Honesty
joselo2
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Does anyone else ever not tell the truth in their food diary? I don't know why I do this, but sometimes I do. I have kept so many food dairies and things in my life and some of them were complete works of fictions, while others lik this one is mostly true, but still sometimes not. Oh my gosh, I can't even figure why i do that. I am going to try and be honest. And not just avoid posting bad days!!
Joselito
Joselito
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I always write it down! It makes me do better the next day! If you don't write it down, it's like it didn't happen.0
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What's the point of not being honest? You're only cheating yourself, nobody else cares.0
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I think you should be honest with yourself. If you aren't able to have a true reflection of what you're eating, you won't know where the problem is. Its not the end of the world to go over on your calories or to have something unealthy in your diary, just learn from it and work hard to make the next day a better day. You aren't doing yourself any favors by not keeping an accurate diary.0
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I've occasionally had 'lost weekends' where I was doing something special or taking a trip so I just didn't log. However, I feel that if I AM going to log, I should log honestly or else what's the point?
Why do you think you do this? What is the motivation?0 -
I sometimes do that too and I find that my weight loss stalls and I fall in to old patterns when I start resorting to lying to myself. I don't know why - I think it's just me not wanting to be accountable to myself. But - like all lies, we're better off just telling the truth!0
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sounds like you are on the right track now.
Your food diary is only as good as the info you put into it. If you cheat, you are cheating yourself and the diary us useless. Its useless that day because you have no idea how many calories you really have left and it is useless a month ago if you want to go back and look to see if your weight loss matches your estimates. For me, having something really "bad" on my diary is motivation - either "I didn't enjoy that ________ enough to eat another one" or "I better save some calories and work out some because tonight I am going to eat a ________ and they are awesome and totally worth the hard work!"
Even if you keep it private and never show it to anyone, make sure it is accurate. If not, why do it in the first place?0 -
Your best bet is to log it all truthfully.
If you are nervous about other people seeing your diary, make it private.0 -
I keep my diary locked even to my "friends" so I never feel I have to be less than honest. I have seen too many threads about criticism on how many calories someone eats or what they eat to think I would be unaffected by the negative so I just keep it to myself, because if you're lying to yourself about food intake you may have bigger problems then MFP can help with.0
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All the time and that's why I stop asking why I am not losing. LOL0
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One of the best things I've heard regarding this: "Your body keeps an accurate food and exercise diary, even if you don't!" No point in lying to yourself, your results will tell the true story.0
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I am always honest in my food diary. Otherwise there is absolutely NO point in keeping it. I do not go over very often, but when I do, it's always in there.0
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lol kaxfenix, i think you have quoted many more times than was intended!
Yeah, i quote like having my diary public because then I can get advice and things, but then again if i occasionally wasn't honst no one can give good advice of it. So i will try and keep to honesty in future, for example today!!xxx0 -
I stopped hurting myself when I got sober and that is what cheating on my diary would be, hurting me.
If you feel the need to lie on your diary, then I would close it.0 -
Sometimes I don't record something because I don't care that much. Eating 100 calories over my goal once in awhile is no big deal to me.0
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lol kaxfenix, i think you have quoted many more times than was intended!
Yeah, i quote like having my diary public because then I can get advice and things, but then again if i occasionally wasn't honst no one can give good advice of it. So i will try and keep to honesty in future, for example today!!xxx
Oh no It was very intended...0 -
Even though I don't want to sometimes because I feel guilty if I had something, I do it anyways. And since I am still losing weight I know that even if I indulge a little (as long as it is not all the time) then I will still continue to be motivated and not get down on myself. The only thing I have cut out is Soda and even that I'm not committing to cutting out entirely because I don't want to have to lie to myself and my diary if I have one.0
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People like to judge you because of your diary so I keep mine locked, then I got judged for that too. Still locked.0
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I never lie in my diary - what's the point? The whole idea is that I am accountable for what goes in my mouth.0
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There's days I don't log because either I need a break from thinking about calories, or ... no, that's pretty much it. When I don't give a flying f what the calories are, I don't log them.
For the most part, I'll log Monday through Friday.0 -
sounds like you are on the right track now.
Your food diary is only as good as the info you put into it. If you cheat, you are cheating yourself and the diary us useless. Its useless that day because you have no idea how many calories you really have left and it is useless a month ago if you want to go back and look to see if your weight loss matches your estimates. For me, having something really "bad" on my diary is motivation - either "I didn't enjoy that ________ enough to eat another one" or "I better save some calories and work out some because tonight I am going to eat a ________ and they are awesome and totally worth the hard work!"
Even if you keep it private and never show it to anyone, make sure it is accurate. If not, why do it in the first place?
I totally agree! I've noticed that I really take a look at what I ate and whether or not it was worth wasting the calories on. Also, in a weird way, my own log makes me feel guilty. I don't like my log to be in the negative at the end of the day so I will go out and do more exercise, even if sometimes I don't feel like it.0 -
Why would you lie in your food diary? What is the point? Unless you're living some fantasy life, where you'd like to think you were dining on caviar and quail eggs, when in reality you're just eating beans on toast!0
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I learned not to be dishonest with logging food...growing up with diabetes, my endocrinologist used to look at my blood sugar diary and my food diary...she could always tell if I wasn't being honest.
"So you had a salad..."
"Yeah"
"Then why did your sugar shoot up to 250?"
"The salad was on the side of three slices of pizza..."
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Rats.0 -
I learned not to be dishonest with logging food...growing up with diabetes, my endocrinologist used to look at my blood sugar diary and my food diary...she could always tell if I wasn't being honest.
"So you had a salad..."
"Yeah"
"Then why did your sugar shoot up to 250?"
"The salad was on the side of three slices of pizza..."
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Rats.
Hahaha! That is funny... well not funny that you have diabetes. Sorry about that!0 -
Sometimes I wont log until the next day. Sometimes that is intentional, other times its bc Im forgettful.0
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One of the best things I've heard regarding this: "Your body keeps an accurate food and exercise diary, even if you don't!" No point in lying to yourself, your results will tell the true story.
^^^ LOVE this - sorry, tho - I'm only going to quote it once...
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I'm always honest, even when it makes me look like a weenie (like today, when I shamefully ate FIVE cookies and other processed junk)0
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The only thing I don't record is when I'm going out with my girlfriends drinking because I don't know how/dont really care to keep track of all that when I'm out having fun. But I also waitress on the weekends and don't log that as exercise either (I work in a very busy diner for 7 hour shifts) and I have no idea how many calories I burn there. My weight loss goals aren't extreme and this was more about having better food choices than weight loss. Everyone's goals are different. But that being said, I find tracking me food very helpful and it keeps me honest and aware of what is going into my body. I understand the urge to lie, because I hate seeing the red calories too, but it is not worth it.0
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Eek, I can't lie - I have been tempted to cheat in my diary, particularly if I've been having a very good week. There was one day a couple of weeks ago where my dad brought home a load of samosas and kebabs... and I had no idea just how calorific they were! The day after I finally persuaded myself to put *everything* into my diary for that day. It was quite a sorry state of affairs.
But generally I am very honest... mostly because I haven't lost control...yet.0 -
People like to judge you because of your diary so I keep mine locked, then I got judged for that too. Still locked.
Ditto0 -
Honesty is such a lonely word.0
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