I don't weight my food

I don't think a lot of people see it as a hassle and unfortunately some people are just not good at estimating. You see a lot of threads from people saying they haven't lost any weight or they stopped losing weight and they can't figure out why.

I agree and think it would help to have more natural ways to measure, eg. 1/2 an avocado, 3 tablespoons of eggwhite (that one was tough to calculate an omelet) not measured through 1/2 cup or weight. If you are out and need to judge it would be great to see as some other weightloss programs have more natural approaches. i too feel like i need to buy a scale and it seems like there could be easier options.

I have never weighed food, but I often measure (cups, tablespoons, etc.). I also eat more packaged food than others, so I have less occasion to need to measure things out.

congratulations on such an awesome loss!! ❤

I never weigh my food either and I have lost nearly 20 pounds in about 10 weeks as well. However I don't eat back my excersice calories so if I am not logging accurately I have a bit of a cushion.

Congratulations on your weight loss and on being able to eyeball and guess your way to a slimmer you!

I, unfortunately, do not have that skill and have to weigh and measure everything. It's just habit now, and not a hassle at all.

*shrugs*

It an work for some, but most of the posts on MFP are by people who are not losing and the reason is they cnat maintain an accurate deficit, hence the focus on weighing.

I agree with you. I think if you really have no idea about something weighing is useful. However weightloss with tediousness is pretty much going to fail unless you already have underlying OCD. Personally I like to focus on the nutrient density of my food and cut out anything that does not fit the bill. Then you don't have to worry so much about calories because it's harder to over eat nutrient dense food. Also when you cut out the sugar and junk the cravings end so I don't have to worry about counting every chip or cracker and weighing them. I don't crave them anymore.

I don't weigh everything I eat either. I usually only weigh meat portions for dinner, snacks like fruit or peanuts. That's about it. After a while you just know how many calories certain foods are and you don't have to weigh as often. As others have noted, when your weight loss slows down, weighing foods can help fine tune items you may have been misjudging.

I don't weigh either but I also don't eat any of my exercise calories. It seems to be working just fine. I've lost 22 lbs in 14 weeks.

I didn't weigh at first, but I switched to weighing because for me it's a time saver--much easier to dump things on the scale when I chop or cook than to have to mess with measuring them in cups or estimating. I'm also the kind of person who found logging much more burdensome when I had to guess with the cup entries and the like and didn't have an easy exact number to plug in for meat than when I can just weigh and use that.

However, I don't think you need to weigh to lose, obviously. I wasn't having a problem losing (I also still had a pretty large deficit, so wiggle room) when I switched.

I'm mainly popping in to say I don't see why the focus on weighing would scare people off. When I first saw people talking about it I thought they were nuts and that estimating was fine (I still think this is true for many--I think the key benefit of logging for me is making myself be mindful and weighing and precision just makes it more fun). I never thought I couldn't calorie count or use the MFP tool if I didn't weigh, however.

I think the bigger problem with the MFP tool are the many terrible entries and that some people don't seem to realize that many of them are inaccurate or useless when they first start logging, not weighing vs. estimating. But also some people are just better estimators than others or less likely to assume the number is lower than reality. If you are someone prone to, say, wishful thinking, that should be something you take into account in deciding what tools you need to do this.

isulo_kura wrote: »

Rockin2014 wrote: »

I started my weight loss journey 10 weeks ago. In these 10 weeks I have lost 10kg (22lbs) just as planned. However, I hardly ever weigh my food. I measure with cups, spoons and my eyeballs and each and every week I have met my target. If I am eating something I've never had before and which I find impossible to figure out I will weigh it (if I'm at home).
I sometimes wonder whether the focus on weighing your food is to big on MFP and I believe it may scare many people away because they find it too much of a hassle.

Anyone else not weigh and still see great results?

When you get nearer your goal and your deficit is smaller the margin for error is much less so at that point you may need to start weighing. So it may be better to start now because it will be easier to get into the habit, but whatever works for you

This. If you get down to losing .5 lb a week, and not weighing food introduces an error equivalent to .25 pounds a week, then you may see some verrrrrrry slow progress vs. what's expected.

Rockin2014 wrote: »

I started my weight loss journey 10 weeks ago. In these 10 weeks I have lost 10kg (22lbs) just as planned. However, I hardly ever weigh my food. I measure with cups, spoons and my eyeballs and each and every week I have met my target. If I am eating something I've never had before and which I find impossible to figure out I will weigh it (if I'm at home).
I sometimes wonder whether the focus on weighing your food is to big on MFP and I believe it may scare many people away because they find it too much of a hassle.

Anyone else not weigh and still see great results?

Starting out, when I had a lot to lose, I also got away with just using measuring cups, package serving size recommendations (serving of chips is 11 chips etc). However, once I got close to my maintenance range I had to buy a food scale because I had to become a lot more accurate with my measuring, in order to keep losing the last few pounds. I've been in maintenance for two years now and I've found that I have to use my food scale as part of my maintenance plan.

jrline wrote: »

I have never weighed my food

I always weigh my food.



If weighing works, weigh. If it works without it, don't.