going over calorie limit

Sometimes I don't even know if I've gone over because I take a meal or even a day off from logging everything. But I've never purposely skipped logging my meal because I knew it would go over. If I sit down to log at all, I include the good, the bad, and the ugly.

I log everything, even the bad days, it's only me that I'd be lying to if I didn't.

I may be reduced to sheer guesstimation, but guess and log I do. If I can't look back and see when those times were I might miss a correlation (and hence miss a chance to head those times off in the first place).

i like to see the ''your weight in 5 weeks will be....'' so everything gets logged

except water, i just cannot be bothered to log water intake

I don't log cheat days, but if I go over unplanned, then I log it.

i like to see the ''your weight in 5 weeks will be....'' so everything gets logged

except water, i just cannot be bothered to log water intake

Seriously? The water logging part is the easiest of all!

i purposely dont log in food in the weekend bec its more than likely i go over. but when its during the week i log everythinnggggg in

I log everything, but I do it for myself. I like to see what my pattern is when I am losing...staying the same or even going back up. I don't ever go over anymore because I have just made this a way of life for me and honestly it has been so worth it

I log everything except water. No matter how bad, which it often is as I tend to consume tons of sugar.

I log everything. I feel like being honest with myself about my calories is very important. If I didnt then Id probably let myself slip up more often. By being able to go back and say "maybe I shouldnt have had those flautas because they were so high in calories" I can prevent myself from slipping up again. Especially with Alcohol. I actually factor in those calories at the beginning of the day if I know I am going out. I can tell myself, Ive set these aside to drink, I know how many drinks I can have without going over. Then I plan my food and needed cardio around it.

I just think being honest with yourself will prevent future mistakes and help you suceed in your journey.

Sometimes I will purposely leave things out of my diary, but then go back and try to log the best I can. Like the time I went to a restaurant for dinner for my dad's birthday. And at the time I was water weight gaining and didn't know what scale reading to trust.

Generally, though, I try to log, even if it is bad. I always find I went over less than I thought I would. Like yesterday. A proud tradition in my workplace is "election night pizza." I had a healthy balanced breakfast that morning, a super healthy chicken salad for lunch, and the pizza for dinner. 2 pieces of plain cheese pizza from a sheet pizza was 388. In fact, I would have been under my calories even with the cookies if I hadn't been up late and decided I needed another 2 slices!

I am the kind of person who likes to see patterns to try to tie them to what I was doing and make healthier choices. Did I hit the vending machine? If so, was that the day I slept in and skipped breakfast? Did I have a 3 p.m. sugar crash? Maybe I should have brought something from home that was more balanced. Why did I choose the chocolate bar? Couldn't I have gotten the same caffeine fix from a diet pepsi and pack of peanuts?

Through all of this I've discovered there's only a week or two in the whole month when I lose weight. That week I lose an artificially high number of pounds due to shedding retained water.

Above all, I keep my diary hidden. Nobody needs to see it but me. There's too much nit-picking on these boards.

I log EVERYthing, even if I drink a whole case of beer. If I'm going to be bad, the least I can do is be honest with myself about it.

^this. If you're honest and log even all the crap then it might keep you from doing it as much in the future. I usually stay within my calorie goal but you should see the couple days around my birthday! haha. But you know what? I used to be the person who would just say "screw it I already ate pizza today might as well have this ice cream" but now I just can't afford to think that way. If you mess up for one meal, or even one day, make sure you get back on track as soon as possible. Once a week or so I might cut myself a break and eat what I want but honestly I just can't afford to do it for a whole day without making up for it with exercise the next. it's simple cals in vs cals out. you won't lose the weight. Good luck though I hope you can find ways to help with this

Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. If I know what I ate and what amount, than I will log it. But often, if I'm away on a weekend, it's too hard to log. I didn't make the food and I didn't weigh it, so I really don't have any idea. I try to make good choices and realize that it's going to have it's affect in my body logged or not. Yes, usually I know I'm over on those days, but I'm not deluding myself into thinking that I'm not, so it's all the same really.

I log everything...I hold myself accountable.