Are you 100% honest with your food diary?
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YES, YES, YES, NO MATTER WHAT I EAT, IT IS LOGGED0
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Mostly. But not miniscule things like a spray of Pam or a dash of seasoning for recipes.
^^ this. the only thing I don't log is my green tea... with honey. But in my defense, I don't always use honey.0 -
I really hate when people say they don't log tea, coffee and other drinks. It still has a nutritional value!!
I mean, 2-3 coffees a day can easily be upwards of 150 extra calories!
Take away coffee that is made on entirely milk can be really high in calories. Or instant with milk and sugar.0 -
I would say, if it is a healthy snack like a carrot or a bite of my roommate's soup, no, I don't count it. But every naughty cookie that passes my lips gets recorded. It's like a punishment to myself. I still have my diary hidden though; the naughty snacks are embarrassingly recurrent ????0
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I'm honest
However I lack consistency, i.e. I have days where I end up not logging, but this is because of a lack of organisation, not any dishonesty. I could probably log what I ate even so, if the food diary had a function whereby you could log the food but not the calories under some label like "chicken vindaloo - don't know the calories because I was halfway through making it when I realised I'd forgotten to weigh half the ingredients" or some such thing0 -
Mostly. But not miniscule things like a spray of Pam or a dash of seasoning for recipes.
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Absolutely and i weigh everything.0
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Yes I log every thing that goes in my mouth! The good, the bad, and even the ugly. It's the best way to keep myself accountable for my choices!0
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Yeah, I weigh most things out. if anything I'm slightly over with stuff like butter/jam/sauces - I tend to thinly spread with those type of things, not because I'm trying to save calories. I weigh them every so often to make sure I'm still on the right track but we're only talking like a gram out so I'm not too bothered there.0
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How can tea or coffee be 200 calories if you don't sweeten them?0
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I used to have CHEAT days where I didnt log at all, but honestly, so pointless. Now, even if I want to eat something I know isnt good. I log it so at least I know where my calories went.
I dont log like others said, mustard (Which says 0 calories anyways)
But yes, log EVERYTHING0 -
On the days I log yes honest.0
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i've only been doing calories for just under a week and so far feel great. and Yes i do track EVERYTHING. including the spices and canola spray. I have a bit of weight to lose so i need to see exactly what i'm putting in especially to start with so that i can be truthful about what it is i used to eat without thinking twice. Although in the past with Weight Watchers i've wanted to not track, i've learnt that it hasnt changed the result in the end, only my delusion that i've eaten well.0
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I log everything as accurately as possible.
There are some things that I have to guesstimate, especially when I eat out at a restaurant that does not give calorie estimates.
I even log my "no-calorie" sweetener, which actually has 4 calories per serving and my fish oil supplements which pack a 18 calories into each capsule.
If I were to eat 1,000 calories over, I'd log it, just so that I could look back and see how my eating that week affected my weight in the days and weeks afterward. So far, I've not gone over by 1,000 calories, but then, I've not had a birthday since I joined MFP either. ;-)0 -
Yes, I measure everything.0
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Mostly. But not miniscule things like a spray of Pam or a dash of seasoning for recipes.
This.
If you don't log something and aren't as honest as you can be, then when things slow down or stop working then you won't know exactly what it is you need to change because it wasn't logged. And then, of course, the thing you will need to change is the fact that you don't log everything. :flowerforyou:0 -
ABSOLUTELY YES every day every calorie! Other wise what the point!? If I had a lab I'd have them doing tests to determine exact calories! :bigsmile:0
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A medium cappuccino on full cream milk from Maccas is 165cal.0
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Being a busy professional, its really impossible for me to enter small tidbits like pickles, an occasional biscuit, chutney, sauce, toffee, etc.. but I try to compensate by entering slightly more in the mains than I actually consume. eg. if I consume 200 g of rice, I log 1 cup or approx. 220 g. Plus, I under-add a few extra minutes of exercise. Like, if I have run for 33 min. I add 30 min to my diary or If I have walked for 24 min, I add 20 min. In this way I try to compensate about 80 to100 cal daily.
Hope that is honest enough!! :happy:0 -
Being a busy professional, its really impossible for me to enter small tidbits like pickles, an occasional biscuit, chutney, sauce, toffee, etc.. but I try to compensate by entering slightly more in the mains than I actually consume. eg. if I consume 200 g of rice, I log 1 cup or approx. 220 g. Plus, I under-add a few extra minutes of exercise. Like, if I have run for 33 min. I add 30 min to my diary or If I have walked for 24 min, I add 20 min. In this way I try to compensate about 80 to100 cal daily.
Hope that is honest enough!! :happy:
I'm a busy professional too - I use the quick add function of i've grabbed something at a morning tea or something. I overestimate what it's probably worth and enter it so I don't eat too much at the end0
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