Not logging food when overeating?

pierremignon
pierremignon Posts: 172 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
It's pretty terrifying how the numbers go red when you go over your recommended intake. I just find it too hard to admit that I overate. Anybody else here who does this?
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  • pearson114
    pearson114 Posts: 66 Member
    What you eat in private, you wear in public :)
  • jdad1
    jdad1 Posts: 1,899 Member
    everyone has there bad days. Just log it, be honest and move on.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    It's pretty terrifying how the numbers go red when you go over your recommended intake. I just find it too hard to admit that I overate. Anybody else here who does this?

    Nope. I log everything.
    It motivates me to do better next time.
  • mrshudson813
    mrshudson813 Posts: 128 Member
    You should log EVERYTHING, even if you go over by 1000 calories. When you are honest with yourself, you will learn to notice your eating habits and learn how to improve on them. If you are not honest with yourself, who can you be honest with? No one.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    What you eat in private, you wear in public :)

    yep!
  • Mcgrawhaha
    Mcgrawhaha Posts: 1,596 Member
    I log, even on my high cal days! those days can go upwards of 4000 cals... and I still log!
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    Nope. I take pleasure in the red.
  • langurmonkey
    langurmonkey Posts: 92
    Log everything and try not to feel shame. Hard I know.
  • TheFitnessTutor
    TheFitnessTutor Posts: 356 Member
    log it so you can know the damage. it will motivate you. Then get over it and get back to work.
  • Seesawboomerang
    Seesawboomerang Posts: 296 Member
    Don't fear the red. I know it's frustrating, especially if only a few cals over, but if you get hung up over numbers it'll mess with your mind.

    See your daily goal as just that: a number to meet not a number to avoid.

    I go into the red most days and have maintained a steady range I'm happy with for over a year.
  • paulyoung1703
    paulyoung1703 Posts: 29 Member
    Been 4k over before. Still log. Why not?

    It's not what you do or don't log that has an effect; it's what you eat.
  • mcibty
    mcibty Posts: 1,252 Member
    Agree with all the above.

    You still ate it all. Does it matter if you log it? At least you'll know the reality of the situation and can fix it the next day.
  • vickyplum
    vickyplum Posts: 193 Member
    What you eat in private, you wear in public :)

    yep!

    Yeah I agree too
  • acidosaur
    acidosaur Posts: 295 Member
    It's pretty terrifying how the numbers go red when you go over your recommended intake. I just find it too hard to admit that I overate. Anybody else here who does this?

    Nope. I log everything.
    It motivates me to do better next time.

    Yep. Also, even if I go absolutely crazy sometimes the overall calories don't look as bad as they are in my head. For example, this Monday, I did really badly and logged almost 3000 calories. Yet by careful planning the rest of the week I'm still going to be under my weekly goal. It's just better to know where you're at imo.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    You should always log so you can analyze the trends over time. If you don't log honestly, you won't be able to look back and see what you did wrong if you hit a road block in your weight loss and need to adjust your program.
  • Mady1911
    Mady1911 Posts: 90 Member
    If you don't admit by logging it doesn't mean they aren't there. You're lying to yourself!
  • xoTalim
    xoTalim Posts: 212 Member
    You should log EVERYTHING, even if you go over by 1000 calories. When you are honest with yourself, you will learn to notice your eating habits and learn how to improve on them. If you are not honest with yourself, who can you be honest with? No one.
    This. I always log, whether I overeat or not. When I see those red numbers, it motivates me not to do it again. Of course, it does happen sometimes. But when it does, I'll make up for it.
  • Thinspirational_Me
    Thinspirational_Me Posts: 94
    It hurts to do it, and its not nice to see a red number but you gotta log it. As others have said, you already ate it - not logging it doesn't make it go away. Be honest with yourself.

    We all have red days, just accept it will happen, move on and make tomorrow better. You'll wake up in the morning with blank page and new daily allowance. Forget yesterday, put it behind you and focus on today. You didn't become overweight in one day - you won't get slim in one day either.
  • BlackPup
    BlackPup Posts: 242 Member
    I sometimes give myself a break from logging. I try to eat much the same as when I am logging but occaisionally overeat. When I'm logging I log everything even if I go over.
  • chani8
    chani8 Posts: 946 Member
    I am not ashamed, I am not ashamed. LOL

    Seriously though, since I cal/carb cycle, there are days that I go way over, shamelessly. :)

    So unless you are over eating more than 2 days a week, I wouldn't sweat it, at all.

    Do log it though. ;)
  • SkimFlatWhite68
    SkimFlatWhite68 Posts: 1,254 Member
    I log everything. Sometimes the thought of logging something that is less than ideal helps me to NOT eat it.
  • judilockwood
    judilockwood Posts: 134 Member
    Log everything.. if it goes in my mouth I log it, then I can see trends. I'm doing 5/2 at the moment, the report trends show it well x
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    It IS hard to log mid-binge.

    It's kind of like a coma (for me anyway) where everything shuts down except my jaw and the hands that are buttering my next piece of toast. :-/

    Good luck with it, OP xxx
  • Sassyallday
    Sassyallday Posts: 136 Member
    I used to avoid logging bad days. But it usually led to several days of overeating without accountability.

    Of late, I log everything and actually look at the nutritional values. It's helping me to identify sodium and saturated fat dense foods. And I am learning what to eat to get more food for less calories.
  • baybeejulia
    baybeejulia Posts: 218 Member
    I log it! Definitely log it. It's for yourself, not anyone else.

    When you look back at data to see why you gained rather than lost, if you haven't logged, you won't be able to identify the reasons. It's really important to log even when you overeat. The danger of not logging when you start to overeat is you continue to overeat unaware of how many calories over you are.
  • iceflow
    iceflow Posts: 17 Member
    What you eat in private, you wear in public :)

    SO true.
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    It's only by logging it all that you learn about what you're eating - I've shocked myself, eaten food that was much higher in calories than I thought, and been horrified by the red number! But it's taught me something. You need to use it to help you change your habits - log it all, look at what it was that made you go red, and think about how to change your habits to stop that.

    But overeating the odd day here and there doesn't hurt - it's if you consistently eat more calories than you need that you have problems!
  • HarleyQuinn26
    HarleyQuinn26 Posts: 158 Member
    I used to not log my cheat days but then I found myself eating more junk on my cheat days.

    Now I like to log my cheat days so I can see the damage I have done. That being said I go into the cheat day with a mindset of "This is my cheat day. I worked hard and I won't undo the work I have done but I will indulge a little bit".
  • MissEStrange22
    MissEStrange22 Posts: 24
    Personally, I don'd log my really bad days, I just have a fight with myself.

    "Jenni what the hell....look at all that crap you ate today. You should not have eaten that much! I know I know! I hate myself for it now and I've got to log it on mfp yet. They're all going to see. So don't log it... but logging is good. I know but it can be our secret. Shhh.... Well ok then it can be our secret, but we will tell the mfp friends how bad the day has been, because they are awesome and supportive after all. OK, deal. and tomorrow will NOT be like today. We will probably have another day like this, but we will try our darndest to make sure that that isn't soon! yes ok then...."

    That's kinda how that argument goes. Different things work for different people. Face it somehow. Weather you write down what food you have eaten and tell mfp how sucky your day has been, or weather you log every single calorie and watch that counter turn (what feels like) a judgemental shade of red...Make sure you face it, accept it and move on.

    x
  • ButterflyDame
    ButterflyDame Posts: 111 Member
    What you eat in private, you wear in public :)

    i love this...

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