Why wont you open your diary?

there's a Food Diary?

I like to keep secrets.

Hahaha. Mine's open -- no one's commented so far. I don't eat a lot of crap, but I'm sure you could find something! I kept it open on the off chance I DO want to ask people about things.

I'm far more likely to be honest if it's closed.

my diary is open to my friends-and they don't judge me, if they did-they wouldn't' be my friends. With that being said- I find it helps me make "better" choices when I know people will see what I have eaten. It has taught me accountability.

I completely agree only my husband can see my great progress or walk of shame (when i give in to chocolate or junk food) He's a lot more motivated than me and we're doing this together. I wouldn't dream of opening it up to some stranger and have THEM tell me what I ALREADY KNOW.... I"m a work in progress that's why I'm using this site.

Mine is open - I keep it that way only because I feel that it keeps me accountable to self - I don't mind someone commenting as long as when I look at their diary it looks similar or better than what I eat - and I EAT...

But I can understand those who wish to keep it closed - there are some very judgmental peeps out there who believe if things are not being done their way it is being done the wrong way...

Coincidentally, I just decided to open mine today after being on here since February or so.

I had it closed before because what I eat is kinda private to me. Sounds weird but I don't like people looking at what I eat and maybe judging it's not the right balance, not healthy, etc.

I'm doing my best but occasionally have some chcocolate, or fried rice, or alcohol, but overall my diet is WAY better than before I joined MFP and started paying attention.

Anyway I got over my weird feeling about it and now I don't care. My friends are welcome to view my diary. Maybe it will even help some people??

Mine is open because I'm more inclined to stay on track if I know other people can see what I'm eating. I must have lovely friends because even if I've have a bad day, nobody is mean to me! :laugh:

I like to see peoples diaries because it gives me new ideas on what I can eat. Also if they are doing well, it's good to see how they're doing it.

To be blunt, it's nobody's business. I am the only one to suffer or benefit from what I eat or don't eat. My choices aren't affecting anyone else. I don't always eat clean and I don't deprive myself of things I want. This has to be a life change that I can live with forever. All in moderation.

^^ Exactly this. :drinker:

Mine's open, and no one has ever given me much crap about it, especially now that I don't display my sodium.

I only use the food diary to keep a personal record of my eating. Nobody else needs to see it.

Yeh, that's pretty much it. I don't need to aggro of someone critiquing my nutrition.

If anyone wants to know what I eat on a regular basis I'll happily tell them though.

My eating patterns are also determined by hunger, primarily, so I eat at odd times ... but I try to keep them 'healthy' real food.

I don't log exercise and I don't log alcohol, I figure they cancel each other out and the last thing I want to be doing when drinking and relaxing is thinking about how many calories/carbs I am consuming.

As for exercise I think it is overrated as a weight control tool so the "xxx calories burned" are not really important to me. I exercise if I feel like it (for the other good effects) and literally don't sweat it if I don't. As long as the nutirition fits my guidelines my body will largely sort itself out.

I am happy with progress so it's all good.

But frankly, I track my food for my own benefit - so *I* know how many calories I've eaten, how balanced my diet is, etc. I'm not interested in feedback from strangers, and I don't think I have any kind of "civic duty" (so to speak) to make my food tracker available to others for inspiration, social comparison, or whatever.

I agree 100%.

Some of us don't think about it. I didn't realize for the first few weeks that my diary was closed, some people just don't even know (or know how to change it).

I leave mine open and I've never gotten a negative comment about what I eat, just congrats when I have a good day and finish under People aren't as bad as you think.

Mine is open, and always has been. I haven't experienced the pleasure of having someone be critical of my diary, so far everyone has been extremely positive. Should that day ever come, said person would be taken to task so swiftly that they would think twice before ever commenting again. :smokin: