Are you honest with your food diary?

iNkedFiTmama

I don't track 0 calorie things.. like coffee - I do track the creamer.. Or if i have a glass of *gasp* diet pop lol. I am completely honest when I mess up though, like if I ate something bad.. It helps me do better when I have to log in the crap I ate and see just what the damage was.

Canadien

I track every single thing I put into my mouth. What's the point in not tracking? Just because it's not written down somewhere, it doesn't mean it isn't having an effect on your body.

EoinMag

I track everything, if I didn't then I wouldn't know where I'm at and how much excercise I need to do to counteract whatever it was that I eat that might need me to hop on the bike for another while to get my calorie account back in order.

blueberry67

i log everything - i have learned a lot about carbs and nutrition on here. i'm always bugging my husband about the exact quantities of ingredients he put in dinner when he cooks. i like being able to put things in before i eat dinner so i can get an idea of how much i should have before i start eating.

zaaden

I track everything, otherwise I will do as I always have and think I have eaten less than I actually have and then will be right back where it all began.
The good thing about tracking everything is that it makes me think twice about eating a snack or taking seconds

agibson0430

I'm getting better with tracking everything. I use to not track my "cheat or treat meals" because I knew I was going to be way over my calories for the day - so why bother I would ask myself. I tracked my cheat meal this past Friday and was mortified on just how much I went over. I always get back on track the very next day, but tracking that cheat meal this time motivated me that much more to work out even harder in the gym. I 'm determined to make up those calories because I know I didn't earn that much throughout the week to have gone over as much as I did. I find that using MFP and logging my food motivates me to go to the gym and do some work. If I'm only left with 200 calories for dinner I know that is not going to cut it so I go to the gym and earn more calories.

ViSabbi

I track everything, even if I'm quite shameful of my day (see yesterday...and Saturday...) but on the other hand, sometimes it makes me realize that it's not AS bad as I thought it would be.

bj6886

I track , even when I don't want to. The Cherry Angel Food cake is gone and hubby only had one serving.

susannamarie

I don't track spices used in cooking. I'm not worried about salt intake, and I really don't find it worth it for the rest. I'm not in the habit of eating them with a spoon. Other than that, yes, 100%.

sharonhite2012

I am very honest with my diary.why bother going through the motions of tracking your foods if you aren't honest.Our friend thought I was crazy when I was scanning our snacks at the winery yesterday but he said we ( my husband and I ) were doing a great job..I have lost 8 pounds and my husband has lost 16 in a little over 6 weeks ( and lots of inches) you WILL NOT see weight loss like that if your not honest. Also when I do track things and have to check in the database for an item..I DO NOT pick the lowest calorie count for that item..I always pick towards the high middle. I am doing this for ME...no one else ...if people have the need to "adjust" thier food diaries to make it look like they are doing good..so be it....but with me I would much rather see the results from my hard work. :bigsmile:

whit1108

I track every single thing that goes into my mouth. Even if i allow myself to have a cheat day i still track everything even if the stuff goes over so i know and see it. I think you only cheat yourself if you dont track everything.

smantha32

Yes I track everything.

stormieweather

I track every bite, even the bad stuff (like yesterday's state fair crap).

Another thing...if I'm not sure how many calories are in the meatloaf I had at that resturant, I will pick the highest calorie meatloaf in the database (instead of the lowest). I found that cheating in favor of eating fewer calories is not doing myself any favors. Assume the highest and then you have a little cushion for errors.

Rosbrook1985

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_greeneyedgirl_

Yep. Even the 4 french fries and one mozzarella stick I stole from my daughter's dinner at Friendly's, she didn't notice though.

dakitten2

I track every single morsel. Have been doing so since day 1 and in the middle of week 18 now. I have to be accountable to myself and if I didnt, no one would suffer the consequences but me.

d3mon4ngel

I track everything, even this Saturday just gone which was a total write-off! Nearly double my recommended :noway:

I'm on this site to keep a track of me, and if I'm not honest with myself, how am I supposed to do that? If I cheat on the food diary, I'm only cheating myself and making it harder to lose the weight.

daisydieter

Yes... I think it helps that I am totally anonymous site for me. I have purposefully not "friended" on this site people who I know through Facebook are using it too. I know me, I'd start leaving off foods I'm embarrassed I ate. Plus, totally embarrassed that in two years I gained back 35 of the 45 pounds I lost. I'm sure my friends realize I put on weight... but I don't want my pride getting in the way of losing it.

garnet1483

I track about 98%. I don't always track condiments like ketchup, though I mentally keep track of that. I figure as long as I'm aware of it, it's probably okay. What I've started doing, though, to help, is to create "meals" and "recipes" for things like how I fix a PB&J, which I do the same way every time. It's a lazy way of making sure I won't forget something like the jelly. I also don't track any drinks unless they have calories in them.

Simmie69

I do, plus your body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what you write down.

PaleoPath4Lyfe

Are you 100% honest when completing your food diary?

I ask because i always tend to track every single thing i've eaten even if it is like a whole 100g bag of crisps or a whole loaf of bread! I rarely though see my pals on my profile ever have a bad day but they never lose weight. Are they tracking everything?

I must admit I have recently(when i have bothered to track it) not done very well and stuffed my face silly hence why i've only lost a couple of pounds here and there.

Do you track everything?

Yes, I track everything, but I no longer weigh often because I get obsessed with the scale and then I stress and that stalls my weight loss, so I randomly weigh myself now and record my loss at that point.

Here lately I am losing inches (fat loss) but not really losing pounds and I am happy with that. I would much rather wear smaller clothes and could care less about the poundage.

Now, I have been getting some flack about the amount of calories I consume, but I eat when I am hungry and don't eat when I am not and I no longer count calories, so I am not worried about that either.

michellef216

i track everything. even a reeses miniature i had last night..lol...i still eat a sweet(non-healthy) here and there bec ause i feel if i deprive myself i will indulge when i am around it. I have junk food all around me all the time. So if i don't track everything and become accountable, then i will fall off the wagon.

fififox

Yes - generally. I try to log in advance so i can allocate amounts like 150g meat or 100g rice, or whatever so that means I can accurately stay within rather than eat and then find I have overdone it for the day. I also went back to weighing most things as I had a period where I stopped losing and I lost nothing or increased weight but I must have been over-estimating. If I don't have the time to go back and log something really small I don't think that matters as long as I am well within my goal for the day and know that it won't send me over. I do try to be honest - I have to say that at times I find it difficult to log as different entries of the same food on the database can give very different calorie counts - I may at times go for an in-between or lower one if I am tight for the day...If I have lots still to use I might go for the higher one to discourrage me from eating too much more. so I can be selective the odd time if it is about fitting in something. But I agree with ohters, you can't cheat yourself and I do try my best to do this well.

jmobashrn11

Isn't there an option to make your diary private?

Personally, I'm not really big on looking at anyone else's food diary (or other people judging my food diary). I've only lost 2 pounds so far and have skipped a few days of logging here and there due to busy days and lack of access to a computer.

Stick to yourself and this won't even be a problem to begin with, IMHO.

Thriceshy

Absolutely--if I fudge on my diary, that's like cheating at Solitaire, except the reward is extra pounds. I count everything, even if I'm 500 calories over.

NewLIFEstyle4ME

Just yesterday I thought, I should log EVERYTHING--because I wasn't logging the supplements I take everyday. So now I'm logging everything I put in my mouth.

Pinnagerjaggin

I make the effort to track everything. Usually if there are blank spaces in my diary its because I went out and I know that I went way over my daily calories so I don't spend the time trying to figure out what to add.

Jipples

I track it all unless that particular day is a 'cheat' day. That said, I don't track things like sugarfree gum which is around 5 cal per stick.

tsartwork

I lost weight with Quick Weight loss. The reason I did was to be accountible to somenone other than myself. I have lost the weight that I could not get off for over 15 years. The most I could lose on my own was 10 pound and then I simply put that and more back on. QWL really works if you have problems keeping to a plan on your own. I joined this sight basically from advice from QWL to monitor my food intake now that I have lost the weight.

anave285

I'm bascally honest. I usually eat dinner late (8 p.m. or later). So if I submit my diary for the day and still have some calories left over, I may eat something within that range and not track it, but that's just because I know that I didn't go over. If I do go over, I definitely track them the next morning.