Need to vent about food diaries.

I know it's been a topic many times, but it drives me nuts when people comment on others' food diaries without actually opening them to see what the person is consuming. It's not necessarily good that they are under calories when they finish for the day. For instance, a posting on my wall showed me that a friend had completed their diary for today and was under their recommended calories. When I opened it to look at it (yes, I do that), all that was posted was their breakfast of about 300 + calories. I'm assuming they hit complete by accident. However, their other friends were saying 'That's great' or 'Way to go'. Did they even look at it? Positive reinforcement is great, but in my opinion, it's best when deserved. I don't think that you're helping someone if you're encouraging their bad habits.

Staying close or within your calorie goals is great, but I think it's also important to consider how far under your goal and what your diary is consisting of. If the majority of your diary is still junk food, only less junk food than you normally eat, you may lose weight but your not taking care of your body. I think a big part of a major weight loss and keeping it off is changing our relationship with food.

I am trying to lose quite a bit of weight. I know that in order to accomplish this I have to change how I think about food and what I've been eating. These are things that made me overweight. It's hard. I'm not perfect. I ate crap food for a long time. I still do occasionally. Unfortunately, I still have cravings for it, but I'm trying to change that. I'm trying to replace most of my bad habits with better ones. I also know that I need to continue to improve upon what I'm currently doing. When I do opt for something less healthy, I really try to consider how this will fit into my day or what I can do to burn the extra calories. I also know that it's my choice to consume these things, therefore I'm not going to feel guilty about it. I'm just going to try to do better next time. I'm a food-obsessed person, but I unless I make these changes I will continue on the same miserable path that I've been on for a long time.

Right now, I don't usually comment on someone's diary if I feel like what they're eating isn't helping them. It's hard to tell someone that they need to change. Maybe this is not helpful, but who am I to judge?

I want to see my friends succeed as much as I want to succeed. But in the end, we are only responsible for ourselves.

This is the end of my complaining.