Who is just tired of it!!!!!!

hey hun I feel you on this and now I am making a change. I watched Dr. Oz yesterday and he was talking about the vegan diet and how you don't count calories because you can as much as you want. Its a little extreme for me so I decided to go vegetarian for awhile (of course after I finish the roast chicken in the fridge!) and just see how it pans out.

i dont count on certain days of the week. i think if you've been counting for 2 years, you should have a pretty good idea of what you can and cant eat.

I also stop counting when my weight hits my goal. but start counting again once i exceed a certain amount.

I am not where you are, even though I've been logging food for about a year. But perhaps you should take a break. You have obviously done great, and lost a lot of weight. By now, you have probably internalized how you need to eat in order to stay on track. Keep working out, but give your self a vacation from recording your food. After a month, you can re-evaluate, depending on how you are doing. If you are staying on course, skip the food journal.

I totally understand.... However, that's why I'm back into this and found MFP. I've been eating healthy and in the gym since I was 7. I grew up knowing how to exercise because of my dad being a powerlifter. I got sick of it when I went to college but I kept going enough to keep the weight off. I got married and completely stopped! It was horrible!!! And the no exercise phase only lasted 3-4 months and put on an extra 25 lbs because of it. So now, I've realized just how important it is to chill out but to never stop. It's worth all the frustration and tiredness of the bland, dull, lifeless food. Find something new, like a new spice or vegetable or start fixing a dish differently. Bake chicken with different flavor marinades. There's so many different things to try.

I totally know what you mean! Do you log every day? I have now started giving myself the weekends off...I still watch what I eat (although the weekend is when I'll let myself have pizza, or extra booze, and not worry about it) but I just don't log it....in fact, I try to stay off the computer as much as possible in general, kind of detox a bit after being attached to one non stop all week.

I have to say, a few years back I was just completely over keeping track of my food and figured that at that point, I knew well enough what portions should look like and so I stopped logging. And I gained a bunch of weight. Something about measuring/logging really keeps you accountable, and it's much harder to lie to yourself when you are actively keeping track. But maybe if you give yourself a break a day or two a week, it won't feel like such a daily chore?

Sounds like you are stretched thin with all the stuff you do for everyone else. Maybe you can think of the time you spend exercising and managing your nutrition as the nice thing you do for yourself? You gotta take care of yourself, first and foremost! Good luck, hope things get better soon!

You know how to eat at this point. Take a break from logging. Continue all your good habits like water, exercise and regular weigh-in or measurements.

Come back to logging if you notice you are slipping.


Last time I stopped for a year. One day I thought, "When was the last time I had a fresh vegetable?" I knew I needed to reboot.

Once I've weighed in on Friday I have the remainder of that day as a 'relaxed' day, where I don't watch my calories as much as I would any other day. As time has gone by my choices on that day have got better.

It makes me feel as though I'm not being restricted by diet all the time, and like that, I've found it so much easier to stick to a diet and at the moment this is the most amount of weight I've ever lost, and I'm not done yet.

You've done so well, 104lbws is a fantastic loss, and as others have said, you probably know most of the calorific values, so perhaps a couple of weeks away from recording will help you - but good luck, whatever you decide to do.

I feel the same way frequently. I have days that I want to just eat and not feel guilty if I eat a little more. Unfortunately I have found that if I don't log everything I do end up going over board

I am the other way around, where I find myself not wanting to exercise and I feel really bad. I don't have a problem logging in my food, but then again I've only been here for about a month and half. I think you have done excellent in two years and maybe not logging in everything you eat would be good.

If you feel good (Health wise) why does numbers matter. I keep asking myself that question all the time because it seems all the calorie counting is driving me insane. You obviously are doing something right for losing all the weight and if you are feeling healthy then you should continue eating what make you happy and healthy. The fact that you still exercise is great too.

So, my opinion is that you should lay low (logging food), but continue eating healthy and exercising. Isn't that the purpose of change of life that we all striving for? At least it is for me.

Good luck!
~Silvia

I found since I went low carb and gluten free I don't have to count calories as much cos I rarely make it over 1200 even with stuff like choc and a brandy and coke.

I just dont have wheat cereal for breakfast and or toast, then bread again for lunch (sandwiches) then pasta, potatoes or rice with tea... I was putting on 5lb a day in water everyday... now I only go up by 1 lb.

I use wii games so its fun to play different games and still burning calories and earning extra calories. I've already got my xmas list of new games I can't wait to try. I can burn about 500cals playing on different games for a few hours and thats your 500 cal deficit to lose 1lb a week (everyday)

Try out different activities and food to re-ignite your interest?

Are you tired of the food logging or eating healthy?

This is a good question. (I will also ask myself)
I find I go through phases when I just wish I was like others that could eat anything, and not worry about tracking/accounting for my intake, and historically that is when I have given up.
At this point in my life I have come to understand this: "Pay now or pay later" meaning if I put the work in now I won't have to pay for it with my health later (hopefully). As for those that eat crappy and are slim naturally - I believe that they will most likely pay for their unhealthy ways with their health later in life.

You have done incredibly well with your loss, and should be so very proud of your accomplishment.

At that stage of weight loss, do you find that you can "eyeball" portions and know roughly your intake, or do you still need to track?
Is it a fear of slipping if you don't count?
If so, you could try not tracking and weigh yourself every week or two to see how you are doing "solo", if you gain, then start tracking again?
Just some thoughts , and only my opinion. GoodLuck!

i felt the same way and took a couple weeks off of logging. i am back at it now and it doesn't feel as tedious. maybe you just need to allow yourself to take a break.

hey hun I feel you on this and now I am making a change. I watched Dr. Oz yesterday and he was talking about the vegan diet and how you don't count calories because you can as much as you want. Its a little extreme for me so I decided to go vegetarian for awhile (of course after I finish the roast chicken in the fridge!) and just see how it pans out.

A vegan diet doesn't necessarily mean a healthy or a low calorie diet. Sugar doesn't have any meat products in it after all.

Agreed here, I just took a few days off logging my food which is good considering I did sample some of my son's Halloween candy (just to make sure it was safe of course.) I notice that some of the behaviors encouraged on this site can border on Obsessive Compulsive if taken to the extreme (like weighing your food in restaurants.) I would not be surprised if there are people here who weigh their poo. Hey, if that's their thing, I suppose it is okay. Most importantly I think weighing food some and logging fairly often help build your awareness of portion sizes and build up healthy habits. I would say that after two years you have more than built those good habits.