Just passed 2400 days: Pondering

nxd10

I clicked on my home page and found I've logged continuously for more than 2400 days. Every. Single. Meal. I've actually logged a few months longer - I traveled to South Africa for three weeks, logged everything, but didn't have internet access so it didn't 'count'.

Good thing is that - well, I lost the weight I wanted to and have kept it off. At this point, I sometimes wonder why I still log. It rarely changes anything I eat. My current focus is on macros - I am trying very hard to get my ever-low protein numbers up.

It takes me almost no time to do. I always look at my daily and weekly calories and goals. I make them 50 out of 52 weeks a year (Christmas and summer vacation are almost always over - most other weeks under).

I've learned two things:

1. Only eat what you're hungry for. The reason that I rarely have to limit myself is that I eat things I like, I don't eat things I don't, and I stop eating when I'm not hungry. For example, the other day I want to Paneras and had a delicious almond croissant. But it was 550 calories (bless them for posting that). I ate half - thoroughly enjoyed it - and give the rest to my son who also enjoyed his half. I now split almost all restaurant meals with my husband. When I don't, I bring half home. I feel crummy when I eat too much and now I know that.

2. If I eat too many carbs, calories don't matter. I'm not a low carb person - mine are usually 35-40%. But if they go over that I start gaining no matter what. I focus on healthy fats and upping my proteins. I never don't eat something because it's got too many carbs (see almond croissant above). I also learned since my husband has celiac disease that you can order any sandwich without bread. Just as satisfying and 100-200 fewer calories - all of them carbs.

middlehaitch

Wow, that is some streak. Congrats on that, and your continuing maintenance.
Also, quite nice to see you, I’ve missed your postings.

Cheers, h.

cmriverside

Great post, thanks for that and congrats on that logging streak. That's pretty epic.

rosiorama

That’s an impressive streak! Congrats and thanks for sharing!

neugebauer52

Thank you for your advise - MFP has so much to offer; I record all food / drinks consumed but also as important to me are all the comments and good advise. Just recently someone commented on "food stacking" and that it is not always a good idea when trying to lose weight. Never heard of that before, but I know realize it makes total sense. (315 days gone, about 30 kg lost, 50 or so kg to go.)

LivingtheLeanDream

Great logging streak
I could care less about my 7 years of being here day in day out apart from when I'm on holiday/vacation, I no longer log my food but the main thing is we are maintaining and that's what its all about getting it done in a way that works for us individually.

brtgl

Amazing streak. Thanks for posting. Now I know of two people that have longer streaks than me.