How do you have your food diary set up?

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  • GeordieGirl80s
    GeordieGirl80s Posts: 120 Member
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    Mine is currently set at

    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
    Snacks
    Treats
    Other
  • bluehydrangeas
    bluehydrangeas Posts: 16
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    Breakfast, lunch, & dinner. If I eat after a meal, I just add it to the meal before.
  • bluehydrangeas
    bluehydrangeas Posts: 16
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    I don't have it broken into meals, it's all just dumped into the diary like slop in a trough.

    Haha! I used to do that. My only meal was listed as "today" and I just put everything there. But now I like to break it up, makes it easier to see that I'm not eating a lot in one sitting which used to be an issue for me.
  • MariadfdCruz
    MariadfdCruz Posts: 69 Member
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    I added Snacks AM and Snacks PM. So, it looks like:

    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
    Snacks AM
    Snacks PM

    Maybe I should change the order because Snacks AM is between Breakfast and Lunch, Snacks PM is betweens Lunch and Dinner. Though, snacks is for me an extra that should be a fruit or a drink but sometimes is something else. I like to control the snacks calories and meals calories.
  • cppeace
    cppeace Posts: 764 Member
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    I have breakfast, lunch, dinner, work snacks, home snacks and drinks other than water. Works for me
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
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    6 - 9
    9 - 12
    12 - 3
    3 - 6
    6 - 9
    9 - 12
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
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    I work overnights so it's easier to use times.

    0000 - 0600
    0600 - 1200
    1200 - 1800
    1800 - 0000
  • cwoyto123
    cwoyto123 Posts: 308
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    I wake up at weird times so I just do meal 1-5 and a preworkout meal

    was going to make a post workout meal but meh
  • balance_happy_mum
    balance_happy_mum Posts: 25 Member
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    I have
    breakfast
    lunch
    tea (dinner)
    Snacks
    Workout snacks
    Juices/smoothies

    I have just added juices smoothies because i am trying to increase my fruit and vegie intake to try to combat andrenal fatigue so i have added a juice before breakfast every day.
  • missyjane824
    missyjane824 Posts: 1,199 Member
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    I used to switch mine around a lot until I found what worked best for me. Mine are:

    Morning
    Noon
    Night

    I would get all obsessive over which one to log it under so I went pretty simple. At some point I might adopt the food suggestion as I'm not looking to necessarily track when I'm eating something.
  • pgofford
    pgofford Posts: 5 Member
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    I haven’t deviated too far from the defaults, except I have added a section:

    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
    Treats\Booze
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
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    Mine is pretty simple

    Meal #1
    Meal #2
    Anytime
  • Tatyanne
    Tatyanne Posts: 471 Member
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    Hi,

    I have

    Breakfast
    Morning Snack
    Lunch
    Afternoon Snack
    Dinner
    After Dinner

    Almost never used "After Dinner".
    I always eat 6 meals a day

    Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper
  • katematt313
    katematt313 Posts: 624 Member
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    I just learned that you can go into the settings and rename your meal categories. A lot of times I have a hard time deciding what meal category I should log something into (Especially on days where I work at 4 AM and have "lunch" at like 9 AM and then a second lunch or heavy snack later in the afternoon), so I decided to delete all meals and just sort by time.

    I have:
    Wakeup - 10 AM
    10 AM - 2 PM
    2PM - 6 PM
    6 PM - Bedtime

    I might try changing it around some more after a while to see what I prefer.

    How do you guys have your diaries set up, and why do you have it set the way you do?

    OMG! I didn't know you could do this!! Awesome! Thanks for the info!
  • Iri_2
    Iri_2 Posts: 349 Member
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    I don't have set meal times so I just numbered mine:

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
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    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
    Snacks
    Protein Shake

    It's not set up in the order I eat them. Snacks includes my pre-workout snack (MWF) and afternoon snack. The timing of my protein shake varies depending on what day it is.
  • ShinyFuture
    ShinyFuture Posts: 314 Member
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    Meals
    Snacks
    Beverages

    (Beverages should really just be titled "beer")
  • 40andFindingFitness
    40andFindingFitness Posts: 497 Member
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    Breakfast
    Morning Snack
    Lunch
    Afternoon Snack
    Dinner
    Evening Snack
  • BarbieAS
    BarbieAS Posts: 1,414 Member
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    I have Breakast - AM Snack - Lunch - PM Snack - Dinner - Evening Snack. But, I don't get all stressed out if sometimes (weekends especially) I eat and log something that could fall into another category. Breakfast is usually just coffee and vitamins anyway :). I could probably simplify it, but that's more trouble than it's worth since it's also fine as-is.
  • emmanap91
    emmanap91 Posts: 300 Member
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    When I first got to mfp, I set mine to time periods instead of meals for the most part -

    8AM-12PM
    12PM-5PM
    5PM-9PM
    snacks
    dessert

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