How do you track?

One of the habits I would love to develop is tracking everything.  I have a bad habit of starting, and then petering out....I'm curious what everyone uses.    I have a MFP account, and I've toyed with doing an old-fashioned-write-it-all-down food type journal but I'm not sure that would work well for someone as on-the-go as I often am!

so....for those of us who track, what do you use?

I use MyFitnessPal. In early January I'll hit 1year daily streak! I've tried a lot of others, but I've found mfp to have the largest database, but some entries are wonky so be careful of that. 

I tend to add my own entries, if that makes sense - I do love the scanning feature.  I really just need to kick my own ass into sticking with it!

I've done that a bit, but I find using what's there makes it faster, which in turn means I do it more often. On the plus side, if you stick with it for a few weeks, the reality is, we eat the same things over and over, and they pop up  In your recently added area, so it does gets faster the more you use it.

i also use the recipe builder a lot. But I'm still working out how to make better use of it post op. For example, I made stew on the weekend, but a 3/4 cup serving in mfp wouldn't be representative of what I ate. Because I pick out the beef first, weigh my 3 oz, then add a couple pieces of turnip and carrot...so I add them in separately, plus add a gravy entry. 

I recently added in my yogurt recipe to try and use it, the problem is I'm not 100 percent sure of how much it actually yielded which means my calorie counts for it are off.  I need to weigh the total output next time after straining it to get an accurate count of how much there actually is before I divide it up into containers!  Definitely a learning curve for me!

I use my plate and i really like it!

MyFitnessPal and a food scale. 1568 consecutive days so far. I started because I was required by my program to do some king of food log or journal, and I was too lazy to use a paper journal. 

It takes a little work at first to use MFP. You need to look a little to get your most commonly used foods and a few recipes in your log. Once you do, it takes very, very little time. I don't spend more than three minutes a day weighing my portion and logging my food. And it has been incredibly important in getting me to goal and keeping me there.

I have a food scale for my kitchen, thinking about getting a pocket-sized one for when we're going out to eat!

I'm older and not tech savy so I use old fashioned paper and pen. I've been the same weight now for 31/2 years and below my goal by a bunch. The point of my rambling is this:anything will work if you stick with it!

I use MFP and have a scale at home as well as a pocket scale for when I'm out. It's the only way I'd be able to track everything especially during this point in my year where I'm only home to sleep. It's fast and easy and once you get in the habit you don't want to miss a day.