When are you going to stop logging?

Sabine_Stroehm

I lost weight once. A decade or so ago. I wasn't "overweight" but I was on my way. I ate like crap. The way I was taught to. I learned to eat and logged to learn it. In the process I lost 20-25 LBS. I kept logging til I was sure it had stuck. Once a year or so, after a bad habit or two would creep back in, I'd log (those days it was fit day.com). And now, in menopause I'm back to track my macros, my exercise and to NOT gain weight! Dang it!
Dont think of it as a binary thing. Log. then wean off, then check in any time the scale goes up, or your energy level goes down...

victoria4321

I think my time on here has taught me enough (nearly a year) that i could make it pretty well without logging. I will most likely do it intermittently though. I surely dont plan to do it forever. It is a tool, to teach you how to eat properly. I will definitely do it for a while when i switch my goal to gain weight, to make sure things don't get out of hand in that regard though, at least for the first few weeks.

Learning the portion sizes to eyeball them was the biggest thing, and i got that down the first week.

This sounds like a good plan.

I'll definitely weigh myself regularly and gauge by how my clothes fit. Right now I just log my food just to log it. It doesn't really have any influence on what I eat anymore because I think I learned to make better choices and how to portion foods.

beccadaniixox

Once I can control the foods around me.
One of the main reasons I log right now is because I know that if I don't, I'll be tempted by the crap we have in the house here.
I may slow down logging when I'm back at college since the foods in my dorm will be what I buy, and I know that food has a time and place to be eaten.

slamazon

I have been logging for almost 300 days. I hit my goal weight several months ago and continue to log. Keeping track of what I eat /burn keeps me on track

groovyfirechick

probably never the way i'm going....

DonM46

Until the 12th of never, and that's a long, long time.
Met my goal last November. Logging is the surest method to keep track and stay ON track.

kimi131

I've logged in 335 days in a row and I'm pretty much at my goal. I don't think I'll ever stop logging though. I have days I go over (like today) that I don't log, but as far as logging on a regular basis? Yeah, I don't think I'll stop. It's just so second nature to me now.

sharleengc

I reached my original goal then decided I could do another 20lbs so I'm still going and logging and I have been on here for a year.

I have reached a point where I know the calories and serving size for the things that I eat since I use the same basic ingredients for things. I could probably stop logging now because I keep track in my head fairly well without needing to log things.

However, now it's a habit to log and helps me figure out my grocery list and plan for the day too since I log everything in the morning or the night before.

So, I really don't know when I'll stop...maybe when I reach the next goal or when I've been able to maintain the new goal for awhile...

j1wright

I am about 5 pounds away from my goal weight but honestly would like to lose 5 to 10 more pounds so I definately see using this on a day to day basis all summer and into the fall and probably at least three months into maintenance to make sure I know what I am doing and then I will probably log here and there and not on a day to day basis and use this more as a tool and not a staple in my life.

mmarin81

12.22.2012

Lol!! I guess we all will at that point!!

mhotch

I have been at goal for 4.5 years now. I log about 99% of the time!

jadedone

A few months after I get to where I want.

Fitness_4_Jess

when i don't need to eat anymore

This!

runfatmanrun

I think my time on here has taught me enough (nearly a year) that i could make it pretty well without logging. I will most likely do it intermittently though. I surely dont plan to do it forever. It is a tool, to teach you how to eat properly. I will definitely do it for a while when i switch my goal to gain weight, to make sure things don't get out of hand in that regard though, at least for the first few weeks.

Learning the portion sizes to eyeball them was the biggest thing, and i got that down the first week.

This. All of it.

ElPumaMex

The only way I can see myself not logging, is if I do enough exercise every day, to compensate for all of the extra calories I would be for sure consuming.

For example, if I burn 600 to 800 cals per day. I should be able to eyeball my food and still be withing maintenance weight.
And of course, I would weigh myself every day to detect a trend up within a week, and then go back to logging until weight is back to normal.

femmi1120

I plan on weaning myself off slowly after a few months of maintaining my goal weight. First not logging on weekends, then friday and weekends, etc.

kathleennf

I dunno. I like logging and my mfp friends. So I'm sticking around.

This.
I have been here for a year and a half, at my goal weight for over a year, tracking my protein- and I like it. And I like how it's helping me.

mamamc03

when i don't need to eat anymore

^^^yes!! To me that's like....when do I need to stop going to AA meetings. You can't...it's a lifestyle!

Silver_Star

I dont see myself ever stopping....this is sorta like my home...lol , virtual home. i dont have anyone in real life who supports my change in eating habits and lifestyle...and even though i learn to figure out how much to eat without the help of the calorie counter...im still going to log it in...ive learnt so much since i joined MFP! :flowerforyou: plus i LOVE my friends here.

giggles7706

I will probably never stop logging...I just know if I ever do stop...I will go back to old habits. I plan on logging indefinitely.