Obssesive?

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  • DeborahStanley
    DeborahStanley Posts: 90 Member
    I log everything, I even weigh celery.....but I do not log tea & coffee as they are good for my mental health and without them I would be a total head case :)
  • sunshinedazed
    sunshinedazed Posts: 61
    The only thing that's ever worked for me even a LITTLE in the past has been to meticulously log everything I put in my mouth. I'm horrible about "accidental snacking". I'll eat something without even meaning to, and frequently find myself eating WAY more of it than I should. Someone recently said you can "curb a craving with a single bite as well as you can a whole serving", to which I say nonsense, if you take away my Cheetos I will stab you with a fork.

    I'm trying a different approach this time, first by using MFP where even though I know I'm not being "judged", I also feel a sense of accountability, and second, by planning my day's food in the morning, and adding it to my diary. I leave it open for the day so I can adjust if I absolutely have to, but I find knowing what I'm supposed to be eating is helping me to avoid my accidental snacking.

    That said, since I'm not logging incidental calorie burns (house work, laundry, walking up and down stairs at work, parking further out from places and walking around grocery stores, etc) I probably wouldn't log the "I stole a french fry from my four year old" or "I put my hand in the bag of chips without thinking". I think this works best with your activity level set at sedentary, because MFP isn't accounting for the incidental burns. I'm also not eating back calories so I'm only logging exercise to keep myself accountable. If you're set higher and you know MFP is vaguely aware of the fact that it takes you an hour to vaccuum or scrub the kitchen and bathroom, then I think you should probably log those accidental snacks, otherwise your deficits would be misleading. I'm trying to become obsessive about what I eat, actually, instead of being so obsessive about the scale. Which taunts me. Frequently.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I try to log absolutely everything I eat.

    Even if I have a bite of a sandwich or "a couple" of fries it's still calories that need to be counted.
  • kgchisholm
    kgchisholm Posts: 134 Member

    I also would kill my husband if he tried to take some of my food
    now as it would knock my cals out.

    Hahaha I do this too! My husband now knows to ask, "Did you portion that for yourself already?" before he comes sneaking my food off my plate :)

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