Lost another streak...incredibly frustrated!

fionaface

I am not sure how I lost my streak, but I was up to 95 days straight of logging in. Then, the notification that I had reached 100 days never came. I must have logged in after midnight one day without realizing it.

I know this seems so little in the grand scheme of things, but it is so disheartening for me to lose another streak. This is now like the third or fourth time I have lost a streak right around 100 days. You will never see me as a quitter, but I am in serious need of some motivation here.

Do any of you have any tips for what gets you through your tougher times? I have not been losing a lot of weight, and I have not been able to exercise as much as I want to or need to. Up until now, the only thing positive that I could hang my hat on was my streak of consecutive days logging in. That is now gone too.

Please help!

shockershawn

Hey just read your story, every day is a choice. its you that decides what you want to do everyday. what are the reasons for a fitter you? what kind of work outs are you doing? What have been your recent motivations? What are your struggles? send me a message maybe i can help

Cindyinpg

I am not sure how I lost my streak, but I was up to 95 days straight of logging in. Then, the notification that I had reached 100 days never came. I must have logged in after midnight one day without realizing it.

I know this seems so little in the grand scheme of things, but it is so disheartening for me to lose another streak. This is now like the third or fourth time I have lost a streak right around 100 days. You will never see me as a quitter, but I am in serious need of some motivation here.

Do any of you have any tips for what gets you through your tougher times? I have not been losing a lot of weight, and I have not been able to exercise as much as I want to or need to. Up until now, the only thing positive that I could hang my hat on was my streak of consecutive days logging in. That is now gone too.

Please help!

I believe you can ask to have your streak restored. All is not lost! Let me go see what I can find out, or maybe someone will come in with info.

Found it: go here and they will fix it up for you. :flowerforyou:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/login_counter_reset_request

Francl27

I am not sure how I lost my streak, but I was up to 95 days straight of logging in. Then, the notification that I had reached 100 days never came. I must have logged in after midnight one day without realizing it.

I know this seems so little in the grand scheme of things, but it is so disheartening for me to lose another streak. This is now like the third or fourth time I have lost a streak right around 100 days. You will never see me as a quitter, but I am in serious need of some motivation here.

Do any of you have any tips for what gets you through your tougher times? I have not been losing a lot of weight, and I have not been able to exercise as much as I want to or need to. Up until now, the only thing positive that I could hang my hat on was my streak of consecutive days logging in. That is now gone too.

Please help!

I believe you can ask to have your streak restored. All is not lost! Let me go see what I can find out, or maybe someone will come in with info.

Found it: go here and they will fix it up for you. :flowerforyou:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/login_counter_reset_request

Oooooh thank you!!! I was gone in April for 5 days and now I'm so annoyed I just delete the streak updates every time. Would be nice if it actually took everything into account. I sent a message!

HerbertNenenger

A friend of mine went away for the wknd and lost her days too but had it reser- it works. Did you look into it yet?

sandri34

It actually works! Thanks a lot

Gail_Stella

That's nice to know. I did the same thing as the original poster when I was on vacation earlier this month. I thought I had logged in every day, but must've done it after midnight one day. I'm not going to go back and reset it now, but if I have that happen again, it's nice to know this option is there. Thanks for the info.

LeonCX

:sad:

Bluwaves1

I shut my counter off. I know there are days when I won't be able to log in at all...

VegnStrong

I am not sure how I lost my streak, but I was up to 95 days straight of logging in. Then, the notification that I had reached 100 days never came. I must have logged in after midnight one day without realizing it.

I know this seems so little in the grand scheme of things, but it is so disheartening for me to lose another streak. This is now like the third or fourth time I have lost a streak right around 100 days. You will never see me as a quitter, but I am in serious need of some motivation here.

Do any of you have any tips for what gets you through your tougher times? I have not been losing a lot of weight, and I have not been able to exercise as much as I want to or need to. Up until now, the only thing positive that I could hang my hat on was my streak of consecutive days logging in. That is now gone too.

Please help!

I believe you can ask to have your streak restored. All is not lost! Let me go see what I can find out, or maybe someone will come in with info.

Found it: go here and they will fix it up for you. :flowerforyou:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/login_counter_reset_request

VegnStrong

Thanks for sharing the link, same thing happened to me. nice to know we can fix it.

Bluwaves1

Well if you missed logging in you missed. If you 'cheat ' and reset your counter how does that make you feel good? :noway:

jadedove

Sometimes when I log in through my iphone or ipad it doesn't count it. The next day is reset to 1. That's not cheating; tha's technology being wonky lol

hearthwood

I've probably been logging in (in total for over a 100 days), but if you miss one or two days MFP starts you out from day 1-LOL. I see a lot of my other friends who I know have been around for a lot longer than one day also. That doesn't bother me.

Anyway as far as your weight loss, if you're doing everything right you will lose weight. We all get stuck on plateaus, one if mine lasted for over a year, of two pounds up, two pounds down. I finally figured out what I was doing wrong (eating too much) and the scale started going in the right direction again.

I had to learn to be happy with a 1/2 pound and then even a 1/4 pound loss a week, he closer I got to goal. Be patient, don't ever give up and you'll get there.

countscalories

No, OP, your lost streak issue is not "little in the grand scheme of things"-- if it was, MFP wouldn't have the streak counter. I, too, freaked out over a lost streak. Mine was due to logging in after a certain time of night. The counter had already gone over to the next day. The reset tool provided much-needed relief! Someone commented that if you miss logging in and then reset your counter, it's cheating. Maybe to them it is, but to us, it's not! Entering fewer calories than you consumed would constitute cheating. Missing a cut-off time for posting, or having technical difficulties is not cheating. Don't pay attention to such non-constructive crap.

To help avoid future streak interruptions, I changed the time zone on my settings from EST to PST, even though I'm in NY. I get 3 extra hours to log my food (no, not 3 extra hours to eat)! All I have to do is make sure I'm at the computer before 3:00 am EST or I'll turn back into a pumpkin. If you're not living in the PST zone, it's an option.

Please, don't get discouraged. As another member said, we all get stuck. Wise words. You sound like you're truly determined to do something about your weight. Don't you realize that this is the greatest motivation of all? You can do this!

VintageFit

That link someone posted is so great!
I just noticed that I lost my 85 streak two days ago... because of the damn time zones, mpf 'midnight' to me is 9am. I often log before work at around 7-8am, so I must've logged something and not logged in later in the day to catch 'midnight'. It made me so angry, I've never been close to 100days on mfp and I really want to reach it!

EDIT: I didn't know you could change the time zones to the ones fitting your clock, I just did that! Hopefully it'll help in the future.

AglaeaC

To help avoid future streak interruptions, I changed the time zone on my settings from EST to PST, even though I'm in NY. I get 3 extra hours to log my food (no, not 3 extra hours to eat)! All I have to do is make sure I'm at the computer before 3:00 am EST or I'll turn back into a pumpkin. If you're not living in the PST zone, it's an option.

My MFP shows two time zones to the west, as well, for this reason. I'm a nightowl and happen to get up and go to bed later some days.

mar36jen

Just because you missed a log-in, it does not that take away the efforts of the day. MFP is a tool to add to our efforts not to control our efforts or add to it. Sure I get bummed when I miss getting my log-in on time to keep my streak going, but it does not take away the work that I have done or the progress I have made. Don't get wrapped up in the little things like a streak, enjoy the progress and journey to getting healthier. Mental wellness is as important as physical wellness. I agree that the Streak counter is a little thing, don't stress the little things. Just my opinion

Ryderod

Well if you missed logging in you missed. If you 'cheat ' and reset your counter how does that make you feel good? :noway:

I would have to agree with this, a day missed is exactly that.
Being a dirtbiker I have also been close to missing a day when we've been out to far race venues from early morning until late at night and often with little or no cellular reception, but I do get a gentle reminder from MFP which has prompted me to continually try get in, even on edge or gprs, and eventually succeed. The one evening I literally came right with 2 minutes to spare!
I now login every morning and quickly add my morning coffee in case the day somehow goes wonky..

Tester1987

I lost my streak because of a 50 hour long power outage caused by weather.

Rather annoyed by that too. I went in an filled in the days too...

Liftng4Lis

Well if you missed logging in you missed. If you 'cheat ' and reset your counter how does that make you feel good? :noway:

+1

debubbie

A couple of weeks ago I was really struggling to stay motivated and keep working on improving my health. Some of the things that helped me to get back in the right mindset was to look at my journal that I keep my measurements and weight in each week. When I look back from where I started to where I am now served as a huge motivation that I am on the right track. I can see how many pounds I have lost, how my BMI has decreased, I keep tabs on the inches that I have lost from the beginning, and I can see where my fitness has improved. My BMI started at 43% and it is at 39.2%, that may not be impressive to some people but it is a sign that I am making progress. I use my Polar HRM products to keep track of my VO2 information and when I first started exercising it was in the "poor" category. I have slowly climbed from "poor" to "fair" and I am barely in the "good" category, but I am stronger and healthier everyday. I prefer to use non scale information such as these to provide me with motivation, instead of the number on the scale because that thing can be flat out evil! Keep up the hard work and add me as a friend if you would like.

sentaruu

the streak counter really has no bearing on your weight loss and fitness goals. if you know you put in the work and logged everything and was on track then don't worry about it. you can't take this stuff too seriously or you'll wind up in therapy.

Artionis

the streak counter really has no bearing on your weight loss and fitness goals. if you know you put in the work and logged everything and was on track then don't worry about it. you can't take this stuff too seriously or you'll wind up in therapy.

Yup. Times two.

Lois_1989

the streak counter really has no bearing on your weight loss and fitness goals. if you know you put in the work and logged everything and was on track then don't worry about it. you can't take this stuff too seriously or you'll wind up in therapy.

Yup. Times two.

I disagree, if your whole world is chaos and the only stable, constant thing is simply logging into MFP and getting another day onto your streak and that gets taken away, then you could end up in therapy. Sometimes the smaller things in life keep you sane.

Edit: call it a straw, and it could be the one that broke the camels back if you miss it.

sentaruu

the streak counter really has no bearing on your weight loss and fitness goals. if you know you put in the work and logged everything and was on track then don't worry about it. you can't take this stuff too seriously or you'll wind up in therapy.

Yup. Times two.

I disagree, if your whole world is chaos and the only stable, constant thing is simply logging into MFP and getting another day onto your streak and that gets taken away, then you could end up in therapy. Sometimes the smaller things in life keep you sane.

Edit: call it a straw, and it could be the one that broke the camels back if you miss it.

if your logging streak is the only thing keeping you sane, guess what? you're not sane.

apparations

I was disappointed to lose my streak of 100+ days because I was away for the weekend and didn't have cell reception. But I didn't reset, and I found that it's been quite motivating to try to get back to 100 again!

brianpperkins

the streak counter really has no bearing on your weight loss and fitness goals. if you know you put in the work and logged everything and was on track then don't worry about it. you can't take this stuff too seriously or you'll wind up in therapy.

Yup. Times two.

I disagree, if your whole world is chaos and the only stable, constant thing is simply logging into MFP and getting another day onto your streak and that gets taken away, then you could end up in therapy. Sometimes the smaller things in life keep you sane.

Edit: call it a straw, and it could be the one that broke the camels back if you miss it.

Clicking on a link does not equal doing the work required to lose or maintain weight. If a meaningless number on a website dictates your world view or self worth, there are issues.

christopherbrownlee

that ...is...awesome!! thanks so much - mine just reset on its own and im only on 34 days but it means alot to me too , could only imagine that guys frustrations when he lost it at 100. This was so helpful - thanks heaps - motivation restored!!

mlfrailing

I know how you feel. My streak was over 400 days and I was out of town and apparently the logging on the app didn't count. Back to 1 day in a row. That happened quite a while ago, but I don't even pay attention to it anymore.

AglaeaC

the streak counter really has no bearing on your weight loss and fitness goals. if you know you put in the work and logged everything and was on track then don't worry about it. you can't take this stuff too seriously or you'll wind up in therapy.

Yup. Times two.

I disagree, if your whole world is chaos and the only stable, constant thing is simply logging into MFP and getting another day onto your streak and that gets taken away, then you could end up in therapy. Sometimes the smaller things in life keep you sane.

Edit: call it a straw, and it could be the one that broke the camels back if you miss it.

I'm sorry to disagree with you here, but nobody should hold onto something artificial that desperately. Life always happens in one way or the other (power shortages, illnesses, deaths, etc.) and I strongly advise someone frail to seek other kinds of things to find strength in. Preferably it should be something intrinsic, not depending on anything on the outside of one's person.

Having one's streak break shouldn't be a major catastrophy ever. You said "only stable, constant thing" and I would reply to that: "Look at yourself in action! You log faithfully and honestly! That's a huge change from what it used to be. Don't demand perfection, though, or you already failed; perfection doesn't exist, although there are quite a few perfectionists out there."

This is a typical case where perfectionism has the potential to do nothing but harm, if you let it be your master, rather than you being the one calling the shots.