why don't you log?
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I honestly don’t even know if my diary is open or closed. I can’t imagine why anyone would care about what I’m eating.
Although I will say I also don’t keep friends either. My only two friends on here are my sister and my real life friend. I don’t have any random internet friends on mfp and I won’t, so there really isn’t anyone going and looking at my diary.2 -
middlehaitch wrote: »I log very infrequently, maybe twice a year for 2-4 weeks tops.
I have maintained for years, literally, without having to log so my diary is mainly empty, no insight for anyone, so it is closed.
Cheers, h.
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snowflake954 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »snowflake954 wrote: »Mine is public--I don't care who sees it or if they comment. Most of my foods are Italian brands and useless to anyone who doesn't live here. I log after 5 yrs because I like to and I want to hit my protein goal. Logging keeps me honest with myself. I sometimes look at someones diary if they're asking for help. People are so sensitive about it, and I find it strange because I could care less.
I was surprised I cared, tbh, because I'm not the type to care about such things normally. When I analyzed my feelings, I found them buried in the years growing up fat shamed by my mother. One of the reasons I got fat was because I started eating during adolescence due to childhood sexual abuse that I hadn't told anyone about. I wanted to hide my body. The fat shaming didn't help. I hid food and it was all a very vicious cycle.
It's hard letting go of all of that and making progress at the same time. It's taken a LOT of work to have a healthy relationship with food, and I'm still not sure I'm there.
Baby steps.
I can understand why you'd be--so sorry you had to live with that. I'd love to smack whoever did it--and they deserve worse. However, most MFPers are sensitive about their diaries, without having gone through a traumatic experience. I find it curious. That said, if a crazy picked me to diary bash, I might change my mind. Anything is possible.
In 2017 there were 11.7 million users of My Fitness Pal. https://www.statista.com/statistics/650748/health-fitness-app-usage-usa/
I don't believe you know that most of the millions of users are sensitive about their diaries or what experiences most users have had in their lives.
I have been using MFP for 4 years. I have had my diary public during that time and sometimes have looked at other users diaries. I have not received negative comments. I do not have a traumatic past of food shaming. I am not sensitive about what I eat and will talk about it. If someone looked at my diary and cast up what I logged into a discussion then I might close it simply because my diary is still just a tool for me not something for public discussion unless I ask for input.
I have seen several threads about keeping your diary private or public during the time I have been here and responses are always mixed. People don't have to have a reason to keep access to their diary limited.
It doesn't really matter unless someone is asking for help. Then it is useful to be able to see their food diary.
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snowflake954 wrote: »However, most MFPers are sensitive about their diaries, without having gone through a traumatic experience. I find it curious. That said, if a crazy picked me to diary bash, I might change my mind. Anything is possible.
If you like red it doesn't mean that anyone who likes blue is odd. Your opinions and preferences do not make you right and everyone else strange. I would hope that most MFPers would be wise enough not to speak like an authority on most MFPers. I wouldn't know though as I can only speak from my limited experience.7 -
Well, in my case I am not particularly sensitive about my diary and i left it open, although its value to anyone else is dubious.
I was annoyed that somebody used something completely irelevant to the topic in hand as a snarky dig though.4 -
paperpudding wrote: »Well, in my case I am not particularly sensitive about my diary and i left it open, although its value to anyone else is dubious.
I was annoyed that somebody used something completely irelevant to the topic in hand as a snarky dig though.
Sensible people understand that as a reflection on them (the person who snarked), not you.3 -
I don't share because I don't want or need to be judged about my food choices. People do that enough at work and in my personal life. If I like it that's all that matters.3
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Seeing how many people care about checking other people's diaries, I'm thinking about cleaning up my logging for a week to see how I like it. No more logging one week's worth of chocolate in one day or leaving days empty or half-filled because I'm logging elsewhere. If I like it, I'll open my diary.
It would be easier to just direct people to my diary in threads where someone feels bad about snacking, carbs, processed food, relying on protein powders, going over calories (by a lot sometimes), not having the best macro distribution sometimes...etc. How even us long-term loggers are not perfect, yet it doesn't prevent us from losing weight.
This should be interesting, but I don't know if I'll like it. I'm too "methodically" unorganized. I hope I'm not as opposed to order and organization as I think I am.3 -
I just didn’t see the point of sharing my diary. Why would I want to?5
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I log diligently. Even on my worst days. And if I can only guess (birthday party buffet) I do so, but I don't skip. I like seeing the hard truth, no matter, how bad. And I know that I'm going to count for the rest of my life, so I do it.
Mine is open to friends, mainly because my boyfriend sometimes needs to copy some entries when I cooked something and saved it as a recipe.
I admit I like snooping through other peoples diaries and let them inspire me. In 90% of the cases, it doesn't work though, because most people are from other countries (mainly the US) and we don't have all those low-cal foods here in Germany.
I'd never comment on a diary and have enough bad days myself to know how hard it is. And seriously, it's none of my business, what makes you feel happy and sated.
I'm always looking for inspiration since I'm a shorty and don't have many calories to play with, so I like to see how other people manage and if there are more clever ideas to spend them properly.2 -
My diary has always been open, never received anything negative. I know when i've fallen off the bandwagon, no one has to tell me that XD. I usually get back on track the next day so I'm not ashamed of what my diary looks like to others. It probably gets boring because I meal prep on sunday so my weekday meals are the same1
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Mine's open. Not sure why I opened it, but I've never had a comment on it and not sure if it has ever been looked at. I'm also decent at logging, not perfect but "good enough". Feel free to look.
I do think that if you are asking for help, you should open it. It makes it easier if you are looking for advice for others to look back at what you've been eating. Logging errors still seem to be the #1 reason why people have trouble losing weight and is the first place others will want to look if they want to help. Close it once you get things sorted out.
And I'm sorry that some get shamed for their logging. That just sucks.
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »amberellen12 wrote: »I won’t think of looking at someone else’s food dairy so it never occurred to me to open mine. I also try to eat low calorie nutritarian and a lot of people would bash me for it when it’s none of their business to judge my way of eating.
What's nutritarian?
Also I love creeping on my friends' diaries.
Dr Fuhrman Eat To Live life style.0 -
I logged consistently and with a scale for almost 90 days. But I've taken a break starting last week as logging was starting to get to me. I was getting borderline obsessed with logging every single morsel that passed my lips.(for the sake of data accuracy) And honestly, logging & weighing recipes was getting to be a PIA. I'm a little this little that cook, even when following a recipe. Nothing comes out the same way twice, so when I cook I had to add and weigh every item. I was starting to have dreams about weighing and logging my calories into MFP. I loved the data and seeing where my macros were everyday. But it was beginning to get into my head too much I think.
However, I'm still trying to be mindful of what I eat, and be accountable to myself. Logging for those 3 months was not useless, it got me back on track for what portion control should look like. And showed me where I lack in macro nutrients for satiety. If the scale starts creeping back up, dropping too fast, or if I feel like I'm nutritionally deficient somewhere I'll be logging regularly again.
As for public VS private? I have mine set to public I think. So far I have not received any comments about it. I'll admit I'm a diary creeper sometimes. I find it interesting to see what other people are eating & maybe I'll get inspired to make something similar to eat. Especially if they have similar stats as myself. I like to see what they eat and compare to what I'm doing. I would never comment on someone's diary though, unless they were asking for advice. We all have good days and bad days with our calories and nutrition. Who am I to comment on what someone is eating? That's not my place.1 -
I log on a different site where I can set my own goals/ranges and already have groupings and recipes set up that often make things easier, so my diary here is basically empty.
As for logging vs not logging - I tend to log for a few days or weeks here and there to keep myself accountable, but to be honest, I find it time consuming and a PITA to keep up long term, so I don't stick with it for long periods of time. I'll go a few weeks, maybe even a couple months with pretty good logging, but then I need a break.
It would be easier if I had a "normal" work schedule and could meal prep one day, but since I work 7 days a week and frequently am on the road for a day or weekend or long weekend, I find meal prep to be nearly impossible. I just don't have hours available to shop, cook, prepare, portion, and then clean up after, so that means nearly every single meal every single day has to be measured, portioned, entered, and yes, I find that tedious.0 -
Someone look at my diary and shame me for having a Big Mac for dinner.5
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Someone look at my diary and shame me for having a Big Mac for dinner.
I did better. There is a burger joint I really like and have it maybe once or twice a year. The 90 minute drive is worth it. They opened a branch only 5 minutes away and were having a grand opening sale. When I say a burger, I mean what shows in this screenshot is probably an unser-estimation. I also had a busy work day so I didn't move much. My day truly does look like someone who eats nothing but twinkies and fast food and doesn't exercise. (also makes for an easy first day of organized logging)
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@tacklewasher how could you possibly have eaten a Big Mac when you could have had the delicious burger @amusedmonkey has. For shame.
Cheers, h.0 -
Shocked
Why would anyone eat a fast food burger full of toxins, you should all be having smoothie made from organic kale
Joking joking joking - have never eaten organic kale in my life1 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Someone look at my diary and shame me for having a Big Mac for dinner.
I did better. There is a burger joint I really like and have it maybe once or twice a year. The 90 minute drive is worth it. They opened a branch only 5 minutes away and were having a grand opening sale. When I say a burger, I mean what shows in this screenshot is probably an unser-estimation. I also had a busy work day so I didn't move much. My day truly does look like someone who eats nothing but twinkies and fast food and doesn't exercise. (also makes for an easy first day of organized logging)
My question is: how the heck did you manage to stay within 1650 calories for the whole day? That's awesome.3
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