Do you still count calories?

I can't see myself ever giving up calorie counting. I enjoy it and it has become an ingrained habit which takes but a few minutes a day..

I do count and log but I am not as obsessive as I used to be. I am pretty good now estimating amounts and keeping my weight under control. I think that not having a sweet tooth or a binge problem has been very helpful to me. I was away from MFP for over 6 months just watching portions and keeping up with my fitness and I was able to keep my weight within my 2lbs self impose allowance. I do get tired of logging sometimes so I take a break to keep my sanity. By the way, I have been in maintenance for almost 5 yeas.

I used to be extremely obsessive about it when I was really into my disordered eating habits but over time I've learned to teach myself not to worry so much about it, just focus on what you're actually putting into your body and deciding if it's good for you or not.

I still know the calories of everything I eat though, it's annoying because in the back of my head I'll be calculating how much calories my breakfast is in the back of my head. I urge you not to take calorie counting so seriously because I feel the effects will last me a lifetime.

I only need to calorie count at this point because I'm doing a lot of running and if I don't eat back enough calories I'll lose weight, which I don't want.
I've logged for years, with a few breaks during which I actually lost a tiny bit of weight, so I feel I'm familiar enough with the estimated calorie counts of things that I could manage fine without it, unless I'm training for races, because you feel so rubbish when you aren't fuelling yourself correctly.

I've been maintaining for about a year and a half and I plan to count indefinitely. I have seen so many people in "real" life and on this site, who gained back after they quit counting, or because they got tired of monitoring their food. Most people who lose weight gain it back, I want to be the exception to that.

Always will. Have to.

I tracked on WW pretty much every day for 6 years and now track on MFP. Some people don't need to do it forever while others do. It becomes second nature after awhile. I won't necessarily track on holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. and I don't always go back and back-track certain nights out after the fact. I'll skip a day here and there. But I like tracking most of the time.

i learned enough while losing weight to no bother with counting in maintenance. I've maintained for over two years without counting.

I'm not in maintenance for another 4lbs, but I know for sure that I'm going to keep counting my calories. I see it as a necessity at this point. Like checking my bank account to make sure I have enough money to buy something.

Would think you'd have to. We all got over weight by not counting in the first place. Wouldn't you need to continue to countto be sure you aren't creating another surplus of calories?