Anybody not counting claories?

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  • bgelliott
    bgelliott Posts: 610 Member
    I don't always log anymore because after so many years of doing it, you just kind of know what all your regular foods are. I will log when I feel like I am really off track and need to get back on track.
  • boslund2
    boslund2 Posts: 4 Member
    I think tracking is important, at least until you understand your portions, the food your eating and how quickly those calories can add up. I am also following The Shred diet by Dr. Ian Smith. So I have all my meals planned out. That helps a lot and even doing that I wouldnt be too concerned with necessarily counting my calories. Either way, don't let one thing or the other deter you from your goals for yourself. I consider myself a good eater, etc. but the calorie count surprises me when I see certain meals tally up or when I see my total being really low for the day or whatever. It's kind of inspiring! Good Luck and keep on moving!
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    I'm not tracking but I'm also bulking and not cutting. I'm not tracking because for ME, it gets mentally exhausting and I tend to get a bit OCD about things so I did this as an experiment to see if I could gain at a reasonable pace by eating intuitively. So far, so good.

    In March when I start cutting again I'll resume tracking.

    ^I do what he does. Because.. well look at the man!
    ^^ look at both of them

    that said...doesnt work too well for me.
    I tend to eat everything in sight...oops!

    i do take a 2 week break in the summer, and again over Christmas and New Years.

    ^^^Look at all three of them!

    Like Crank said, if I don't log, I tend to eat keep eating - unnecessarily, and typically less healthy food. I didn't log during the holidays either.

    ^Look at all 4 of them!

    I try to track 90% of the time. If I don't, I'm over eating and probably not hitting my macros. I pretty much took a break from trying to lose from Thanksgiving to New Year's (had been dieting for a year, needed to turn it off for awhile). I didn't track most of the time and I maintained pretty well. But, now that I want to lose again, it's back to tracking.
  • BrawlerBella
    BrawlerBella Posts: 400 Member
    The reason for my success and continued maintenance is weighing, measuring, and logging food. Not everyone has to do that, but that is what works for me.

    True Story!! You can out eat any workout. The site and app keep me accountable and on track!!
  • councillor4
    councillor4 Posts: 3
    I find the tracker really easy to use ,I have lost weight before and kept a jounal , and tracked calories , this makes it so easy .. I found the jounaling before also really helped me , as i think some times you don,t realize what and how much you actually eat . I think keeping track will help you be more successful
  • marthadztx
    marthadztx Posts: 337 Member
    For me, this is the only way to lose weight. When I track everything I eat..I lose weight, when I don't..I gain. Gets a little overwhelming at times but so well worth it! :drinker:
  • fightininggirl
    fightininggirl Posts: 792 Member
    I do the Maker's diet which I can eat as much as I want on the approved list. no calorie counting. I just log to keep me accountable to eating the correct portions. I am 4 days in this and lost 5 pounds.
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member
    I don't know - maybe I'm splitting hairs here, but I don't feel like I'm actually counting claories. My whole point in using MFP is so MFP can count my calories and let me know how I'm doing. I don't let MFP tell me what TO DO. I let it tell me HOW I'M DOING.

    MFP is my servant, not my master.
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member
    The reason for my success and continued maintenance is weighing, measuring, and logging food. Not everyone has to do that, but that is what works for me.

    True Story!! You can out eat any workout. The site and app keep me accountable and on track!!

    "You can't outrun your fork"
  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 637 Member
    I don't log every day although I would like to. i sometimes discover things that I wasn't aware of.... here is today's lesson.... don't buy a butterball turkey, just a regular one will do. I had no idea how much sodium was in one, I knew the stuffing would be bad but wasn't thinking about the actual turkey.
  • efirkey
    efirkey Posts: 298 Member
    If I am eating any food I like including my favorites, then I definitely track.

    But if I am doing a low calorie diet then I don't have to because I can't possibly eat too much meat and the low carbs doesn't allow for much else.
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
    http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/order-commander/index-eng.php

    If you have no patience for calorie counting, you could go by "Recommended servings" per food group. The Canadian Food Guide has a PDF or printable version. Based on gender/age, it will tell you how much of each food group you should get and what constitues "a serving" for certain foods (1 cup, 1/2 cup, 2 tbsps, etc). I used to go by that (as well as count calories) but I would say eat less Grains than they recommend (I find 5-10 servings is a lot).

    From what I remember, the guide for women 19-30yrs is something like

    5-10 servings of grain
    7-8 servings of fruits/veggies
    2-3 servings of meat
    2-3 servings of dairy
    And there might be a tiny category for healthy fats/oils (Avocado, olive oil, etc).

    It sort of controls for calories/fat intake by requiring you to have more healthy carbs/veggies and less meat/dairy (Meat/dairy could be very high calorie depending what it is like steak & ice cream). Food that doesn't really fit into a food group (Like chips, soda, m&m's and twinkies) are not part of the food recommendations so that would automatically lower calories as well.

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