Do you plan to track for the rest of your life?

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  • khall86790
    khall86790 Posts: 1,100 Member
    No way. I intend to use it until I am at my goal weight and then to maintain for 1-2 months so I can get an idea of what portions and meals will keep me on track. Then I will probably stop using it.
  • shayemimi
    shayemimi Posts: 203 Member
    Probably to some degree or another...It's all part of my new lifestyle. :)
  • wnbrice
    wnbrice Posts: 244 Member
    I will track if my clothes start to get tight, however for the most part I hope to have the ability to not eat as much engrained into my psyche(as it is most of the time). As well as make workouts part of my day to day.

    Now if I feel like tracking I will, however it wont be as much of a necessity as it is now.
  • travishalogod
    travishalogod Posts: 25 Member
    I personally have tracked for over a year now and have surpassed my goal quite a while ago.. tracking is a way of life for me now.. the truth is, in my opinion anyway, you really have no idea what you are putting in your body if you don't track it or pay attention to it in some way.
  • ravenrxx
    ravenrxx Posts: 455 Member
    Ill keep tracking even after I hit my goal. Until I at least feel that I can eat balanced on my own. Ill probably still be counting calories in my mind though haha trying to make sure I don't eat to much. So, Ill probably log for a loooong time!
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    Probably not strictly.
    I will still use MFP to keep me on track every now and then but I know that already the amount of time I've spent here that I can eat healthily and not log.
  • mstarTurtle
    mstarTurtle Posts: 1
    yep I plan to keep track forever because it is not different than a money budget. I am budgeting my calories. the hard part for me now is making it a part of my daily routine. I am doing spot checks at the moment.
  • vjrose
    vjrose Posts: 809 Member
    I will be logging for the foreseeable future, I see folks hit goal, leave MFP, and come back in 6 months saying "I blew it" they thought it was instinct but it isn't really, we are bombarded with portion inflation, the consumption of those around us, and bad habits we put in abeyance until no one is looking. There are already scientific studies coming out comparing loggers after goal to quitting logging at goal and long term success tends to go to the loggers, even if it isn't every single day, maybe they take weekends off, but still in all logging consistently. I have no desire to gain back any of the 60 lbs of weight I acquired over 40 years so yep, I know me, and I will continue logging and supporting my ever changing group of friends (except for a select group that have been here as long or longer than I have).
  • Rose_bee
    Rose_bee Posts: 226 Member
    I'm planing on tracking forever. My body tends to quickly & easily put on weight.
  • bronnyd
    bronnyd Posts: 278 Member
    Hmmm...I don't know. Certainly not for the rest of my life!!! If all goes according to plan and I live to 100, I can't see myself logging my food until then :laugh:

    But I actually really like logging. I love seeing what I have put in my body for the day, and keeping track of my macros, etc. I will certainly be doing it for the next few years I think. Even once I have been maintaining for a while.
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    Yes, I will probably do that...
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    I plan on tracking faithfully until I have been a year in maintenance, and then see how it goes and be aware of signs of backsliding. I think I will be tracking on and off for the rest of my life, but not continually.
  • KatjaO
    KatjaO Posts: 71
    Probably off and on. I lost 35 pounds in 2011, and kept it off by paying attention to my weight and going back to tracking when I went up a few pounds (which tends to happen twice a year: when summers get hot and I slack off on running, and when the holidays hit because NOM!). Came back in January to lose the holiday/travel weight and another chunk o' weight after that.

    Should add that once I got to my stopping point last time, I did spend a few weeks tracking at maintenance just to make sure I had a feel for it. Will probably do the same this time.

    This is my plan. I go back to tracking every time I am about 5 pounds over my goal weight for a few days stretch. Reason I do this is probably silly, but there's the belief that people gain 1lb a year on a " normal " diet. In 20 years that is 20 lbs overweight! Plus all the treats ones eats ( I love to bake!) so better watch out and not let the weight creep up.

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