When do you put your food in diary?

suziblues2000

I was wondering if you put your food in your diary first, or add the food as you eat it (or after you eat it)?

I usually put it in after I eat it but maybe I should start putting it in before, like in the morning, so that way it will be more planned out.

How/when do you add your food?

thanx!

iamdesiderata

i usually snack all day long, and never know exactly what ill be eating, especially dinner, because it all depends on whether i feel like cooking or not :P

so i enter my foods throughout the day

JustAmy

I enter my whole day's food the day before so I know what to pack to bring to work :happy: and have no worries after work as to how many calories I have left for dinner and what I'm cooking, that seems to makes my life easier and less stressful:flowerforyou:

VeryKerri

I plan my food for the day out in the morning so I log all the way through my pm snack first thing in the morning. That way I know what kind of dinner I can have. I eat all home prepared food Monday through Friday so it's easier for me this way. It also keeps me from snacking too much if I know exactly how many calories I am at with my "planned" food.

sallyLunn

I do both. I put food in - in the morning so I can plan my calorie intake. If I eat something outside of my plan, I add it.

I like putting it in early because it lets me know if I have wiggle room, it also inspires me to get my behind to the gym so I get the extra calories from exercise.

And, yes, I eat my exercise calories. My usual calorie burn at the gym is around 600 and my allotment for the day is 1200. I would go into starvation mode if I didn't eat them.

bloblynda

I have the iphone app so I like to put my food in as or just after I'm eating it. It's very handy when you're eating out or at work

CinderellaMom

For me, I prefer to enter my food as I am going to eat it- but I have friends who do it in the morning and at the end of the day too.....

DanOhh

I enter my food in throughout the day the majority of time (99%) but the times that I did add before I ate it did make me stick to it. So, I could see how it can make you stick to your menu.

Cina04

I do it while I'm eating - - this way i don't inhale my food lol

jrich1

Put my food for breakfast, lunch and snacks up till dinner in the morning before I go to work, and then my dinner and snacks after dinner

RunnerMama262

Just before I eat, just to be sure I dont go over.... its nice having the phone app too!

sallyLunn

I find it nice to enter things before I put something in my mouth. Seeing how many calories there are in some things has really helped me make better choices about what to eat.

krislew

I add my meals in the day before..that way I know how many calories I can afford on snacks, if needed. If I added them as I ate then I would eat all my calories for breakfast!!!!

ETA: if needed I obviously make changes throughout the day.

Also I add my breakfast first...since it's the same every day. Then I figure out my dinner....and that is how I figure out what I can eat for lunch...because lunch is my most flexible meal.

sarahliftsUP

I usually enter it as I go along. I have an office job so it's easy for me to do it that way. I might plan my lunch and supper early in the day and enter it in the morning. But usually it's just before I'm about to eat or shortly after that I enter in my food.

tmcowan

I add my food as I eat it. Since I do my the majority of my exercising at night I have no problems staying below calorie intake but don't eat all of my exercise calories because it's too late.

bluiz13

i entered my breakfast and my lunch first thing in the morning so i know where i am for the day....i pack my lunch everyday and we have been planning dinners for 3 weeks so i "know" what i am having for food every day....if things change through out the day but for the most part i have my journal "done" before i eat my lunch...but i dont close it out until the end of the day just in case i add a snack or change a food....

Rugbychick16

I put all my planned meals in in the morning. Sometimes if I don't know what were having I leave it blank until later in the day, but I leave enough calories for a meal. I also try to leave a few extra calories incase I want an evening snack! :flowerforyou:

jaylu

i do it in the morning or sometimes the night before, this way i can pre make and pre weigh my lunch and snacks for work. it takes the hassle out of the day and knowing what food i can look forward to. if i ate and then logged at the end of the day i think i would over eat and be shocked and disappointed and then it would be too late to do anything about it and id have to go to bed feeling bad!

GinaB30

Unless I am out and away from the computer, I enter it as soon as I eat it..=o)

alyssashoop

I put mine down in the morning.That way, it helps me know how many calories I have left for the day or how many carlories I need to burn with exercise when I get home from work. It also makes me stick to what I put down and not stray when I am feeling like I want to eat something else. To each their own though. :-)

k2charmed4u

I have the iphone app so I like to put my food in as or just after I'm eating it. It's very handy when you're eating out or at work

Me too. I have the iphone app and update it everytime I have anything. Keeps on top of it, nothing is missed and makes life so much easier. :bigsmile: