Tracking tip
Options
medaglia_06
Posts: 282 Member
Hey all,
I posted this in response to another thread, but a couple people have mentioned it may help others, so here you go... my tip to staying on track.
Here is what I did...
I got a daily planner (a month spread over two pages) with the days blocked. Basically a calendar.
When I am under my calorie goal, I give myself a green sticker (small round one's you can get at any business supply store, and probably dollar store), a red one if I am over, a blue one if I get all of my 8 cups or more of water in and a yellow one if I get my exercise in.
I hate the look of the red stickers over the page, so this motivates me to stay under. I can also see at a glance how my month is going and what days I tend to slack a bit. It has helped me tremendously. I keep track of my weight and exercise by writing on that day and I write in my measurements the last day of every month. I use it as a planner as well so I can see where I might have a BBQ or bad day coming up.
I hope this helps some of you... it definitely keeps me on track! (and shows a bit of my OCD) :blushing:
I posted this in response to another thread, but a couple people have mentioned it may help others, so here you go... my tip to staying on track.
Here is what I did...
I got a daily planner (a month spread over two pages) with the days blocked. Basically a calendar.
When I am under my calorie goal, I give myself a green sticker (small round one's you can get at any business supply store, and probably dollar store), a red one if I am over, a blue one if I get all of my 8 cups or more of water in and a yellow one if I get my exercise in.
I hate the look of the red stickers over the page, so this motivates me to stay under. I can also see at a glance how my month is going and what days I tend to slack a bit. It has helped me tremendously. I keep track of my weight and exercise by writing on that day and I write in my measurements the last day of every month. I use it as a planner as well so I can see where I might have a BBQ or bad day coming up.
I hope this helps some of you... it definitely keeps me on track! (and shows a bit of my OCD) :blushing:
0
Replies
-
Great idea! Thank you!0
-
GREAT idea! Thanks for the tip!0
-
I'm going to have to steal this idea... not just because I know it will help, but it's one more thing to show my wife and my roommate to try to motivate them... they both tried this for all of a week and gave up.0
-
definitely doing this! when you say calorie goal, do you mean with or without exercise taken into consideration? x0
-
I saw this idea on a video on youtube but I cant remember from who. I thought it was awesome though but I know I'd never keep up with it0
-
Brilliant! Thanks for posting!0
-
Good Idea! Thanks0
-
definitely doing this! when you say calorie goal, do you mean with or without exercise taken into consideration? x
Both, if I am green on MFP, I am green in my book. It also helps if I am about 100 calories or so over, I make sure I exercise more to be in the green... I'm not going red for a few calories!0 -
Good idea0
-
Excellent idea. Good for you!!!0
-
I like it! I will implement this idea because I tend to be visual. Thanks!!!:flowerforyou:0
-
Great idea! Going to try this one myself. :flowerforyou:0
-
I just mark x's for the days I exercise. I like the visual tracking too!0
-
Glad it could be of use. I have tried losing weight before and it doesn't last very long. I started this in January of this year and I haven't missed a day!0
-
Great idea. I think I'll do something like this but in a spreadsheet. I'm a nerd that way. What I need to track is how I'm doing WEEKLY. If I go over one day big time and then under a little over several days, I just assume that it works out. But, I probably should look more closely at those numbers. Thanks!0
-
I LOVE this! I already give myself stars in my planner for exercise, but I never thought about it for calorie goals. I'm so close to my goal now and I've been having trouble staying under for the last 6 months. I've been having lots of cheat days. This might be the perfect incentive to help me lose these last 8 lbs!0
-
This is such a wonderful idea! Thanks for the tip!0
-
I've been logging wo for years alrdy and food but I'm switching over to this thanks0
-
This sounds just like what I may need to get back on track....thanks for the tip I will use my work planner since I look at that all the time......0
-
I LOVE this! I already give myself stars in my planner for exercise, but I never thought about it for calorie goals. I'm so close to my goal now and I've been having trouble staying under for the last 6 months. I've been having lots of cheat days. This might be the perfect incentive to help me lose these last 8 lbs!
Congrats on your progress! Good luck on the last 8 lbs!0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 392.1K Introduce Yourself
- 43.6K Getting Started
- 259.9K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.7K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 403 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.8K Motivation and Support
- 7.9K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.4K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 998 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.4K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions