Anyone taken a break from logging?

KLDunford
KLDunford Posts: 41
in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone taken a break from logging? How did it go?
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  • hollythehutt
    hollythehutt Posts: 49
    I tried to, when I had tonsillitis, but I panicked about weight gain and went back. So, not too well.
  • Skinny_Beans
    Skinny_Beans Posts: 405 Member
    I wasn't able to log in for about a week recently, I stayed on track for the most part but I found myself wanting sugary cakes and stuff waaaay more when I didn't know how many cals I had in the day.
  • Megclark37
    Megclark37 Posts: 111
    I took my spring break off- honestly its been reeeally hard to get back into it. and i was OBSESSED with logging before and I really enjoyed doing it- but it's a lot harder than I thought it'd be to get back into the swing of things. good luck!!
  • ♥Amy♥
    ♥Amy♥ Posts: 714 Member
    Today is day 425 for me here on MFP. I've logged in everyday, but didn't log my food the week we went to Disney World this past summer. I just watched what I ate and the amounts (I shared a lot of food with my sons), and I actually ended up losing 3 pounds that week, probably due to all the walking around (11 hours each day).
  • Amber82479
    Amber82479 Posts: 629 Member
    I've never taken off more than a couple of days... I'm too afraid of the back slide :(
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
    Nope, not since I started this Dec 31st......:)
  • KarenGee1978
    KarenGee1978 Posts: 12
    Yes I have taken a break from logging. I went off for about 2 1/2 months I still lost but it was a longer process because there were days where I didn't watch what I was eating and then those days were I did. The longest I logged off for was 2 1/2 months. I only lost 5 pounds but I was still happy with that. Anyone can loose weight and I think once your body gets trained on a certain calorie based diet it knows when it is full or if you have gone over your limit. Good Luck and dont feel bad if you stop logging for a while if you feel your over doing it log back in. :happy:
  • chickybuns
    chickybuns Posts: 1,037 Member
    Not in 5 months. I am not responsible to do this on my own, and even now I'm pregnant I am still logging, so I don't gain too much weight.
  • raevynn
    raevynn Posts: 666 Member
    About one day out of every two weeks, I do not log.


    Today is my "not logging" day.

    It's just a day off. I don't really eat differently, I still do active stuff, I just take off a day from logging.

    I plan it in advance, it is one day, then I go back to logging. Keeps me sane.
  • LindseyDD
    LindseyDD Posts: 160 Member
    After I was at a plateau for several months, I took several months off and I didn't gain or lose, I think I mentally needed it and now that I am back to tracking I still have not lost so I guess it worked for me!
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I have not taken a break from logging in over 400 days. It's so second nature now! That said, I have taken breaks from exercise to heal from injuries/sickness as well as I am currently taking a break from a calorie deficit by eating at maintenance for a week or so :) I feel like I might eventually be able to live without logging, but I really like the accountability!
  • allison0820
    allison0820 Posts: 323 Member
    I always take a break on the weekends... I shouldn't though.. :"(
  • lmelangley
    lmelangley Posts: 1,039 Member
    I'm an unrealistic eater, so I need to log to fully "own" what I put in my mouth. By unrealistic I mean:
    1. I totally overestimate portion size
    2. I have a tendency to graze far, far too much!
  • HorrorChix89
    HorrorChix89 Posts: 1,229 Member
    I take breaks whenever I go visit my boyfriend. I hate trying to guess calories in food when there's no barcode to scan or the restaurant isn't a chain, meaning no nutrition facts online.

    I refuse to stress myself over calorie counting.
  • AlexPflug
    AlexPflug Posts: 132 Member
    I have taken a few cheat days when I stop logging that day, but when my friend visited I didn't log that weekend. I wouldn't recommend it. It was so hard to get back into logging regularly, even though I was so adamant about it before.
  • sc1572
    sc1572 Posts: 2,309 Member
    I've tried it...failed. In the past before using MFP I tried keeping a journal, but it wasn't as exact as MFP. This site is the ONLY thing that keeps me from going back to how I used to be.
  • maryloo2011
    maryloo2011 Posts: 446
    Pretty much every Saturday and Sunday - and just dandy :)
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    No way. Can't think about not logging. Keeps me honest about what I eat. It is good for me to know how many calories I have left to play with.
  • vjrose
    vjrose Posts: 809 Member
    Well I haven't yet, we'll see though when I reach maintenance, I'm not sure how long after that I will keep going, by then the eating habits will be pretty entrenched since I'm creating patterns for each meal, now if I was going to go off the rails for a weekend or event I would log so I could see what happened, lol.
  • Schmarrn
    Schmarrn Posts: 22
    i used to have a very hectic job where i barely logged what i ate, but i always tried to support my friends as much as i could; now i have a different situation and i do try logging everything i eat but im not consistent. i go to "quiet" periods where ill check what my friends are doing but that's about it.
  • caroleslaststand
    caroleslaststand Posts: 176 Member
    I have to log everything. It's a very appealing activity for the obsessive compulsive person. Yesterday I was sick and could only stomach cottage cheese and rice cakes. At the end of the day, even though I had measured every half cup carefully, the carton looked like it was missing more than a cup and a half, so I logged an extra serving whether I had eaten it or not.

    I'm going into the hospital in a couple of weeks and the only thing worrying me is how I'll keep track of the food without a computer and with someone else serving it up. I don't think they'll appreciate it in the kitchen at St. Vinnies if I call up and ask them to measure everything for me and tell me how much is on the plate. It really is bugging me.
  • iuew
    iuew Posts: 624 Member
    no. i will most likely log for the rest of my life.

    when i lost the last pound, i promised myself that i would never again put myself through the lose weight / gain it back nightmare again. i will do my best to keep that promise.
  • CheleLynn44
    CheleLynn44 Posts: 339 Member
    So far I have logged everyday since I started in late November 2011, its like second nature now and just part of my lifestyle. Even on those days I eat whatever I want I still log. I don't see me stopping anytime soon.
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    Has anyone taken a break from logging? How did it go?

    I reached my goal weight a few years back and then stopped logging. I put two thirds of the weight back on.

    In my own case it was a case of couldn't see food and drink logged in black and white so I pretended that what I was eating was okay, but it wasn't.

    This time when I reach my goal, I will continue to log for maintenance,.
  • wendywwhite
    wendywwhite Posts: 24 Member
    I took a break for 8 months and gained 20+ lbs back - I'm working on getting that back off now and logging is an essential part of that.
  • darlilama
    darlilama Posts: 794 Member
    Only for a day or two when it was just crazy. But, I kept a log in my head! :) I have just gone into maintenance mode and I plan to continue to log every day for 3 months. If I'm doing okay at the end of that 3 months, I was thinking about logging intermittently… first maybe 4 days a week, or maybe every other week, or something like that. I don't think I can ever quit logging. I think it would be too easy for me to gradually increase my portions without maybe even being conscious of it, if I wasn't actually ever weighing or measuring my food.
  • BeetleChe13
    BeetleChe13 Posts: 498 Member
    I've been on MFP for over a year, and I have taken several breaks when I thought that I had healthy eating under control. I always gained a few pounds before I start logging again. I still go a day or two sometimes when I don't log, but long term not-logging simply doesn't work for me.
  • Jesea
    Jesea Posts: 376 Member
    I didn't log while I was on vacation last week, and even though I thought I ate well and definitely got plenty of exercise, I gained 2lbs. I've only been here since late January, so I guess I just haven't learned what proper portions are yet and don't keep track of my calories as closely as I thought I did. So it will be a while before I skip logging again.
  • tabulator32
    tabulator32 Posts: 701 Member
    I haven't stopped logging for a minute.

    There was even a dose of apple cider vinegar I had the other day and I logged it even though it supposedly has zero calories.

    :bigsmile:

    I'm enjoying the benefits of MFP too much to stop logging.
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    When I wasn't logging consistently, it wasn't going well. But it was because I was making bad choices and didn't want to have to see it all written down. So far, logging helps me. Obviously I'd like to get to the point where I don't need to log, as this isn't something I want to do forever, but that's a long ways away for now.

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