How do you have your food diary set up?

meganreinsch

Pre-Workout (Breakfast)
Post Workout
Lunch
Afternoon Snack
Dinner
Evening Snack

I wish that there was room for one more category for those darn late night snacks that are impossible to say no to.

raelsea

I have
12:01a-6a
6:01a-noon
12:01p-6p
6:01p-midight

I like the idea of a snacks category though, so you can see how much you eat when it isn't part of a meal. Those calories can add up!

moraiwebird

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Drinks
Treats

The drinks and treats categories really only get used the weekends we get together with friends, because we usually eat/drink the same type things each time and it makes things easier to find.

laurie04427

For now, something like:

Breakfast
Lunch
Early afternoon
Late afternoon
Evening
Vitamins

BillRicks1

I have
Meal 1
Meal 2
Meal 3
Meal 4
Meal 5
Meal 6

I log snacks as meals. I log meals as meals. It helps me see what I ate when and how it affected me later on in the day in the remaining "meals."

Relatively the same:

Meal #1 (breakfast)
Meal #2 (snack)
Meal #3 (lunch)
Meal #4 (snack)
Meal #5 (dinner)
Meal #6 (snack)

CeeCeeMee

I have mine listed in chronological order;
Breakfast
Morning Snack (8am-11am)
Lunch
Afternoon snack (1pm-5pm)
Dinner
Evening Snack (6pm-9pm)

The disadvantage of this is that I have been known to have "brunch" on the weekends so I enter it under Morning Snack (8am-11am) with nothing entered for breakfast or lunch. Yeah, I guess I really am just that AR.

Corsetopia

I have one category labeled 'All Day Meals'. I don't like breaking things up, I guess I'm lazy.

ActuarialChef

I just keep the default settings because if you change it on here (the website) it doesn't reflect the change/addition of new categories on the mobile app. So if you add a category, it doesn't appear on the app (or at least from the last time I did that about a year ago, things may have changed since then). Essentially I just have a Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Anything in between goes into 'Snack'.

Yep it has changed! Go forth and modify your meal names to your heart's content!

appletonirvinea

mines set up as;

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Alcohol
Other - for example any vitamins, tablets, medications

i dont log water or cardio/exercise on MFP i log it on my fitbit app (they sync), i find this better - i put notes under food and exercise though.

Dol10

Doesn't matter where you log your food, just as long as you're hitting your daily macros, you're good to go.

elliej

Surprised so few people have a drinks/bevs/liquids section, that was all I added... I like to keep my coffee, booze and shakes separate.

ActuarialChef

I have
Wakeup to 9am
9am to 12pm
12pm to 3pm
3pm to 6pm
6pm to bedtime
Vitamins/Medicines

I only drink water and tea - tea is logged as I drink it (with splenda/sugar). Snacks are logged whenever they happen.

During the week, it generally ends up working out to be
breakfast
fruit/veggie snack
lunch
fruit/veggie snack
dinner & after dinner snacks (i.e. fruit or other dessert)
(vitamins/medicines)

On weekends, breakfast typically gets entered in the 9am to 12pm category and I "snack" for lunch anywhere from 11am to 2pm and just enter it accordingly :shrugs:

Listeninguponyou

I originally had breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, etc but that isn't how I always eat. I now just have meals 1-6 and I don't care if it was really a snack or meal. I'm just OCD enough that I want it all in chronological order :laugh:

Maybe I should try that...

TKhamvongsa

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snack 1
Snack 2

Listeninguponyou

I think with my new exercise routine and to make my metabolism higher I should switch mine up but here's my current:



Breakfast-- Awake To 12pm
Lunch-- 12pm To 2pm
Snack (1)-- 2pm To 5pm
Dinner-- 5pm To 8pm
Snack (2)-- 8pm To Sleep

Birder155

#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
Beverages

I usually only eat something 4 times a day but keep #5 for those days I eat more. I also like to keep the beverages separate.

81Katz

6am-9am
9am-12pm
12pm-3pm
3pm-6pm
6pm-9pm
9pm+

aledba

I have Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, and Late Night because I typically have 2 dinners... One for myself around 5, one with my husband around 9:30.
But I've been thinking about remodeling my system after the Hobbit way:

:Breakfast
Second Breakfast
Elevensies
Luncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Supper

Because I usually break my meals into lots of mini-meals throughout the day anyways.

misschoppo

I have 5 sections just done by time so I have

Before 10am
10-12:30pm
12:30-3pm
3-6pm
6-9pm
After 9pm

Keeps it easy to decide where to put things :-)

random_user75

Breakfast
Lunch
Snacks
Dinner
Boozes

Francl27

Breakfast
Second Breakfast
Elevensies
Luncheon
Tea
Dinner and Supper

We totally need to be able to pick a 7th option, but I rarely snack after dinner so it's not a huge deal I guess.

iRun_Butterfly

I do:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
AM Snacks
PM Snacks
Sweets & Alcohol

extraordinary_machine

I have:
Morning Food
Brunchy
Evening Food
Holy Sh!tballs, I'm Hungry
Lushy (for my adult beverages)
Snacks of Shame/Workout (for the crap I eat and/or my pre-workout/post-workout stuff)