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MissMetal696
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well I have been eating fairly healthy for a week now, exercise soon to come after good eating habits have set in. I find it hard to log what I eat daily, to me I think is there a point if you're watching what you eat and read labels all the time? I would love to take that extra 30 seconds to add to my tracker daily but sometimes it's annoying. Does anyone else feel this way?
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Nope, I want to lose weight, so it's worth the whole 10 minutes a day that it takes to log my food...8
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TavistockToad wrote: »Nope, I want to lose weight, so it's worth the whole 10 minutes a day that it takes to log my food...
This^
You can read labels & eat healthy (whatever your definition is) AND gain weight. These kinds of threads happen all the time; people who expect food choices to result in weight loss.
I NEED portion control. I spent too many years eating too many calories. Logging is my reality check.5 -
Logging is my reality check! DITTO!
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Well worth it in the long run.
Starting on my 3rd week today, down -8 pounds.3 -
I tend to prelog. I think about what I'm going to eat, and estimate portions. That way I have an idea of areas I need to work on. Such as am I low on protein? Does my breakfast/lunch not leave me enough room for dinner? And then as the day goes on, I edit quantities or make changes as necessary.
It takes less time, the more you log. Why? Well, 2 reasons that I can think of. First you get better at it, more efficient. Second MFP saves your recently used foods. I tend to eat alot of the same things over & over again, so having them in my history means those entries come up when I start typing the name of an item.4 -
Yes, logging helps me out. I have found i eat close to the same thing everyday. So, Ive saved my "work lunch", "work breakfast", and "work snack" to make it a little easier.1
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I don't think I'd have ever got to goal if I hadn't have logged consistently.... however 4 years on I no longer need to log as its instinctive/habit now to know how much/what to eat (haven't logged food in over a year and still maintaining nicely).1
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I also pre-log, usually the night before, just so I can tweak where needed. I find it much easier than logging at each meal or snack and it helps me keep on track.3
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LifeLongFoodLvr wrote: »MissMetal696 wrote: »well I have been eating fairly healthy for a week now, exercise soon to come after good eating habits have set in. I find it hard to log what I eat daily, to me I think is there a point if you're watching what you eat and read labels all the time? I would love to take that extra 30 seconds to add to my tracker daily but sometimes it's annoying. Does anyone else feel this way?
Um no. MFP is a calorie counting site.
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Use a food scale0
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it can be tedious but I have to do it to keep going and get it right. I just discoved the scanner so I love that lol.0
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I'm on a calorie logging site, logging calories and I'm down 125 lbs because of it. I don't mind taking a few extra minutes out of my day for that result.1
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Weight loss is a little annoying. Either do it, or don't. If you lose weight without tracking-great. But if you're stuck, log log log.0
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I pre-log as well, and don't mind. It's like a game of Tetris. How can I exactly meet my calories, while getting as close as possible on the macros I care about? Sort of fun.2
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The majority of time I spend on logging is when I'm cooking/prepping (I batch cook/prep into pre-portioned amounts)- after that I just have to select from my recipe list. It's so easy to over eat when not logging.0
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Some days I pre-log some days I just enter as I go. Either way logging is a very freeing for me. I don't have to guess. I don't have to wonder. There is no angst towards the end of the day as to where I am at with my goal. Ultimately it is very freeing and completely lightens the mental load of the food and beverage portion of creating a healthy lifestyle.1
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I have eaten "fairly healthy" my whole life. That didn't stop me from eating more than I needed and getting to almost 200 pounds. Logging may be kind of tedious for the first couple of weeks, but once you start doing it it gets a lot easier. There will always be people who don't need to log, but I am not one of them.0
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I find that it is necessary and helpful...I didn't get to over 200 pounds by being aware of how much I was eating, despite eating "healthy." So far I have lost 75 pounds and I attribute it to weighing, measuring and logging religiously. It takes just a few minutes and helps me stay on track. I plan to continue this much of the rest of my life. Helps me be accountable to me!!0
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It was annoying at first. It gets less time consuming. I also pre-log either the night before or in the morning. It takes 5 minutes out of time I'd be browsing facebook. If it's too much of a pain for you to log your food, then just do things your way and see how it works out. What's the point of using a calorie counting tool if you're not going to count? A quick browse through success stories will show you that this works. Your way isn't going to teach you portion control. You can still eat too much healthy food. Plenty of people have gained weight eating fairly healthy. So, if eating intuitively fails you, come back and try it our way. It takes a little more time, but it's like a muscle. Things get easier the more you flex it.4
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I gained weight eating healthy. Logging helps me keep my calories in check. Totally worth the tiny amount of time I do it each day.0
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