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For those of you you who track your food - what do you use? Pen and Paper, my fitness pal or something else. I really have been slacking on my Protein and need to start paying better attention. If you are using myfitness pal what do you set you calorie, protein and carb goals at? How far out are you? I know my protein goals are 60-80 grams. I can't remember what was said about calories and carbs. All my materials are home and I am at work feeling motivated. I know everyone has a different program set by their doctors - I am just curious what every one else is doing. My surgery was 9/22/14 so I am 5 months post-op,

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Hi...

I started with the MyFitnessPal....then ended up just using a pad and writing down what I had for the day. If I had that product right in front of me with the list of calories/fats/protein/sugar, I would write down instantly. Otherwise, I would write it all down and at the end of the day use the internet to get my numbers I needed.

My dietician loves this because it lets her know the times and amounts I eat. Plus, it does help me make sure I am getting enough Protein in daily and drinking my fluids.

Have a sparkling day.

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I use lose it, and honestly I have been forgetting to use it, I need to get back on the ball and use it. I feel like I have been slacking. I need some motivation. what can I do to remotivate myself and get back on the band wagon???

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I think the long cold New York winter isn't helping with my motivation. It is too cold to take a lunch time walk or evening walk. I think going back to basics and writing down everything I eat will help me get the last 30 or so pounds off.

I really need to go home and pull out my packet and reread it. I can only remember the Protein requirement - I am blocking out the carb and the calorie guidelines.

I know I will get to goal - just would like it to happen a little quicker.

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I use the MyFitnessPal on my iPhone & then transfer the info to my Diet Minder, a written diary. This keeps me honest & on track. I don't care about the percentages. I just want to know about calories, carbs & Protein. I made a list of foods that are low carb to help me. I've been getting WAY to many carbs. I try to stay around 50 grams of carbs but for the last 2 or 3 weeks I have a lot of days where I get 80+. That's not good. Carbs have a big effect of my weight loss.

My doctor has me on 1,000 calories/day but I have a tendency to get 1200+ each day. This is something I have to work on & I started today. I also use a Fitbit to track my steps & Water. It's easy to list my liquid because the Fitbit is on my arm. I will warn anyone who is thinking about a wrist Fitbit. If you have a lot of arm motion (such as knitting, crocheting, sewing) then the Fitbit picks that movement up as steps. My daughter got the clip on Fitbit & clips it to her waist band. This eliminates the motion issue being counted as steps.

I hope this helps. We are all different so what works for one person won't necessarily work for someone else.

Good luck.

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I use my fitnesspal but I also have a fitbit which I can track my food with as well. Not to mention the to apps sync so there is that benefit too. I'm not even going to lie to say I go further and write it down in a really great food journal I bought. I give this to my nut every two weeks and she makes notes in the margins on what she would like to see change and myfitnesspal is accessible to my trainer at the gym and she tells me her opinions where I can tweak my food here and there to get the best burn. It is funny to use it all but I wasn't obviously accountable for my own health for so long I don't want to fall off the wagon just yet!

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I use MFP religiously! Really helps me make sure that I am getting my Protein in and calories as well.

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I just bought a paper journal (preprinted) at Barnes and Noble. I like it because it tracks Water, Vitamins, exercise, calories/carbs and Protein. I like the feel of having something in my hand.

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