3 Years+ Maintainers-do you track calories Yes/No?
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I've been tracking for 5 years, and have maintained a loss of 80 lbs for 3 years. I track about 85% of the time, which seems to be a good balance for me.
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I track everything and have every meal for four years. I enjoy it. But I very rarely modify my eating because of it because I have learned to 'naturally' eat at maintenance.3
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5 years maintenance here.
I track, otherwise I gain. Every time.3 -
I initially lost 120 pounds, and I've maintained most of that loss for nearly 5 years. For the most part, tracking seems to have properly trained my brain to eat decently and I've kept up with the exercise, so I usually don't have to count my calories. But every now and then if I get off track (pun not intended) and I find I need to track again for a while to get back under control. That's where I am right now...I'm actually celebrating my 5 year anniversary 20 pounds up from where I should be, but tracking's not a hard habit to slide back into. Congrats to all of you.2
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Maintaining over 6 years. Rarely count calories or weigh myself.
I used to log a couple of times a year to maintain portion sizes, weight, and re establish a TDEE for changing workouts.
This year I have found I am no longer needing to do that. If I up my exercises I just boost my calories accordingly without having to do a 6 week TDEE extrapolation.
In general I maintain easily without tracking.
An 18 day all you can eat and drink cruise vacation and I have a 2.6lbs gain- I only came back Monday so I am still shedding the water weigh
Cheers, h.2 -
Around 12 years maintaining after a 70 lb loss. I log whenever I gain 4 or more lbs., usually a few months a year. Looking through my logs I have gained as much as 9 lbs but always brought it back down. I know what I can eat, but love calorie dense food, so i do fluctuate! Not bad for 12 years. Log, log, log.2
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I've been maintaining for 5 years and no weight gained back. I haven't been calorie counting in a while now. Sometimes I do find that I'm dropping weight again so instead of tracking I simply eat a little more on the days that I know I'm more active.0
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Ask me in a year. But at the 2 year point I've been maintaining a 150+ lb weight loss okay while tracking a few days, or sometimes just part of a few days per fortnight. I seem to naturally fluctuate up and down 10 lbs or so without doing much at all, my measurements don't change. I have gone months without tracking as well and not gained. But then I spent 2.5 years closely tracking every morsel in order to lose so much. If I don't know what a portion size looks like by now, there'd be no hope for me I reckon!2
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14.5 years maintaining +-5 here.
I don't count calories regularly. But I didn't losing either.
If I had counted while losing, I would have had it as a goal to wean off.
I do weigh daily and always have. I find that more helpful.
And right now I'm keeping an eye on carbs while going through menopause.
If the scale goes up a few with menopause, I'll count for a bit.
If I add new foods to my routine, I'll check those.
If I go to a chain restaurant, I use MFP to help me select my meal...3
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