Anyone else tierd of logging?

Kittyy1994
Kittyy1994 Posts: 108 Member
edited December 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi, not sure if it’s just me or does anyone else get so tierd of logging every single thing they eat? I am starting to find it really mentally exhausting it’s like I am contanstly thinking about food and calories and my weight. I hate seeing my calories in the negative and I honestly feel stress about it if I am over .. anyone stopped counting and been alright with it?
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  • Kittyy1994
    Kittyy1994 Posts: 108 Member
    Also - I DEFINATELY don’t want to be doing this in the long run. How have people stopped and what happened after you stopped?
  • Kittyy1994
    Kittyy1994 Posts: 108 Member
    I’ve been logging for 6 weeks gone from 65kg to around 61kg - don’t see any change in my body yet though
  • Kittyy1994
    Kittyy1994 Posts: 108 Member
    I’m 5’6” and have it set to 0.2 kg per week but have lost a little faster than this so far
  • Hannahwalksfar
    Hannahwalksfar Posts: 572 Member
    Very but I keep going because my health and fitness is too important
  • xxzenabxx
    xxzenabxx Posts: 948 Member
    Lots of people on here have made it a part of their life which is great. I’m only using it until I lose all the weight which I’m aiming to do by summer 2020. After that I plan to stop using MyFitnessPal because I definitely find it quite exhausting. If I make a pot of soup I have to weigh the pot then divide the weight etc. Who has time for that? But I know the importance of counting calories and macros. It’s a love/hate thing for me. Good thing is I’ve been in maintenance for most of this year so I know roughly how much food is 1500 calories, 2000 calories and 2500. I’ve also noticed that by 2600-2700 calories I’m absolutely stuffed and I’ve reached my capacity. I’m trying to listen to hunger cues too so when I am fully in maintenance then I know what to do. Also as typical as it sounds but sticking to 80% whole foods helps to fill me up so even in maintenance I won’t be overeating. I mainly overeat on sugary junk foods which makes me gain weight. Long story short, yes, I do get tired of tracking but I know it’s only temporary and it has helped me a lot. I seriously didn’t know what calories I needed until MyFitnessPal. I only plan on coming back to MyFitnessPal when I want to lose abit of post baby weight because I know I’ll need it then!
  • etherealanwar
    etherealanwar Posts: 465 Member
    Tracking calories has become second nature to me and does not take much time. Due to my medications increasing my appetite tremendously I don't think I will ever be able to intuitively eat. I plan on tracking as long as I can, the only time is gets a bit bothersome is when cooking from scratch and having to weigh each individual ingredient and the cookware so you can weigh the final product and such.
  • alondrakar
    alondrakar Posts: 67 Member
    I have one day a week (normally Sunday) when I don't track my intake which helps me chill out a little bit. But I don't feel like I am starving myself throughout the week either so I don't necessarily think about food to often unless I am hungry and I also don't pig out on Sunday either because I make room for moderate amounts of my favorite snacks throughout the week.

    The goal is not to count for the rest of my life but that may just be what is in the cards for me. I've tried intuitive eating before and I always end up back on this app. I'm learning to make the best of it.
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    It doesn't really bother me. I eat a lot of the same things in rotation, so it's really just a couple of clicks and my food is logged. Every once in a while I'll skip a day because I don't feel like it and it hasn't really hurt me. I figure when I'm done losing, I'm going to probably have to log in some capacity for the rest of my life if I don't want to gain the weight back, so I might as well get use to it. I've come to the realization, after losing and gaining the weight many times, that I am just not the kind of person who can ever just not keep track of what I'm eating.
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    There's only choices and consequences. Whatever you choose to do to get the weight off is what you'll have to do to keep it off.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,748 Member
    It doesn't take much time to log and for me it's absolutely worth it. I've been a yo-yo dieter my whole life. I'd lose weight then gradually gain it back, then have to start over every few years. I HATE dieting. Since I started with MFP, i lost the weight I intended, and then some. I've kept that weight off for several years. The only time I gain is when I go on vacation and don't log. As soon as I get back and start logging again, I lose whatever weight I gained while on the road, usuall 3-4 lbs. I find it all too easy to indulge in too many treats when I'm not logging. Calorie creep is a real issue for me. Eating just a few hundred calories over what is needed adds several pounds every year. I don't weigh everything I eat, but I do log it because it makes me think twice about what I'm eating. Do I really want it? What are the consequences? When I go out to eat I have to choose between the 800 calorie entree and the 1500 calorie one. Since I know I'll be logging it later, guess which one I'm more likely to pick?
  • gottswald
    gottswald Posts: 122 Member
    I find that I have less control if I don't plan. I eat small and often and when I miss a meal I usually miss my goals. So while I sit down for breakfast, I just pre-enter the basics of what I plan on eating for the day. As I go through the day, I just click on things and adjust their values. However, doing this I can project where I'm going to be in terms of calories and macros and make adjustments over the course of the day instead of trying to find the magic puzzle piece food at the end of the day.

    I find it easier because I have a better structure for my eating. I know what I am going to eat. I know what I need to focus on for changes for the day (push protein, reduce carbs, etc). And it is easy to just go in and click on the foods and change them to what my scale says instead of doing the database searches multiple times a day. Just a strategy I use, no clue if it would help you. Develop a habit instead of enduring a routine, essentially.
  • amn0619
    amn0619 Posts: 211 Member
    I feel you - I get in the restrict/binge cycles and have to be very careful. My mind will take the tracking as "restriction" and I get very mentally exhausted and it causes me to binge. And then the weight comes back on, plus some. I'm back on MFP for about 3 months now and I'm being very careful with this to keep my mental health in check. I've taken a few days off here and there when I could feel myself wanting to eat everything in sight. I find it helpful to track periodically so the "calorie creep" doesn't come in, but I have to take breaks every so often. The weight is coming off a little slower this way but it's worth it. I need something sustainable for a lifetime and tracking every moment of every day isn't for me. It is for a lot of people and I wish I was like that, but my mind doesn't like it. If it helps you to take a few days off every so often, then go for it.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,758 Member
    I've been logging for years....first on an excel spreadsheet for weight watchers and then moving on to calorie counting websites. I've never gotten tired of it but maybe that's because I tend to eat mostly the same things every day and it doesn't take much to put a bowl or plate on the scale and ply the food on until it says what I want it to say.

    I know myself and even tho I've become a bit more lax in my logging, if I stopped, I'd gain. A lot. Because I wouldn't be accountable to myself for eating all the things.

    I definitely agree that if you feel this way only 6 weeks in, there's more to it.
  • CharlieCharlie007
    CharlieCharlie007 Posts: 246 Member
    If you remember all the info on the foods you eat, you do not need to log. I do it even though I eat the same things every day except dinner. But I know I keep 1000 cals for night time. Dicipline is key
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