Health issue or quit whining?

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  • emmamcgarity
    emmamcgarity Posts: 1,594 Member
    In my personal experience, the weeks where I log my food consistently (as accurately as possible) I lose weight. When I am not as focused on keeping my food diary, I don’t lose weight. Even if you choose not to buy a food scale, my gut says that several weeks of focused food logging will yield better results than you currently have experienced.

    My recommendation is focus on consistenly logging first. Then work to improve the accuracy of your logging.
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    edited February 2020
    koakes95 wrote: »
    So this, is my current 270 pound self. No none of my logs were weighed, I use the portion sizes. And sometimes you cant find exactly what you're looking for on the app so have to use the next best thing. When I was young before I started football I saw a nutritionist that taught me much about the value of a good diet. I implemented that throughout high school and ended up with fantastic results. Let it all go, gained my fat back and now doing something similar to what I did before doesnt work. I suppose I should try a food scale. It just seems crazy to me that I'd have to go to that length to lose a couple pounds when i never had to before in my life. And yea, i suppose i should also contact a doctor for a thyroid test. But i always just told myself I'm fine and just have to work harder. It's a tough pill to swallow when 7 years ago I was chizzeled and now I cant trim the bacon at all.

    If you can’t find the right food, enter it in yourself. If you use the barcode scanner, just make sure the entries match what’s on the label. Food content can change over time. (So check your own custom entries as well from time to time). It’s a little more time on the front end, but then you have an entry you know is correct to use, which is faster in the future.

    Portion sizes, eyeballing, and measuring can be really inaccurate. Weighing is accurate.

    I have hypothyroidism and the difference it actually makes in slowing metabolism is small (even when unmedicated). The bigger effects are through lowering your regular activity level (not moving as much and having less intense workouts) because of fatigue. Depression and some medications can have this side effect as well. Get the test when you can, and be sure to understand what your levels are in comparison to the range of normal.

    Be patient with yourself. A lot of us have been there.

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