How does everyone get in the habit to log everything

I log everything BEFORE I eat it. It works perfectly because then I never have an "excuse" for going over on calories since I can add it all up before it goes in my mouth, and since I always log before I eat, no logging=no eating lol.

Take some time and get organized. Get all the foods that you like to eat regularly into your "My Foods" tab. Plus after about a week of regular logging, everything is right there, and it is so easy to just check things off and add them to your log. It literally takes me 10 seconds to add my breakfast each morning. Also, if you use a smartphone for logging, the scan option really makes inputting new foods easy. Its an obsession for me, but thats what I needed for success.

Nike says it best

You just get used to it, and if you're like me you tend to eat a lot of the same things, so once you've logged them, it's easy to log them again. I've logged on over 1000 consecutive days now. I have the odd day here and there that I don't log, but that's rare.

I log as I cook on days off from work or in the evenings, and I use a PC and an app to log foods. I use a measuring cups, or read the package on serving sizes and back those up with a measuring utensil, I bought an inexpensive digital scale to weigh things out, I also have a decent set of measuring spoons. With small things like grapes I count them out.

I sometimes check on here to see what a serving size/calories it has before having foods when I'm planning a meal.

Also once you get practice at it, you'll understand it more. Then if you figure out that it actually works and you lose your first 5 lbs you may start to enjoy that reward of losing weight because you logged everything and were dedicated to yourself.

Also you can see your trends/patterns with food & water, I log everything now even if I go over and also I log water intake because that helps me a lot. I notice when I have PMS I crave more carbs. I notice that when I don't drink water I don't lose weight as much.

I also make sure I log everything from my day before I go to sleep. I also sometimes put reminder notes in front of my computer or in a specific spot in my purse, so I know what to log if I get busy during the day, so I do it before I go to sleep.

I just started to log all my food first thing in the morning. It became habit after a few weeks. I think in the beginning I had a reminder set (that was on my old phone).

Logging becomes a habit once you start... I prelog my day in the morning, and edit it during the day depending if I decide to eat something else for that meal. I log everything, even days that I go WAY OVER my daily calories. Next day, I keep going like normal. Start today even though you don't know the exact measurements of what you already ate... start the habit of logging your food.

FullofTrixie wrote: »

I am newish here. I joined a while ago but i just can not get in the habit of logging everything.
Does anyone have any suggestions how to make this a habit?
I really need to loose about 40lb and would like a good jump on it by summer.
I am 5'7' 175 and I guess I should be eating 1200. but that does not matter I guess since I can't remember to log never had a problem remembering to eat@!!!!!!

BTW, why would you eat so little? 1200 seems like you would end up being hungry after a while.

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal

By just doing it. Just like mentioned above - it's like brushing your teeth. You just keep doing it over and over until it becomes habit. There are no other tricks.