You know you spend too much time on MFP when...

PeachyPlum
PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Things I have caught myself doing this week:

Trying to scan a disposable coffee cup into my diary under Breakfast

Weighing the dog's dry food (I only caught myself when I was like "wait, how much does 3/4 cup weigh again?")


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  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    Aww, c'mon. Nobody else is accidentally weighing stuff they don't intend to eat?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Nope, sorry. I only want to put the effort in if I get the food:s :D
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    Aww, c'mon. Nobody else is accidentally weighing stuff they don't intend to eat?

    LOL not yet. I do spend too much time on here, but that isn't a symptom for me.
  • alliesgettinghealthy
    alliesgettinghealthy Posts: 87 Member
    I look at the nutrition label of foods that I can't even eat (because of Celiac Disease). Hmmm I wonder how many calories are in those cookies, bagels, etc.?
  • lilackisses
    lilackisses Posts: 41 Member
    I grab my phone to make a call and automatically open up the app. Why am I here again?

    Your husband grabs something at the supermarket and immediately hands it to you, label facing up.
  • AmazonMayan
    AmazonMayan Posts: 1,168 Member
    You weighing the dogs food has us laughing. I don't think I could top that lol. I weigh so much stuff we might not even notice if I were to weigh our dogs food...

    My kids (they are grown) automatically look at calories and protein before deciding to suggest anything for me in the store. ...and sometimes ask if it fits my calories.
  • Sherriediva1
    Sherriediva1 Posts: 345 Member
    You guys are awesome!! I haven't noticed any quirks yet...except that maybe I talk too much about calories that I won't eat anymore....:)
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    All I know is that the husband sill looks at me weird for using the measuring cups to get pudding.

    Luckily, I don't care.
  • annaheyoolay
    annaheyoolay Posts: 100 Member
    Multiple times I have weighed my utensils before adding them to my plate :o
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    annaheyoolay wrote: »
    Multiple times I have weighed my utensils before adding them to my plate :o

    Love it!!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I didn't weigh the dog's food but I looked at the calories for it. Just wondering how much he gets compared to me you know.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    You look up calories burned reading, so you can enter "mfp forums" under exercises in your diary.
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    You think that cooking in an easy bake oven makes you morally superior.
  • phoenixx866
    phoenixx866 Posts: 173 Member
    I mindlessly open my app, even if I'm not eating everything, then look confused and go "wait why did I open this again?"

    I then do this 4 or 5 more times throughout the day.
  • LBuehrle8
    LBuehrle8 Posts: 4,044 Member
    edited April 2015
    I spend too much time on the forums at work :s
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    When you come to check comments on your status like all day! Or likes!

    When your husband no longer makes you come serve yourself bc you have to measure and asks intead how much do you want me to measure out.

    when you mentioned things that are said on mfp to friends and family.

    When you wake up on weigh day weigh yourself 4 x before updating your loss.

    when you think too much on what your next status update will be.

    when you learn how to calculate half of half a portion for your calories.

    when you know the calorie burn for multiple exercises by heart!
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    You look up calories burned reading, so you can enter "mfp forums" under exercises in your diary.

    Nice!
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    Things I have caught myself doing this week:

    Trying to scan a disposable coffee cup into my diary under Breakfast

    Weighing the dog's dry food (I only caught myself when I was like "wait, how much does 3/4 cup weigh again?")


    Well, I am considering starting to weigh my dog's food! She is getting old, and moving less, so starting to look a bit chubby! CICO!!
  • GWehsling
    GWehsling Posts: 120 Member
    People I know have stopped buying food for me (I'm okay with that).
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    I've almost completely stopped eating out because I don't know how many calories it is. If I don't know the number of calories, I don't eat it. (Most of the time.)
  • JordisTSM
    JordisTSM Posts: 359 Member
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    Things I have caught myself doing this week:

    Trying to scan a disposable coffee cup into my diary under Breakfast

    Weighing the dog's dry food (I only caught myself when I was like "wait, how much does 3/4 cup weigh again?")


    The vet has just put my daughter's cat on a diet.... so now I'm weighing his food too.... that's starting to get some strange looks.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,645 Member
    lilackisses wrote: »
    I grab my phone to make a call and automatically open up the app. Why am I here again?

    This is why my boyfriend keeps asking me why I haven't texted him all day. I could swear I did like 10 times. Then I go to reply and I'm back in MFP.
  • Shanairah1991
    Shanairah1991 Posts: 152 Member
    Just today by fiance offered me a sip of his Gatorade. I politely declined and said I'll stick to my water. He then took the amount of cals on the label and divided it into sips, concluding how many cals one sip would cost me. XD
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,302 Member
    You chose a restaurant or food to eat because it is easier to log (semi)accurately :smiley:
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    edited April 2015
    I put the whole household on a weekly weigh-in schedule, including the pets. One cat weighs 7 lbs, the other cat weighs 21 lbs and the dog weighs 54 lbs (the dog is on a diet now).
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    edited April 2015
    When I can pretty much tell on my body how many calories Ive burned with various exercise and just quick adding extra cals on days I'm more active. I've maintained for over a year doing this and my estimates seem pretty spot on now

    (I wore a heart rate monitor for nearly every workout for the first two years, and never got around to getting a new one when it broke)
  • ReadyToLose1973
    ReadyToLose1973 Posts: 9 Member
    When I ask my boyfriend over and over at the restaurant...is this teaspoon or a tablespoon
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    ReadyToLose1973 wrote: »
    When I ask my boyfriend over and over at the restaurant...is this teaspoon or a tablespoon

    That reminds me. I need to write my congressman about switching to the metric system. Seeing how I am a big deal and all I would expect a bill to be introduced within the next few days.
  • RDBWPB
    RDBWPB Posts: 1 Member
    I found my self adding ever food I might eat from restaurants into a single meal so I can add it to my list and delete what I don't eat which is faster than looking stuff up.
  • JessieLMay
    JessieLMay Posts: 146 Member
    When you have to tell yourself "FOR F* SAKE, GET OFF MFP AND GO WORKOUT!". That and when you look at nutrition labels on foods before eating them to make sure they fit into your goals lol. I love this website.
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