Food Tracking

(Crippie) #21

Yea i hate that. I don’t even bother marking a diary as complete anymore half the time it gives me the error and doesn’t work so I don’t even bother.

(Khara) #22

I love to have the data that tracking provides but I hate actually entering it all in. It’s so tedious. I usually commit to a period of time, like I’ll decide that this month I’m going to track. Usually this is due to a change of some sort and I want to be able to see cause and effect. If I’m just going along the way I have been for a long while, I’m fairly comfortable not tracking. I do however love that data. I always think if something happens I’ll be able to look back and analyze and maybe find some correlation. I am considering just taking pictures of my food and taking a break from the logging. I do that with my tracking anyway. It allows me to log the whole day at the end by just viewing my photos. I’ve weighed my average portions of various foods enough that I know and can tell by the pictures what the ounces are and it gets me close enough. I’m thinking that this would give me a break from the tedious logging but I’ll still have my photos. If I really wanted to I could flip back through a month of photos to try and troubleshoot anything that might come up. In the meantime I can take a breather and just be.

(Vincent Hall) #23

I tend to use my tracker which is Fat Secret, to plan my meals.
So Sunday, I plan the week ahead and then add what I need to buy into my calendar.
I find tracking keeps me well, on track. But I’m one for data maybe somewhat OCD.
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(Jennifer Patterson) #24

Your post just made me cry a little. I struggle with food, and tracking calories in particular. Its an obsession I have used to keep me clean from alcohol for a long time. So letting it go is a new addiction struggle. And I :relieved:freaked right out the first day I adjusted MyFitnessPal to Keto macros, “I can’t possibly eat that much fat in a day” my head said. “I’ll just stick to my protein goal anyway” my head said. 6 weeks on (I know, not much), I now don’t track anything any more. I’m so happy to know that actually I can balance everything so much more easily on this diet. Leafy greens and meat with extra oil and fats added where they wouldn’t have been before have meant that I have found a new love for flavoursome amazing food which I embrace. My soul is happy and I now don’t crave sugar which means I don’t crave wine. :grinning::grinning::grinning: it’s a bit of a mantra which I have seen a lot: Keep Calm And Keto On. :couplekiss_man_woman::couplekiss_man_woman::heart::heart:

(Jennifer Patterson) #25

Same. I’ve got my meals in MyFitnessPal done for the week. It’s a safety net.

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #26

I use MFP to track. I don’t use it to plan, though I do use it to evaluate recipes.

I make an effort not to sweat the calories, the weight loss projection, any of that. Just want to keep a log of carbs and of protein. I do get hung on the extraneous numbers sometimes.

But logging meals gives me a bit of structure. I’m not ready for OMAD/IF/EF yet, so that’s not an issue.