Quitting Logging Milestone
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nowine4me
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Today is the day. I will continue to weigh myself daily and track my weight. I will continue to use these forums and your wisdom for support. But I’m not going to log my food or track my calories while I’m in my maintenance range.
This is an awesome tool, but the logging part is keeping me in a “diet” mentality that I very much want to be free from. It feels like I’m flying blind — Wish me luck friends.
This is an awesome tool, but the logging part is keeping me in a “diet” mentality that I very much want to be free from. It feels like I’m flying blind — Wish me luck friends.
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Best of wishes sent your way.....
And, I agree. I do not use MFP for logging of anything. I use another method that works just swell for me. Everyone is different.4 -
Welcome to the dark side
I stopped tracking 9 months after I hit maintenance, but I still weigh myself every day, and I still plan my meals, so I still log, too, loosely. 10 -
Best of luck. I don't have that inner discipline to go without tracking help.6
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Great job! It took me a year and a half after I hit my goal to stop logging (just stopped a couple months ago), but I still track dinner just to keep things in check. I kinda figure my running will keep my calories balanced, and so far it's working.
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Great job! It took me a year and a half after I hit my goal to stop logging (just stopped a couple months ago), but I still track dinner just to keep things in check. I kinda figure my running will keep my calories balanced, and so far it's working.
Good to hear Jamie. It’s been about a year and a half in maintenance for me too. Thanks for the feedback.3 -
I may try it again, but not for a while. Weighing yourself daily makes it sound less risky. I hope it goes well for you!4
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I almost put the food scale away too, but decided against that. It will help keep portion creep in check.12
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I have experimented with trying to guess weight before putting it on the scale or trying to get out the right portion before weighing it and I can be off quite a bit. I am pretty good at cooked chicken often guessing within a couple of tenths of an ounce. I can pour a serving of cereal and be off 30%. I am almost embarrassed to say how far off I was on fresh pineapple; it was nearly double what I thought. Watermelon about 50% higher than I guessed. Those would be nearly harmless for most people but I eat a lot of fruit and melon and pineapple are a couple of my favorites. I get pretty close with apples and bananas. I usually serve myself too little rice or potatoes. I could easily be a couple of hundred off on a meal. I was off a hundred calories on a single piece of very rich chocolate cake a few days ago (Publix chocolate lover's delight; worth making room in the calorie budget on some rare special occasions).
EDIT - I logged the right amount on all these. I just tried guessing without weighing first.4 -
You can do it, buddy, and so can I. I got hideously over my calories Friday, and then again on Saturday, but I'm intent upon staying in my budget today and I'll resume weighing tomorrow.
In my household, all 4 of us are logging and trying now. I can't be the quitter now.6 -
Good luck! I am kinda halfway done logging lol. I do a lazy form of logging m-f (I don’t weigh and measure, just estimate) and then don’t log at all on the weekends. One of these days I hope to not log at all but it is a nice tool2
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Good luck, you got this! Glad you’re staying around here 3
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Wishing you the best of luck!
I'm in maintenance intending to log for the rest of my life, because for me it greatly simplifies tracking carbs for blood sugar control. Also, I can add up the calories of things like salad toppings much easier than I can guesstimate them. For me, a 300 calorie salad versus a 700 calorie salad is just a matter of a few little tweaks. But different people are different. I hope you find a way that works for you!5 -
Good luck and congratulations!
I’m only 6 weeks into maintenance and still logging and feel like I’m still on a diet. I’ve either been overweight or obese my entire life and I don’t expect 50 years of overeating to stop now. I’m hoping I will feel more confident in a year.5 -
Congratulations. I am sure you will be a successful non-logger.
Keep your food scale on hand but really concentrate on knowing your portion sizes for your most common foods.
I had about 6 months of weighing myself, weighing my food, and logging once I hit maintenance over 8 years ago.
The easiest thing to let go of was the logging. I had the calorie values for my most common foods, in the portion I ate them, still fresh in my mind so I ran a rough tally for quite some time.
Once I had a good visual of my portion sizes the scale got put away. It was brought out every few months to check portions were still within range.
After a while I basically stopped weighing myself. I go by the mirror and clothing fit most of the time and just jump on the scale if I feel a bit pudgy.
I am not adverse to getting back to logging if needed, and will usually do it for a week or two if things really change.
Make sure you update the thread with your non-logging progress over the next while.
Cheers, h.
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Good on you - it's good to experiment and calorie awareness doesn't go away just because you don't log.
Stopping food logging felt for me like the final part of maintenance being the new normal.
Daily weighing, a casual awareness of developing trends and a few tactics to reverse an upward trend have worked well for me.
Best of luck.
PS - the only things I use my food scales for now is baking and weighing the ingredients for my porridge so it is perfect every time and doesn't explode all over the microwave.6 -
I'm losing weight not logging... i hate it.. it's great to do for a while for self education on calories. but.. does make food a hassle and it should be a joy. i've seen you posting good advice for a long time now.. i hope not logging works for you and you can be more free.3
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Day one was liberating and it’s the first day in a month I’ve not had an urge to binge. I’ve been hanging on so tight for two and a half years, it’s liberating to let go, yet know there’s this amazing community to lean on when needed. Thanks y’all for that.18
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Sending well wishes your way! I hope the not logging works out well.2
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Congrarulations! I reached my goal weight (gaining) right before I went on vacation in March, so I just stopped logging since. I am still gaining a bit, but I am fine with that since I know exactly where I can make tweaks overtime. It's so liberating, and I hope it works for you!2
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Awesome! I tried mindful eating in March and ended losing weight so I went back to logging. I want to try mindful eating again here soon. Good luck!2
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