why don't you log?

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  • endermako
    endermako Posts: 785 Member
    My diary has always been open, never received anything negative. I know when i've fallen off the bandwagon, no one has to tell me that XD. I usually get back on track the next day so I'm not ashamed of what my diary looks like to others. It probably gets boring because I meal prep on sunday so my weekday meals are the same
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Mine's open. Not sure why I opened it, but I've never had a comment on it and not sure if it has ever been looked at. I'm also decent at logging, not perfect but "good enough". Feel free to look.

    I do think that if you are asking for help, you should open it. It makes it easier if you are looking for advice for others to look back at what you've been eating. Logging errors still seem to be the #1 reason why people have trouble losing weight and is the first place others will want to look if they want to help. Close it once you get things sorted out.

    And I'm sorry that some get shamed for their logging. That just sucks.

  • amberellen12
    amberellen12 Posts: 248 Member
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    amberellen12 wrote: »
    I won’t think of looking at someone else’s food dairy so it never occurred to me to open mine. I also try to eat low calorie nutritarian and a lot of people would bash me for it when it’s none of their business to judge my way of eating.

    What's nutritarian?
    Also I love creeping on my friends' diaries.

    Dr Fuhrman Eat To Live life style.
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    edited April 2018
    I logged consistently and with a scale for almost 90 days. But I've taken a break starting last week as logging was starting to get to me. I was getting borderline obsessed with logging every single morsel that passed my lips.(for the sake of data accuracy) And honestly, logging & weighing recipes was getting to be a PIA. I'm a little this little that cook, even when following a recipe. Nothing comes out the same way twice, so when I cook I had to add and weigh every item. I was starting to have dreams about weighing and logging my calories into MFP. I loved the data and seeing where my macros were everyday. But it was beginning to get into my head too much I think.
    However, I'm still trying to be mindful of what I eat, and be accountable to myself. Logging for those 3 months was not useless, it got me back on track for what portion control should look like. And showed me where I lack in macro nutrients for satiety. If the scale starts creeping back up, dropping too fast, or if I feel like I'm nutritionally deficient somewhere I'll be logging regularly again.
    As for public VS private? I have mine set to public I think. So far I have not received any comments about it. I'll admit I'm a diary creeper sometimes. I find it interesting to see what other people are eating & maybe I'll get inspired to make something similar to eat. Especially if they have similar stats as myself. I like to see what they eat and compare to what I'm doing. I would never comment on someone's diary though, unless they were asking for advice. We all have good days and bad days with our calories and nutrition. Who am I to comment on what someone is eating? That's not my place.
  • HoneyBadger302
    HoneyBadger302 Posts: 2,070 Member
    I log on a different site where I can set my own goals/ranges and already have groupings and recipes set up that often make things easier, so my diary here is basically empty.

    As for logging vs not logging - I tend to log for a few days or weeks here and there to keep myself accountable, but to be honest, I find it time consuming and a PITA to keep up long term, so I don't stick with it for long periods of time. I'll go a few weeks, maybe even a couple months with pretty good logging, but then I need a break.

    It would be easier if I had a "normal" work schedule and could meal prep one day, but since I work 7 days a week and frequently am on the road for a day or weekend or long weekend, I find meal prep to be nearly impossible. I just don't have hours available to shop, cook, prepare, portion, and then clean up after, so that means nearly every single meal every single day has to be measured, portioned, entered, and yes, I find that tedious.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Someone look at my diary and shame me for having a Big Mac for dinner. :)

    I did better. There is a burger joint I really like and have it maybe once or twice a year. The 90 minute drive is worth it. They opened a branch only 5 minutes away and were having a grand opening sale. When I say a burger, I mean what shows in this screenshot is probably an unser-estimation. I also had a busy work day so I didn't move much. My day truly does look like someone who eats nothing but twinkies and fast food and doesn't exercise. (also makes for an easy first day of organized logging)

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  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    @tacklewasher how could you possibly have eaten a Big Mac when you could have had the delicious burger @amusedmonkey has. For shame.

    Cheers, h.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,282 Member
    Shocked :o

    Why would anyone eat a fast food burger full of toxins, you should all be having smoothie made from organic kale



    Joking joking joking - have never eaten organic kale in my life :D:D
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Someone look at my diary and shame me for having a Big Mac for dinner. :)

    I did better. There is a burger joint I really like and have it maybe once or twice a year. The 90 minute drive is worth it. They opened a branch only 5 minutes away and were having a grand opening sale. When I say a burger, I mean what shows in this screenshot is probably an unser-estimation. I also had a busy work day so I didn't move much. My day truly does look like someone who eats nothing but twinkies and fast food and doesn't exercise. (also makes for an easy first day of organized logging)

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    My question is: how the heck did you manage to stay within 1650 calories for the whole day? That's awesome.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited April 2018
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Someone look at my diary and shame me for having a Big Mac for dinner. :)

    I did better. There is a burger joint I really like and have it maybe once or twice a year. The 90 minute drive is worth it. They opened a branch only 5 minutes away and were having a grand opening sale. When I say a burger, I mean what shows in this screenshot is probably an unser-estimation. I also had a busy work day so I didn't move much. My day truly does look like someone who eats nothing but twinkies and fast food and doesn't exercise. (also makes for an easy first day of organized logging)

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    My question is: how the heck did you manage to stay within 1650 calories for the whole day? That's awesome.

    Strategically. It was a non-hungry day (any other day I would have gladly gone over), ate a breakfast that usually keeps me full for hours for very few calories, and had strawberry tea with milk when I got a little bit peckish, which is usually very successful at taking off the edge for me (feels like drinking strawberry milk). I also portioned out only 100 grams of fries because that felt plenty and had a diet 7up with the meal. Having a 14 hour work day helped keep me busy as well.

    Lucky their big opening sale was on a non-hungry day.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Someone look at my diary and shame me for having a Big Mac for dinner. :)

    Big Macs are disgusting. SHAAAAAAAAME on you! ;)
  • iamunicoon
    iamunicoon Posts: 839 Member
    Realistically, most unlogged days were "bad" days on which I was too chickenpoop to face my own "failures".

    But sometimes I take intentional breaks when I feel I need them. Like lately I've decided to give 16:8 a try, so in the beginning, I simply focused on trying to stick to the 11-7 timeframe I set for myself while only kinda-sorta-maybe watching what I ate.
  • tlpina82
    tlpina82 Posts: 229 Member
    i logged everything in the beginning, not for show, but to learn my groove.

    I can now estimate my calorie consumption within 100 cals of accuracy without logging, so I don't anymore.
  • katsheare
    katsheare Posts: 1,025 Member
    edited April 2018
    I generally log, but haven't in the past 10 days or so; too many little bits that would take longer to log than to eat... I keep my diary open so people can see if they want to, as I'm an open source sort of person. The idea that someone might be comparing themselves to me or might want to shame me for what I do (or don't) eat - or log for that matter - is not worrying to me. I live in a 'different strokes' sort of way, and am frankly used to swimming upstream; I've had 40 years practice not being bothered by what others think of me.

    And, honestly, if others don't want to share their diaries, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with that. Not publicising is not the same as hiding.

    ETA: I do check my weight about once a week, just to make sure I'm still on track, but my clothes tell me before anything else does. Since my aspirational wardrobe became my only wardrobe - the rest donated to charity - I have a reason to keep rocking my maintenance.
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    I log daily but I will admit I am not as meticulous as I was when I was actively losing. I try to keep a couple hundred calories a day for the little tastes of this and that so I always look better than I really am, lol. I have to log just to keep myself on track tho otherwise I am sure I would go over. I share with friends only as I have no need for strangers to see what I'm eating and yes I guess there is some "I don't need to be nagged mentality" in my decision.
  • Lesscookies12
    Lesscookies12 Posts: 140 Member
    I don't log at all because I don't calorie count. I've lost 51 pounds so far just eating what I enjoy and reducing my portion sizes.
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