To allow view or not to allow views...

mine's open to my friends on here, outside of that I don't need random nitpicks of my meal when what I'm doing is working, I'm making healthier choices than I did prior to coming here and logging everything.

but I've not actually had comments either way on my meals

well i leave mine open as it keeps me striving to be better although if i have a drink i hate posting it so i think it keeps things in moderation

I keep it open to friends, to keep it honest. If I start losing too fast, my friends can see that I have been eating. For the friends that are having a rough time sticking to it, they can look at my diary and see that I am eating the foods I crave within my calorie limits and balance them out with lean proteins and fresh produce. It works for me. I do like to check out other people's diaries to see if they maybe onto something that would work for me, too.

Mine is public. I was actually just talking to my friend about this. My diary is public because.... no matter what kind of day I have... good or bad, letting other people see it won't change the number on the scale... So I say why not leave it open.

Plus, I have some really awesome friends on here that call me out on my $h!t. For example, I STRUGGLE with eating way to much sodium. Some of my friends will point it out. However, it's good in the fact that people can offer advice on things they are doing differently so that I could learn from them.

It's all personal preference really, but my thought is, just because you know what I eat doesn't make the number on the scale change... and by you knowing what I weigh doesn't make me look any different. That's why I have my diary open, and you can see my weight on my ticker.

I had mine set to friends but since only people on MFP can see it and I have many friends that are not on MFP, I changed it to public. Like someone else said, no matter whether it's posted or not, the real results are all on me (in more ways than one).

I allow views for friends. Occasionally, I will look at some other diaries just to see what other people are eating, how their eating routine goes, and maybe get some ideas. I hope friends do the same, but I'm not really looking to just make it public any more than I'm dying to post about my daily life on Facebook. I log everything, and am accountable to myself, so I don't need that aspect from others.

Ultimately, everybody just needs to do what is right for them. There is no right or wrong way.

Good or bad calories are calories yes you lose more weight eating healthier calories. But at the end of the day if the calories in do not match the calories out. You will most likely lose weight. If your no because of sodium or believe it or not eating enough calories. then you can adjust your diet. Because you can see what you are up too. the thing is be honest with your food dairy I boils down to. to your life your choice of food. If you eat to many carbohydrates or to much sodium it will matter. But you have to flex out food you love to eat frankly. We all know what is healthy but I love food. A diet that is to restrictive will never work for me.

I feel more accountable allowing my food diary to be visible (please ignore the Jim Beam & Cola cans hehehe) At the end of the day though, my diary is all about me, I'm not fussed who knows what I'm eating which was originally part of the reason I stacked on all this extra weight in the first place... sneaky snacking!! I account for everything I eat now, down to the very last string bean.

My food diay is now public - Im interested to know what people think of my food diary as I feel like I am eating SO much - but I am usually always under my calorie goal. I never feel hungry - admittedly I have only been doing it 6 days haha.
I dont mind if people see what I am eating - I dont feel like I am eating anything sinful but I guess we shall see when I next weigh myself if it is working or not!!
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My food diay is now public - Im interested to know what people think of my food diary as I feel like I am eating SO much - but I am usually always under my calorie goal. I never feel hungry - admittedly I have only been doing it 6 days haha.

It's looking pretty good I would say. :flowerforyou: I'm assuming todays coco pops brekkie is a weekend treat as all your previous brekkies were nice and healthy. Some things you can eat a lot of (lean protein, veggies etc), so there's no need to go hungry because that stuff is filling esp protein and fibrous carbs.

My only suggestion would be that you may find it beneficial to track sugar, only because some products have a lot of hidden sugars in it. I changed my cereal as a result of how much sugar it had in it.

Keep it up. :drinker: