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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is real for me, so please help me decide.

Which one is better for me right now? [b]I’m attempting a 3-week food journal or tracking so I can show my doctors that nothing is moving the needle.[/b]

1. Calorie tracking. I was aiming for a 500 cal deficit. I figured out my steady state is 2000-2200. So I figure I will attempt a range of 1500-1900.

2. Just a food journal. This has the plus of allowing me to be, ironically, more accurate? Not more accurate… I mean. It’s hard to track calories accurately. A simple food journal with no quantities helped me lose 15 pounds a couple of years ago.
The less work of a food journal that helps me see overall patterns but not measuring food, helps me track things I eat out, or the random meal served by my friend at a dinner party. Instead of being unable to track that meal.

This second thing is better in some ways…. But it’s not working anymore. I gained all my weight back. Plus recently another 5 lbs pretty rapidly.

**this is a real, and sort of upsetting, debate in my head. Please help me go forward.[/quote]

If you want to show your doctors that "nothing is moving the needle" then you need to trach with 100% accuracy and consistency. I can list everything I ate today and it would look great but if I don't include quantities then it really doesn't mean much.

Another thing to track is your consistency. if you have a calorie deficit goal but only really hit that target 60 or 70% of the time then that is important to know because eating in a deficit M-f then overeating all weekend will definitely make losing a LOT harder. 
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