DOES ANYONE ELSE EVER GET TIRED IF LOGGING IN YOUR FOOD EVER

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  • eveunderground
    eveunderground Posts: 236 Member
    I've been logging my food for over 10 years (in a hand written food journal, I don't use the MFP food diary) and all I have to say is, logging may feel like a pain, but it has enabled me to maintain my goal weight this entire time...and that never stops feeling fantastic. In other words, I think it's worth it. :)
  • komplexlysimple
    komplexlysimple Posts: 48
    I definitely get tired of logging my calories, especially when I overeat and the stupid message says I am going to gain 10lb in 5 weeks!!
    Logging calories equals accountablity.
  • JillyCornwall
    JillyCornwall Posts: 376 Member
    I definitely get tired of logging my calories, especially when I overeat and the stupid message says I am going to gain 10lb in 5 weeks!!
    Logging calories equals accountablity.

    Wow, I've never had that...if i did I'd have a fit LOL!!!!...Weight gain OMG nooooooo
  • becca0211
    becca0211 Posts: 250 Member
    I'm not tired of logging in my food, but I did get tired of measuring EVERYTHING. My daughter laughed at dinner because I used a measuring cup instead of serving spoon for a while. But now I have a pretty good idea what 1/2 cup of rice, veggie etc. looks like so I don't measure as much. I do still use the the kitchen scale to measure meat, but I am playing a little game with my self of guessing how much it is before I put it on the scale so eventually I won't use it as much. :smile:
  • mandamama
    mandamama Posts: 250
    I am new to this so I am still learning about what has how many colories/serving etc etc, and I guess I feel like, once I have been doing it for a few months, I should be able to have a good handle on what I eat and what it adds up to etc etc, but I still find it all very interesting, so I am not bored LOL
  • autumn13
    autumn13 Posts: 295
    No way!At the end of the day and I hit complete...Means I nailed another day down to the lifestyle I want:)
  • heathernsugar
    heathernsugar Posts: 42
    I personally do not, because it makes me realize what I am doing right
    and what I am doing wrong while on my journey of health. I would
    be so lost without doing so. It really keeps me on track!!!

    heathernsugar


    :happy:
  • MyNameIsNotBob
    MyNameIsNotBob Posts: 565 Member
    Occassionally, if I'm eating a bunch of new or different foods & only using my Android app, then I get frustrated. It's just time-consuming. But I also really like being able to look back and see correlations, patterns, trends... I also like being able to "play" with my calories... figuring out what to eat is sometimes like a puzzle, and I think it helps me make more informed choices. Like, I've got 600 calories to play with for dinner... what should I make?
  • BrickHouse2011
    BrickHouse2011 Posts: 91 Member
    no not really but the thing that bothers me is if i miss a day it knocks down all the days i did log in back down to one.
  • amelia_atlantic
    amelia_atlantic Posts: 926 Member
    Definitely! But I've also learned to "eye ball" portions and estimates calories pretty closely from logging everyday on this site. I also log everything I anticipate eating if I'm going out to eat. That way, I KNOW I'm making the best food choice possible.

    I'm more concerned about losing my "number of days logged in" count to stop all together!

    Just keep going, you WILL see results!
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    I've been keepin track of my food for bout 3 years now. It's not really tiring, I'd rather keep track then to not know at all and @ least this way I have a better understanding of what I am eating and what I need to change. Just keep stickin to it and it'll get easier.
  • mfkfoster
    mfkfoster Posts: 331 Member
    Oh, Do I get tired of doing it! I hate it but it's the only way for me to lose weight! I've tried just watching what I eat but it doesn't work for me I have to write everything down. It's a pain in the *kitten* but I do it!
  • heathhumble
    heathhumble Posts: 178
    It helps keep me accountable for my actions.Keep going don't give up.
  • jenhenning219
    jenhenning219 Posts: 385 Member
    i do and i dont go by calories i go by carbs fat fiber and protein, i am doing weight watchers plus, be careful when logging food because i noticed that some of the food labels i eat at home are different then the food labels on mfp.
    its important to read labels
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    YES! i get tired of it or i get obsessed about it and makes my eating no fun an rather cumbersome. i once had to take a month off to stop obsesing about food and workouts and just did everything right without measuring every single ounce I ate and I DROPPED 6LBS. that was awesome haha.

    haven't had the same luck since tho. i think i was on vacation and able to dedicate more time to focus
  • SCC88
    SCC88 Posts: 215 Member
    I dont get sick of it, I quite enjoy it. But one thing I can suggest (that i used to do) is to take a whole day out to cook, portion and freeze stuff, then you dig in. You could write the nutritional content on freezer bags to make it even easier! I pre-portion my cereal, thats the only thing that winds me up to weigh every morning xx
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    NOPE......I tried once to see if I could go a month without logging food.....I lasted less than a day. I missed it. It keeps me accountable and without doing it I'd still be fat.

    I'll probably log my food in when I'm maintaining and forever as long as I need to.
  • bbygrl5
    bbygrl5 Posts: 964 Member
    YES!!! You are not alone!! :) I didn't start my weight loss with MFP. I lost the majority of my weight before calorie counting, but as I became more fit, it became a necessary thing to watch my calories more closely. I could no longer just eat healthier, I also had to calorie count.

    Just like I sometimes need a cheat meal every now and then, sometimes I need a mental break from caring soooooo much about NOTING every little calorie that enters my body.

    A week or two before Christmas I was talking to one of my good friends here and how I wanted to scream because logging everything I ate everyday was becoming tedious to me. ...so I stopped counting and logging calories for an entire week. I still ate relatively close to how I eat now anyway, I just didn't go through the trouble of logging it in.

    I still had a loss on the scale that week and I was able to get back to tracking because I took a much needed mental break from it.

    If it becomes tedious, my opinion is you'll need to take a break or you may get frustrated with it and give up completely. Allow yourself time to regroup. Again, just my viewpoint.

    EDIT: I just also wanted to add that I've been in my new lifestyle for a total of 3 years now. It's my opinion and experience that if we can't be somewhat flexible in the choices we make, it's going to be hard to keep up for a lifetime. I suggest trusting your instinct sometimes. I would never want to get myself in a position of feeling like I have to log food every single day for the rest of my life. Again, just my viewpoint, lol.
  • Bigpelly8
    Bigpelly8 Posts: 504 Member
    I've been tired of it for about 3 months now, but I prefer to be accountable and know what I am eating. I've come to far to slip up!!
  • debdptg
    debdptg Posts: 94 Member
    I just joined the other day, and haven't even had my first progress check - and I do get a little miffed at the time it takes to log in. But then I looked at your milestones and see how far you have come in such a short time and it motivates me! It should motivate you also. Review where you have been and where you are now - and then log that food.
  • Syreeta6
    Syreeta6 Posts: 377 Member
    Yeah, especially once I start becoming obsessive. I try to do it only once or twice a week (planning wise), but it is still annoying.
  • Jami22
    Jami22 Posts: 253 Member
    I enjoy the accountablity that it gives me logging the calories... I've only been doing it for a month now so I'm still a "newbie" but it helps me make good choices and I can appreicate that! :O)
  • finity559
    finity559 Posts: 59 Member
    :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    THANK GOODNESS I AM NOT ALONE!! LOL

    I read all ur posts & thank you so much for taking the time to put your 2¢ in. Finding MVP has been the only way I've lost weight, I WONT GIVE UP, I just get mentally lazy sometimes. But being that way & not caring is what got me here in the first place. I guess its becoming more frustrating bcz I injured my knee exercising & I'm not able to walk as much as I was before, making my food choices more difficult bcz my calories are more limited.

    However, all your posts have encouraged me again to keep on truckin. This weekend that jst passed I was able to buy some capris in 2 sizes smaller than I used to & at Target I tried on a blouse that 2months ago there would be no way I could fit into. I just have to concentrate on that & the feeling I have fitting into my car better & feeling smaller in my sofa.:)

    Logging my food is a small price to pay for the benefits of it. :)

    Thank you all so much.
    :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
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