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How to Lie on Your Food Logging and Still Feel Righteous

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  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    edited December 2015
    PikaKnight wrote: »
    Verity1111 wrote: »
    Lol Funny but hey I do a lot of those and still lose weight. It is about knowing your comfort zone, being honest with yourself and knowing your body. I know when I have been extra active, that I lose weight on more calories than most people my size and that the 100calories of oil I used are nothing compared to the entire 18" pizza I had a few days before lol so I feel it isnt that necessary sometimes to log it. It depends on my mood. :) If it works for me, that's what matters to me. Also, I have found I actually do measure almost everything perfectly by eye. I checked with a scale. I did think I could eat a lot less pasta though so I was kind of missing out before lol

    If you do all those things, then isn't that not being honest with yourself? Which was kind of the whole point of the post?

    I said a lot not all lol I dont log my vegetables usually, unless they are major. But I dont eat many either even though I should because they go bad quick and we are low income with no car. This means we get a lift to the store and my bf works almost nonstop so we only get to go once or twice a month. I need veggies that last or Im screwed. And the point of the whole post as I see it was that you cant lose weight doing those things? It says reasons why people arent losing. I do lose doing that. So... No? I am being honest with myself because I know what Im doing. But if I dont feel like logging online just to log some oil or a slice of tomato then I wont. If Im succeeding I dont see why its a big deal. I get that a lot of people do that then complain they arent losing. Thats different. If its not working change it. If its fine for you feel free to continue it.
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    This thread is sorely lacking in "taking it personally butthurt"

    <looks around for usual suspects>

    I do believe your guest has arrived.
  • joinn68
    joinn68 Posts: 480 Member
    Another righteous food logging trick: This looks like a teaspoon; I'll log it as a teaspon (usually of oil)
  • ebouchie
    ebouchie Posts: 124 Member
    Brilliant post OP!
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    This thread is sorely lacking in "taking it personally butthurt"

    <looks around for usual suspects>

    I do believe your guest has arrived.

    :laugh:
  • andyluvv
    andyluvv Posts: 281 Member
    This is amazing and so funny.
    I'm guilty as charged on that - When making salads I end up eating half of it whilst "making" it.

    I just keep munching on vegetables...I try to not do the same with higher calorie items lol
  • shelleysykeskeene
    shelleysykeskeene Posts: 110 Member
    Oh wow, thanks for the laughs - love it!
  • joinn68
    joinn68 Posts: 480 Member
    Bump
  • biggafadda
    biggafadda Posts: 23 Member
    Licking the spoon/knife you used doesn't count toward the calories.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Love it. We need more postings like this.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    edited August 2016
    I've got this measuring thing down to a science!

    A teaspoon of peanut butter:

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    o:)
  • EttaMaeMartin
    EttaMaeMartin Posts: 303 Member
    you are looking at the problem, it is all about honesty, with self. that is it, with self only!
  • jzeta
    jzeta Posts: 1 Member
    Yep. Definitely guilty of some of these lol.
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