Do you tell all?

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  • 12skipafew99100
    12skipafew99100 Posts: 1,669 Member
    I don't log anything at the moment but when I did log I put down everything.
  • ingalynn
    ingalynn Posts: 136 Member
    I used to log every little thing. It was a little obsessive. But I realized I don't want to spend the rest of my life logging every little thing. Now there are some days when I still do log everything, but there are also many days when I will log breakfast and lunch so I know where my day stands for dinner, but I don't bother logging dinner. I figure I should eventually be able to gauge my plate without counting every calorie.
  • Southern_Belle89
    Southern_Belle89 Posts: 37
    I log everything. :)
  • myfitnessval
    myfitnessval Posts: 687 Member
    if i take ONE BITE of something i usually dont log it if i know im working out that day, unless its truly fatty lol. sometimes idont log the olive oil i cook with or spices. ive been trying to get better.
  • JennInMA
    JennInMA Posts: 33 Member
    I log every piece I put in...even if I go over...I like to see where I was that day and try to reflect on what may have caused me to eat more/less, etc.
  • GmeB
    GmeB Posts: 70 Member
    not always,because I post sometimes too soon,and I may have something else later.the other night I got so hungry for an Edy's bar,not a bad snack at 80 calories,but 3 of them was240. Instead of logging it,when I exercised the next day,I exercised above and beyond what I usually do,and made up the 240 and didn't log it the next day,only the remainder.the tangerine and pineapple bars are to die for
  • davidlbass
    davidlbass Posts: 159 Member
    Log it all or your just wasting your time. Lots of people hit a "Plateau" which is really they aren't honestly logging everything or the actual amount of what they are eating.
  • joyfuljoy65
    joyfuljoy65 Posts: 317 Member
    I log everything - if I know I have eaten it, I am only fooling myself by not logging it.... and I know I have so whats the point in that!
  • hiker359
    hiker359 Posts: 577 Member
    Candy is not small stuff. The stuff is packed with sugar (the kind you want as little of as possible) and can make or break your success. If you eat it, log it.

    Now if we're talking about the dash of pepper you put on your eggs for breakfast, then I don't consider it a big deal. If you're new, be as accurate as possible and log everything. if you've been around for a while and know that that hand full of M&M's was only 100 calories and it fits in your allowance, probably not as big a deal then either. It just depends on where you are and whether you're seeing success or not.
  • danijolson
    danijolson Posts: 32 Member
    I always tell all... candy is not just a small thing, it may be a small item but its big in calories so I will enter it! Plus this keeps me accountable for what Im eating! The only things I have really skipped on entering at times are maybe pickles because they are so low in calories.
  • ghostpixie
    ghostpixie Posts: 148 Member
    Yep I log everything!
  • stardancer7
    stardancer7 Posts: 276 Member
    What's the point of this if I do not? Lying to myself and rationalizing my 'rations' got me to 271 pounds.
  • jerbear1962
    jerbear1962 Posts: 1,157 Member
    I log everything so that I hold myself accountable for my calories and it helps me not cheat.
  • TexasTroy
    TexasTroy Posts: 477 Member
    I learned and got into the habit of logging everything I ate no matter what...I was obsessed with logging my food. I have at least 20 full notebooks filled with my nutrition programs over the past 20-25 years....yep, still have them in my closet- yes that boarders on some sort of a mental issue im sure, lol. It is still a habit of mine that I will never outgrow...for me it just makes since. You have to know what your eating and how much of it, otherwise, how will you know how many calories to add or subtract?
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Everything but Tic Tacs or cough drops.

    (Except on weekends or holidays, or breaks from counting, when I don't log a damn thing.)
  • ksavy
    ksavy Posts: 271 Member
    Anything that has 5 or less calories I do not bother logging unless I have a bunch of it. 1 or 2 tic tacs, no, whole package of tic tacs then yes.
  • Jackie_Paper
    Jackie_Paper Posts: 183 Member
    Yah I log everything because then I can see where I am truly going wrong. And if I eat extra stuff and then don't log it, and later find that I'm not seeing any physical changes, I get frustrated and wonder why, because it looks good on paper, till you remember the cheats.
  • tellascott
    tellascott Posts: 54
    I try to log all the food i eat whenever possible, but the exercise logging is where I ma neglectful, which is a good thing because i have likely so many extra calories i am burning a day with no clue.
  • RobynBourgeois
    RobynBourgeois Posts: 51
    I don't know how many times I have said no to something because I didn't want to log it! I log everything I consume. I figure I am only cheating myself if I don't. I don't care if others see what I eat, I care what I see I eat ;-)
  • sarahsaca
    sarahsaca Posts: 50 Member
    I measure or weigh everything and log it all -- even sugar free gum!! Every little thing counts and it can add up quickly........
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    I tyr to log everrything. From time to time I might have like a small nibble of a cookie that my son offered, or 2 french fries that my husband offered- too hard to figure calories- so I go for a brisk 15 minute walk (not logged either) and call it even. That it only about once a week, tops.

    **And I find sometimes I either turn omething down for not wanting to bother figuring out 1/2 of a 1/8 of whatever... OR sometimes I will say "Oh, well, I might as well eat 5 crackers, make it a full serving so I can record it easier"
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    I may not log the lettuce/tomato/onion on my sandwich if I'm feeling lazy. But candy doesn't count as small stuff -- it's calorically dense and nutritionally deficient. Gotta log it.

    ^^^

    I'm too lazy to log veggies most of the time - I will log oil used to cook them, or high calorie seasonings (sugar, etc) but otherwise I get lazy.

    But stuff like candy is a lot of calories for a small amount - ALL of my sandwich and side veggies for the day might add up to 50 cals, but 3 little chocolate covered caramels will be like 200. Big difference.
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    If I don't log it, it doesn't count right? So I normally omit logging of candy, ice cream, french fries. Works for me.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Everything but my Altoids! And I could log those - I know that three mints is a serving size and have 10 calories (I think). But I don't have them daily.

    Everything else gets logged, everything I eat or drink.
  • joselo2
    joselo2 Posts: 461
    I sometimes miss out really bad stuff, like if I get a takeaway very late at night, or eat like a whole packet of biscuits. I mean, these things don't happen that often anymore and if they do I usually log them but sometimes is like... nah, we pretend that never happened. It is just embarrassing and also akward for my friends here like what they supposed to say??? When I was a teenager the various drs and dieticians always made me do food dairys and they was total works of fiction!! Least nowaday they mainly are correct!
    xxxxxx
  • Cachou99
    Cachou99 Posts: 5
    I log it all. For me, it's the only way to stay on track
  • absolutnonsense
    absolutnonsense Posts: 28
    Everything, apart from on the occasional 'day off', like when we had people round for dinner and made a whole bunch of tapas which would have destroyed my brain to try and calculate, or if I've given myself a weekend of not thinking about it like this last weekend when I was away at a festival. Sure, it'll probably mean it takes me a bit longer to hit my goal, but I certainly wasn't going to be standing in a field with hardly any phone battery trying to work out how long I'd been walking vs how many ciders vs what was in that burger again...

    Been okay so far!
  • half_moon
    half_moon Posts: 807 Member
    I wouldn't skip candy, but if I have ONE fry or ONE bite of a rice cake or ONE breath mint, I don't bother.
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    I log everything. I don't care if I go over.
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    Why would anyone skip logging candy? That's one of those things you have to watch out for! :laugh:

    I don't log spices or diet soda. Mostly a laziness thing.

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