Do you still log what food you eat on party, buffets, restaurant etc.?

ferd_ttp5
ferd_ttp5 Posts: 246 Member
edited November 18 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Do you still log what food you eat on party, buffet, restaurant etc.? I find it hard to log what I'm eating up because I was too distracted I drink a 1.5 litre of coke today and I don't know how much food I've eatened :lol: Expecting the scale to backfire haha. I'm just curious
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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Yes. I generally prelog, even when eating out
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  • Wysewoman53
    Wysewoman53 Posts: 582 Member
    I used to count everything but since I've lost all the weight I wanted to lose, I no longer count calories on weekends. I still stick to and count every calorie during the week meticulously but give myself a break on weekends. It's working for me. I haven't gained any weight back, still exercise even on weekends and find that even when I don't actually count calories on those two days, I find I kind of automatically know what I can have without going to far over my calorie count.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    edited May 2017
    You weigh and log a few months and you get pretty good at guestimating.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Sometimes. Most times no.
  • PaulaSchlotterbeck
    PaulaSchlotterbeck Posts: 34 Member
    Yes, always. I tend to choose restaurants which provide their nutritional data and request it from those who do not- if they are not responsive, I tend to shun them from that point forward (if they are a larger chain-type place... I'm looking at you, Slim Chickens).
    I don't eat out all that often, other than special occasions/trips, so it's not a huge deal most of the time. And, if I end up at a place/event where the actual numbers aren't available due to circumstances beyond my control, I just do my best and move on (and do a bit of extra walking etc. to build a cushion). I'm maintaining a 60+ wt loss for going on 9 mos so I think that it's working for me.
  • beanz744
    beanz744 Posts: 221 Member
    i just try my best to input and/or i will just guess a big number (like a 1000 cal) n stick it in MFP so i know i went way over that day. plus, i will minimize the caloric intake before n after.
  • amyteacake
    amyteacake Posts: 768 Member
    I try my best to but sometimes I forget to do it
  • HappyGrape
    HappyGrape Posts: 436 Member
    yes, I estimate after. Some times I just make up a number and add it, usually high to avoid this doesn't count as i am not tracking type of thinking
  • ferd_ttp5
    ferd_ttp5 Posts: 246 Member
    Well thanks though everyone has different opinions and I appreciate it :smiley:
  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    I try
    So for example yesterday at housewarming I guessed size of grilled chicken guessed amount of wine, logged 2 rice crust treats instead of one as unsure of portion size, logged grilled zucchini for both the grilled zucchini and summer squash,
  • karliexrose
    karliexrose Posts: 57 Member
    If you want an accurate representation of what you eat then I would log it to the best of your ability. "Closest"-to, foods, will give you some kind of information to work off of.
  • Sp1tfire
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    I always have a rough estimate put in. I try to overestimate if anything to be on the safe side.
  • FlippingFins
    FlippingFins Posts: 20 Member
    I don't. If a day has been indulgent because we've been to a party, had a multiple course restaurant meal or been somewhere where snacks have been constantly on offer, I don't log.

    The big blank space in my diary shows that the day has been excessive. I don't bother with totals, I just use the blank space to know that there's a very good reason for any gain. If I find that I haven't logged in a few days, I know that I'm getting into the habit of eating too much, so that pulls me back to where I should be.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    I try, though of course there's a lot of estimating involved, especially if it's a potluck or a non-chain restaurant that doesn't have published nutrition info.
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    No
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    I just quick add a rough guesstimate.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    Yes. And I just found out my dinner was 1392 calories. And it probably was about that. It did not feel like that much, which was educational. I'm glad I exercised today, but I have suspicions that this was the most over I have ever been in one meal for the five years I have been logging. I'm stuffed. I think breakfast and lunch tomorrow will be LEAN.
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    Sometimes I do depending on what it is I choose to eat but not always.
  • DietPrada
    DietPrada Posts: 1,171 Member
    99% of the time if I eat out it'll be a steak and side salad, or a Grill'd burger and I will always log. Occasionally (once every couple of months or so) I'll have a day like yesterday (Mothers Day) where we were visiting family and I was extra hungry from the 1000 calories worth of hiking and riding I did on Saturday so I'll munch away on cheese and kabana and other snacky things and not bother to log for the day. A quick guestimate put yesterday at about 2500 cals. I can live with that. Wouldn't be able to do it every week though.
  • STEVE142142
    STEVE142142 Posts: 867 Member
    I try but it's really hard to guesstimate because you don't know how they're cooking food when you don't prepare it yourself. I just make a guesstimate of what I think I ate what part of the process is you have to enjoy the journey so if you have a day where you blow your calorie limit it's not going to hurt you as long as you don't get into the habit of doing it all the time.

    I know after I eat or after I drink when I'm out I gained a couple pounds but it's mostly water weight and within a week I'm back to normal
  • Steelpit202
    Steelpit202 Posts: 51 Member
    If I feel like I can at least get a good guesstimate, I log it. I don't always log in these situations, though.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,186 Member
    No, I don't but I am in maintenance so that helps. If the restaurant has the nutritional information on line, then it is easier to find it in MFP but most of the restaurants that I frequent are local places and not chain restaurants and trying to estimate or find something similar in MFP is time consuming and it will not be accurate.

    Since most of the time I have around 100 calories left per day, I can go above my maintenance calories over the weekend without doing any damage.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I log when we go out for meal, i can usually find a data base entry or get the calories off of a restaurant website.

    At all you can eat buffets, i just guess and use quick add calories. I have no idea how near or far my guess is though...
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    I always have a rough idea of calories no matter where I eat - I don't log my food but I always have a good idea of my daily totals regardless.
    If you log choose nearest entries in the database or use quick add and estimate.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    yes, at the very least if I can't remember I just choose a buffet option that's around 1000 calories
  • JeanCricket
    JeanCricket Posts: 176 Member
    Yes. I try to log everything. Sometimes need to guesstimate based on MFP database.
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