Do you ever lie to your food log ??

Nope, I never intentionally lie or omit. I'm sure I make mistakes and forget stuff sometimes, though.

I lie all the time...I don't lie about the food I eat but I do lie about the exercise I do and don't log ....I don't depend upon the exercise to make me lose weight..I am true blue to logging all my caloric intake...Why fool yourself? I use the exercise as ''gravy''....It is the portion control that helps you lose weight..and the choice of foods you eat....The exercise to me just makes me feel stronger and able to be more agile

If you start out in Corpus Christi and try to head to Tampa, you might sail east across the gulf of mexico to get there, But if you are ACTUALLY in Miami, but think you are in Corpus Cristi and decide to head sail east that will be another story. It'll take a lot longer before you hit land, you probably aren't prepared for the journey and instead of finding Busch Gardens, you end up in Morrocco. This would probably cause a whole lot of crankiness.

Awesome.
Although I've always wanted to visit Morocco ;-)

I log everything to keep myself accountable.

I can't say I lie to it. It's not going to judge me. Even on St. Patricks Day I logged every single one of those glasses of 312 (beer) that I had, regardless of the fact that it was 100+ calories per beer. I logged every one of them. I log everything all the time. If I lie to it, I'm just lying to myself. I look accountable on paper, but in real life I'm not being accountable if I cheat. So, I just don't cheat. I have two "off track" meals per week.

Well, lately, I do find myself forgetting to add in that late night snack or I forget a couple of things. Sometimes I just guesstimate because its hard to tell what the exact calories are in something. At the same time, I also neglect adding in some of my exercise. These transgressions show on the scale, so it does more harm than good. I try to do my best though. Just because I don't log it, doesn't mean those calories don't count.

As much as we hate to admit it, lying to ourselves with our food diaries is just a way of us resisting the best that we can potentially be because we don't learn through our mistakes. There is no point in lying to yourself to make yourself feel better, because in the end it won't. It'll only make it worse because your weight loss is still being affected by what you aren't keeping track of.

I add every thing! What is the point in lying to a journal when you did in fact eat something...I mean it's not like you look at your food diary and say "oh hey I did good today, ooh and look at this I didn't write down those 2 cookies so it actually doesn't even count as if I even ate it at all"
I mean you only cheat yourself when you don't add things, your body keeps track of everything. It just seems pointless to me to have a FOOD diary if you aren't going to write down every thing that you EAT. Just my opinion.

I can't afford to lie to myself, but to each their own.

nope - no lying - I find overestimate calories more than underestimate - my trainer called me on that one...

No, that is only self destructive and hurting yourself. Why do you do that?

Your body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what you write down...

Your body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what you write down...

^^^ This. You can't lie to your hips....

Yes, I sometimes add more serving if I'm not sure, and take away exercise calories if they seem to high.

Is that lying?

Same here. I sometimes add a bit more just in case.

I haven't lied-- but I have used substitutes such as logging a cupcake instead of a petite for because that isn't an option on here.

I log everything, but only log exercise if I wan't to eat more!