'don't-count' treats...
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I don't get in the mindset of "cheating" because I don't judge myself too harshly if I go over my calorie limit sometimes. I mean, nobody's really looking at it but you, so rather than rewarding and punishing yourself (especially with food), just get into the habit of logging and analyzing without the emotional connection.
also when you use treats to "cheat' it's like saying your healthy diet is somehow oppressive and undesirable, something to be escaped. It's better to log everything (though don't beat yourself up if you miss a day here and there, esp. once you really know how much of what you can eat) and work any treats you want into your regular diet. It really is possible (and that's from someone who nets around 1250-1400 cals a day on maintenance, and had to go as low as 1150 to drop a few pounds).
i mean it's sometimes tempting to do that: "I know i'm so much under today I'll just have this big hunk of cheese and not log it" or whatever, but at the rare times when i find myself doing that, it's like, well, who am I fooling, and why am I even thinking of it? The counting isn't meant to be oppressive or feel limiting, it's just a way of keeping track. It wouldn't really matter if I ate it or not, and when you get to the point where you know that intuitively (at the point where your healthy diet is really habit), there's less of that temptation.0 -
i log EVERYTHING.... because i LOVE MFP!!!0
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This was meant to be a lighthearted thread and now i'm pissed off lol
you got annoyed cos people didnt agree with you.... you obviously dont go on the forums much!!!
you do what works for you... other people do what works for them!0 -
This was meant to be a lighthearted thread and now i'm pissed off lol
you got annoyed cos people didnt agree with you.... you obviously dont go on the forums much!!!
you do what works for you... other people do what works for them!
no no, i don't care if they disagree, but i got pissed off where people start giving me advice and telling me i'm doing it wrong, because I'm sure as hell not ...for me
15kg down since Boxing Day WITH a crapped out thyroid and having had a big setback in the middle due to that is fine by me.0 -
I don't count white chocolate. Because I don't eat it.
I also CBF being meticulous logging differing things. IE, if sampling different ice cream flavours, I will not log "choc ice cream, .0000001.24 cup" "vanilla ice cream, 0.023045324g".0 -
does anyone else do this? I don't eat back excercise calories but if I burn over 500 I let myself have one 'it doesn't have to go in the log' treat, like a cookie or an extra glass of wine or something because I know my defecit is still there. Kinda cheating without cheating.
Anyway it kinda works as an incentive for me to have decent workout sessions0 -
not logging will be lack of willpower.
I don't want to go downhill back to bad habits.0 -
I log every little thing. I find it makes it easier for me to keep track on how i'm doing. And to make myself aware of how bad some of the treats I used to eat really are!0
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I count everything. I could see it turning into a habit if I didn't.0
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It's ok if you're still having a deficit I suppose but not ideal as you might get carried away with the treats. I can over-enjoy crisps if I didn't have to log them. :devil:0
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Turn it into something fun.
Go to settings and make a meal category called 'HECK YEA TREAT' or whatever, and look forward to logging it down.
Dessert is my favorite thing to log.0
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