Do you track your calories when you over-eat?

Yes, and the reason is because it is the only way you will get an accurate assessment of where your calorie intake is on track. Because it is not any one day that really tells a person if there net calorie intake is on track to lose weight. The single closest indicator if you are on track for losing weight is your weekly net average calories. If these are 10-20% below your overall amount then you will lose weight at or slightly below your target rate. I do not say that from a "feelings" perspective but from a scientific analysis perspective. So, if you did not log all of your "good days and bad days" then you will not really know if you are on track and without that you will constantly shift your eating and exercise in hoping that you will lose. Sorry for the long post. Hope that helps and best wishes for you on your journey.

Example, on Saturday I drank 1140 calories in Smirnoff Ices, and 360 on Budweiser, moral of the story, stick to beer :drinker:

I dont' track alochol...

but i am currently out of guiness and wine and vodka.. sooooooo...

I have coors light.. not sure why or how that got in my fridge..

and champagne.

That sounds like a party. LOL

Yeah, I always log if I go over.

it's impossible then I just stop and restart the following day. For example - at this Christening party I went to last weekend there was a buffet so I had small bites of what was served (it was all barbecue and those traditional bbq side dishes). There was no way to acccurately account for it so I just threw in the towel and got back on the horse the following day - LOTS of water, running, and "trackable" foods. P.S. I also had three glasses of wine because it was a family event. LOL.

yes. Tracking teaches me the 5 "W"s ... When, Where, with Whom, What and Why I eat , Only by knowing this, can I make the proper changes to correct my errors. It does not mean that I can't eat at the When, or with the Whom per say. but it lets me see if I may need to carry "legal" snacks to certain places...or visit with a certain person at a different time of day say, mid morning rather than lunch or dinner time... go to a different place to enjoy a different type of activity to keep me more on track. There are things I cannot change, and I don't let those bother me. I just do what I can with the others. I find it very helpful. Try it and see what you learn.
lockmand

Yes, most of the time.

1) Sometimes I'll feel absolutely horrible and know I'm "over" on calories, but then when I log it its not anywhere near where I'd thought so its nice to have that feeling of not royally screwing up like I had originally thought.

2) Sometimes its the other way around (like this weekend)... where I know I've gone over, but not sure how much. Then I log and go "OMFG &%#!". Then I take a deep breath... say tomorrow is another day and get back on track.. knowing that I will be about 2 lbs heavier for the next few days... but I don't sweat it too bad.

I track it all, if I am over I know it and if there is time I can go walk or get another workout in to make it balance out or be close.
Other times it is what it is and I leave it being over. Its okay once in a blue moon just know what your calorie goal is and aim to reach that goal most days.

Nope! Every now and then (once every 1-2 weeks) I allow myself to indulge for the day and not count calories. Yes it may take a few days to return to my weight before the indulging but it helps me curb cravings. I just tell myself not to eat that piece of cake now or not to have a take away meal today because I will allow myself to do so in a weeks time and it will be "authorised". That way I get to still eat "bad" things that I like but don't feel annoyed over it because it was planned and I was still in control.

I track everything!!! I need to be honest with myself and with others, who are reading my food diary. It's no use doing any of this, if you're not honest with yourself, about what you eat. This site is full of people who are here to help you, so why would you lie to them? It all comes out in the wash!!! If you don't lose weight, people will know that you're not tracking what you're truly eating.

Yeah....I do..I don't want to but have a short memory. So at the end of the week when the scale hasn't moved...I look back. Lost 50 tracking good or bad.