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anyone else knew what they were doing before joining MFP?

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  • Astharteea
    Astharteea Posts: 105 Member
    No, I never did this on paper. I think I bought a weight watchers dairy once and never wrote a thing in it.
  • valente347
    valente347 Posts: 201 Member
    I counted calories when I was in college with a food scale, notebook and Google. I lost 50 lbs then, but was also suffering from severe depressionat the time. After getting help, I gained back 30 lbs. (Food actually tasted good.) I initially put off using MFP because of the negative psychological associations I had with calorie counting. I'm really glad I gave it a shot again!
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    Calorie counting has always been my jam when I've tried to lose weight. I never weighed food. That's been a fairly recent addition. But I measured and I looked up calorie info. I even bought a calorie counting book. And I kept track and did all the math myself. It worked for me too. MFP just makes it easier.

    The thing MFP has introduced me to is macros.
  • betuel75
    betuel75 Posts: 776 Member
    cincysweetheart wrote: »
    The thing MFP has introduced me to is macros.

    Yes, probably the biggest thing for me was how i didnt have to work on numbers and do the math myself to know where im at with my macros.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    I knew and understood the concepts but MFP is a tool that makes the process easy.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I spent two and a half weeks "watching what I ate"...and I gained two pounds
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