Taking a week break from logging food - What results have YOU had from a logging break?
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anewell28
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I just was curious of what a week break from logging has done for different people and what mentality they have had going into it. What eating habits did they notice or scale change etc. happened?
Just looking for an interesting discussion!
Just looking for an interesting discussion!
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Weight gain23
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I didn't log most of my life and maintained a weight at the lower end of the BMI scale. I only started logging here really because I became very interested in the data and because I was heavily into fitness and training. It is more a habit thing now than anything else, and perhaps, because I am not sure I currently wish to go back up to my 'regular' weight.3
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Weight gain.5
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Depends whether you mean not logging but still being conscious of what you're eating, or not logging and not worrying about cals at all. Two very different things.
A third thing is a structured diet break, eating at maintenance, but still logging. If you just wanted the mental benefits, you could just do a week, but for the full physiological benefits you really need 10-14 days. More on what, how and why here: https://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html/ Even just as practice for maintenance, this is an excellent tool.
I recently did a 10 day diet break, lost weight.13 -
Rapid expansion.8
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Maintenance.
I don't find maintenance without logging at all hard. Even when I was fat I was still maintaining - just at the wrong weight. You can still be calorie aware without food logging.9 -
Nothing different. Sometimes significant weight loss in the beginning of I wasn't careful1
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The only time I have really gone "off the reservation" since joining a little over a year ago were vacations. During these times I don't log and drop off the radar to my friends list entirely except for a couple people who I now know outside of MFP. Do I gain a few pounds? Yup. Do I care? Nope.
It's not like I do not know how to lose them again, and I do just that. It's good to take some time away from routine, eat some great food, hang out with friends in an exotic locale, and party my nuts off. It's called living life. Besides, since I am good 99% of the time in my day to day life, those 2 weeks of PTO I get each year are a drop in the bucket in the grand scope.11 -
i maintained for a year without logging anything. want to lose the rest of the weight, so stated back up recently.4
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Weight gain1
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Always weight gain1
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I've managed to lose almost 33 pounds now without logging or using a food scale different things work for different people.3
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It depends. I've stopped logging because I was out of internet range but still being careful of my intake and lost weight and I've had bad periods where I've stopped logging and gained weight. I've also stopped logging and just maintained my weight for a while. In general it depends on the person, what their goals are and how accountable they're able to be to themselves whilst not logging. One size doesn't fit all (not even within one person!)3
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Took a week break due to stress and ended up gaining weight. Was eating out most of the time in that week and I couldn't really estimate the calories ate.1
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Lesscookies wrote: »I've managed to lose almost 33 pounds now without logging or using a food scale different things work for different people.
It's because you have a good eye for it. You are still honest with yourself. More so than I am when I don't log.. I wish I didn't need to log my food.2 -
Weight gain for me as well, but if I'm logging "in my head" I can manage a week without weight gain.2
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I still logged but when I went on vacation for two weeks last month, I upped my calorie intake--I set MFP to 1 lb. per week instead of 2 lbs. to lose. Actually I changed it the week before--so I ate 500 calories more (at least) for three weeks. I changed it because I was stressed out the week before my vacation and found that I was not eating well--I was undereating because I was so stressed that I could not get my food organized. It was worth it. It took the pressure off for that week, and while on vacation I did not feel deprived or worried if I had some drinks or food that I couldn't log. I basically maintained for that time. I did lose .5 lbs. for the two weeks I was on vacation, but I had a few days of wine tasting, parties, etc. I did log but I don't think I was very accurate for those days. I've been back on the 2 lbs. per week and lost over 3 lbs. in the last two weeks, so I'm pretty happy to be back on track.
I would recommend that you decrease your weight loss goals for a week or two, or eat at maintenance but keep logging, if you feel you need a break.0 -
I will be at Disney World from the 19th-26th. I probably won't be logging while I am there, but I will be conscious of what I am eating. We plan to share meals, and we will have healthy foods in our room & backpacks. Lots of walking and water, water, water.0
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