do you log your cheat days/meals?

I log my off days. Shows me that I am still human and still can get off track. I log beer and alcohol as well.
I have no reason not to log anything.

Logging will continue forever!

Yep same here, we eat out on Friday's since I refuse to cook on this day, and I want to enjoy it. Logging it wouldn't "teach me a lesson", it would just make me feel guilty and take the enjoyment out of my free day.

We stopped going to Ruby Tuesdays a few years ago when they added calories to the menu for this exact reason. It took all the enjoyment out of what was supposed to be a treat, because we rarely went out to eat. Instead of ordering what we wanted, we'd order something "healthy," then not feel satisfied and end up eating ice cream later. :laugh:

I went to a Cinco de Mayo party on Sat. I had already posted that you should record everything,that you only cheat yourself...I dont think there is anything wrong with indulging once in a while but if you dont record it,you still ate it,it doesnt really change anything just because you didnt write it. Anyway,I tried to remember what I ate and to the best of my knowledge recorded it. I made some choices that I may have not made last year...like 1 dessert instead of 3,etc....and though I was over my limit,it wasnt that bad.I stepped on the scale the next day,and it was fine. So,eat if you need to,dont sweat it,dont kid yourself and then get back on track.

yep, check out my food on saturday! its better to log it cause then you know how bad you did and dont ever want to do it again!

Yep.

Ha ha, no. It'd take all day to log that mess.

Yes. I do, because the only way to figure your TRUE TDEE is to average everything out. The calculators have always been off for me by at least 300 calories. So I average out my calories over a month or two, then compare that to my weight loss and I can figure exactly where I stand and what I need to do to change. The thing I don't log very much is exercise. I don't trust the numbers given to me by MFP or any other calculator to count my calories right. But the calories versus weight loss doesn't lie.

I log everything......I got to keep it real......Being true to myself is part of over coming this struggle!

Well said!

My cheat days are on Monday, check out my diary, for my cheat days, it will blow your mind!

I log pretty much everything.

I pretty much log everything, except the Pepperidge Farms Goldfish my 19-month-old son shares with me by throwing it on the floor. Gee, thanks Son!

yes........................I log it all...good or bad.

So for you 'non cheaters', would that mean you'd log/not cheat on a cruise or vacation? Thanksgiving?

I, too, am a "non-cheater." I log everything I eat, regardless. On holidays, or other times when we're having a meal with a large group of friends or family, I choose things that are appropriate for me...protein and maybe a little non-starchy veggies...and leave the rest for everyone else. I always take things with me, just in case there aren't appropriate choices available. And I always take something suitable for me to have for dessert...a chocolate protein bar, etc. I don't allow an occasion to throw me completely off-track, and I don't allow my new relationship with food to ruin an opportunity to spend an evening with people I love. I've chosen to have a new life, and to behave differently where food is concerned...and I don't feel embarrassed, in front of others, doing what I need to do to keep myself on the right path.

I log everything to my best ability. I figure my body "tracks" it regardless if I write it down. Sometimes it takes guessing, like at a wedding recently. I like to know, if I do go over, what I need to do to make up for it for the rest of the week, or if I need to burn some exra that day.

I log absolutely everything. It's a matter of keeping myself accountable & motivated. Have to be honest in the small things or I will be dishonest in the bigger things.