What makes you stick to your calories?

Encoreenfois
Encoreenfois Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What is it that helps you on a day to day basis not to go over your calories?
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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    the fact i dont want to be fat

    and exercise. cause i love to eat ;)
  • adamjackson213
    adamjackson213 Posts: 12 Member
    edited May 2015
    Being very weary of what I eat. Record everything and I mean EVERYTHING that you eat.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    1. Wanting to lose weight
    2. Pre-logging my whole day
  • shifterbrainz
    shifterbrainz Posts: 245 Member
    Changed food's role in my life. I am now eating to live instead of living to eat. BIG difference!!! and when you understand it, many, many things become clear :neutral:
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Encoreenfois wrote: »
    What is it that helps you on a day to day basis not to go over your calories?

    I don't want to gain weight and get fat again.
  • nxiety
    nxiety Posts: 84 Member
    Habit at this point.

    At first pre-logging helped immensely. Planning out your day food wise makes it more obvious that eating is a requirement for living and not something to necessarily be done for enjoyment or even boredom. That changed my mindset about it tremendously.
  • getup25
    getup25 Posts: 119 Member
    A recent 4.5 day stay on the cardiac floor of my local hospital. It certainly was an eye-opener. I need to lose about 40 lbs to be a healthy BMI.
  • slp51
    slp51 Posts: 201 Member
    For me, it's living a healthy lifestyle so I'll live longer and be happier. I'm not "fat" but have about five more lbs I want to lose. When I lose those five lbs and go into maintenance, I'll still log calories, because the worst thing would be to gain it all back!!!

  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    think about wearing my clothes that are all fitted and no stretchy waist, be out of them in a heart beat 10-15 lbs would do it
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    Habit
  • NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner
    NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner Posts: 1,018 Member
    I don't want to be fat any more. So I'm working it. Lol
  • LBuehrle8
    LBuehrle8 Posts: 4,044 Member
    Really thinking before I eat- and I pre-log and exercise too!
  • gabrielleelliott90
    gabrielleelliott90 Posts: 854 Member
    Habit, determination to get to my target weight, the belief I am not thin enough. However I'm being quite ironic because right now I'm binging. So tomorrow I will get back on track.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    shifterbrainz wrote: »
    Changed food's role in my life. I am now eating to live instead of living to eat. BIG difference!!! and when you understand it, many, many things become clear :neutral:

    Exactly!!!
  • Ocrgrrrl
    Ocrgrrrl Posts: 189 Member
    Call me weird, but I get a strange satisfaction out of closing my diary and staying just under my calorie goal. I also find it fun to get creative about what I want to eat and making it fit. I don't see it as an inconvenience or hassle at all. I know that sticking to my goals will get me the body I feel confident in for swim suit season!
  • Justygirl77
    Justygirl77 Posts: 385 Member
    Encoreenfois wrote: »
    What is it that helps you on a day to day basis not to go over your calories?

    Eating lots of veggies and fiber and protein. I feel completely satisfied!
    Having treats after a meal like dark chocolate or tea w/stevia satisfies my sweet tooth.
  • trina1049
    trina1049 Posts: 593 Member
    Encoreenfois wrote: »
    What is it that helps you on a day to day basis not to go over your calories?

    Fear.
    Fear of slipping back into an unhealthy lifestyle.
    Fear of having to take more meds.
    Fear of grossing myself out with uncontrolled eating.
    Fear I'll gain weight again and won't enjoy my old age.

    So happy I've made the change with the help of MFP.
  • JordisTSM
    JordisTSM Posts: 359 Member
    I want the weight gone a lot more than I want the extra calories. Being a healthy weight > a bag of doritos.
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    1.broccoli
    2.exercise
    3.never ever want to be obese again.
  • junestarrr
    junestarrr Posts: 52 Member
    It makes me feel great when I log ALL my calories for the day and it tells me how much I'll weigh in 5 weeks. Really puts things into perspective for me. :)
  • SteveMFP123
    SteveMFP123 Posts: 298 Member
    Gaining the weight back scares the life out of me.
  • junestarrr
    junestarrr Posts: 52 Member
    And also make sure to eat a lot of protein bc it'll fill you up and not make you so hungry. I get mine from greek yogurt, eggs, lean meat, lentils, etc...
  • sexysize12
    sexysize12 Posts: 105 Member
    My desire to be healthy
    Fit, not out of breath
    fit and feel better in my clothes
    Get off my blood sugar medicine :);):p:*
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    Pre-logging helps me immensely. I leave some calories unplanned for spontaneous snacks, but I pre-log all my meals, often five or six days ahead of time. I don't know what it is, but having everything already recorded really helps me stick with it.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    My desire to not be fat again is stronger than my desire to go over my calories.
  • melissaw78
    melissaw78 Posts: 214 Member
    Concentrating on the things that I need to ADD to my diet to make sure I get enough of, meaning protein, fiber and water. Doing that somewhat naturally makes me avoid the "bad" stuff because I am often too full after that.
  • jgoji
    jgoji Posts: 2 Member
    Encoreenfois wrote: »
    What is it that helps you on a day to day basis not to go over your calories?

    Cooking as much as I can at home and being as exact as I possibly can on my portions helps quite a bit, getting enough exercise also helps.

    Something else that I've found to help when I have to eat out is to pre-check calories and macros in the food database on the fitness app (I use two apps) to see what a particular item has for calories and macros.
    if what I want doesn't come up in either database, I don't get that item... Unless it's a cheat meal. :)
  • ElizabethsData
    ElizabethsData Posts: 1 Member
    Exercise, strangely enough, because I am working so hard that I don't want to waste all that effort.

    And a high protein, high fat, low carb, whole foods diet really helps to cut down on cravings and leaves me feeling satiated enough to eat (at least) a few hundred calories less each day than I would otherwise.
  • SwordLadySilence
    SwordLadySilence Posts: 3 Member
    Encoreenfois wrote: »
    What is it that helps you on a day to day basis not to go over your calories?

    The fact that when I stopped logging calories last summer and guessed, I gained nearly all 20 lbs back. And spreading the food out throughout the day. If I eat a big meal early, I'm still hungry later, and more likely go over my goal. If I forget to eat in the morning, I'm not hungry for all of the calories I still need in the afternoon/evening. So I have to have the small meal in the morning, medium lunch, and then I design supper to fit whatever calories I have left.

    Except on workout days. Workout days I eat WHATEVER I want, because I cannot possibly overrun my calorie limit after teaching martial arts for 3 hours and participating for 3 more.
  • blossomingbutterfly
    blossomingbutterfly Posts: 743 Member
    Meal prep in advance.
    And the red scares me. lol

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