Posts: 10,050
8/19/12 7:29 P

Yes

147 Days until:  Wales

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0

Posts: 2,761
8/19/12 5:45 P

Yes!!!

SparkPoints: (10,020)
Fitness Minutes: (12,738)
Posts: 297
8/14/12 9:41 A

yes

SparkPoints: (11,038)
Fitness Minutes: (7,720)
Posts: 485
8/3/12 1:23 A

Yes

current weight: 165.0

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SparkPoints: (112,041)
Fitness Minutes: (90,580)
Posts: 7,940
7/17/12 11:38 A

most days

current weight: 221.0

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149

Posts: 212
7/1/12 8:13 P

Every day!

Posts: 1,020
6/24/12 2:35 P

RELIGIOUSLY! ...and I write down what I eat when I'm out of town. Accountability is key!

current weight: 231.8

264 236.5 209 181.5

154

SparkPoints: (2,236)
Fitness Minutes: (1,282)
Posts: 75
6/21/12 6:27 P

I absolutely use the Food Tracker.

1) It made me aware that I was eating way too many unhealthy carbs.

2) If I do not track my food, I wind up not eating enough calories! I cannot keep this up for long and wind up over eating to compensate. With the food tracker, I eat healthy and feel full. And since giving up sugar, I am back to dropping the weight.

By the by, I read somewhere that you should say you want to drop weight and not lose weight because our subconscious mind is literal and if you "lose" weight it wants to find it again!

Posts: 984
6/10/12 9:29 A

Yes, I use it daily. Even when I don't have time to socialize much or am restricted in access to my computer I have managed to log my food (and track my exercise, too,)

Posts: 958
6/5/12 12:53 P

Every day for almost 3 months... it's the only way I stay accountable to myself.

Posts: 1,837
5/1/12 11:49 P

I use it everyday also. Absolutely necessary!

current weight: 159.6

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145

Posts: 843
4/30/12 11:59 A

I've been faithfully tracking since I began my Spark journey. But now I am considering slacking off a bit and see how that goes.

current weight: -0.8  under

5 2.5 0 -2.5

-5

SparkPoints: (32,760)
Fitness Minutes: (22,059)
Posts: 2,407
4/8/12 9:24 P

Been using it every day for a few weeks. Becoming a habit.

Pounds lost: 28.8

0 9 18 27

36

SparkPoints: (47,970)
Fitness Minutes: (25,941)
Posts: 4,909
10/28/11 11:17 A

Good for you, PJC! Yes, I have to use a food tracker every day, too. I have a decades-long history of wild, disordered binge-eating, so the one and only way I've found to stay accountable and trust myself in the process is by tracking every ounce. Fortunately, the 'puter is two steps from my l'il galley kitchen, so I have no excuses...

current weight: 120.0

190 172.5 155 137.5

120

SparkPoints: (28,994)
Fitness Minutes: (4,877)
Posts: 167
10/9/11 10:44 A

I use it everyday... even when it tells me things I don't want to hear (HOW many calories was in that???)

Posts: 86
9/25/11 9:07 P

I use it for the full day about 3x per week, and partially, everyday for fruits vegs and water. I find that the more I use it the closer I stay to caloric range. Also, I find it easier to post it all thru the day as it is easy to forget about those little morsels that seem to pop into the mouth between meals. Have a great week ahead all.

Posts: 217
7/14/11 3:46 P

Hi Everyone,

Hope all are having a terrific day!!!

Just wondering:

I plan to use the food tracker, but I'm wondering, when I sit down at the end of the day to track my intake. How many minutes will it take?

Thanks!

Have a great day!!

Posts: 31
6/29/11 12:43 P

I actually don't. I use an application on my phone that deducts the number of calories from my recommended daily amount. It also tells me what is in everything I eat and how much of each nutrient and vitamin I take in daily.

Posts: 1,042
6/8/11 9:29 P

I am using the food tracker daily because it is too much work to track the seven days in one day.

current weight: 207.0

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180

Posts: 395
6/8/11 4:37 P

I do, but sometimes I stop with lunch. I have no idea why, I guess I just have a short attention span. I tend to start things and not finish. You should see my house!

current weight: 254.6

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112

Posts: 1,042
6/5/11 4:02 A

As part of my healthy goals, I am writing everything I eat in a notebook. I will try to use the SP food tracker daily or at least enter the information in my notebook every sunday.

current weight: 207.0

258 238.5 219 199.5

180

Posts: 1,976
6/2/11 8:55 P

For me, using the nutritional tracker keeps me accountable

Posts: 1,976
5/31/11 6:55 P

Started again yesterday.

SparkPoints: (68,181)
Fitness Minutes: (45,606)
Posts: 5,068
5/29/11 9:16 A

I just started using it last week. Even though it doesn't seem to have the particular foods I eat I can come pretty close with the new search and add your own food feature.

June Minutes: 1,690

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1500

SparkPoints: (39,132)
Fitness Minutes: (22,230)
Posts: 3,435
5/29/11 3:21 A

Yes I've been using it for 3 years, essential to keep me honest.
Claudia

current weight: 171.0

178 174.75 171.5 168.25

165

Posts: 1,976
5/23/11 9:18 A

Trying to get back into it.
Been away from program for about two months.

Posts: 2,419
11/5/10 8:44 A

yes

current weight: 147.0

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125

Posts: 5,240
11/2/10 9:29 A

I did for about a year and now...not so much. I should get back at it.

SparkPoints: (17,062)
Fitness Minutes: (4,056)
Posts: 3,761
11/2/10 9:26 A

i do sometime but i have been som what attemping to keep a record thru the day to watch my self for years anyway before i joined. When people would ask how i lost weight my co-workers tell them real fast i write every bite down whether it was good or bad and the calories so forth.

SparkPoints: (77,178)
Fitness Minutes: (29,925)
Posts: 4,066
11/2/10 7:51 A

yes, it really helps to keep me on track of what I am eating everyday.

Posts: 2,592
11/2/10 2:21 A

yes i do use it daily!
it keeps me accountable, i easily go over my kcal..

SparkPoints: (24,338)
Fitness Minutes: (47,031)
Posts: 930
11/1/10 9:45 P

I use mine as well. I love that my iTouch as the app so I can be accountable wherever I go.

current weight: 155.0

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155

Posts: 1,435
11/1/10 9:36 P

I use my food tracker every day, I think it's one of the greatest things on Spark People. It holds me accountable for everything I put in my mouth through out the day.