How do you guys consistently track you food?

How do you guys consistently track you food? I mean seriously? I always forget to write down my food and then I forget what I ate by the end of the day. How do you stay motivated to track your diet?

I log right after eating or while eating. If I'm not at home or by a computer, I write it down if I don't think I'll remember. If you're 'forgetting' to write it down... no offense, are you really that focused or committed? I'm constantly thinking about what I'm going to eat and how I can make my meals healthier. I stay motivated to track my diet because I WANT to lose the weight and be healthier. If you're just getting started it can be a little tough to adjust to, but try getting a small notepad or something for keeping track of your food especially if you aren't around the computer a lot. Or you could try out the mobile app for Fitness Pal. Sometimes I also pre-log what I plan to eat. Then don't vary from that. If you pack a lunch for work or something, log it when you pack the lunch.

Hope it helps, good luck with your weight loss!

You have to get into a habit of doing it right there on the spot. Pull out your phone and log it. I hear my friends say they can't be bothered. At most, it takes 5 minutes. Usually much less time. But, if you can't do that for some reason, remember. Saying you can't remember what you ate is really indicating that you don't pay attentioin to what you eat. I know exactly what I eat because I make very purposeful decisions about it. Even when I eat wrong, it's a very concious decision I make to do that at that moment, so I never forget.

Very well said.

Use a smartphone app!! They're free and awesome Or, log ur day prior as a means of planning what you'll eat then only eat what you planned!!

it's a pain at first but you get used to logging so that it becomes second nature.

what also helps is that MFP keeps track of your recent items, so if you eat the same things there's very little searching you have to do.

i'd say in all, it takes me 3-5 minutes a day to log my meals in

Just make it a habit. It's hard for the first couple of weeks, but then it becomes second nature. And it really helps you to think about it WHILE you are eating it, which can lower your portions. And don't worry if you don't get things 100% correct - if I am eating at a local restaurant and the info isn't in the system, I just approximate. It shouldn't take an hour to log in your food.

Sometimes I log before I eat. I plan my meals, then log them all at once when I have time. I can make changes later if needed. I eat a lot of the same meals, so that helps too. I don't find it that hard to remember what I ate if I don't let it go too long between loggings. The phone app helps too.

You have to get into a habit of doing it right there on the spot. Pull out your phone and log it. I hear my friends say they can't be bothered. At most, it takes 5 minutes. Usually much less time. But, if you can't do that for some reason, remember. Saying you can't remember what you ate is really indicating that you don't pay attentioin to what you eat. I know exactly what I eat because I make very purposeful decisions about it. Even when I eat wrong, it's a very concious decision I make to do that at that moment, so I never forget.

This is exactly my process, as well! It has to be quite intentional. A million conscious decisions every day.

iPhone and iPad. My iPhone is always with me at restaurants and I do it right there--takes a couple of minutes. At home I am often entering the info as I'm cooking. Second nature now.

eat log eat log eat log just like that I'm either doing it on my computer or from my phone..drives me nuts if I'm somewhere I cant..but if that situation arises I put a "note" on my phone so I dont forget what I ate.

I prelog my food up to a week in advance and that's what I eat. It may vary slightly but I update right a way or send myself a text on my phone so I can refer to it later.

^^^Me, too. I plan a week in advance, then just adjust.

I pre log my food on work days and I have a food scale.so know exacty what I'm eating. And on days that I'm off I log it after I eat it.

i spend 10 minutes at the end of every day logging food for the next day and adjusting my current days food intake. Then I try to stay on track everyday but i pretty much know how much i can consume if i should go over.

I try to log the evening before or the morning of.

It's best to log before you eat it, so you actually know what the content of it is before you eat it. After all, there is nothing worse eating something you guessed at only 200 calories only to find out its closer to 500 (it's happened to me in the early days).

I try to log what I am eating just before or just after so I can stay on track. I also have the mobile app so even when eating out I can record it.