Does anyone else find it so boring and uninspiring to keep track of all your meals/calories.

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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,662 Member
    @vegasgirl0825 are you my doppelgänger?
  • beulah81
    beulah81 Posts: 168 Member
    edited March 2020
    @spiriteagle99 I had to Google doppelgänger. I like the sound and meaning.😊

    Not wanting to sound redundant, I find logging freeing and not at all burdensome. I like to "spend" within my means. The only way to know how much I spend is to log, write down or keep a tab in my head. The app makes it easier to log. If for some reason I am in the place with no internet I still keep track of my CICO. Once you learn the "ropes" it takes minimal effort and time.
  • sammidelvecchio
    sammidelvecchio Posts: 791 Member
    Kind of .... I don't know that i've ever been bored with it, but it can be frustrating and tedious, especially when you aren't seeing the progress you hope for. Of course there is a means to the end, but some days I just resent having to log my food. Especially if you are in a cycle of disordered eating, or practice self-hate - there can be really hard days coming to terms with logging meals.

    I hope you keep trying and find a way to make it fit in your life where it feels helpful and worth it!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,600 Member
    No.

    There are lots of things that I routinely do that are more boring and uninspiring than food logging, even though I'm now retired so mostly can do what I want to, and no longer even have one of those inconvenient job things that takes up hours and hours every day, some of which were boring and uninspiring. Plus, the 10-15 (max) daily that I spend logging has kept me at a healthy weight for almost 5 years now, and it was much more boring and uninspiring to be obese every single second of every day for the preceding 3 decades or so.

    Adulthood has moments of necessary tedium. I'd suggest learning to find ways to feel happier while doing the necessary ones, or your life is going to be one of (1) quite boring and uninspiring stuff really often, or (2) generally unsuccessful in practical terms.

    If weight loss (or other weight management) is your goal, you don't to have log your food to do it. It's just one relatively straightforward way, but there are others. Maybe one of them will suit you better. I hope you can find one.
  • Khartman6
    Khartman6 Posts: 31 Member
    Put in the work, it's good to have it documented so you can look back and see what does and doesn't work for you.
  • Annie42019
    Annie42019 Posts: 85 Member
    edited March 2020
    It’s literally 5 min a day for me. And I too mostly prelog and then adjust. I find it fun. But no matter what it takes such a small amount of time that I can’t imagine caring even if I found it boring. I’ve logged every day for a bit under 2 years. On my birthday the log was “birthday 6000 calories” ( lol....I just ate as much of anything I wanted. It’s my only cheat day). 73 pounds gone and have maintained for 11 months now.
  • asthesoapturns
    asthesoapturns Posts: 313 Member
    I find it reassuring. Since I plan my meals in advance, it's not hard to just input them, and seeing I can eat what I like and still stay under calories wise makes me feel I can actually keep this up.
  • MrsSylvie
    MrsSylvie Posts: 301 Member
    not when i first started and had a weight loss to meet, i actually enjoyed doing so then but, once i did meet my goal and was just maintaining my weight, i did end up getting blah about logging everything and just stopped doing so...bad move cause i am now back to lose them 24lbs all over again cause well my eyes and brain weren’t very good at keeping myself in check like logging my meals here was.. Don’t give up, yes at first it is tedious & kinda boring doing so but, once you get your repeat foods & repeat meals logged in, it’s not that bad to log everyday, especially since you can use the quick tool and copy from your prior days to help speed things along..
  • summery79
    summery79 Posts: 116 Member
    Logging definitely takes far less time than it did way back in the beginning. I find it provides the extra bit of accountability that I need.
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    It’s a habit you have to form. It’s not fun but it really helps me see things I need to work on or whether I can make room for something that’s a s of treat. More you do it more you learn the tricks
  • stephaniemarie2
    stephaniemarie2 Posts: 39 Member
    I like closing out my diary at night and it telling me what I may weigh in 5 weeks.
  • OHFlamingo
    OHFlamingo Posts: 239 Member
    Not at all! I find it interesting, and it hardly takes anytime at all. Also, I weigh everything in Metric units, so I finally am getting a good understanding of the Metric System,
  • unstableunicorn
    unstableunicorn Posts: 216 Member
    To each their own. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Logging doesn’t bother me in the least beyond being exhausting when my depression is bad. Take away that factor and I look forward to the sense of accomplishment.

    What *does* get aggravating is having to prepare separate meals for Hubby & me in order to track accurately.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Boring is an interesting way to describe it. I never expected logging my food and figuring up calories to necessarily be "exciting" so the fact that it's a little boring was never a disappointment to me. Keeping a budget is not exciting, nor is paying bills or brushing my teeth but I do those anyway as well.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    edited March 2020
    I find it exciting and inspiring after weighing myself every morning to know that I am able to maintain my weight by logging everything that I eat daily.

    Thank you, MFP! :)
  • cupcakesandproteinshakes
    cupcakesandproteinshakes Posts: 1,158 Member
    I find it boring too so I stopped. But I eat in a predictable way so I do have a rough idea of the cals I’m consuming. I’m not trying to lose at the moment. I may go back to logging when I want to lose.

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