Anyone on here doing this without logging? Or only logging certain foods?
Mumzillah
Posts: 15
I am not logging everything, only the things that have a high carb and sugar content specifically, and have allocated a daily amount of calories for those foods.
So I am logging all bread, pasta, noodles, grains, sugar or things containing sugar, alcohol, snacky food, fruit, starchy vegetables.
The foods I will eat freely are non-starchy vegetables, beans and pulses, tofu, nuts, oils (olive oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil), salad ingredients (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, etc). (I am a vegan). And when I say "freely", of course I am aware that nuts and oil contain a shitload of calories.
I would be interested to hear from people who for whatever reason are not logging, or only using MFP to log specific things. I am trying this because I think it might work for me. I know some people may not agree with this and I would urge you to continue to do what is right for you and wish you well
So I am logging all bread, pasta, noodles, grains, sugar or things containing sugar, alcohol, snacky food, fruit, starchy vegetables.
The foods I will eat freely are non-starchy vegetables, beans and pulses, tofu, nuts, oils (olive oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil), salad ingredients (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, etc). (I am a vegan). And when I say "freely", of course I am aware that nuts and oil contain a shitload of calories.
I would be interested to hear from people who for whatever reason are not logging, or only using MFP to log specific things. I am trying this because I think it might work for me. I know some people may not agree with this and I would urge you to continue to do what is right for you and wish you well
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You are much more disciplined than me!! I log everything! But I'm also a meat eater and meat lover and I'm type 2 diabetic. I try to keep my carbs down especially from processed foods. It's hard most days.0
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I know which foods have got me off track this past year. I have been on MFP before and lost weight, but the logging of everything drove me to distraction - I eat a lot of veggies and make lots of stir fries and soups. Took the joy out of eating even the good things. I have a strong family history of type 2 diabetes, hence the focus on carb and sugar.0
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I log about 1x/month to see where a "typical" day puts me...but before that, I was obsessively logging on here for 2.5 years. Became way too toxic for me mentally.0
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Log everything. Only way to ensure you're going to stay on target.0
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I need to log everything to keep track. Sometimes I use the quick tools to just add in the calories but I do log them0
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I log everything .It keeps me accountable0
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Just out of curiosity, how many calories do you allow yourself to have of the "bad stuff"? How can you be sure you're not going over with everything you're not logging? I'm asking these questions because I'm really curious. It would be nice to one day have a similar mindset about food myself.0
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If I am on here I am logging everything. All adds up to a total. I get easily confused by deciding what to log and not to log. If it has a calorie I count it. Ok maybe I've skipped a pickle or two along the way.0
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I joined this because of how easy it is to log everything. You can set up your whole day the night before or even the week before as a meal plan. I especially like the bar code scanning tool.0
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The truth is GothyFaery that I have only just come back to MFP, having put on all the weight I lost originally. So I am experimenting with different amounts. MFP gave me the infamous 1200 calories as a daily allowance for everything. I was thinking of allowing 500 for the carb laden and sugar containing foods. That's why I was hoping there would be others who are doing the same or similar. Today I ate 100g of wholewheat nest noodles (that's two "nests") and that came to nearly 350 calories!0
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I am glad the logging is working for so many of you.0
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I will be interested to see if you are sucessful with this----I think it would be hard, but don't want to rain on anyone's parade. Not logging fats gives me the most doubts, but wish you the best all the same. Sometimes you just have to try new things.0
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I stayed away from logging mostly this year due to a family problems. Now I am have put back on 10 lbs or more. Right now I am back with a vengeance and will not be stopping until I reach my goal. Had some blood work and my weight checked with my endocrinologist and her advice to me was: get that weight off, otherwise you will be looking at diabetes. That was enough to frighten the $***ts out of me. I am zig zagging my calories and logging everything.0
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Also exercising every day, whether its just doing 30 day shred for 20 minutes, its better than nothing.0
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I don't log anything, I occasionally quick add cals if I have a reason, I track sodium though. I've maintained my ideal weight for 4 years this way - through two pregnancies.0
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Similar to you socajam - but while i was not on MFP I also was not careful about what I ate and that is why I put the weight back on. My exercise is yoga, pilates and walking.0
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I only log on MFP occasionally, but I keep a written log every day. The MFP log is my plan for the day and lets me verify that I am on track. Or if I eat totally off plan, I might log to see the damage.
The written log doesn't have measurements and calorie counts, even though I do weigh and measure my food. It is just a list of the foods I plan to eat, then I cross off what I don't get around to and add in anything that wasn't on the plan. I generally don't need to be perfect to see results, I just need to be accountable.0 -
Jennloella wrote: »I don't log anything, I occasionally quick add cals if I have a reason, I track sodium though. I've maintained my ideal weight for 4 years this way - through two pregnancies.
Wow, congrats! I think I am also at the point where i know what I can and can't eat. When I was eating badly this past year, I knew it was bad, but I was too stressed to care, plus it made me feel better0 -
I have tried logging everything but its just too difficult for me, I'm originally from West Africa and we cook without recipes and do not weight food per serving, everyone basically just dishes as much as they would like to eat. On occassions that I logged religiously, I had to just weight every ingredient then weight the whole food then divide into equal portions before throwing everything back into the pot after taking my portion, this is way too much work to do every single time. The other option was for me cook my own food seperately which means cooking twice; first for the family then for me, but with a baby, a fulltime day job and no help around the house what so ever, I can only do this occasionally.
I still try to eat around my deficit though, I found the MFP database very useful as it gives me a fair idea how many cals I am eating. My daily budget is 1200 cals so I just look for what ever I eat in the database and subtract it from 1200 and I know how much I still have for the rest of the day.
I also make it a hobby to learn the average cals in all kinds of foods so I have a fair idea approximately how much I am eating, I also over estimate just to be safe, if it says 100 cals per 20g serving and I ate a little over 20g for instance, I would subtract 30g which is 150 cals instead of say 120 or 130 cals.
I'm still a long way from perfecting what works for me but so far since I am still losing at a comforable pace, I'll stick to it. Just keep in mind that so long as your are not losing or rather gaining, you must be doing it wrong and restrategize.0 -
I tried logging when I first joined but the database on here is a mess. So many inaccurate entries. Even the ones that aren't marked as user entered don't match the USDA site most of the time. And once they f'd up the recipe builder I just gave up. I occasionally look up foods, but usually I just use the USDA site because I can't trust anything here without verifying it somewhere else anyway.0
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