What's the deal with no logging a bad day.

Just to play devil's advocate, I don't see the point of logging, good or bad, after the fact. I use the food diary as a planning tool, so I log everything before I eat it. I'd say 95 percent of the time, I stick to what I log. If something goes off track and I eat either more or less than what I'd planned, I don't bother to go back and change it. It has nothing to do with shame, embarrassment, or not being honest with myself. It's just that once it's eaten, logging my food ceases to be of value to me. I don't go back and reflect on what I've had, so it would be a waste of time to log what's in the past. I just get on with it and use my diary to plan my next day.

I like your style!!!

Answer #1 Who gives rats *kitten* why people do or don't do something on their log. It does not effect you.

Answer # 2 See answer 1

I log everything....good or bad, what is the point of not doing it, Once you starting cheating yourself it's a slippery slope that you are on!

Personally, I log everything because my body does.

^^^^ This!

Sometimes when I don't log, it because I ate mostly homemade food that I can't accurately count the calories of. I know it's fairly healthy (I made it!) but short of measuring everything to the last drop (which is not how I cook) and typing it all into a recipe calculator, then to estimate serving sizes...I know I ate well, so I don't give enough *#$*@ to go through it all.

As far as being held accountable: I don't need to publish my day to hold myself accountable. I don't rely on shame to make good or bad food choices. I'm not doing it out of guilt, or shame, or whatever stupid armchair psychology some people like to ascribe to everyone who does this.

I'm sure there are people who didn't log because they were ashamed. And I'm sure starting a whole thread ridiculing them for being unaccountable sad sacks will really encourage them to "do better".

I don't think those who obsessively chart and then feel superior about it are much better, if any, than those who occasionally cringe from the Finish This Day button.

I agree, I came close to not logging yesterday because of that.
But the knowledge that you have to log no matter what is one of the motivaters about this site.

So if you eat it log it !
ill be doing a house to house search, and trust me: you dont want me there!

)))))

Yesterday I said I wasn't going to log because I was going to a restaurant and knew it would be tough to estimate the calories and stress me out more than it was worth. I made healthy choices during the day and at the restaurant and then after all was said and done I decided to log after the fact so I could have a consistent record. I know it's not quite accurate, but it's probably roughly accurate.

I see people saying you have to log everything you ate to be "accountable." To me, being accountable is eating what you ought to, not eating a bunch of junk and then patting yourself on the back for being honest and logging it. It's not how you log that determines your success but how you eat.

Edited to add: I reread what I wrote, and it came across as being more harsh than I intended. If logging a bad day after the fact helps someone make better choices next time, then I think it makes sense to log a bad day. For me personally, it wouldn't make any difference in what I do going forward, so it seems like an exercise in futility. I like the idea that each of us can use these tools in a way that works best for us as individuals. It's easy for all of us, myself included, to make assumptions about people's motivations based on what they do, but those assumptions aren't always accurate.

Also remember that some people go by weekly trends rather than each individual day's accuracy.

It seems to me that if you dont log a bad day the only person you are fooling is yourself because your body will react if you log it or not