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    • Posts: 3,275 Member
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      It's big, it's heavy, it's wood....
      It's better than bad IT'S GOOD!!! \m/™
    • Posts: 601 Member
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      It's better than bad IT'S GOOD!!! \m/™

      LOL:laugh:

      Thank you for your responses and well wishes!

      Whenever you *do* leave wiggle room for the rest of the day when you prelog, how many calories to leave space for?
    • Posts: 1,842 Member
      A and B

      Usually my days and treats are planned around breakfast time that morning :drinker:
    • Posts: 15,267 Member
      wow I must be weird...

      None of the above

      I log my week usually...

      On Sunday night I sit down after i have done the shopping and plan my meals. My breakfasts vary depending on where I am, lunches are usually what was left over from the previous nights dinner and then my dinners are planned based on if my husband is working a day shift or night shift.

      I typically do not vary from it as I do this to ensure my macros are hit. That being said I do vary if I feel like it...I am not that OCD about it.
    • Posts: 3,556 Member
      Typically it's A and B - I try to plan out my day early and than just make any changes I need to.

      When I wait til the end of the day which I have a few times, are always the days my calories and macros are horrible because it takes a little planning
    • Posts: 70
      Curious to know. How do you log?

      Do you...
      a.) the beforehand think of what you're going to eat the next day or for the day and prelog everything from breakfast until dinner?
      b.) log while you're eating?
      c.) log after you've just finished a meal?
      d.) log everything after you've finished eating for the day?

      If i'm having a cheat meal I usually add it to the diary the night before so i know how many calories i have left.
      usually log just before a meal so i know i'm only eating that and not nibbling on other things!
    • Posts: 495 Member
      I find that I am way more successful when I plan my meals and pre-log. Then if I have to make adjustments, I tend to have more wiggle room.

      Also, I find it very helpful for resisting temptation. Nothing like seeing a muffin that weighs in at whopping 700 calories added my diary to make me decide not to shove it in my mouth and help make rethink how I need/want to use those calories.

      I do the same thing. You'll stray less if it's already written down and you have a game plan.
    • Posts: 15
      a little bit of everything, I plan out most days or at least some of my meals
      If anything else I add just before or after I eat it
      Sometimes I wait til later in the day to do a whole count(I always have a rough count in my head though)
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    • Posts: 116 Member
      a.) the beforehand think of what you're going to eat the next day or for the day and prelog everything from breakfast until dinner?

      A hybrid of this. My breakfast doesn't change much so it's easy for me to know how many cals I'm going to have for it. The exception is on big workout days where I need to eat more cals than normal in order to not be stuck with a huge pile of cals I need to eat at the end of the day.

      Lunch is always prepped for the week. I do up a big batch and enter it as a recipe so I can simply select it to populate my diary.

      Dinner is the stand out. I look at whatever I have left and put together a meal that fits the remainder. This method lets me feel like I'm maintaining control over my counts, doesn't leave me with any end of day surprises, and lets me get creative at the end of each day.
    • Posts: 49 Member
      I usually log just before or just after.
    • Posts: 88 Member
      I log beforehand as it works best for me and it helps keep me from overeating as I can prepare my meals and snacks the night before. If I don't do it before I'm more likely to over eat. Of couse stuff happens and I adjust as necessary.
    • Posts: 98 Member
      I log either as I am eating or when I am finished. That way, I log exactly what I have eaten. I am too easily bored with food to just pre log and expect to stick to it.
    • Posts: 3,731 Member
      Some combination of A-C. If I waited for D, I would forget stuff. A is especially good if I'm going out...I can go through the restaurant's menu and find something in advance that has a calorie count I can live with, and is still tasty.
    • Posts: 946 Member
      The answer is "Yes," Or "all of the above." ;)
    • Posts: 252 Member
      Mostly I log/plan the whole day after breakfast but I occasionally I'll just log as I go throughout the day. Pre-logging does make meeting all my goals easier so I try to make it a habit but then there's life so you know... lol.
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