Are you honest with your food diary?

Yep I track it all. As a wise MFP person once told me: "You don't lie to your phone!"

It's a slippery slope and once a person tells a little lie.. well it could quite easily get out of control.

I try my best to log everything I can coz am pretty curious to see how much I actually ingest a day - though I use the MFP database so am not sure how much it actually differs from what I eat. I have my meals out most of the time, so it's pretty much impossible to weigh or even know every ingredient that goes into the food.

However, occasionally, if my colleagues were to offer me a packet of kerupuk (a generic name to call a range of snacks where I am) and I take like a small piece or two, I don't bother to add it in. Mainly coz I can't find it's equivalent in the MFP database, and the packaging usually doesn't even list the nutrition value.

Oh yeah, I initially tried to log stuff I eat during buffets too, but eventually gave up coz it's too much hassle trying to remember what I ate and how much of each item I ate. Instead, I enter a flat value of 1,500 cals. Doesn't make a diff to me as I know, for buffet days, I'll definitely go over :laugh:

I track almost all of my food intake I don't track condiments. I have made it easy I eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch everyday except weekends my off days I don't add my exercise till the end of my day so at dinner I can eat a little more if I like but I am still usually under my calorie goal for the day. I also allow my self a free day usually Sunday ,don't deprive yourself of something you like if you do you will fail. Be honest with yourself and eat to live not live to eat. Everyone keep up the hard work it will payoff in the long run

I track everything!! If you don't, you only lying to yourself to make you feel better. The only person you're hurting in the long run........is you!

I try to be honest, but do occasionally forget things, ketchup or dressings mostly. If I binge I always track it as I like to look at the reports and see what triggers the overeating so I can try and avoid them in the future. As others have said, you are only cheating yourself if you lie to make it look better. :noway:

Ahh me too. The other day I mixed a little emmenthal into my pasta sauce and then I forgot to add it but I had already hit "done" for the day and I was like, "Well I know how many calories were in it and I didn't go over or anything so I guess it's fine." Same with ketchup and things like tat.
But in general I log everything. Even embarrassing things like 50 grams of speculoos spread or 6 squares of chocolate or whatever (I have a terrible sweet tooth).

I attempt to be as honest as possible with my diary when I can but no ones perfect

i track everything, except for spices that do not contain sodium, gum, and sometimes i forget to record my water, however, i do try to drink over 100ozs on a daily basis.

I pretty much track everything I eat. It is the only way to remind me of what I am taking in.

Yes unless at the end and I total out and have like 300 or 400 calories left I don't track like the 90cal. fiber one bar or a piece of fruit. I just track it in my head. I do like to be straight as possible also with the exercise and calories burned My bike logs less calories then when I go through MFB so I just quick calorie add the difference using the lower number.

Yes, I track everything except water and herbal tea (I drink lots of water, usually between 3-4litres).

Sometimes when I'm eating out / traveling I'm not tracking at all...that's not good when I'm just leaving the diary empty!