Am I the only one who doesn't count or measure?
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aprilflower18232 wrote: »billieljaime wrote: »no youre not the only person, there will come a time you will need to do so though.
Why? I don't think it's going to happen, lol
There's no reason it should have to.0 -
Again, I was not saying counting is bad..I was simply asking if anyone else doesn't0
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It's working for you so keep doing what is working... If that fails at some point, join the crowd...
The scale didn't move much for me until I started keeping score... So I doubt your method will ever work here, but hey, we are all different. Keep moving forward!!0 -
aprilflower18232 wrote: »reading the boards I sometimes feel as though I am the only one who does not count calories or measure my food. I mean I know about how many calories I eat daily but I have never really counted and I never measure or weigh my food. I am not criticizing those who do, we all have our own journeys but I just feel like I'm in the minority.
I measure and weigh and estimate. Im sure Im off with about 100 to 150 calories per day, give or take but Im losing 1-2 pounds per week so clearly it's still working,0 -
OP. judging by your profile picture you are doing it right...obviously. You look amazing.0
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karintalley wrote: »OP. judging by your profile picture you are doing it right...obviously. You look amazing.
Thank you!0 -
I've never weighed or measured anything. I definitely count my calories though. I've lost 41lbs which has surpassed my goal weight. Not knocking weighing & measuring though. I certainly understand why it works & is important. I just didn't need to do it.0
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I used to track everything. Then about 2 months ago I stopped and just eyeballed. I was still losing, but it definitely slowed down. So this past week I started tracking again (although when I eat out at non chains it sure makes it difficult) and weight loss has picked back up again. After measuring and tracking again I can tell that I was eating more than I thought I was when I wasnt tracking.0
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Yes, you are the only one.
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I've never weighed anything. I only measure very high calorie items like olive oil, butter, nuts.
I lost most (about 2/3) of my weight without even counting calories, and started counting here mainly because I became more interested in nutrition and wanted to play around with different macro levels.
Whatever works for you is great, and you obviously found your method so stick with it. You've done a great job.0 -
aprilflower18232 wrote: »reading the boards I sometimes feel as though I am the only one who does not count calories or measure my food. I mean I know about how many calories I eat daily but I have never really counted and I never measure or weigh my food. I am not criticizing those who do, we all have our own journeys but I just feel like I'm in the minority.
Do you want to lose weight? Are you losing weight?
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aprilflower18232 wrote: »reading the boards I sometimes feel as though I am the only one who does not count calories or measure my food. I mean I know about how many calories I eat daily but I have never really counted and I never measure or weigh my food. I am not criticizing those who do, we all have our own journeys but I just feel like I'm in the minority.
April I think most do not count in the real world but it seems to work for those who do.
As others have said what works for one is the best method. I eat out most all of the time so there is really no way plus this time around I evolved into a low carb high fat eating lifestyle to manage my pain. Thankfully picking out of fats do not gain like when I abused carbs like crazy. When I want to drop some weight I just do not eat after 5 PM unless it is like green tea and celery at this time of evening. I do eat at bedtime when just maintaining but it will just be fats and not carbs and protein.
I find young healthy people can eat about any way they want and get away with it but at 64 it does not work that way for me any longer. Major drop in pain, 40 years of IBS gone, better energy and sleep plus not as mean as a junk yard dog keeps me LCHF.
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aprilflower18232 wrote: »reading the boards I sometimes feel as though I am the only one who does not count calories or measure my food. I mean I know about how many calories I eat daily but I have never really counted and I never measure or weigh my food. I am not criticizing those who do, we all have our own journeys but I just feel like I'm in the minority.
well...you are on a calorie counting website.
I myself no longer keep a diary or count calories...but...you are in fact on a calorie counting website...so suffice it to say, most people are going to be counting...seems kind of like a no *kitten* sherlock moment to me.0 -
If you are losing / maintaining / gaining weight as per your objective then you've got it sorted and it really doesn't matter if you're a minority or not
If you were having issues it would be an easy, and obvious, solution
I'm a numbers geek ...I like the counting part0 -
I log my food and count calories but I don't measure anything and I've lost about 15lbs since March so if whatever you're doing is working for, keep doing it.0
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I weigh and measure everything. Always. I always have my phone with me so it is easy to do.0
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I have in the past, but am not currently. I am 5'6" and about 142, I am 40 & it would be really hard to lose much more weight & still feel like I wasn't starving myself. The highest I've ever gotten is about 150, I'm hear more for the message boards.0
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I didn't used to weigh most things and I lost 66lbs after my 2nd baby (all my baby weight and then some). I think I must've been good at guesstimating! I bought a digital food scale when I was pregnant with my third. It's actually just died so I need a new battery, but I do weigh pretty much everything now. I have to say with weighing everything I am losing weight at exactly the same rate after baby no.3 as I did after baby no.2 when I didn't weigh everything. I don't eat back exercise calories though so I guess I have a bigger margin for error!0
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