missed one day in my 50 something streak
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Stressedby8
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I am so frustrated!! Had a busy busy day Saturday with out-of-town guests and totally forgot to log in my food. When I thought of it on Sunday, it was too late Now I am back to square one and only on a 2 day logging streak. I really liked seeing how many day I have been on this journey. Even though I haven't gained weight I feel like I am at square one
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You can manually go back and reset your streak if that helps you stay motivated. I know it can be interesting to see how long you've been using this program.
I think the directions are under FAQ on tech support.0 -
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this happened to me and I was bummed, I was at 90 days, but I will just keep up and try to remember to log at least some of my food and catch it up the next day if I need to. I didn't know about the reset.0
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thanks! I will get a reset because I technically did still log in, just the next day
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The first time this happened to me I was at 500+ days, and it happened because I had traveled to a time zone west of my home zone, leaving before breakfast and going right out for sight-seeing when I landed. By the time I was settled into my hotel room to log, it was past midnight in my home zone, and my 500+ day streak was gone, even though from my point of view I was still logging that same day.
I asked them to reset it, and they did, but it got me thinking that it was kind of silly to care what the counter said -- I knew I had logged every day for nearly 17 months, regardless of what the counter said. So the next time it happened I just shrugged. Plus, I'm not sure if they'll even provide that service anymore if you're not a premium customer, since all technical assistance seems to be limited to premium customers.0 -
Admittedly, I squee just a little as I see my streak continue to increase.
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Wait, so the streaks aren't necessarily streaks? Wow.0
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While the consecutive log-in days is nice, if I had my druthers I druther watch the number of pounds lost increase.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »Wait, so the streaks aren't necessarily streaks? Wow.
I lost my first 6 month streak due to the internet being out. We'd changed over to fiber-op, but the internet phone monkeys didn't actually change over the account until 4 days later. I lost about a year streak because of a hurricane (no power, no internet). Do I want my whole time on MFP shown when I log in? Hells yeah. I didn't know you could get TPTB to "fix" it until a couple months ago.
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I don't understand the point of resetting streaks. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a streak? It should say "total days on MFP," but I assumed the streak system was supposed to encourage people to log on daily.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »Wait, so the streaks aren't necessarily streaks? Wow.
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lemonsnowdrop wrote: »I don't understand the point of resetting streaks. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a streak? It should say "total days on MFP," but I assumed the streak system was supposed to encourage people to log on daily.
In over 1600 days I reset mine once...due to an MFP glitch.
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I was well into the 700s twice and reset mine. Once was a glitch, the other intentional. If it's forever, the "streak" doesn't really matter.0
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lemonsnowdrop wrote: »I don't understand the point of resetting streaks. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a streak? It should say "total days on MFP," but I assumed the streak system was supposed to encourage people to log on daily.
Since you get "credit" and your streak continues just for logging on, (i.e., just for showing up) and not for actually logging your food, I don't really see the point of the streak system at all anymore.0 -
i'm weird because i'll intentionally go a few days once in a while and not log in at all just to tell myself that i don't need to log my food if i don't want to. it's usually on a vacation or a weekend getaway where i might not be able to weigh and measure my food anyway.0
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I had a great streak going once, to log in at... 12:01am to log my food... D< I had JUST got home!0
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »lemonsnowdrop wrote: »I don't understand the point of resetting streaks. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a streak? It should say "total days on MFP," but I assumed the streak system was supposed to encourage people to log on daily.
Since you get "credit" and your streak continues just for logging on, (i.e., just for showing up) and not for actually logging your food, I don't really see the point of the streak system at all anymore.
Agreed. Except when someone's streak directly correlates with their consistency and results.
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MB_Positif wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »lemonsnowdrop wrote: »I don't understand the point of resetting streaks. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a streak? It should say "total days on MFP," but I assumed the streak system was supposed to encourage people to log on daily.
Since you get "credit" and your streak continues just for logging on, (i.e., just for showing up) and not for actually logging your food, I don't really see the point of the streak system at all anymore.
Agreed. Except when someone's streak directly correlates with their consistency and results.
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Only 50 days? If you were several hundred, and had an extenuating circumstance, MFP will gladly fix that But for only 50 days, well, there are probably 14,000 people who miss 50 days.0
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Stressedby8 wrote: »I am so frustrated!! Had a busy busy day Saturday with out-of-town guests and totally forgot to log in my food. When I thought of it on Sunday, it was too late Now I am back to square one and only on a 2 day logging streak. I really liked seeing how many day I have been on this journey. Even though I haven't gained weight I feel like I am at square one
Besides, it's not a journey, it's a lifestyle, so it doesn't matter how many days.0
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