What happens next?

Bound4Kona

Recently I saw an interesting question posted, "Will you always count calories?" but no many people answered, so I ask....Once you reach your goal(s), will you keep logging your meals with MFP and counting calories?

fat2strongbeth

Yes! I will always log even when I hit goal. It is the only way for me to stay accountable and not regain the weight as I've done in the past.

haroon_awan

I plan to for the foreseeable future. I can spare 5 minutes of my time and so can everyone else who has the time to post replies on the comments and read posts. If I am on holiday then no, I won't.

stt43

Yerp. Stopping recording what you are eating once you have got to a certain point is like quitting your job just because you finally bought the house you wanted.

GiveMeCoffee

I will always track its part of my daily routine now, takes all of about 10 minutes. As for reaching goals, when I reach the current ones I will set new ones. Most of my goals now are fitness related so there's always something else to keep pushing towards.

Ninkyou

Yes, I will.

1exercisefreak

Yes for life.

JesterMFP

Yerp. Stopping recording what you are eating once you have got to a certain point is like quitting your job just because you finally bought the house you wanted.

I don't think this applies to everyone. A lot of people have been able to be successful with not logging, or with only doing so sporadically. I think especially for people who have had a significant portion of their adult life at a healthy weight, this is more possible.

For me personally, I will have to keep tracking at least for the foreseeable future. I would love to be able to stop, but I really need the personal accountability that comes from tracking, and seems to disappear when I don't track. But then, I've been overweight and comfort eating since childhood, so I have no past healthy eating habits to fall back on. Just because I've reached my weight goal, doesn't mean that I can stop keeping an eye on what I eat, and counting calories is the best tool to help me do that.

Bound4Kona

Yerp. Stopping recording what you are eating once you have got to a certain point is like quitting your job just because you finally bought the house you wanted.

By far the best response I've ever heard. LOL!

EvilTracy

Yerp. Stopping recording what you are eating once you have got to a certain point is like quitting your job just because you finally bought the house you wanted.

What a fantastic way to look at it..!!

twixlepennie

Recently I saw an interesting question posted, "Will you always count calories?" but no many people answered, so I ask....Once you reach your goal(s), will you keep logging your meals with MFP and counting calories?

I've been in maintenance for about 6 months now and I no longer keep a food diary/count calories. My weight has stabilized in a 3lb maintenance window and I haven't had any weight creep since I stopped counting (I weigh daily and keep track on a graph). But, what's working now may not work down the road, so I realize that at some point I may have to start counting/tracking again. Maintenance is for a long time (hopefully 40 + years for me), so I will adjust as the need arises.

Serah87

Yep.