CRONOMETER VS MFP FREE

Since I'm such a numbers person, I downloaded the free version and gave it a try. Also, if I ever want to try to eat intuitively, I don't want to make myself eat things 'just because' right now.Ī blog reader, Jen, emailed me about an app to keep track of calories (along with ALL of the macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, and everything you can think of).

I like to eat a piece of fruit once or twice a day, but I don't have the appetite to eat five or six pieces. *To increase my calorie intake without going over my PointsPlus allowance, I ate several fruits and vegetables, but I didn't really want them. When I used to eat frozen meals before for lunch (counting calories), I would have the Stouffer's ones-they are heartier and more filling. They aren't filling at all! (Even though this lasagna looks NOTHING like the photo, it surprisingly tasted really good it was just way too small.) I usually have one with a piece of fruit.

*I bought some Smart Ones and Lean Cuisines because they are convenient and fast and easy for my lunches. Personally, I enjoyed calorie counting because I liked having smaller portions of richer foods more than bigger portions of lower fat foods. *I noticed that when I try to stick with PointsPlus, I'm not as satisfied with my food because I'm purposefully choosing lower fat/lower calorie foods. When I lost quite a bit of weight (going from 160 to 121 by calorie counting), I was averaging just under 1,600 calories per day. *When calorie counting, I used to spend about 300 calories on breakfast, 400-500 calories on lunch, and 500 calories on dinner (plus my bedtime treat, which was usually 200-400 calories). I was getting less than 1200 calories per day when sticking with my PointsPlus allowance! I even used activity PointsPlus and my calorie count was very low. *I'm glad I was keeping track of both calories and PointsPlus, because I discovered why sticking with Weight Watchers was so difficult. I used to think that WW was easier, but now it just seems like a hassle. *I've been tracking calories as well as PointsPlus, simply because it's easier for me and I wanted to do a comparison. *I had to calculate the PointsPlus in my recipes (thankfully, I had the recipes stored in Fat Secret, so I already had the nutrition info calculated-I just had to convert it to PointsPlus). After counting them for so long, I thought I'd never forget! *I'd actually forgotten the PointsPlus values for most foods, which was interesting. (To be clear, I'm following the older Flex Plan, counting PointsPlus not Smart Points.) So, here are some thoughts that I've noted since I stated counting Points again. Then I get stressed out about something and derailed from WW. Lately, I've been attempting Weight Watchers, but I only count a few times a week (not deliberately-I do plan to track daily). So, I think in order to lose this extra weight and maintain the weight loss, I'll always need to track my calories. But my emotional eating (stress) makes me eat way too much. I certainly don't love counting anything at all-I wish I could eat intuitively and be happy with that. I made the switch from Weight Watchers to calorie counting in 2015, I think. Like I said yesterday, I'm remembering now why I quit doing Weight Watchers and started counting calories instead. Why does it seem that all the stressful situations happen all at once? Chances are, in a month, I'll feel bored without having all kinds of things going wrong ) I'm feeling better about it all today-just trying to deal with one situation at a time. Thank you all for the sympathy (and empathy!) on my last post.

Cronometer vs mfp