Tracking exposes denial, that's for sure!

Woo, go you, keep at it! I felt the same way a while back - I was just eating so much crap and hadn't really been noticing until I started tracking again. keep it up!

I know! I just started tracking a week ago in a notebook for the 1st time since high school. After 5 days of that, thankfully found this site! I'm 45 and going through same thing- healthy eater, exercising, but hormonal changes have thrown me for a loop! Exercising only isn't working like it did. My 14 year old daughter is like, " Are you seriously writing down what you're eating?!?" I'm like- yep! I have had a bad habit of going back for seconds of pasta for dinner. This is surprisingly keeping me honest.

Maintaining and hormone fluctuations have been hard for me to manage this past year also. Lost 35 lbs and maintained that for 1 1/2 years but have gained 10 in the last year due to sloppy logging and my body having a mind of its own due to these crazy hormones. Need to get back to eating the way I am supposed to and backing away from the simple carbs and wine! Would love a few more like minded friends to help me be accountable.

It's true. Not that I'm a hardcore calorie counter, but I do try to come in at or under my MFP calorie goal daily (with exercise). Before, I'd have a sandwich with chips, or some other snack, thinking they were mostly harmless. Then I started tracking/paying attention to calories. What an eye opener!! That small bag of chips is another 180 calories! No thanks!

Seriously!!!!! It's always surprising to me how and where the calories are sneaking in. "What do you mean a tablespoon of peanutbutter is 190 cal?!"

Good work everyone! I see lots of weight loss happening on your tickers!

Yeah, tracking definatly keeps you honest with yourself. I did good for a while when I stopped around the holidays last year, but that didn't last. After I realized I'd gained almost 10 lbs back, I bribed myself to start up again. And it's definatly helping!

I am a lifetime WW member .... hit goal after losing 92 pounds. That was not my first WW attempt. However, it was the first time I journaled my food .... the good, the bad, the ugly.
Now here I am again. Don't want to start paying @ WW again (since I am not at goal weight). The food tracker here is exactly what I need. We THINK we remember what we ate at the end of the day, but we think what we wish we had eaten sometimes, not what we actually ate.
Here's to continued success. :happy:

I know, right?! It's so easy to get caught up in how good stuff tastes, or how nice it is to sit down with the family on a cool night over a warm dinner... I just have to bring my goal of staying thin thru the hormonal rollercoaster front of mind!

Thank you all for understanding and supporting!

OMG. You're me. You are SO not alone... I haven't been regularly exercising in 3 months due to an injury and a variety of excuses. That hasn't helped either. I'm back to planning my meals out of Cooking Light. Easy to log though, since that's what I was doing a year and a half ago when I did so well!! :laugh:

Is there a perimenopausal crazy ladies support group on here? Maybe there should be. I'll be doing so well and then all of sudden, my hormones will tell me it's a great idea to eat an entire jar of Nutella chased with a jar of peanut butter. (What is it about PB? I get the Nutella, but the peanut butter cravings at certain times of month are a new thing and seem to be related to my wacky hormone spikes.)

It does help knowing I'd have to record those whole jars of salty, nutty, chocolate-drenched goodness.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/523-near-or-post-menopausal-group