letting other people see your food diary

None of your friends will judge you for your diary. I expect they have bad days too. Yes, on a bad logging everything is hard emotionally but I find that whether others can see it or not. It also helps your friends to suggeest alternatives, notice patterns in your eating and provide support. In my opinion, it can only be a good thing.

None of your friends will judge you for your diary. I expect they have bad days too. Yes, on a bad logging everything is hard emotionally but I find that whether others can see it or not. It also helps your friends to suggeest alternatives, notice patterns in your eating and provide support. In my opinion, it can only be a good thing.

Agree - honesty is the BEST policy...just log it in and see the outcomes - and remember we are 'friends' on here!!

None of your friends will judge you for your diary. I expect they have bad days too. Yes, on a bad logging everything is hard emotionally but I find that whether others can see it or not. It also helps your friends to suggeest alternatives, notice patterns in your eating and provide support. In my opinion, it can only be a good thing.

exactly!

This is your personal log, it is there to keep a record of your progress for good or bad.

You may feel bad having to log over eatting at the time, but it needs to be logged so you can be honest with yourself, no one else matters. You need to see that certain foods trigger you to eat more, and that certain foods keep you fuller for longer etc.

If you lose weight you need an accurate record of how you did it, warts and all so you can repeat it. and vice versa.

This will help you to slowly increase the foods that move you in the right direction, and lower the ones that hinder you from being where you would like to be.

You will recieve more constructive help if you have your diary open, as people have a better idea of what you are upto, day to day.

We all have bad days if we where perfect, we wouldn't be here.

Ultimately the choice is yours. If you find you are not logging because your diary is open then you should probably close it until you feel more comfortable again.

The main bit of advice is don't use it as an excuse to lie to yourself about where you are on your journey and how you got there.:happy:

Mines open to friends...but not to the general population.

I don't follow the standard american diet, and would rather prevent the criticism and private messages about what I'm doing, before they happen....and yes, they (did) happen.

I log everything but keep my diary private. I don't need others looking to keep me accountable. I actually have lost weight this time because I decided I need to be accountable to myself. However, if people need the motivation of others looking at their diary to keep going, then so be it. Just like some people need the accountability of Weight Watchers meetings to keep them accountable. There are many different paths to the goal we are all trying to reach, which is losing weight. Whatever works for you personally is the right way!

mine's been public since I started over a year ago and I log every little thing, even horrible binges that put me 1000 over for the day.
I have never "not logged" something out of embarrassment, that would be lying.
Sometimes it helps me to make better choices, but sometimes I just eat the crap and log it and then take the crap from my friends when they see it!

I agree with Robin!

I do have days that I eat like poo poo. :laugh: However, I'm human & sometimes I like indulging on something out of the norm. It's all good. :drinker: I never let it sidetrack me or my progress. I keep on keeping on! :bigsmile:

I made mine open to my friends, for many of the reasons already said. A couple of weeks ago I made it open generally, I did that for on the odd occasion I might ask for help and people would be able to see what I was eating / drinking. I don't know how I'd feel if some one was negative or judgemental, I am accountable to myself and I know the good and the bad things I am putting into my body!

I would be mortified! But maybe thats because I tend to ignore days when I have been an absolutely disgusting pig...?


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Mine's private not b/c I'm hiding anything but b/c I like the MFP calculator and don't need/want the support. I pop into the threads often to answer questions or laugh at the funny things that are said but it's more about finding a work appropriate website when I have a few moments to spare.

I have almost 8 pg's of friends on here but they've all been removed from my feed just b/c this is supposed to be all about YOU, when someone else burns cals it doesn’t affect me and having someone says "way to go!" when I burn cals is really silly - IMO.

I see no need to make my food diary visible. But if it helps someone else, good for them.

Totally makes me more accountable! I know I am going to have less than perfect days, and no one on here is going to judge me for that. But knowing that others can and probably do look at my diary on occassion makes me want to hit my goals even more.

Mine is open to all! Just cause I dont care who sees what I eat.

I like having an open diary. Not for criticism but I'm not ashamed of what I eat or even if I go over. I do like looking at others diaries, not to see if they are pigging out but just what they are eating...it's given me a lot of great ideas and I've learned about a lot of new products (i.e. PB2 powdered peanut butter, Arctic Zero ice cream, and Pop Chips). I will say this though, if I come across a thread where someone is complaining about not losing weight or they have extreme deficits yet are trying to preach about "health" that is the first place I look...it irks me when people try to preach but aren't living up to it...it's a slap in the face for people actually "trying" to lose weight/stay healthy.

Mine is open. I'm certain anyone's criticism of things I eat aren't any worse than my own criticism :-)