So what do you log for food on pig-out days?

rml_16

Been using MFP since Monday and it's been great at keeping me accountable. However, the weekend is fast approaching. Normally I try to be very good Monday through Friday and then the weekend I let go a little (or a lot). So if you are at parties, taking bites of this and that, or going out to eat, what do you log for food? Wild guesses or just blow it off?

I make an educated guess and log what I ate. You can easily undo an entire week's worth of effort in a day if you don't. I'm not saying don't enjoy yourself, but if you know the damage, you know what you need to do (exercise and cutting back other days) to undo it.

VBos

If I Do Have An Off Day I Log What I Eat Anyway. I Find That Seeing The Amount Of Calories I Consume Helps Keep Me In Line And Lets Me Know How Much I Really Am Eating Instead Of Just Ball Parking It. For Instance I Have A Weakness For Pizza But Once I Logged That Eating A Digiornio Pizza By Itself [As In Nothing Else For The Day] Was More Than 2000 Calories, It Deterred Me From Wanting To Constantly Eat It Because I Know What The Consequences Are.

wow! i'm impressed that you can type with all of those upper cause letters!! lol

carl1738

Log it all but maybe increase the exercise on weekends. Weight training would be an excellent choice for exercise if you know that you're going to let loose a little, because it will keep your metabolism elevated for up to 48 hours afterward.

LuckySue333

Sat and sunday is usually hard for me to. I do good M-F but when weekend comes I try to stay within calories but sometimes go over...But all the good work you do M-F its a shame to pig out on weekend so I try to control it as much as I can.

edorice

I exercise like a fiend on the weekends. This is a lifestyle and food has to work for you. i never go into a weekend thinking I'm going to pig out or drink though. It's best to get out of the way of thinking. I am committed to losing weight, not just interested in the idea of losing weight.

Ngolden1

Yes, I do think I'll need to be more careful on the weekends if I want to improve, not just maintain, my fitness/weight. Two days of full-out binging can definitely undo the weeks' work. This weekend my husband's 30th birthday is Saturday night, so I'll limit my extras to just that, rather than the whole day. Sundays are hard because everyone comes to our house to watch football - and bring beer, food etc...but tracking everything will hopefully make me way more thoughtful when it comes to this.

lina1131

I just try to remember and log what I have. I don't go crazy nuts over the weekend about logging. i just do my best and move on. It's important to take this seriously, but at the same time not drive yourself nuts. I mean, this is a lifestyle, we are doing what we can to control our calories, but man, i'm not going to go freakin' nuts if I can't remember a bite of a cookie I take.

Beth720

I still log. I do have one day a week where I let myself go over my calories - it's actually recommended so your metabolism doesn't get too complacent and settled with a calorie count. I don't go overboard, but if I'm over my calories by a few hundred I'm not beating myself up.

So far it's working.

GiGi76

If i have a pig out day... i take a picture with my camera phone so i can log it later!!!! If you just estimate it, you will probably guess too low.... i know this now from experience (you dont realize how many calories are in just a little bite of something until you log it)! Anyways, i usually go over by a little on the weekends but still try to stay within my maintenance calories... that way i dont gain any weight.... if you blow it on the calories every weekend you are just hurting yourself in the long run!!! You can stay strong on the weekends too... just takes a little time to get use to it... im getting better at it everyday!!!

Oh and people sometimes think im crazy taking a picture of the things i eat (when its not planned meals).... but it keeps me accountable and knowing that im going to have to go log that picture of food sometimes keeps me from eating it!!!

Ngolden1

Oh and people sometimes think im crazy taking a picture of the things i eat (when its not planned meals).... but it keeps me accountable and knowing that im going to have to go log that picture of food sometimes keeps me from eating it!!!

Haha. I was picturing taking out a notepad and writing down every time I take a bite of something at a get-together with friends. They would think I was certifiably nuts.

Beth720

I was just thinking how CRAZY my food diary is going to be when I do my half marathon. Granted I'll have calories out galore, but still... Woo...that's going to be one day in the red for the record books I'm sure. (Only saying that because my sister has decided she (and I'm assuming my running buddy's partner) are going to "plan something celebratory" and knowing her, I have a sneaking suspicion I know what it's going to be...and it involves lots of food.)

Lithuria

I log absoloutely everything. If I can't remember the exact ammount, I estimate, then I add about half of that on top because I know I'll surley underestimate. It's safer, in my opinion, to over estimate than under estimate.

As for parties with a bit of this and a bit of that, honest to God it's just a case of trying to remember what this or that is ^_^ sorry, I wish it was easier but it really isn't!