Calorie tracking (online) is getting tiresome...

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  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    edited November 2014
    Michifan wrote: »
    But given that many of my meals are combination of mixed vegetable sides with a small portion of protein, it's not as easy to log as going to XYZ and getting something that's already in the database.

    If your diet is that simple and repetitive, I would think the logging would be much easier, not harder? I noticed in your first post you mentioned being tired of creating 'meals' in the app. You know you can just log single ingredients and it's the same thing, right? I never use 'meals'. I can see the use for it if say you eat the same 4 things at a sitting all the time but to me it's just as easy to pick off my Frequent/Recent list: E.g., check off salmon, broccoli, olive oil---> 'add checked'. Or pull up the database entry for one if it's not there.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    SingingSingleTracker wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    SingingSingleTracker wrote: »
    Not logging - no matter how good of an accountant one is - is like guessing at how much gas you put in the car. No fuel gauge. No reading on the gas pump of how much you put in. Just blind faith.

    Eventually it leads to what the forums are littered with - failed attempts to lose weight and keep it off.

    Best of luck with not logging. 5 minutes a day is all it takes - at most.

    It is quite possible to learn how to eat without logging...

    Yes. Most have been eating for decades without logging. Then they end up on MFP (or another site) wondering how they have gained so much weight. ;-)

    Just sayin' my orchestra of small violins are bowing away on the strings playing "cry me a river" for those who think it is such a laborious and tiresome task to spend only 1 - 5 minutes a day keeping tabs.

    Routine leads to long term success...

    So first of all I'm in favor of logging at least in the short term for the benefits it provides. Long term under specific contexts.

    Having said that, you're being ridiculous if you claim that logging intake is the only way one can successfully manage their weight.

    Additionally, time is not the only consideration when it comes to the decision of whether or not to log food.
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