do you count calories before or after you eat

Seveen

just wondering

laurabini

When i can, i plan my daily intake so that i won't go over but if i'm in a hurry i plan them after..

sanaroph

I plan by looking at nutritional content before I eat. This is particularly important if we are eating out

SoDamnHungry

Always before. Otherwise when I eat, I think I'm probably just going over my limit. It kind of ruins the meal when I'm trying to be good...

A_Fit_Mom

Before most days. Makes it easier to see what I can eat that day.

northfresh

Before, and if I don't eat everything I recorded, I just edit later.

Alexstrasza

For the last like month or so I've been planning out my meals every morning. It was driving me insane though to plan all of it. So instead I just put in things either as I eat them or I'll put them in if I know I want to eat them later, but I don't obsess over it anymore.

marbit

Always well before. I like to do it first thing in the morning or last thing the night before so I cna plan my meals for the day, what I am going to eat and when.

tania2287

I plan all my meals before hand...everything is done in the morning so that l know what l am eating all day and how many cals everything is.

dancingj2

Almost always after.

Melis25Fit

Most of the time, it's before. That way I know what I'm putting into my mouth and if I have the "allowance" for it.

Heather2784

Depends on my day. If I don't have much to do, I track them before I eat them on my phone. If I'm all over the place with a million things to do, I tend to have to think back and record more in spurts throughout the day (I kinda eat continuously from sun up to sun down), or sometimes almost everything at the very end of the day.

manasunshine

before.so idont go over

Jweb8969

i almost always count my meals before i eat them - and then i know what i can and can't have to keep it under the limits. keeps me on track better that way.

lilo1971

Before, I try to do the entire day on the morning of with what I am going to eat so it lets me know what I have left for a snack here and there through out the day if I want it.

jwpe

Depends....usually as I eat. But if I am going away or eating out then I try to look at an online menu before hand so I have an idea of what I am up against! I can then work out longer or harder to make up for the splurge. Tomorrow my daughter and I are going for a girls trip overnight...so I have put in my food and exercise already...so I don't have to spend our time on the computer.

frogmama

After. But I do add them as the day goes on so I know what I have left. If I am high before dinner, the I make dinner lower in calories and no night snack

TamsinEllis

I don't tend to plan my meals, but if I'm not in a rush when I decide what I want to eat I'll enter it before I go and make it on the off chance I want to make adjustments to the recipe or whatever. I just tend to make sure I save 400cals for dinner (lunch and breakfast I don't care what they come to) and then after dinner I might make a snack if I'm hungry and have cals left (like tonight I had 200cals left so going to be having some homemade sourdough yum!). I would plan in advance if I like making certain meals but I just tend to grab whatever seems most appealing or easiest to make instead.

MrsM1ggins

I used to always put them in before, but now I'm pretty comfortable putting them in after. I eat the same things for the most part so I can stay on target without needing to log first.

ChitownFoodie

Most days I prelog the whole day, so I can stay on track.

ElizabethRoad

I put them in before if I've planned it and had time. But usually that doesn't happen. I manage to stay within my calories for most days by eating reasonable portions. But if I log everything and it ends up being over, I just make up for it by cutting a little the rest of the week. As long as I make my goal for the week, I'm happy.

Ely82010

After I eat, since most of the time I don't know what I am going to have (in detail) for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

_SusieQ_

I will actually try and pre-log my whole work week so that I can have an idea of what I want to shop for at the store on Sundays. I don't always stick to it, but I like to have a rough plan for the week.

achief192

Always before I eat.

beckylawrence70

For me personally, I don't believe in pre-logging food or exercise, it's too easy to forget or not do what u hoped to do.......I don't log exercise until I'm done, I log foods as I eat them......:)

ElizabethRoad

I will actually try and pre-log my whole work week so that I can have an idea of what I want to shop for at the store on Sundays. I don't always stick to it, but I like to have a rough plan for the week.

Oh I try to do that too. It's never happened yet.

Cr357

Before, never after. I add up the entire day before I eat anything.

eedossa

I track before, especially my exercise... that way I really have to do it! It works most days...lol

TinkrBelz

Usually after, unless I have cooked a meal and have put the recipe in...then I will go ahead and put in my calories for that meal. Otherwise, I just wait until I eat it.

purpleipod

I always try to plan my day the day before. I'm really really bad at winging it throughout the day.

abnerner

Typically before I eat. But not always.