Advance food diary

BrienJD

Probably a dumb question but....does anyone else use the food diary to plan their next days meals? Just curious. I find that it's easier to map out what I'm going to eat, and in what amounts the day before so I have a reasonably good idea of what I can and cannot have. I know advance meal planning is what it is, but I find the MFP food diary so much more helpful than any previous attempts at planning. Just wondering if anyone else feels the same.

Anayalata

I haven't planned out a whole future day but if I'm going to a restaurant or something I'll put my meal in before I get there to promote self-discipline.

Hasn't failed me yet

jfluchere

When u see Ur friends completing their logs at 9am, they r usually planning ahead

becoming_a_new_me

Probably a dumb question but....does anyone else use the food diary to plan their next days meals? Just curious. I find that it's easier to map out what I'm going to eat, and in what amounts the day before so I have a reasonably good idea of what I can and cannot have. I know advance meal planning is what it is, but I find the MFP food diary so much more helpful than any previous attempts at planning. Just wondering if anyone else feels the same.

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Elizabeth_C34

I preplan nearly every day. Great way to do it!

CallmeSbo

Probably a dumb question but....does anyone else use the food diary to plan their next days meals? Just curious. I find that it's easier to map out what I'm going to eat, and in what amounts the day before so I have a reasonably good idea of what I can and cannot have. I know advance meal planning is what it is, but I find the MFP food diary so much more helpful than any previous attempts at planning. Just wondering if anyone else feels the same.

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Same here. I dont pre plan everyday. But yeah you right, its pretty useful.

silverphonasa

That's exactly what I do!!! I find if I plan my meals for the next day, it'll keep me from eating something I shouldn't!

SergeantSunshine_reused

I do it for the whole week every sunday xD so I make sure food I have does not go bad and if I make protein bars I eat them all and dont go to waste

NewTeena

I know lots of people plan meals ahead, but if I were to do that and my plans got changed, I'm not 100% certain I would make changes. For me to be able to plan ahead like that there would have to be another page for it and I would have to confirm entries for it to count for the day.

For me, that kind of planning ahead isn't a good idea. But I sometimes will check my meal right before I make it and adjust it if necessary.

mikaela_b

I do it too. Usually not a day or two in advance, but certainly in the morning of any given day you can find me planning out the rest of what I expect to eat that day in order to make sure it all fits within the master plan. Usually when planning I'll try to leave myself a couple of hundred calories to allow for a certain amount of spontaneity as well - after all, I want this to be a longterm lifestyle change and I figure that's going to help me learn to succeed.

gp79

I'm always planning ahead. Sometimes up to a week out

Eve1972

I always plan what I am going to eat the day before. I also add in my exercise based on the number from my HRM from the week before, then I go in and change it if the HRM shows a different number that day,

wcsangel

I'm not organised enough to do it on a weekly basis, but I do spend a couple of minutes each morning filling in what I know (or am pretty sure) I'm going to eat through the day.