Advice on Leaving MFP

ck2307
ck2307 Posts: 21 Member
edited December 4 in Food and Nutrition
My fitness pal has been a great resource in my health/weight loss journey- especially with keeping track of macros and nutrition. However, it's become a compulsion and while it is serving me well as far as nutrition goes, I do not believe that it is healthy for me to continue logging daily. It is causing my eating habits to become a bit of an obsession. I am looking to leave MFP while still continuing to live a healthy lifestyle. I am concerned about regressing back into bad habits and negating all of my progress. I was wondering if anyone has done this successfully/is in the process of doing this? How do you make sure that you're eating right without logging everything?

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    You may want to check the Maintaining Weight section, as there are a couple of recent threads about no longer logging food. Here is one:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10461449/weighing-and-logging-forever/p1
  • loseitin_2016
    loseitin_2016 Posts: 21 Member
    It may work for awhile but if you do go back to your old habits especially without an exercise plan the weight will come back on slowly if you aren't careful.However I'm sure there are people who lose weight w/o tracking every day.I don't happen to be one of the however.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    If my behaviour is becoming obsessive, I take an mfp break, and then come back to it. For example, if I won't eat something if I don't know the calories, that's a step towards trouble. Mfp is a tool and it's up to the user to keep its use positive.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Have you developed healthy habits? Just keep on keepin' on...you don't need a computer or app to for good livin'

    This! He's maintaining without. I'm maintaining without. If you have developed healthy habits, and understand portion sizes you don't need an app. Good luck!
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    Honestly, I don't use the app now and I don't keep a log. I do keep track of my calories throughout the day. It isn't difficult. Also, while it is certainly effective, it isn't absolutely necessary to count calories if you make smart choices and follow healthy habits. Just watch for pitfalls and keep track of your weight. If it starts going back up, do you what you need to do.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I've been maintaining without logging and did it for years before (gaining weight wasn't due to not logging, it was due to some other factors). I think it's important to eat in a mindful way and to find other ways to keep an eye on portions and make sure you aren't going overboard. For me what helps is eating according to habits -- mostly I have a sense of the kinds of meals I like to eat, don't normally eat between meals, and when I do (or have a special unusual day) I keep it as a rare thing, not something that creeps into most days.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    I like my mfp obsession. I have some great friends and without them, I'd probably lose focus.

    You might try a week or so off and see how you're doing.

    I use a DQS app by Matt Fitzgerald. I think it was 1$. No calories, just Quality Score. It's fairly easy to use.
  • DM01234
    DM01234 Posts: 317 Member
    I would have left a long time ago if it weren't for my friends. If you have "turned the page" and know what to do, this isn't necessary for weight loss or fitness. I do find my friends inspiring, enjoy lurking in the forums so that's why I still hang on.
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