Losing weight and not needing to weigh food

cee134 wrote: »

So what I'm hearing is your way is right and everyone should find it as easy to weigh as you do? And my way is wrong because it didn't work because I shared that I gained back my weight and had 100 lbs to lose, for reasons I didn't come close to sharing, but than was fat shamed at one point?

I could just as easily say I feel sorry for people who have 100+ pounds to lose to begin with but that isn't reflective of how I actually feel and it would be quite callous of me to do so.

This is the point of my whole post, there is more then one way to lose weight, and some people feel like they have to weigh when they don't. They are also way more likely to give up because of the hassle of weighing everything.

1. No, me choosing to weigh food isn't the only "right" way. It's pretty much the most accurate way to do things, but it's not the only way. People achieve weight loss in many ways such as high carb, low fat; low carb, high fat; extreme restriction of certain food groups; calorie counting; etc. Some of which aren't even necessary. Person A thinks to lose weight, they must ban donuts. After a month, they go on a dozen donut binge and give up with weight loss. If Person A knew about calorie counting and a food scale, they could have fit a few donuts into their weekly calories, thus making weight loss a lot easier on themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally.
2. You were "fat shamed" by me? No, you weren't. I wrote that I could say that I feel sorry for people with 100+ pounds to lose meaning that people who have more weight to lose have a higher margin of error to play with when it comes to calorie counting and, therefore, have less of a need to use a food scale than those with less weight to lose. I then went on to state that feeling sorry for people who have 100+ pounds to lose is not actually how I feel and it would be callous of me to feel that way. So what you did was took what you wanted to out of that and projected your own guilt onto it, even though your own initial post was judgmental and combative in nature. I don't pity people for their weight because there is nothing to pity; they are still the same person regardless of what their weight is on a scale.
   
   You say the point of your post was that there is more than one way to lose weight, but it really wasn't reflective of that at all. In fact, nothing in your initial post is indicative of you taking that stance. It's not just me interpreting it that way either; every other person that responded is taking your post the same way. I'm going to point out exactly how this reads to me:
   
   "I see some people making a 2nd job out of measuring and weighing. (Negative and judgmental feelings against people who weigh food.) When I lost 100 lbs in 2 - 3 years. I didn't weigh my food once. (I didn't have to do what THOSE people had to do.) I'm not saying it's not helpful at times. I did have an idea of my measurements (a cup of food was my most common) but eating healthy and giving myself alittle kcal cushion was what worked. (Fair point, but this still took measuring.) I feel sorry for those people that weigh everything, all the time. (I was able to get by with just a measuring cup and some calorie padding. I feel sorry for people who want to be more accurate about their calories. Also, no explanation as to why, you simply "feel sorry".)
   
   I know when you are closer to your goal weight it can make more of a difference. But after gaining back the weight I lost (in a 2 year span, for reasons like not logging at all) I have been able to lose another 30 lbs, still not weighing. (All right, so if you know it makes a difference when close to goal weight, there should be no feeling sorry for people. Less room for error calls for more precision. You gained back the weight you lost and relost 30, so you never had to deal with the precision issue.)
   
   I think sometimes people make too much of a deal about measuring. Has anyone measured their food and logged
   routinely for 8+ years? My concern is my goal, to eat healthy and do what I need to to lose weight and than keep it off, and be able to keep that up for decades (i.e. the rest of my life). I can't imagine weighing food for so long. I thought, after losing 100 lbs, I had an idea of portions, but it turns out I did not if I wasn't logging my food. (Weighing food gives many people the best idea of what actual portion sizes look like. This way when they do feel like taking off the "training wheels" so to speak, they have a better idea of how much they can eat without having to weigh, measure, log, or flat out guess.)"
   
   Nothing about this reads to me as "There are many ways to lose weight, but some people feel like they have to weigh food to get results. I feel like that would cause some people to give up." and if that was the intention of your post, it could have been written as such with follow up questions such as "Those of you who weigh your food, why do you feel that it is so helpful? Have you done it for an extended period of time? Has it ever made you feel like giving up?" This is in the debate section and there is nothing about your post that even calls for debate. It's just like "Hey, I didn't use a scale and lost some weight. I feel bad for people who use a food scale to lose weight. I couldn't imagine ever doing that. The End."