WHY keep your food diary hidden?

who gives a flying f---

I have no idea why anyone would do this. What's the point on being on here? I have friends look at my diary and say things about it that are so useful, and I do the same. Even if it's just to get food ideas! Those people that have their diaries closed will not be as successful or are missing out huge.





That is the biggest load of crap I've read since being on MFP.

What's the point of being here? Certainly not to share what i eat with strangers who will no doubt pm me every day saying im eating badly. They dont know my reasons, or my likes/dislikes. I already know what i need to be doing, so i dont need someone telling me stuff that may well be wrong or scaremongery anyway. And how can you say just because our diaries are closed we wont be successful?! Im doing fine ty, and never felt better.

If that is the biggest load of crap you've read since being here, you really haven't read that much! You also fail to realise that not everyone is here for the same reason...

I have no idea why anyone would do this. What's the point on being on here? I have friends look at my diary and say things about it that are so useful, and I do the same. Even if it's just to get food ideas! Those people that have their diaries closed will not be as successful or are missing out huge.





That is the biggest load of crap I've read since being on MFP.

What's the point of being here? Certainly not to share what i eat with strangers who will no doubt pm me every day saying im eating badly. They dont know my reasons, or my likes/dislikes. I already know what i need to be doing, so i dont need someone telling me stuff that may well be wrong or scaremongery anyway. And how can you say just because our diaries are closed we wont be successful?! Im doing fine ty, and never felt better.

If that is the biggest load of crap you've read since being here, you really haven't read that much! You also fail to realise that not everyone is here for the same reason...

I don't fail to realize anything. The "crap" comment was me actually responding to the first paragraph. It is a load of crap for someone to say that people who keep their diary private won't be successful or are missing out huge.

Ahhh, so you missed out the quotes, i thought it was YOU saying that!

Apologies!

Mine is public... Just because I haven't had a reason for it not to be. If I began receiving messages demeaning me for what I choose to eat, then I would make it friends-only... and delete anybody who bothered me. But I like that I can throw it out there and go "Hey guys, am I eating good?"

That said, I'm rather lazy with my logging. Back on that tomorrow. I need to get my phone's internet fixed up so I can log on the go.

And when I go into maintenance, I won't be logging as much, so I'll set my diary to private.

also, I used to be a member or Calorie King, and some of the things people said on there about what I ate were awful. I had a bad day where I ate crap and takeaway for every meal, and I had people who were "amazing [I am] *only* 72kg, with that diet".

Fear. plain and simple. fear of judgement, fear of rejection, fear of humiliation. Fear.

Yeah. I'm scared. You got me. *eyeroll*

Mine is open to my friends but I recently had this discussion with someone and they shared that they had a hard time being honest with herself and she was learning to do that with her food diary. This is a personal journey. If someone feels more safe being honest if it is just them and their diary, that is their choice to make.

Fear. plain and simple. fear of judgement, fear of rejection, fear of humiliation. Fear.

it's up there on my list of the world ending, sharks, etc...

I leave mine open for one reason..because I LOVE reading other peoples food diaries so I may as well let them read mine!