people go over their calories and by how much on average; for reassurance that I am not the only one having food ups and downs; to see what people are doing to burn their calories and how many calories are being left unconsumed.

But, I also do it out of pure nosiness. I like to see what and how others are doing.

Currently mine is only open to view by my MFP friends (at least that's what I think) BUT, now I'm thinking that I might make it public to everyone. Maybe this will help me be more diligent (knowing that everyone can see what I am stuffing my gut with) and, like was previously stated, maybe I will get some "helpful" and "constructive" feed-back from others.

I hope you all look at more than one day. Yesterday I wasn't very good with food at all, and some days I'm great. Mine is only open to friends, but I'd like more friends! :happy:

*peaks around at everyones diaries*
Lyadeia, what is a ricotta crunch? lol, it sounds interesting, i love ricotta, but have no clue how it could be crunchy!

It's a recipe that I took from ChaLEAN Extreme which is one of my favorite workout programs. I think my adaptation is a little different than the book, but I take 1 cup of fat free ricotta cheese and mix it with half a cup of blueberries and half a cup of strawberries. They I stir in some cinnamon and drop some thin almond slices on top. The almonds make it "crunch." The whole thing is just really tasty. :bigsmile:

that sounds wonderful! i already do something similar with goats milk yogourt, but ricotta would be really yummy.

I like looking at other peoples diaries, just to compare my own

Some peoples diaries truely amaze me!! Ok, I still go to McDonalds on occasions, and I have my weekly chinese take out on a Friday night, but some people are eating fast food on a daily basis!!

I look at them as well, more for the ideas of what other people are eating it seems like when your trying to eat healthy you feel like you dont have very many options so I look at others to get ideas

I like looking at people's diaries, I just think it is interesting! Especially people that follow different types of diets than mine (ie vegetarian, etc). Plus I get good ideas of new things to try.

I DO look, but mainly to get ideas. I also look, obviously, if I'm going to comment on a pal's diary!

I can't justify getting all self-righteous because some days I eat well - lots of fruits and veggies - and sometimes it's fried food and alcohol. It's unrealistic (for me, anyways) to think that everyday will be perfect, but maybe I am setting the bar quite low...

Edited to add:
The truth is that a lot of people are using the food diary as a tool for fat loss and for that to work, you have to be honest! But you have to admit that they have guts - especially knowing that people are poking around!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I ALWAYS look at peoples food diaries... I helps me to see if what I am eating is better or worse then what someone else is eat.. and actually looking at other people's gives me ideas for things I May wanna eat.. or try.. so I think being able to see people's food diaries.. is a good thing.. wish it had that feature on the ipod touch version.. but w.e

I have my food diary public to receive constructive criticism and ideas for healthier choices, but like everyone, every day is not perfect. I also like the idea of being able to give helpful hints to others when I do make good choices. I have a question tho about recipes. Most of my dinner entries are recipes that may not have healthy sounding names (example: pork chops with dijon cream sauce) but are actually healthy adaptations (using fat free evaporated milk instead of cream and fat free reduced sodium chicken broth). Are people able to see my recipes, and can I check out others recipes? I am always looking for delicious & healthy meal ideas.

Go ahead take a look; I have nothing to hide. Did I eat a cupcake today... why yes I did. It was a mini one and under 100 calories and so so good and I loved every bite

I don't usually look through other diaries, but I may start now that I know everyone is looking at mine.