Sick, should I still log what I eat?
jilsou15
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I was intensely sick yesterday, unable to keep down the first and only meal I was able to eat yesterday. I managed to eat some broth with crackers in the late evening. Today I’m feeling better but really raw! My husband doesn’t want me to bother with logging my food so I don’t worry about what I’m eating or not eating. I’m not sure if I should log today or just take a break. I don’t think I can eat anything heavy or dense and right now that’s what’s helping me meet my macros and calories. I’m more concerned of not meeting my calorie goal than going off the wagon with tons of unhealthy foods as I don’t think I’ll be able to really eat today. What are your opinions?
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Be kind to yourself! Give yourself a day off and return to logging tomorrow. A day or two is not going to make much if any difference overall2
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Just log a couple items to keep your streak going, then take a day off. Eat light but something that satisfies you. This app doesn't appear to be going anywhere. It will be here tomorrow.3
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Do what works best for you.
Logging does not keep your streak going, unless something has changed. Simply logging in maintains the streak.5 -
I log what I eat when I'm sick, but I give myself kindness in letting myself be under my calorie goal (if I feel not hungry) or over (if I want to eat something more calorie dense). I only log because I like to have the data later.
Unless there is relevant data you're not sharing (that is, not meeting your calorie needs for a day or two may complicate medical issues, your husband has genuine fears that you aren't meeting enough most of the time), there's no reason to be concerned that being under for a day or two will be a real issue. Chances are your appetite will be right back to normal as soon as you recover.3 -
I log my food when I'm sick (lately it's been changing my diet due to dental work/TMJ issues) just because soft foods can be very calorie dense, and I want to keep an eye on it. But I don't beat myself up if I wind up 100 calories over, and I don't get worried if I'm 50 calories under. I just want to sort of keep it "around" the limit even when I'm limited to pudding and peanut butter.1
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Don't break the streak! 😱1
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Personally I wouldn't bother. I would just eat what I felt I needed for a day or two and not worry about it.
Of course of it was an ongoing issue it might start to cause problems, but if it went on for more than a few days you would need to go the Dr anyway.1 -
littlegreenparrot1 wrote: »Personally I wouldn't bother. I would just eat what I felt I needed for a day or two and not worry about it.
Of course of it was an ongoing issue it might start to cause problems, but if it went on for more than a few days you would need to go the Dr anyway.
This^
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I’m going to give the unpopular opinion and say continue to log, BUT, don’t even think about total calories or macros.
Just keep in the habit.
If you are better one day and worse the next, you can look at what you ate and try to figure out if that had anything to
Do with it. Maybe eat more like the day you felt better and less like you did the day you felt worse.
Feel better soon!2 -
When you’re sick your body needs to be eating at least at maintenance to recover quickly, eating below adds stress to the body which you want to limit while you’re ill.
When I’m sick I take a couple of days off logging and eat what I feel my body needs, be that a nice bowl of soup or broth with some bread to warm the body or some chocolate to give myself some energy. Just be sure not to take advantage and indulge on a tub of Ben and Jerry’s or anything silly like that.1 -
Lynnsgoals2020 wrote: »Don't break the streak! 😱
your streak continues just by logging on - you don't need to log your food.0 -
I was sick Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I logged my food as usual even though Wednesday was a couple spoons of plain rice
I also kept to my usual weighing routine, I was down 5lb by Thursday morning so knew I was getting dehydrated so focused on getting in more liquids (been hospitalised numerous times for dehydration)2
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