Curious if others bother "completing" entres

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  • kimrae3
    kimrae3 Posts: 11 Member
    Yes, I blog everyday. I think you'll find that you will stay with the program if you track everyday. I have been doing this since the first of the year and hope to do this forever. It keeps me in touch with reality with what I am really eating.

    Good Luck
  • liog
    liog Posts: 347 Member
    I complete mine because I like to see what I'm eating. I'm a snacker...a little bit here and a little bit there which of course adds up. Having to account for everything cuts down my snacking. Logging helps me to make better choices.

    I also ignore the weight goal. I'll get there when I get there.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    I've never "completed" an entry other than a couple of times to see what people were talking about on here.

    But I've logged everything I've eaten for almost two full years (on March 15th), except for one six day period of time in April of 2010 when I was in Mexico without service.
  • 1996gtstang
    1996gtstang Posts: 279 Member
    yeah i always complete them.. today was my first day over cals since i started logging over a month ago, it was red across the board
  • onyx1972
    onyx1972 Posts: 133 Member
    I complete my diary on here daily regardless if I am going to be over or under my calorie goal just so I know how well I am doing for the day/week. I want to keep track of myself and what I am doing. I make sure I enter everything. If for whatever reason I can not add something on the computer or on my blackberry (I have the mobile app too) I write it down and add it later. For the first time in my life I am 100% dedicated to myself and my success
  • carwashman06
    carwashman06 Posts: 3
    I have wondered the same thing. I have been logging everything I eat. Really has helped me on snacking because after a while you can look at it and automatically know what the calorie cost will be. I did go back 5 weeks on my food log for grins and hit the complete entry again and my weight was within 2/10 of a pound of what it said I should be in 5 weeks. I guess it does work.
  • Hannova
    Hannova Posts: 50
    I log everything for food. Just logging it forces me to be aware of what I'm eating and avoid eating for reasons other than hunger.

    And I do hit that "Complete" button at the end. I'm a button pusher. Can't help it.
  • jorowling
    jorowling Posts: 54 Member
    I have been on MFP for 30 days and have logged everything during that time. Thats the whole point of this for me. Keeping me on track, I can see where I am slipping up and where I am doing well. It has been a real habit for me and I am loving it.....almost 20 pounds down in a month!!
  • gagesmom314
    gagesmom314 Posts: 101 Member
    I log every day and complete it every day. I print mine out and take them to my nutritionist. Good, bad or ugly I need to see it so I can lose this weight!
  • privatetime
    privatetime Posts: 118
    Thanks for all the replies, everyone! :-)

    I, also, log all my food and dedicated exercise time. But I was mostly curious about the "complete" button. So far, the best use of this app. for me is the breakdown of my diet. I'm trying to lower my carb's, and increase my protein a bit, for a better ratio. It's already helping me do that. Love that pie chart!

    But, from what I read about others' exeriences with the "complete" button, I'm curious what value it actually adds to the app.

    Everytime I've done it, it's comically implausible, and always demoralizing. I thought maybe it was just me, but apparently others don't give too much credence to the 5-week forecast, either.
  • Willpowerofsteel
    Willpowerofsteel Posts: 20
    I click that button, just for fun. It also makes me happy on the days that I go over my goal by a few hundred calories, to see that I would still lose weight even if I did that every single day. Psychologically, that is helpful to me, so I don't feel like a prisoner to my calorie goal - it's all just information, I can do what I want!

    And it's not going to be spot-on accurate - as body weight fluctuates due to a lot of other factors besides actual fat loss. But I find it encouraging to see that over a 5-week span, I could lose x number of pounds of real, actual fat if I stuck to my goals.
  • LauraSmyth28
    LauraSmyth28 Posts: 399 Member
    I log everything, no matter how bad it is (I logged a piece of toblerone I had for breakfast yesterday).

    That's why I'm on this site, to use the diary.

    And I always, always hit "complete this entry", it's a way of stopping myself snacking again before bed :wink: .
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