Do you look before commenting?

I always check! I agree with you, no WTGs unless they are over about 1100 cals, unless I know for a fact that tey are on a doctor recommended LCD.

I even get frustrated when I accidently complete my diary after breakfast and I get a "wow, good job today. I love oatmeal!" So... you saw that I had 170 cals and still said good job? No!!!

I don't normally comment on it when its under though, unless they are blatantly posting things suggesting they have an ED and have changed their cal goal to around 300 I'm always nice though and never pushy, just a suggestion that weight loss and healthy living works better when you eat ATLEAST 1000 cals. Just there for support in their time of need I guess, I dunno

i never comment on diaries because i never look at diaries.

This comforts me... :-P

Sooo, out of curiosity... xD Who here actually looks at people's diaries before they comment? Like, really looks? I do for each of my friends. I try to make suggestions if I see something (I hope you all don't take it personally I'm just trying to be helpful) ;D and I'm open and honest about my diary. I log every ice cream sammich and cookie lol. I enjoy the feedback as well, harsh or not. But I am constantly seeing comments on people's daily diary submissions with a "WTG", or "awesome job" etc when the person is barely eating. Not all the time, but quite a lot.

Personally, if I see one of my pals only netting 200 cals, I don't say "wtg", I say, "try and get those cals up", "your body needs more fuel for a workout like that," "you can do it!" etc. I especially see a lot of people not even hitting the 1200 cal mark PLUS burning a crazy 900+ cals the same day. I think this could actually damage someones mentality if you say "awesome job", I mean, you're basically congratulating them for barely eating, so they could take that as, "oh okay, eating less is good," you know? It's not healthy at all in my eyes so I try and make suggestions. My feelings are this, I actually care about my friends and want to see them achieve their goals as much as I want to see my own success. I love this site more than others around the web because of the great community support, and I feel I should try and be as helpful and supportive as I can be, since I want that in return. But regardless of my opinion, I'm curious to hear other peoples views on this, so... who else actually looks over their pals diaries before just reading "___was under his/her calorie goal" and saying WTG! xD

There are times when I just comment WTG on a friend's diary without looking at it... HOWEVER, these are people whose diaries I have reviewed and I pretty much know what they are doing. I try to not just blanket "WTGs" on people who I don't know what they are doing... You bring out great points here.

I'll also say, there are many who will try to give advice on "how to lose weight" when people say "I have hit a plateau and can't lose this last 10 lbs, or some such thing"... Then I look at their profile and find that they are at a BMI of 16 or 17 and they are still trying to lose weight... happens a lot with young females. It does pay to do a bit of investigation before making suggestions or even encouragements...