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Post by bmazzo on Mar 18, 2024 23:43:39 GMT
his round runs from Feb. 12 through March 24
Challengers:
Cherry — Do some form of exercise most days
Cathy — Honestly track everything
Judy — Move more
Holly — Maintain Lifetime at Goal Status
Bev — More cautious of what I'm eating
Jan — Adding more fruits and veggies into my meals, no after-work snacking
Hosts:
Feb. 12 through Feb. 18 — Cherry
Feb. 19 through Feb. 25 — Cathy
Feb. 26 through March 3 — Judy
March 4 through March 10 — Holly
March 11 through March 17 — Jan
March 18 through March 24 — Bev
"True love is love that causes us pain, it hurts, and yet it brings us joy" Mother Teresa
Back to our list of challenges for this period. Cathy's challenge was to track everything faithfully. Here are a few advantages of tracking"
Reasons why you should track your food
1. Food tracking allows you to implement a sustainable diet plan
When you don’t consistently track your food, it’s easy to forget what you eat. Did I have sirloin or New York steak for dinner? Is there a difference? Did I cut off the fat? Using a food tracking tool gives you the resources to note your consumption consistently and accurately.
2. Food tracking informs you of your food’s nutrient value
It’s pointless to track calories if you are only monitoring food with no nutritional value. Your body needs macronutrients (carbs, protein, and fat) to function properly. Food trackers will allow you to log your food intake and show you exactly how many macros you need — and how many you’re actually getting. To get the macros you need, eat a rich diet of fresh produce, healthy fats, complex carbs, and protein.
3. Food tracking holds you accountable
It’s easy to forget everything you’ve eaten in a day—or even a few hours ago. But everything from a piece of cake to a baby carrot should be accounted for. When you consistently log your food, it keeps you accountable, and you become much more intentional about why and when you’re eating.
4. Food tracking helps you reach your goals
Humans want achievement. But achievement is hard to come by when dealing with vague ideas. Food tracking puts hard numbers down as your targets. And achieving these targets will send dopamine rushes to your brain that will make you want more.
5. Food tracking allows you to eat your favorite foods in moderation
While logging food is an essential part of staying committed to a healthy diet, eating some of your favorite non-healthy foods is still ok — as long as you eat it in moderation. And don’t forget to log this food. It helps you know when you’ve had enough or when you’ve gotten off track.
6. Food tracking raises awareness
Have you ever thought, “wow, I had no idea that burger was full of that many calories”? Once you start tracking your food, you become aware of the good —and bad— that you’ve been putting into your body. In addition, tracking your food provides the awareness you need to stay on top of the nasty habits you’ve tried to ignore.
Do you track? Do you think it helps with your weight control?
FUN: When's the last time that you ordered something from an old fashioned catalog?
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Post by Holly Gail on Mar 19, 2024 12:39:11 GMT
Yesterday's "fun" question: groceries too, just like the rest of you. Other than groceries? I have absolutely no idea. I haven't been in a store in what seems forever... Earlier in the pandemic I ordered a few things from Amazon (like presents to be sent directly to the recipients).
Today's "fun" question: It's been quite a few years since I stopped even receiving catalogs in the mail. I used to have a few favorite catalogs from which I used to order specific types of things. Walter Drake was one; I ordered personalized stationery (note cards). Another was Lands End (from which I ordered some clothing for myself over the years). Another was Domestications (which stopped printing years before other catalogs stopped printing; I don't remember whether they went out of business or were bought by another company whose catalogs never came, if they even printed any). Of all the catalogs I ever subscribed to, I missed Domestications most; I'd bought a (real) down-filled comforter and a set of dishware and other things too from that company...
Today "real" topic:
When I first joined Weight Watchers, I wrote down every single thing that went into my mouth with its amount and points. Once I switched to SFT, I wrote only the non-SFT items but only for a while. Perhaps within a month or two of being on SFT, I stopped writing even the non-SFT items. I haven't journaled since then (and I switched from counting points to SFT about one year after first joining). I still eat mostly zero-point foods. And I still weigh and measure practically everything I eat (sometimes by eye, mostly by scale and measuring spoons and measuring cups).
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Post by jasimons on Mar 19, 2024 13:28:25 GMT
I have mixed feelings about tracking. I lost weight the first time on WW by tracking, but I know now I was too strict. Which was not sustainable and wasn't good for my attitude. It did help me learn to think before eating because tracking meant I had to figure out the portions and points (with the old-fashioned "slide rule").
And I do know the issue was with me, tracking (done right) isn't intended to be exact.
It did help me learn all of the things mentioned in the article.
I still get printed/mailed catalogs from some companies, but, they have websites as well. I recently ordered tomato plants (on-line), but I did also get a printed catalog from that same company. I guess that's one of those kind of changes that sneaks up on a person. You don't really notice the last time that you mailed (or maybe called) in an order or the last catalog that you received from a company.
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Post by cherryt38 on Mar 19, 2024 16:11:37 GMT
I have always tracked, and still do, although I never did track in detail, not every taste, nibble, and bite. I learned to tell when I was satisfied and stuck mostly to the SFT zero foods. I would just eyeball my serving sizes and go back and weigh/measure once in awhile to see how close I was. I do the same thing today, but often weigh my raw proteins before I cook them to see how close they are to the amount I want, and also to see how I need to set the microwave if I thaw them in it. If I know what I want to have I will thaw them in the fridge. A lot of times, however, I just make a last minute decision.
As far as catalogs go, we used to get summer and winter catalogs from Sears, Montgomery Wards, and JC Penney's stores. I would order things out of them, but Wards has gone away, and the other two don't print catalogs any more. I get a lot of the junk catalogs in the mail, but if I want to order from them I do it from their web site.
Montgomery Wards was very prominent back in the 30s and before, and most people didn't have indoor plumbing. They would keep old copies of the catalog in their outhouses for wiping themselves. When I was growing up we had an outhouse too, but we didn't usually use the Wards catalog. Sometimes we had toilet paper, but also saved other kinds of thinner, softer paper to use. We used to get crates of peaches or apples which we wrapped in squares of thin but fairly sturdy paper, and Mom would save those to use in the outhouse. We never did get indoor plumbing while there. We probably could have at some point, but the Corps of Engineers was building the Garrison dam and we knew we would have to move, as our house down there would be covered with water.
We never got rural electric while there either because of the dam. However we did get electricity as we got a generator, known at that time as a Light-plant. We had two different ones, the first one we had to go out and start, but the second one would automatically start when you turned on one of the light switches in the house. They resided in a standalone shed behind the house.
Enough of my rambling about the "old days."
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Post by bmazzo on Mar 19, 2024 20:12:58 GMT
I have tracked off & on at different times. I can't stand to weigh & measure my food. For some reason, it makes me feel like I am being punished for something. When I weigh & measure my food, then put it out on my plate, it feels like someone says "you have to eat this, but you can't have any more." It's stupid, I know. It makes me feel like I am in jail or something & they are dishing out my portion. (No, I have never been in jail) & nobody ever made me clean my plate as a child. Guess it's just got to do with my crazy relationship with food.
Oh, the catalogs. When I was working at the PO, how we dreaded the big catalogs coming in the mail!! They were heavy & a pain to work with. When I was a child, we always had one in the outhouse. It was entertainment, while you were using the potty & then paper to wipe with. I would tear off the top sheet, look at it, then use it for toilet paper. The catalogs had many purposes! Wish book, entertainment, toilet paper etc. My parents never owned a house with indoor plumbing until the year that I got married. That year they built a nice new house. In fact it had 2 bathrooms. As a child, we had lived in apartments in Louisville & in Michigan & they had bathrooms, I remember one apartment in MI, we had to share the bathroom with 4 other families!!! I would rather have had the private outhouse! When we moved back & forth to TN, we never had indoor plumbing until the new house was built the year that I got married. In fact, we were only living there about 4 or 5 mos when I got married.
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 21, 2024 7:54:17 GMT
Do you track? Do you think it helps with your weight control? * Yes - on Healthi and My Fitness Pal apps but not so much on MFP. It is a reminder and does keep me more honest
FUN: When's the last time that you ordered something from an old fashioned catalog? * I have no idea...do remember looking at them on Sabbath and playing "the wish game" with a cousin. We could each choose one item from the Sears and J.C. Penney catalogue and it could take hours to go through them. Probably the last item ordered from a catalogue was from Annie's Attic or Tupperware
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