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    When are you going to stop logging?

    Posts: 1,719 Member
    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    I think I'm gonna stop after a year then see how things go from there. So far I've logged in 295 days in a row.

    When do you think you'll stop and why?

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    • Posts: 2,162 Member
      when i don't need to eat anymore
    • Posts: 896 Member
      If I don't yo yo up after the Summer, I'll stop!
    • Posts: 1,433 Member
      When eating healthy becomes as easy and mindless as eating crap while I sit in front of the tv, when all my food is portioned for me at the store, or when I win the megabucks and can pay someone big bucks to do all my measuring, cooking, and logging for me. ;)
    • Posts: 668 Member
      I really don't see myself stopping even after hitting goal weight.
    • Posts: 2,162 Member
      I really don't see myself stopping even after hitting goal weight.
      goal weight is just a myth. Just like my goal bf %. When i reach 8 i wanna be 7 when i reach 7 i'll probably wanna be 6% ...
    • Posts: 1,056 Member
      I think my time on here has taught me enough (nearly a year) that i could make it pretty well without logging. I will most likely do it intermittently though. I surely dont plan to do it forever. It is a tool, to teach you how to eat properly. I will definitely do it for a while when i switch my goal to gain weight, to make sure things don't get out of hand in that regard though, at least for the first few weeks.

      Learning the portion sizes to eyeball them was the biggest thing, and i got that down the first week.
    • Posts: 1,207 Member
      I dunno. I like logging and my mfp friends. So I'm sticking around.
    • Posts: 1,550 Member
      When eating healthy becomes as easy and mindless as eating crap while I sit in front of the tv, when all my food is portioned for me at the store, or when I win the megabucks and can pay someone big bucks to do all my measuring, cooking, and logging for me. ;)

      Word. lol.

      Pretty much never.
    • Posts: 635 Member
      Every time I've stopped (Weight Watchers or MFP) I end up regaining old habits. Even if there's a special occasion or vacation, I need to log to bad days to keep myself honest. Otherwise it's difficult to start again,
    • Posts: 34,463 Member
      ha ha ha ha ha.

      Okay, I've been here on and off for five years. I keep thinking "I got this." But I don't think I do.
    • Posts: 293 Member
      I am not planning on stopping logging. This has been the only thing that has helped and it keeps me on track.
    • Posts: 793 Member
      when i don't need to eat anymore

      lmao.... I have to agree! 450 days and still going baby:drinker:
    • Posts: 33
      12.22.2012
    • Posts: 68 Member
      The thought of not having to log in every single bite I eat is what keeps me going on this process. I will stop doing it once I get to a point where I am keeping track in my mind and not counting for one mint or 3 french fries.
    • Posts: 310 Member
      Once I reach my goal, I'll re-evaluate where I am and where I want to be.
    • Posts: 5 Member
      I don't think i'll ever stop logging in to me this a life style change and I love it and I never want to go back
    • Posts: 188 Member
      When eating healthy becomes as easy and mindless as eating crap while I sit in front of the tv, when all my food is portioned for me at the store, or when I win the megabucks and can pay someone big bucks to do all my measuring, cooking, and logging for me. ;)

      Yep
    • Posts: 38 Member
      I already plan on using MFP indefinitely.... or until they shut down.... which I hope is never. It is a very useful tool for anyone who wants to know what they are eating. I'm loving it here. I used fitday.com for a long time but my mom got me into mfp. I'm grateful. I really prefer this site!
    • Posts: 714 Member
      I've been on MFP for almost 500 days and I hit my goal weight in March, but I don't plan on quitting/leaving here anytime soon. I still like the accountability of logging my food and I of course LOVE my pals :)
    • Posts: 322 Member
      When eating healthy becomes as easy and mindless as eating crap while I sit in front of the tv

      word
    • Posts: 19,251 Member
      I lost weight once. A decade or so ago. I wasn't "overweight" but I was on my way. I ate like crap. The way I was taught to. I learned to eat and logged to learn it. In the process I lost 20-25 LBS. I kept logging til I was sure it had stuck. Once a year or so, after a bad habit or two would creep back in, I'd log (those days it was fit day.com). And now, in menopause I'm back to track my macros, my exercise and to NOT gain weight! Dang it!
      Dont think of it as a binary thing. Log. then wean off, then check in any time the scale goes up, or your energy level goes down...
    • Posts: 1,719 Member
      I think my time on here has taught me enough (nearly a year) that i could make it pretty well without logging. I will most likely do it intermittently though. I surely dont plan to do it forever. It is a tool, to teach you how to eat properly. I will definitely do it for a while when i switch my goal to gain weight, to make sure things don't get out of hand in that regard though, at least for the first few weeks.

      Learning the portion sizes to eyeball them was the biggest thing, and i got that down the first week.

      This sounds like a good plan.

      I'll definitely weigh myself regularly and gauge by how my clothes fit. Right now I just log my food just to log it. It doesn't really have any influence on what I eat anymore because I think I learned to make better choices and how to portion foods.
    • Posts: 542 Member
      Once I can control the foods around me.
      One of the main reasons I log right now is because I know that if I don't, I'll be tempted by the crap we have in the house here.
      I may slow down logging when I'm back at college since the foods in my dorm will be what I buy, and I know that food has a time and place to be eaten. :)
    • Posts: 43 Member
      I have been logging for almost 300 days. I hit my goal weight several months ago and continue to log. Keeping track of what I eat /burn keeps me on track :)
    • Posts: 188
      probably never the way i'm going....
    • Posts: 772 Member
      Until the 12th of never, and that's a long, long time.
      Met my goal last November. Logging is the surest method to keep track and stay ON track.
    • Posts: 1,058 Member
      I've logged in 335 days in a row and I'm pretty much at my goal. I don't think I'll ever stop logging though. I have days I go over (like today) that I don't log, but as far as logging on a regular basis? Yeah, I don't think I'll stop. It's just so second nature to me now.
    • Posts: 792 Member
      I reached my original goal then decided I could do another 20lbs so I'm still going and logging and I have been on here for a year.

      I have reached a point where I know the calories and serving size for the things that I eat since I use the same basic ingredients for things. I could probably stop logging now because I keep track in my head fairly well without needing to log things.

      However, now it's a habit to log and helps me figure out my grocery list and plan for the day too since I log everything in the morning or the night before.

      So, I really don't know when I'll stop...maybe when I reach the next goal or when I've been able to maintain the new goal for awhile...
    • Posts: 286 Member
      I am about 5 pounds away from my goal weight but honestly would like to lose 5 to 10 more pounds so I definately see using this on a day to day basis all summer and into the fall and probably at least three months into maintenance to make sure I know what I am doing and then I will probably log here and there and not on a day to day basis and use this more as a tool and not a staple in my life.
    • Posts: 241
      12.22.2012

      Lol!! I guess we all will at that point!!
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