When will you stop using MFP?

brookepenni

Life, after I reach my goal I will continue offering support to my buddies who haven't..............:flowerforyou:

Me too!!! Without the support of my friends (who are incredible!!) I wouldn't have the successes I've had. I'll stay here until I've reached goal and every single one of them have too. I want them to have the same successes as I have, and I'll be waving my Pom poms on the sidelines right through until they do.

Plus mfp makes me feel accountable and has taught me so much. Life without it.... Nah - I'm a convert!

toffee322

When i learn portion control and healthy eating even when i have my bad days! I don't want to track for the rest of my life that's just too much I want to be able to do this on my own eventually!

same here!!! i want to learn it so well that it's so natural and it's all done unconciously...

athearenee

Never!!!

MFP has been a Godsend...
I need the accountability.
I need to be kept on track.
i need to know just how many calories I am eating/expending
I need the support.

I have lost weight before only to gain back more...

The Short: I have made a Lifestyle Change and MFP is a part of my New Lifestyle :happy:

Blessings to All of You!

:flowerforyou:

tgh1914

forever and ev


*deactivated *

athearenee

me too!

RubyDarling

I have failed maintenance once before because I stopped logging my cals, so I am even more determined this time to keep using MFP. Hopefully after a year of maintaining, I'll be able to back it off a little, especially as we'll be TTC. Post-pregnancy I'll be back most definitely!

sugarbone

I have been using it less and less, I think mainly because I just know how many calories are in the things I eat now. At my goal weight I will still drop in from time to time to log meals I'm not familiar and check up on my intake if I've lost track.

Oo_BrookeNicole_oO

I have been mentally preparing myself for this idea for a the last few weeks. I'm on the home stretch... under 40 lbs to go. BUT the statistic on people who REGAIN significant weight lost are disgusting. 95% of people who lose significant weight regain it!

So I've been prepping for the idea of switching to maintenance once I reach my goal. I think this will actually be more important than losing the weight itself.

Aiming to become part of a 5% success rate is scary...

I try to look at it this way. People on here have an advantage because we are loosing weight the slow, healthy way. Alot of people ( some of the 95%) have lost weight through rushed fad dieting or eating to little and exercising to much. That way doesn't work because then you have not learned anything. The lifestyle changes haven't been implemented. Once the diet is over they end up binging because of the deprivation of food they have had to deal with for months.

HSingMomto7Kids

We've made friends here too so how can we leave. haha~

CTK3989

I made it to my goal weight and took a 6 month break from tracking my calories. By that time, I could eye ball portion sizes and I knew to stop when I was full.

I'm back now because I'm tracking my calories so I can lose fat.

runlaugheatpie

I lost weight several years ago with Weight Watchers and kept it off for 3+ years because I kept going.

As soon as life threw me a curveball I stopped and I regained all the weight back and another 5Kg just for good measure.

Personally, I have learned to hard way that this doesn't just "stop" when you reach your goals. Not even when you are on maintenance. Most of us will have to use some sort of tool for the rest of our lives if we want to maintain our weight loss. If that's MFP or something else I don't know, but don't think for one second you won't need something like this to keep you going.

Just sayin'.

valz2000

For me losing weight is a life style change.. and MFP is part of that lifestyle. Even if I may not log as much or as accurately after I reach and and comfortable in maintenance I will always be on here. I love the support the ideas and everything else that comes with MFP.

LisaMariaCallow

I've been at my goal weight for 4 months and plan on keeping this up for a long time!! It keeps me in check.

M_lifts

personally i dont find it a chore to keep track, ive been using mfp for over a year now and its helped to get me in shape. my phone app also makes it easy for me to log food and track exercise. i think i will be logging for a while yet

GoCanada

Since it's so easy to use (as mentioned by others) I think I will continue using it for awhile afterwards. I am bad with estimating calories so I think that using MFP to maintain is a good idea for me

celticmuse

I hope to keep using MFP indefinately. I hope it will help me maintain my weight after I reach my goal.

^^^This.

Natelywills

I'm definitely making MFP a part of my life for the long term. My sister lost a BUNCH of weight on this site and she looks and feels amazing. She's absolutely my inspiration and she's an MFP lifer, too. I need to take control of my relationship with food, not just lose weight. Being able to continue to track my foods and exercise has really helped me stay accountable and just because I'll be smaller, that need doesn't go away so yeah, no intentions of leaving over here!!

EMarvie

im thinking ---- forever

Molly182

I've read that you shouldn't count calories, because it limits you and you become obsessed with it, and it effects your life and such, but I do it, and I will continue to do it.

_VoV

I've yo-yo-ed too many times to do it again. I don't see myself ever not tracking my food and activity. I've done it by hand, but MFP makes it much easier to do. Plus, my collection of recipes is here!

ahealthy4u

I will use MFP every day if I can just to see where I am even after my goal. With out the help and support of MFP friends and some of my other friends I don't think I would be where I am at. an I owe it to them to help them and to help others that come along that want help and support.

countrygirlatheart2719

This site has been extremely helpful. I LOVE this site and as long as it's available to use I will continue to do so. I just started using it about a week ago and am hooked! I love everything about this site!!!

JennieAL

Not sure. I'm not trying to lose weight now, but I am learning about weight lifting as well as learning portions. I've never really had to pay attention to calories. But now that I'm trying to lean down AND build a little muscle I'm really interested in following what like-minded others are doing and all the tips and things they give. Also, I'm making friends in here and it's fun to keep up with them a little. Its just something to look forward to everyday now. So, I use MFP for a few different reasons and I don't see myself losing interest in fitness and nutrition... ever. When it becomes either a distraction or unnecessary, then I'll reconsider.

cowgirlslikeus86

I have used various sites and manually tracked my calories and workouts, but one thing I have found to be true,....I have ALWAYS gained the weight back. I have sworn up, down and sideways that I would never pass XXX lbs again.....still did. So, now I believe that I will mostlikely track still. If anything, I have found groups and forums, on here, for running and training for various ''...athons" and I think I will always want to better myself and be training for my next accomplishment.

amiles21693

I'll probably never stop. I have never found a site where people are so kind and encouraging to one another. It's fantastic and I love it.

jfluchere

I love tracking my calories and burn because I'm ocd like that:)

GigiBee824

As long as I still have a fitness goal, I plan to use this site. Losing weight is only one goal of many.

sms1986

I'll be using it for at least a few years, hopefully with most of that time spent maintaining a healthy weight.

KeriA

I plan to use MFP to reset my weight after I reach my goal. I found out about this when in a plateau. It takes at least 2 months of maintaining your weight very closely without gaining Or losing. I repeat or losing to reset your weight. If you don't your body will try very hard to take you back to the last weight it sees as your normal weight. You guessed it the last weight you were able to maintain for 2-3 months. for some that is a long way back and explains why many regain the weight they lost. Often you hear people who have reached their goal and continue to lose a bit here and there. Fine but you need to at some point say enough is enough and reset your weight. If you haven't already it is a good idea to slow your loss at the end. Usually this happens anyway.

After I am able to maintain long enough to reset my weight I will then evaluate whether I need MFP or not. I suspect I will check in once in awhile. I feel that those who have lost and successfully keep the weight off are a great resource to others. Maintaining seems easy when you are trying hard to get the weight off but I suspect it isn't always so easy when you reach your goal. I can't wait to stop fighting my body and have it help me maintain. It is actually good at this but not if we don't take the time to reset our weight to the new weight by maintaining closely one weight for months.

rileysowner

Probably never. For the time it takes it is well worth it.