add food to diary before you eat it

ncwingnut71

I usually enter everything for the day in minus dinner in the morning. That way, I know what I need to adjust for the day if need be and I can better plan for dinner. Sometimes I know what I want to have, others I play it by ear, since I work a lot of long hours.

Libby81

On weekdays I fill out my diary the night before for breakfast and lunch, since I more or less have the same things every day. That way I know how many calories I have to play with for dinner and snacks. Weekends are a little less structured and I fill out the diary as I go but I've been doing it long enough now that I know when I'm getting close to my goal; but even if I go 50-100 calories over it's not the end of the world since I stay within my goal Mon.-Fri.

Me too. I tend to try and cut myself a bit slack on a weekend because I've been so organised and strict during the week.

PreciousMissy

I just did that this morning with a bagel I wanted to eat. Since I have my menu planned out for the day I realized I would have to start eliminating a lot of other things just to make up the difference. Turns out the bagel wasn't worth it so I stuck to my planned breakfast!