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Does everyone log their food?

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  • wickedkitty
    wickedkitty Posts: 36 Member
    i always log because its too easy to underestimate how many calories are in foods. today for example we had gnochi with a small amount of cheese some lardons and stir fried veg with a pesto sauce. per portion i worked it out at 900 calories! for tea we had vegetable soup! i find logging as i go essential as i can compensate for heavier meals with a lighter food. I have also made sure that i dont have too few calories - i dont want to undereat and shutdown my metabolism or burn muscle when my body goes into starvation mode. for a long time i have just been kidding myself that i had an average diet with the odd treat. in fact i was over eating widly. its only since counting and doing regular cycle commuting that I have seen the weight come off, at about 1 pound per week over the last five weeks.

    This sounds just like me! I was doing the same thing and logging has helped me a ton vs. trying to guess. Guessing obviously didn't work because I have alot of weight to lose.
  • chyloet
    chyloet Posts: 196 Member
    If not logging works for you ... GREAT! For me logging has made me aware of the poor food choices I was making when I thought that I was making good ones. THAT has been invaluable to me :)

    Good luck :)
  • Jayney10
    Jayney10 Posts: 43
    I have been logging into this site for 90 days and I have logged my food/exercise for 87 of those. I have lost 25lb in the 90 days i been a MFP member and have lost 39lbs total. I find logging keeps me on the straight and narrow, keeps me in control, helps focus me and I am sure that it is due to this that the weightloss has been as easy as it has been for me. I am so pleased i was told about this site by a friend because it has been a fantastic tool for my weightloss journey, I recommend this site to everyone and definately recommend logging. Good luck :0)
  • gianna42
    gianna42 Posts: 5,991 Member
    It's not so much eating the wrong foods for me, but too much of them. That's why I need to log - actually seeing the calories add up (even if they are healthy ones) is necessary for me. I just joined this past week, so I can't document a success yet, but I know that I definitely didn't have success NOT logging before (although some seem to be able to make that work).
  • Krystle0615
    Krystle0615 Posts: 3
    Logging every single thing I've been eating has really helped to keep me on track. This is like a game, to have some new progress to report every day and to see the good choices I've been making. Also- the food tracker gives you actual calories. Some things that you think may be healthy could be full of fat and carbs and empty calories so if I were you, I would use it!
  • smagner
    smagner Posts: 10 Member
    I find that logging helps keep me accountable. I never used to count snacks because they weren't a meal, but a serving of cheddar bites from sonic definitely should be counted!
  • smb0701
    smb0701 Posts: 234
    I log. I know if I don't log I will cheat. I will guesstimate my calories and I'm sure I'll go over. It helps me not eat as much, also.

    If I put it in my mouth it gets logged. Sometimes I don't want to go through the hassle of logging those 3 chips. So, I don't eat them.

    I've been logging on MFP for 6 days and have lost 2 lbs with no exercise.

    i agree. i will cheat if i don't log, plus i have been at it for so long i feel like i'm missing something if i don't log..
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