Logging in public?

I'm a T1D since 1989 and have recently started using MyFitnessPal. I have no shame in checking my glucose levels, logging my data in MyFitnessPal and taking my insulin at the restaurant table. I do try to not fling my syringe around but I LOVE when people ask me what I'm doing. Next thing you know, I'm showing complete strangers how I'm logging my daily food and counting carbs. Be proud of yourself! You're a rock star!

I don't think it's a big deal to just look up calorie info online real quick on your phone. If you really don't want to, go to the bathroom I guess, or you can just lie and say you're checking for an important email or something. If I'm going out to eat with someone though, chances are it's someone I'm close to and wouldn't be worried to log my food in front of them. I've pulled out my budget app to enter my dining bill while still sitting at the restaurant before.

People have been able to lose weight without instant access to calorie information for a very long time. Try to find the menu online, pre-log, and then make a mental note of some other options that fit in your day if you want more.

If you absolutely must fiddle with your phone excuse yourself from the table.

aidydh wrote: »

psychod787 wrote: »

Kitten them. Log and forget. It's your body. Would you ask permission to get a tattoo or piercing if you wanted one? Just my 2 cents...

It's not about asking permission. It's just the questions that people ask when they see what I'm doing.

You do you. If you want to be let's say it nicely, tactful, about your logging, then you do you. I refuse to be .....maybe not ashamed is the word, but in the closet about my lifestyle. As far as the lady at Chipotle weighing her food, more power to her. Whatever makes her comfortable. The nutrition labeling at restaurants can be wayyyy off.

Just tell people at dinner that you are looking at naked people on the internet...plausible explanation and no questions asked. Maybe less embarrassing even...

If it is someplace where I can look at the menu beforehand, I'll choose what I'm going to order and pre-log. That helps me make better decisions when eating at a restaurant in general. If there's no nutritional information online, I'll estimate based on similar dishes at other restaurants. This keeps me on track and prevents me from eating outside of my goals when I go out anyway. It's already logged, so I order, eat, and enjoy and no one knows a thing.

If I do need to log something, sometimes I'll take a picture of it to log later. It's totally not creepy to take pictures of your food.

Simple. If nobody asks, you don't tell. I believe it was Clinton who came up with that one.

If somebody asks, I like the science guy response. Or you can borrow my line: Its my boss asking if I've located the lost pathogen.

Pretty much clears the way at any buffet so I get my pick of the better for me stuff

aidydh wrote: »

Walter__ wrote: »

There's no shame in logging in public. I do it all the time.

But just be reasonable. There was once a lady on MFP that made a post about how she'd take her scale to Chipotle, take her burrito apart, weigh every ingredient individually, log it, then put it back together. Lmao. Don't be that lady.

Ha!

I definitely won't be that person. Not sure why the food scale was necessary. Maybe she didn't trust the nutrition information on Chipotle's website.

Probably she didn't trust the employees to measure to exactly the portion that would match the website, which is a legit concern, but not one with which I would personally bother unless I ate at Chipotle's all the time and wasn't losing weight.

Bartenders over-pour, Chipotle's employees over-scoop, it's a thing.

For the most part, I'll look at the menus online ahead of time and try to pre-log what I think I'll order. I look at photos of the dishes on Yelp to get an estimate of what the portion size is, pre-log it, and then I'll quickly adjust it at the restaurant. I try not to be on my phone too much at restaurants, but I do like to take pictures of what I order, so I'll just take a quick picture and then might log right then before putting the phone away. It's pretty discreet that way and doesn't take too long. If I'm unable to check out the menu ahead of time or am undecided, I'll use the "food notes" section of the app when at the restaurant to jot down what I ordered and then log it afterwards. Usually other people tend to check their phones once or twice as well, so it's not that noticeable.

missperfectpitch wrote: »

For the most part, I'll look at the menus online ahead of time and try to pre-log what I think I'll order. I look at photos of the dishes on Yelp to get an estimate of what the portion size is, pre-log it, and then I'll quickly adjust it at the restaurant. I try not to be on my phone too much at restaurants, but I do like to take pictures of what I order, so I'll just take a quick picture and then might log right then before putting the phone away. It's pretty discreet that way and doesn't take too long. If I'm unable to check out the menu ahead of time or am undecided, I'll use the "food notes" section of the app when at the restaurant to jot down what I ordered and then log it afterwards. Usually other people tend to check their phones once or twice as well, so it's not that noticeable.

You'd be surprised how noticeable it is no matter how few times a person checks it.

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

i will and have told my friends if they are with ME... they are NOT on their phones. had to 'remind' my friend at a concert to get off her *kitten* phone last week.

i cant stand that *kitten*.

took my daughters phone away from her for a month when she pulled it out while we were dining out once.

my son obviously learned from her lesson, hes never been dumb enough to do it.

i find taking your phone out 'just to check or play or snapchat yourself with bunny ears' rude and inconsiderate. and im old and grumpy and dont have patience for that *kitten*.

Smart phones make rude people. I know being in the moment is not as exciting as what some overrated celebrity is naming their dog on the twitter but you can fake it for short periods of time. I remember when they first came out and calls coming in were a major intrusion on my quiet car time. I HATED that thing. My tolerance for it has increased over time... a little.

I log in front of anyone. If I’m at a restaurant I apologize for being on my phone but just say I need to track my food. No one has ever had a problem and some people are just curious about what all I’m using

NovusDies wrote: »

missperfectpitch wrote: »

For the most part, I'll look at the menus online ahead of time and try to pre-log what I think I'll order. I look at photos of the dishes on Yelp to get an estimate of what the portion size is, pre-log it, and then I'll quickly adjust it at the restaurant. I try not to be on my phone too much at restaurants, but I do like to take pictures of what I order, so I'll just take a quick picture and then might log right then before putting the phone away. It's pretty discreet that way and doesn't take too long. If I'm unable to check out the menu ahead of time or am undecided, I'll use the "food notes" section of the app when at the restaurant to jot down what I ordered and then log it afterwards. Usually other people tend to check their phones once or twice as well, so it's not that noticeable.

You'd be surprised how noticeable it is no matter how few times a person checks it.

Fair enough. I meant more that it's not that noticeable to be on MFP if the other person/people are already occupied with checking their phones. Almost everyone I go out with tends to do so, so if I haven't prelogged, I'll use that opportunity when they're paying attention to their phones to jot down food notes.