Food Log

It's about being honest with yourself. No one will see your entries but you :-)!
Try searching on the web for 1200-1500 calorie meal plans to give you suggestions :-).
Best wishes!

allisonthompson6 wrote: »

Oh good lord, now that would call for some organization! Never thought of that one

wow

It just takes me 3.5 minutes to sit down with my coffee after diner and prelog my food.

Just some minutes that's all

Put your alarm on 5 minutes earlier a day!

Also once you've logged for a few weeks you'll generally find that you are eating the same things, so they'll be in your recent foods list. One thing I find easy to do is make say 3 days' salads to take to work - so I'll rinse, chop, weigh and put in 3 separate bowls then I know I'm eating the same thing each day - you can just copy the day's entries to the following day, amending whatever has changed (for instance, whatever protein accompanies the salad that day). It's really easier than you think especially once you get over the initial week or so. Good luck

allisonthompson6 wrote: »

I can use my fitbit to make sure I walk my target steps, I have no problem logging in my 64oz of water, I can log in my yoga time, but for some reason, I just can't seem to log in my food!!! I KNOW that's my biggest problem, but just can't seem to overcome it. Any suggestions?

Pre-log. Log it before you eat it. That was the only way I got to where I am. I would not eat something until I had weighed and logged it. I would log my lunch as I packed it in the morning. I would log my dinner while it was cooking. If we were eating out on the weekend, I'd look up the menu, decide what I wanted to eat, and log it.

Suggestions on overcoming logging food is a pretty simple solution!! Chances are you have an idea of what you eat for breakfast everyday and if you have any kind of meal plan you might even know what's for dinner. Log it!

Phew. Glad we got that covered. It's not hard.

Sandcastles61 wrote: »

Let me guess..... If logging your food is too much effort, weighing it before you eat it must be torture?? Weight loss happens in the kitchen, while working out benefits overall health. I have 3 or 4 prprelogged breakfasts, my standard salads, and numerous meals I enjoy . Easy peasy, you go to your diary, hit meals, choose the preentered favorite of the day, push add selected.... Done.

To complicate it a bit, then I weigh the individual ingredients as I build the actual meal, change the weight to reflect the actual that day or delete an item if I am not including it that time and push enter a second time. Realistically, it just takes moments.

Best wishes

Ummm...Weight Loss happens both in the kitchen and in the gym. Hate to break it to you, but it's Calories In, Calories Out. IF you're burning a bunch of calories in the gym, you will lose weight. Both are important, but it's not at all accurate to imply that one can't alter either side of the equation to create the deficit. #justsayin

btkennett wrote: »

Sandcastles61 wrote: »

Let me guess..... If logging your food is too much effort, weighing it before you eat it must be torture?? Weight loss happens in the kitchen, while working out benefits overall health. I have 3 or 4 prprelogged breakfasts, my standard salads, and numerous meals I enjoy . Easy peasy, you go to your diary, hit meals, choose the preentered favorite of the day, push add selected.... Done.

To complicate it a bit, then I weigh the individual ingredients as I build the actual meal, change the weight to reflect the actual that day or delete an item if I am not including it that time and push enter a second time. Realistically, it just takes moments.

Best wishes

Ummm...Weight Loss happens both in the kitchen and in the gym. Hate to break it to you, but it's Calories In, Calories Out. IF you're burning a bunch of calories in the gym, you will lose weight. Both are important, but it's not at all accurate to imply that one can't alter either side of the equation to create the deficit. #justsayin

Not if you aren't aware of how much you're eating.

OP, it takes at most two minutes for me to log a meal. I've been doing it for a year and a half and it's second nature now.

I'm seeing a lack of empathy here so I'll put in my two cents.
I had a really hard time logging my food at first because it was so foreign to me. I was always athletic growing up so I never paid attention to what I ate or how much of it because I didn't need to, I was healthy and in great shape by default.
As I got older athletics became less and less a part of my life and I started slowly gaining weight. Over 8 years I gained 50 lbs. So I decided I had to do something about it.
The first time I tried logging my food on here was a complete failure. I was excited about it but it did take a lot of time and effort because I wasn't used to it. I'm on my second go-round now and I've logged my food every day for 50 days in a row.
I do it by planning out everything I'm going to eat the night before and plugging it in. If there are changes that occur throughout the day then I modify it as I go on my phone or that night before I plan the next day's meals.
You can do it, it just needs to become a priority. It is still a pain in the butt for me but I do it every day because I am getting results. I am losing weight and feeling so much better mentally and physically. If you want tips or need a friend or whatevs PM me. Good Luck on your journey!