How do you have your food diary set up?

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  • meganreinsch
    meganreinsch Posts: 30 Member
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    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
    raelsea Posts: 11
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    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
    moraiwebird Posts: 71 Member
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    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
    laurie04427 Posts: 421 Member
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    For now, something like:

    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Early afternoon
    Late afternoon
    Evening
    Vitamins
  • BillRicks1
    BillRicks1 Posts: 473 Member
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    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
    CeeCeeMee Posts: 356 Member
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    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
    Corsetopia Posts: 307 Member
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    I have one category labeled 'All Day Meals'. I don't like breaking things up, I guess I'm lazy.
  • ActuarialChef
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
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    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!
  • nurse_ratty
    nurse_ratty Posts: 100 Member
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    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
    Dol10 Posts: 48 Member
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    Doesn't matter where you log your food, just as long as you're hitting your daily macros, you're good to go.
  • elliej
    elliej Posts: 466 Member
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    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
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
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    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
    Listeninguponyou Posts: 507 Member
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    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
    TKhamvongsa Posts: 287
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    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
    Snack 1
    Snack 2
  • Listeninguponyou
    Listeninguponyou Posts: 507 Member
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    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
    Birder155 Posts: 223 Member
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    #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
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
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    6am-9am
    9am-12pm
    12pm-3pm
    3pm-6pm
    6pm-9pm
    9pm+
  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
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    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. :smile:
    :heart:
  • misschoppo
    misschoppo Posts: 463 Member
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    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
    random_user75 Posts: 157 Member
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    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Snacks
    Dinner
    Boozes

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