Do you expect to count calories the rest of your life?

sugamonstaa

I don't really have issues knowing what I'm going to eat and even fitting in some "bad" stuff into my diet as long as I get a majority of healthy food in and not feel guilty if I know how many calories and macros I'm eating. I always weigh my food when I can and everyone looks at me weird. It's kind of a hassle too.

DebbieLyn63

If I expect to keep the weight off, yeah.

sugamonstaa

I'm guessing it's easiest to NOT COUNT when you're just maintaining weight. I don't have to count to stay the same weight....it just comes naturally (before I started lifting and cutting)

tapirfrog

Yes.

TheFangsKittie

Well I can tell you losing 4 stone and then not counting or caring results in gaining it back plus 7lbs. So yes..its something im always going to have to do.

bkw99508

If that is what it takes to help me maintain (once I get there).

hastingsmassage

You will. I lost 120 lbs since 2nd of Feb 2013..stopped counting for a day and deleted my old MFP...here I am again:)

sullus

Occasionally.

At maint, I'd keep an eye on the scale .. if it creeps up a little, a couple days of calorie counting will be in order ..

Otherwise, there's no need.

EDollah

Not precisely, but I do expect to ballpark estimate calories, just to make sure I don't egregiously exceed some daily threshold.

ninjakitty419

I hope not. It is sort of annoying. I dont mind doing it now to lose but by the time I hit goal I hope that my eating habits will have shifted enough that I will naturally stay at or around the same weight. If not, then I will be back!

danibu98

Every time that I have stopped I have gained the weight back, so yes. I have to.

aklove907

I intend to weigh my foods when I can, and count calories yes. I have found that calories add up VERY quickly and keeping track helps me alot. To each their own though!

zyxst

If I expect to keep the weight off, yeah.

mikeykhan2003

Not exactly, though I do have an emergency contingency in my maintenance plan (not there yet) that triggers at certain size or weight thresholds; and you can bet that if that happens I'll be counting again.

maasha81

I actually enjoy logging my meals so I don't mind doing it.

jasonalvear

If I expect to keep the weight off, yeah.

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BarbellBlondieRuns

I have two options:
1. Count calories
2. Be fat.

I'll count calories. At least 5 days/wk. Basically forever or until I'm too wrinkled to care about being fat.

andrewj87

I'm not sure, at this point it's kinda hard to stop analyzing how much of what is in what... almost second nature...

kathystrauss1

Yes I really do. I tried not counting for the first 50 years and that didn't work out so well.

trudijoy

Yes and no. I expect to use it as a tool for the rest of my life but I have a goal range in mind. My plan is to hit the bottom of the goal range, maintain that for a couple months, then stop counting. If I go out of the top of the goal range, I'll start counting again. My goal for life is to never stay out of the goal range.

CheeksBryant

I would say yes