Why consistency matters more than accuracy (to me)
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Truthiness is the word of the day!4
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Have I managed to sufficiently derail my own thread yet?
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whoa..that one was too neurotic...
edit!
Yeah, like that's better.
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I gotta start more threads. Enough to get drunk on power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBR8knRM2w 4 -
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hobbitses333 wrote: »Wonderful post. Makes soo much sense. I have had a number of higher calorie days but sticking with it and keeping to my calorie goals most of the time means I am almost 50 lbs lighter than when I started with MFP and I know I will lose more...aint it great!?
It is indeed great
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money?3
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psychod787 wrote: »
Glad you approve.1 -
Bump.3
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Great post!0
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Sorry - serious post ahead
Yes I so agree with your OP - many times on here I have preached lazy logging - should of copyrighted the term, I use it so much
But I dont think accurate logging and exact numbers are a goal in themselves -and I have never strived to acheive them.
find the easiest quickest way that works for you and go by results. Results over time.
Me personally - I weigh some things - things I am likely to go over on if I dont - cheese, dried apricots, nuts etc.
and I weigh my dinner components ( eg meat x grams, mashed potato x grams etc) most of the time - because I am home anyway and scale is right there and it keeps me from portion creep.
But have never followed the 'take the banana peel home and weigh the difference before and after' strategy - every banana, mandarine, carrot, cappacino, piece of cake in cafe, slice of bought pizza, slice of bread, is considered the same and law of averages evens them out, every museli bar or biscuit is what the label says it is, I dont weigh to check, I guestimate meals out etc etc
Doing this I successfully lost on 1460 and maintain on 1710.
Do I really average 1710 over time? Do I really burn as many exercise calories as I think? Is my activity level actually lightly active? Am I really 5 ft 3 in tall? Am I really female? Am I really 54 years old?
Well, the last 3 probably are accurate - the others not so much.
But who cares?
The scale reality is that my weight hovers between 60 and 63.5 kg (target is 62) so all is good.
When some people say calorie counting is too hard - I think what they mean is calorie counting to the nth degree is too hard.
Dont do it to the nth degree then - do it just as accurately as you need for it to work
TLDR - yes I agree with OP
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sorry about the novel
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paperpudding wrote: »
sorry about the novel
Yer an amateur at MFP novels, just sayin'. And yours was a good'un, anyway. 5 -
paperpudding wrote: »
sorry about the novel
It was worth the read! I'm another fan of lazy logging.2
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