Do you ever lie to your food log ??

I didn't used to, until I opened my diary and made some friends. I write it all down during the day, but once I finish my diary and everyone writes "good job" or whatever... I feel like a dork for going back and adding that I got an extra cup of microwave popcorn that put me over my calories for the day. Peer scrutiny motivates me, but it also hold me accountable ... meaning if I log it and go over, I'm going to hear about it from someone who is going to tell me what I SHOULD have done differently. And sometimes I just don't wanna hear it, so I don't put that extra popcorn on there.

Still, its better than closing my diary, because when no one is looking, I'd cheat WAY more than I do now. I'm a master at ignoring what I eat... that's how I got the way I am!!

I am bad about not logging something if it is not a full serving. ( I will eat 5 or 6 rice snacks and a serving is 17) If it is simple and I can put .25 of a serving I will include it, but if its an odd number than I won't. I am also really bad about not logging mixed drinks because I have NO CLUE how many calories are in them.

I am bad about not logging something if it is not a full serving. ( I will eat 5 or 6 rice snacks and a serving is 17) If it is simple and I can put .25 of a serving I will include it, but if its an odd number than I won't. I am also really bad about not logging mixed drinks because I have NO CLUE how many calories are in them.

You won't like the answer if you google it. The answer I got was at least 300 calories per 8oz.

Thank you for the opportunity for so many of us to take the moral high ground. I appreciate the view any time I can get here.
Seriously, though, how about if you feel the need to lie if you just make your food log private? If no one else can see it (if indeed that is what your worry is), make it only available to you. Then it becomes a more valuable tool.
And, since I'm up here I can't resist...if we were all 100% honest with ourselves we would not have found ourselves in the position we ended up in that brought us to this place.

I decided when I started logging to be honest! Why Lie? Who am I kidding anyway! It is,! what it is If I have a bad day or bad choice i just own it and move on!Lying is what got me in this weight gain to begin with!! Honesty is the key here ...for me!

Interesting question......

I never lie and say I haven't eaten something that I did........ I use MFP as an accounting and a way for ME to stay aware of what I'm eating in general.....

But I often find myself "stretching" the truth about how much I've eaten.......I usually put down a little more than I actually ate if it's a healthy thing, and I will sometimes look for the "least calorie entry" for something not so good.......


My biggest problem with logging is when I go completely off the charts and don't eat at all...........Then I won't log in to write that I've only had two cups of tea and a bowl of cereal for the entire day...... I am ashamed and defensive about my poor eating and I would rather ignore the whole thing rather than log in and be scolded for eating too few calories...... after a few days of this it's hard to get your diet sorted out and back on track again.......

Basically everyone's log book has different meanings and goals........ mine keeps me on track and accountable to eating enough healthy food.....

hahahaha. "I wouldn't be cheating if I logged it." I love it! That'll get the hypocrites flaming.
continued success! keep that sense of humor!

I never lie, that would defeat the whole purpose of this.

Sometimes I lie because what I'm eating isn't in the database and I can't look up the calorie count for whatever reason and so I just try to choose something remotely related and guess the calories. Case in point a certain dish a Chinese restaurant I eat at once in a while, I googled the name, what it might actually be, and anything else to try and find an accurate calorie count. Couldn't so I just log the related food and eat as little as possible in case. Another case is a pack of small mochi (pounded rice made into a ball and often filled with something, whether fruit or bean paste) I buy from an Asian market. They don't have a translated nutrition info section and what I'm guessing is it is all in Japanese with no numbers. Barcode scanner on the app pulls it up as something from Trader Joe's so I just go with it. But I rarely eat them as they're sweet and glutenous.

I'd say a handful of times I have not logged something, but it's usually when it's so close to midnight there's no point in putting it on the already saved log and I can't see the point in putting it on the next day one especially if I don't plan to work out that day. And it's not bad stuff, usually soup or one homemade muffin. Once or twice some fries but I always try to work out that sodium regardless of whether it's logged. I don't make a habit of it, but then again I don't make a habit of midnight snacking either.

No. What would be the point of keeping the log if I lied in it?

my motto is "if I nibble it I scribble it" If you lie to your diary and dont add all your food you are only hurting yourself. If I dont want it in my diary I dont eat it. I even add the gum I chew.

I log everything. What's the point of lying in your food diary? You know what you ate or drank so log it even if you have to break it down ingredient by ingredient.

No, never. The only person who would lose out would be me. Forgive me, I forgot who posted this, but there was a quote I saw in the forums the other day that said:

"Your body is keeping an accurate journal of what you eat regardless of what you write down. And it remembers everything."

Nope but i didnt check every nutritional value from the database if i was tired or w.e so i spose the calories could have been wrong...ive stopped slacking with that though and check most things!

EDIT: i'd never intentionally lie though.

OK.. I will 'fess up that I sometimes shave a few cals by not logging all my food...Since I consider myself near normal, I think that some of my fellow members do the same thing...Did you log that extra glass of white wine or a beer ?? Did you say "forget about that microwave popcorn"...I do that and I confess my transgression...I think you should too if you want to get it off your chest and move on in our near normal lives..It's up to you...I know that some people would find it *unthinkable", but others, like me might find it a sign of our human frailty..

What is your take on it ??? Are you going to come clean if you do it ??? or do you think it is a cardinal sin..

Shake and bake,

wolftrax

I have been tempted to but I know its better when I'm honest and put everything in, it seems to stick with me better and creates more of a reality on what I just ate for that day when I have to see it. It would be easier not to log it and try to forget it but it just doesn't seem to have the same impact from logging it. I had some splurge day that weren't suppose to be and as I was logging in the food I couldn't believe how much I had ate and what I ate, I knew it was a pretty bad day but I truly couldn't see how bad until I was logging it, especially when I first started to die but I've also had days that I 'felt' were bad and once I was done loggin, it turned out it really wasn't so I was happy and nearly relieved I had logged. Mapping my days for food is also easier now since I'm always logging. Its not perfect by far but since I have an idea on calories with many different types of foods its alot easier to make choices.