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Logging AS A PLAN? Or, logging AS YOU GO?

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  • anacsitham5
    anacsitham5 Posts: 808 Member
    Because I work 7:45 am to 11:30 pm with only M-F I pack my lunch, supper and snacks in the morning and log in after breakfast. That way if I have any extra calories, fat or sugars left I know and can indulge accordingly without ever going over.
  • skinnyhopes
    skinnyhopes Posts: 402 Member
    I log as I go, because my mom cooks for me,
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  • Pink_turnip
    Pink_turnip Posts: 280 Member
    Both, I log my breakfast and my lunch during the work week, ahead of time, because I know what I'm bringing, so I know what I'm eating. As for dinner, I usually log it after, unless I'm going out for dinner. I don't like big surprises when I log something that I thought was healthy, and turns out isn't.
  • emmaNEEDSskinny
    emmaNEEDSskinny Posts: 317
    log as i go!
  • TS65
    TS65 Posts: 1,024 Member
    Breakfast & Coffee I log as I go (I pretty much have the same thing every morning).

    Lunch, Dinner & Snacks I try to enter before I eat them. This way there are no surprises. For example, the other day I decided to have a BLT... I didn't log it first - due to thick sliced bacon, it ended up being 742 calories and over 2000 grams of sodium! :noway: *Lesson Learned! *
  • ShellyLee
    ShellyLee Posts: 293 Member
    I do both... depends on the day. Sometimes I'll plan a day out the night before, but then change something (usually breakfast) if I'm just not feeling what I originally picked lol. Yesterday and today I logged after I'd eaten. I have no logging pattern lol.
  • iuew
    iuew Posts: 625 Member
    i log as i go using the phone app for android.
  • monky13grl
    monky13grl Posts: 55 Member
    little of both. If i am at home or know im going to cheat- i plan. If i am just out and about- as i go.
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    I plan it the night before. and i do it that way because otherwise i wont get everything i need in, or ill eat more or less of a macro than i need.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    As I am eating and logging breakfast, I log all the work snacks and lunch stuff I plan to bring with me, so at 4AM I am logged till 4PM, after 4PM varies greatly...I try to be at least at 1000 calories by 4...if I don't pre-log and plan to eat I will go the whole work day without eating and be weak dizzy and have a headache by the time I get home, and that leads to a binge!
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    I generally plan my day and make adjustments as I go.

    Reason: I work out in the evening and have to plan the extra calories earlier in the day so I'm not left with a huge number after dinner.

    That said... on non-workout days I'm sometimes more lax about it and log as I go because I've got a good idea of how to fit that many calories in already.
  • lclarkjr
    lclarkjr Posts: 359 Member
    I log as I go because for the most part I don't know what I'll be eating most of the time until it's time to cook (or go to the restaurant). So far it's been working for me.
  • GreenSkinnyJeans
    GreenSkinnyJeans Posts: 204 Member
    I log as I go, because it is INCREDIBLY difficult to judge if I'm going to be hungry enough for this meal to eat it all, or am I staying up even later which means I'm going to eat more.
    I tried pre-logging, but it freaks me out to much so I constantly think about it more than i already think about food....
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