Anyone else end up choosing foods to eat just because they are easy to log?

DuckReconMajor

Or denying yourself dinner at a local restaurant that's surely not in the database, or picking packaged food you don't really want to eat over a delicious meal someone else cooked that you couldn't meticulously measure every piece of?

I'm not at this point but sometimes I worry that I'll get there, especially as I near the last 10 lb until my goal, where everyone says "more accurate more accurate you gotta be more accurate it's harder now at the end!"

rubyandmani

yes. i do. i m very near to my goal and already inmy bmi range but want to be on lower side.i try to eat veg and spspecially fruits as i cant be wronh with them

Chezzie84

No. I estimated meals out based on supermarket ready meals and then add 20%.
The way I see it is estimating is better than nothing and its only every now and again.

tibby531

I am one of the laziest loggers I know. I eat the same thing five days a week just so I can prelog in about five minutes and I don't have to math and stuff.

lhigdon2325

Everything can't be in the database. You have to make decisions based on "like/similar" foods. After doing this for a few months, based on what is actually in the database, you should be able to fairly accurately pick something.

LeslieB042812

No, at least not all the time. You have to still live and enjoy life. With that said, you do need to be more careful the closer to your goal. So, just try to balance it. For example, I know I'm going out to a dinner that will be hard to track on Sunday, so I'm going to be more strict until then. Also, I won't let myself just eat whatever all day on Sunday, since I'll have a hard time tracking dinner. I'll try to eat minimal calories the rest of the day to make up for it (I've found that a packet of tuna and a pile of lettuce works wonders for filling you up for only about 100 calories!).

DisneyDude85

tibby531 wrote: »

I am one of the laziest loggers I know. I eat the same thing five days a week just so I can prelog in about five minutes and I don't have to math and stuff.

I do the same thing.

TheVirgoddess

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

Or denying yourself dinner at a local restaurant that's surely not in the database, or picking packaged food you don't really want to eat over a delicious meal someone else cooked that you couldn't meticulously measure every piece of?

I'm not at this point but sometimes I worry that I'll get there, especially as I near the last 10 lb until my goal, where everyone says "more accurate more accurate you gotta be more accurate it's harder now at the end!"

By the time I got to the end of my weight loss, I had added or corrected just about all the foods I eat, so it really wasn't even a thing.

Asher_Ethan

I did in the beginning... But now where I'm at, I know most everything I eat is prelogged somewhere in my meals so it's a lot easier.

barbecuesauce

Nah, but I tend to eat the same things over and over again. I have entered/corrected my own entries--I'm that lunatic who keeps empty wrappers in her purse until she can devote a minute to logging.

Until recently, I would just enter data from other restaurants. Now I don't worry so much--I just get what I think is a fairly lean choice and don't log it or complete the day's diary.

Mr_Knight

Yep. All the time.

Well, not "all" the time, YKWIM.

Ready2Rock206

No. Life is too short to eat bad food.

newfutures

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

Or denying yourself dinner at a local restaurant that's surely not in the database, or picking packaged food you don't really want to eat over a delicious meal someone else cooked that you couldn't meticulously measure every piece of?

I'm not at this point but sometimes I worry that I'll get there, especially as I near the last 10 lb until my goal, where everyone says "more accurate more accurate you gotta be more accurate it's harder now at the end!"

no because I will put in the extra effort to accurately log the foods I LIKE and really WANT even if that means doing research past mfp database. my weight loss is worth it. this journey was never going to be easy.

urloved33

DisneyDude85 wrote: »

tibby531 wrote: »

I am one of the laziest loggers I know. I eat the same thing five days a week just so I can prelog in about five minutes and I don't have to math and stuff.

I do the same thing.

lol me too. lol

barbecuesauce

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

Or denying yourself dinner at a local restaurant that's surely not in the database, or picking packaged food you don't really want to eat over a delicious meal someone else cooked that you couldn't meticulously measure every piece of?

I'm not at this point but sometimes I worry that I'll get there, especially as I near the last 10 lb until my goal, where everyone says "more accurate more accurate you gotta be more accurate it's harder now at the end!"

I eat dinner at my mom's house regularly and I know that I've blown that day's deficit on several occasions. I'm not going to turn down that food in favor of eating something I know precisely. I have a life outside of my weight loss.

As for the last 10 pounds thing: Yes, you do have to be more accurate if you want the weight to come off consistently. But I have gone from obese to 6 pounds above goal and I know I'm working on vanity pounds. I was much more restrictive in the beginning. As long as I'm in a deficit most of the time, I don't worry about going over. The weight is coming off slowly, but I don't feel like I'm losing out on social gatherings, so it's fine.

kyrannosaurus

Even if you eat something that has it's nutrition information published doesn't mean that information is correct.

So deconstructing and estimating a meal every now and then probably isn't going to do much harm.

kshama2001

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

Or denying yourself dinner at a local restaurant that's surely not in the database, or picking packaged food you don't really want to eat over a delicious meal someone else cooked that you couldn't meticulously measure every piece of?

I'm not at this point but sometimes I worry that I'll get there, especially as I near the last 10 lb until my goal, where everyone says "more accurate more accurate you gotta be more accurate it's harder now at the end!"

Nope, I accept that there will be some inaccuracies and just do my best.

Liftng4Lis

Nope, I try to be as accurate as possible.

DuckReconMajor

barbecuesauce wrote: »

I eat dinner at my mom's house regularly and I know that I've blown that day's deficit on several occasions. I'm not going to turn down that food in favor of eating something I know precisely. I have a life outside of my weight loss.

Hah this is preciesly my problem when i visit my parents and my dad cooks something delicious.

barbecuesauce wrote: »

As for the last 10 pounds thing: Yes, you do have to be more accurate if you want the weight to come off consistently. But I have gone from obese to 6 pounds above goal and I know I'm working on vanity pounds. I was much more restrictive in the beginning. As long as I'm in a deficit most of the time, I don't worry about going over. The weight is coming off slowly, but I don't feel like I'm losing out on social gatherings, so it's fine.

This is comforting, thank you. Dunno why I'm freaking out about vanity pounds, I guess I'm still in the "coming to terms with the weight loss slowing" phase.

MakePeasNotWar

Yeah, I usually try to stick to restaurants that are in the database, and use the same recipes over and over because I've already created them in the recipe builder. Sometimes when I'm bored, I'll import interesting recipes just so it's one less step to do if I decide to actually try them out.

I guess if I really wanted something from a restaurant badly, I'd try to estimate is as best I could, but I'm not really a foodie so I tend to go for what is easier most of the time.

RoadBike777

No, if I can't find it in the database i add the next closest thing.

pita7317

I reached my goal in March. For me, it was not harder at the end, just took longer.
Restaurant food. Is rare for me now. Not because I might not know the calories, etc. I just feel better staying away from it. If I do go out I pick something that is a treat ( can't make at home ) and enjoy part of what is served. Either bring the rest home or leave it. Just depends. Same thing goes for a meal cooked by someone else. Enjoy but don't overdo. I have learned when to stop eating. Versus just keep eating because it tastes good. And I will spend the extra time to log a new recipe and like to change it up where need be to meet my numbers. Bottom line. You can't be perfect everyday.

BWBTrish

nope i like to vary and a balanced intake
When the data bank dont have it or is not correct i make my own entree.

Only when i have to guesstimate i take the closest.

and i dont deny dinners out or a Starbucks or whatever
Just everything in moderation that's ll

PAV8888

In the beginning? Absolutely. Nowadays, a bit considerably less so.

Lounmoun

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

Or denying yourself dinner at a local restaurant that's surely not in the database, or picking packaged food you don't really want to eat over a delicious meal someone else cooked that you couldn't meticulously measure every piece of?
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No. I have not done that. I don't find logging that tedious or frustrating. I also know I can have a day where I go over a bit and still lose weight so that one inaccurately logged meal won't hurt me.

dawnna76

tibby531 wrote: »

I am one of the laziest loggers I know. I eat the same thing five days a week just so I can prelog in about five minutes and I don't have to math and stuff.

YEP THATS ME TOO.

Merkavar

Even if I wasn't logging I generally eat the same breakfast and lunch and sometimes dinner.

Makes food shopping easier, and you know what it is, taste etc so you don't end up with a bad lunch.

SezxyStef

lhigdon2325 wrote: »

Everything can't be in the database. You have to make decisions based on "like/similar" foods. After doing this for a few months, based on what is actually in the database, you should be able to fairly accurately pick something.

If it's not in the database add it...

to the OP no no no...I eat the foods I want/love and log it as accurately as I can.

atypicalsmith

I'm a lazy logger too, and find myself eating the same foods because I know it's already in my food database and cringe when I have to add something new which makes my list longer . . .

atypicalsmith

Wishing MFP could let us "deactivate" stuff we only ate once . . .

strong_curves

tibby531 wrote: »

I am one of the laziest loggers I know. I eat the same thing five days a week just so I can prelog in about five minutes and I don't have to math and stuff.

Joins the lazy club!