Logging in But not Logging

albinogorilla

Will someone explain to me why they log in every day, in order to keep their log-in day number, without actually logging any food? And another thing, people complaining that they forgot to log in for a day, and want their number reset to make it look like the didn't miss a day????

Am I missing something?
Isn't the point of this site to count calories and log your food?
It is a little silly to see people congratulating each other for their log in days when you actually look at their diary and they don't log any food.................

karensoxfan

Guilty as charged. I like to keep my # of days logged in current because it grounds me to when I started. Even during times when I'm struggling to make choices that I'm not ashamed to journal.

microwoman999

LOL I log in to keep myself motivated so I don't loose site of what I am doing. I have not been logging though and I am restarting today! Oh and I also did that one step further and marked it so the site does not say how many days I have logged in a row. But I did leave the one that will tell you if I don't log in For I saw myself just coming on here to make sure I did not loose a day Love Ya Bear!

mcrowe1016

I updated my settings so it doesnt show days logged in.

suzycreamcheese

because i come here to read the forums, as an exercise diary, keep up with people ive got to know etc. I used to log food but dont anymore, but dont feel like leaving the site

FearAnLoathing

because i come here to read the forums, as an exercise diary, keep up with people ive got to know etc. I used to log food but dont anymore, but dont feel like leaving the site

^ this,I no longer log food either but couldnt really care about my number of days.I do not log in everyday just so i dont lose that number

ChrisStoney

Big Bear- keeping everyone honest! I agree it is kind of annoying to have a counter for how many consecutive days you logged in.. I thought it was good, but if you have life, you are going to miss a day here and there.... Also people who don't log food, don't exercise, and don't weigh in- but want the counter on.... OK?? Anyway everyone is at thier own level, and I am glad to have them motivating me and glad they are showing interest... and the people who are dieting and exercising circles around me-- thanks for putting up with me :-)
I have too many responsibilities, I don't want to add another artificial one- so I took the counter off..

albinogorilla

I removed someone who had been logging in (religiously) for over 120 days, allegedly was under everyday in calories(diary locked) and had in that time gained 1.4 lbs................just seems silly. I can understand the forum time, but people posting requests to get their "days logged in" number changed because they forgot to log in??????????? SILLY..........if something that minor is going to derail you, then you seriously need to reassess things...........

onmywaytoskinny155

Do you need a hug this morning.

albinogorilla

Do you need a hug this morning.

You offering?

slieber

My diary is not open and if you don't hit "complete" it won't show you as completed, even if you do log in and log the food. I rarely do the complete the diary thing but log just about every day.

ChrisStoney

Do you need a hug this morning.

You offering?

You two need to get a room...

Pebble321

I like seeing the number going up - and I'm looking forward to it ticking over a whole year of days logged in without missing one.
But, then, I'm a numbers kind of girl - I like charts and graphs and numbers and ticking off goals. If these things don't interest you, then I can see why the "days logged in" wouldn't do much for you.

Obviously, just the act of logging in hasn't made me lose weight, but it has been useful to keep my focus on what I need to do to maintain a healthy weight. I haven't missed any whole days of logging, though there certainly are some that are not completely accurate, but they are a good enough estimate, that I can live with it. If I was only logging on each day to see the number go up and not using any of the features of the site, that would seem like cheating and I wouldn't get any satisfaction from the number.

I guess it comes down the fact that different things motivate different people. Whatever it is, don't knock it!

chevy88grl

I go in spurts with logging and not logging. I'm currently in maintenance and sometimes logging becomes obsessive to me. I stop logging for awhile and just live my life. If I feel like I am spiraling out of control, I will go back to logging. Also, if I'm seeing a gain on the scale or I gained and won't drop back down - I'll log for awhile to see what is going on (I can usually figure out the problem by simply seeing what I'm eating, how much water I'm consuming or what pain meds I've been on - as pain meds make me retain water).

Right now, I log in mostly to check on my friends and their progress.

Once I start losing weight again, it'll be different. But, for now... I log in to check on them and do occasionally log my food - but not always. Some days I start logging and slack off. Or I'll skip logging for a few days.

KOrogue

Totally agree. The main reason I use this site is to keep track of EVERYTHING.

taem

Will someone explain to me why they log in every day, in order to keep their log-in day number, without actually logging any food? And another thing, people complaining that they forgot to log in for a day, and want their number reset to make it look like the didn't miss a day????

Am I missing something?
Isn't the point of this site to count calories and log your food?
It is a little silly to see people congratulating each other for their log in days when you actually look at their diary and they don't log any food.................

I used to log my calories and then I read the book, The Pleasure Trap by D. Lisle and he changed my way of thinking.

Here's a brief summary.

When you look at animals in the wild (wild animals), do you see them count calories? Have you ever seen a bird so fat that they couldn't fly? They instinctively know how much to eat without gaining weight. Humans also used to do this, that is eat until we were full and then stop eating.

Somewhere along the way, we lost this ability.

After I lost my weight, I am trying to eat, only natural foods (meaning not-processed) as much as possible and to go back to relying on my stomach and not mfp's calorie counter database.

So mfp does have a place, it is a tool but I would rather have my body tell me when to eat and when not to eat.

Hope that makes sense.

MySlimGoals

I set mfp as one of my homepages (I have more than one homepage on my browser). For a while there I gave up mfp but it was still logging me in every day when I turned my browser on. Anyway, I'm back and I'm logging my food and exercise daily.

MySlimGoals

I set mfp as one of my homepages (I have more than one homepage on my browser). For a while there I gave up mfp but it was still logging me in every day when I turned my browser on. Anyway, I'm back and I'm logging my food and exercise daily.

RAFValentina

Will someone explain to me why they log in every day, in order to keep their log-in day number, without actually logging any food? And another thing, people complaining that they forgot to log in for a day, and want their number reset to make it look like the didn't miss a day????

Am I missing something?
Isn't the point of this site to count calories and log your food?
It is a little silly to see people congratulating each other for their log in days when you actually look at their diary and they don't log any food.................

You use this place for what you want to use it for and let them use it what they want to use it for... I'm not sure why it bothers you so much! Sometimes people go through rough times and logging in and seeing other people's posts may just be enough to keep them on track. Logging calories won't make you gain or lose weight nor will not logging them. Maybe they don't feel the compulsive need to be obsessed and log it all... I don't blame them. Sometimes it's wearing. That said, I log in every day and log every calorie and bot of exercise. Just leave them be. It can be used however the end user wants!

RAFValentina

I go in spurts with logging and not logging. I'm currently in maintenance and sometimes logging becomes obsessive to me. I stop logging for awhile and just live my life. If I feel like I am spiraling out of control, I will go back to logging. Also, if I'm seeing a gain on the scale or I gained and won't drop back down - I'll log for awhile to see what is going on (I can usually figure out the problem by simply seeing what I'm eating, how much water I'm consuming or what pain meds I've been on - as pain meds make me retain water).

Right now, I log in mostly to check on my friends and their progress.

Once I start losing weight again, it'll be different. But, for now... I log in to check on them and do occasionally log my food - but not always. Some days I start logging and slack off. Or I'll skip logging for a few days.

exactly

albinogorilla

Will someone explain to me why they log in every day, in order to keep their log-in day number, without actually logging any food? And another thing, people complaining that they forgot to log in for a day, and want their number reset to make it look like the didn't miss a day????

Am I missing something?
Isn't the point of this site to count calories and log your food?
It is a little silly to see people congratulating each other for their log in days when you actually look at their diary and they don't log any food.................

You use this place for what you want to use it for and let them use it what they want to use it for... I'm not sure why it bothers you so much! Sometimes people go through rough times and logging in and seeing other people's posts may just be enough to keep them on track. Logging calories won't make you gain or lose weight nor will not logging them. Maybe they don't feel the compulsive need to be obsessed and log it all... I don't blame them. Sometimes it's wearing. That said, I log in every day and log every calorie and bot of exercise. Just leave them be. It can be used however the end user wants!

Here is my problem, a bunch of people blindly giving each other "attaboys" for bad eating habits. It seems silly to me, for a bunch of people to be sitting around patting each other on the back for not doing anything. And the MOST ridiculous thing, which i have seen numerous times, is some nitwit complaining in the forums that they missed a day logging, and now they want the admins to reset their number so it looks like they never missed a day...............that is the stupidest thing I ever heard. I constantly see people getting their "attaboys" for staying under their calorie goal, and saying thanks, then look at their log, and they had a diet pepsi and an apple all day. And on top of that, they never lose any weight. Long story short...............The point of the site to me, is to log food, and to offer support and any assistance i can based on personal experience. I am not here to sit around, eat a whole box of oreos, log a diet soda and an apple then sit back and enjoy my false praise from a bunch of people i dont know. I dont need that. I just dont understand what people are getting out of this site that do that................I am NOT referring to people with little to no weight to lose that use the site socially, but more to those that have a LOT of work to do, and are just not getting it.

TigersFanIndy34

I don't count calories at all - I use South Beach and love it and am losing weight with it. But i like logging my exercise and weight here as it's the quickest way to do it. I get great recipe ideas that I can adapt to south beach lifestyle. I do TERRIBLE when counting calories as i fall into this "all or nothing" type of thinking. Like if I eat 5 calories over I say "oh well I screwed up so I might as well binge". I have counted calories for EIGHT YEARS straight and I'd make it on plan like 1-2 days in a row and gained weight like crazy. i stopped counting calories and started dropping weight

Each to their own.

I don't care so much about the days in a row and to be honest I will not be able to log in everyday - I don't have a fancy cell phone with apps and all that jazz and I dont' carry my laptop around with me so if I have a busy day I won't be able to log in but I will workout daily and and go back and enter in my workouts.

I also know some people who still like to count their calories on paper/pen as they can carry that with them but they log their weight here weekly and use the social support.

I don't care if others are cheating themselves - they are only hurting themselves then and what can I do about that?

honeysprinkles

Will someone explain to me why they log in every day, in order to keep their log-in day number, without actually logging any food? And another thing, people complaining that they forgot to log in for a day, and want their number reset to make it look like the didn't miss a day????

Am I missing something?
Isn't the point of this site to count calories and log your food?
It is a little silly to see people congratulating each other for their log in days when you actually look at their diary and they don't log any food.................

I used to log my calories and then I read the book, The Pleasure Trap by D. Lisle and he changed my way of thinking.

Here's a brief summary.

When you look at animals in the wild (wild animals), do you see them count calories? Have you ever seen a bird so fat that they couldn't fly? They instinctively know how much to eat without gaining weight. Humans also used to do this, that is eat until we were full and then stop eating.

Somewhere along the way, we lost this ability.

After I lost my weight, I am trying to eat, only natural foods (meaning not-processed) as much as possible and to go back to relying on my stomach and not mfp's calorie counter database.

So mfp does have a place, it is a tool but I would rather have my body tell me when to eat and when not to eat.

Hope that makes sense.

My goal is to also get to the point where I don't need to count calories, I just don't feel like I can't do that yet and still maintain a deficit large enough for weight loss. But my overall goal is to be able to keep the weight off without having to log anymore!

Jorra

My diary is not open and if you don't hit "complete" it won't show you as completed, even if you do log in and log the food. I rarely do the complete the diary thing but log just about every day.

But if the diary is open, you don't have to hit complete for people to see what's in there. The complete button does nothing but post it on your wall.

I don't log in for the number. I log in because I love the community. I am taking a break right now because my life is complete upside-down chaos, but I'm still going to check up on my friends.

_SusieQ_

I'm just here for the sex talk and the hot guys with abs in their profile pics. I thought everyone was.

ElizabethRoad

I removed someone who had been logging in (religiously) for over 120 days, allegedly was under everyday in calories(diary locked) and had in that time gained 1.4 lbs................just seems silly. I can understand the forum time, but people posting requests to get their "days logged in" number changed because they forgot to log in??????????? SILLY..........if something that minor is going to derail you, then you seriously need to reassess things...........

If something that minor is going to bother you, maybe you need to reassess things. Who cares?

CaptainGordo

Agreed. The consecutive number of days logged in is not an indicator of days logging food honestly, staying withing calorie/nutrient goals, or hitting exercise goals. It's meaningless, as far as fitness achievements, in my opinion.

Perhaps it's more of an MFP celebration, since it means more hits to the site.

juleseybaby

I'm just here for the sex talk and the hot guys with abs in their profile pics. I thought everyone was.

you!

King_Bee

I'm just here for the sex talk and the hot guys with abs in their profile pics. I thought everyone was.

There is sex talk? o.O

I need to pay more attention.

fasttrack27

Its called my FITNESS pal, not my food log pal. I'm not trying to lose any more weight. I'm pretty good at my food routine now. i only log once in a while to confirm i'm on track. I frankly dont care about my Days counter. I do like logging my excercise to see how it adds up throughout the week - not to impress anyone but just for my own knowledge. Mostly for me its to keep tabs on my MFP friends and vice versa. And oh yeah, and the sex talk and hot pictures of babes.....lol

1WorkoutAtATime

Will someone explain to me why they log in every day, in order to keep their log-in day number, without actually logging any food? And another thing, people complaining that they forgot to log in for a day, and want their number reset to make it look like the didn't miss a day????

Am I missing something?
Isn't the point of this site to count calories and log your food?
It is a little silly to see people congratulating each other for their log in days when you actually look at their diary and they don't log any food.................

totally agree!