When do you log?

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  • katynic12
    katynic12 Posts: 10 Member
    I log as I go. If I don't have the chance I always take pictures of what Im eating before I eat it so I can go back and look at it while I'm logging.
  • 1two3four
    1two3four Posts: 413 Member
    I've only ever logged at the end of the day and only ever a few times per month.

    This year I'm going to do better (about logging and weight loss in general) - I'm logging every day. I've mostly done it at the end of the day but a few times I've logged before hand.

    I almost didn't log today. Very stressed and was just about to turn off computer when I remembered to log. It took me 10 minutes to recall my breakfast. If I had a handheld device capable of logging I'd probably log right before or after eating because then you always know exactly what you can and can't eat. Today my breakfast was NOT optimal (perhaps another reason I forgot!) and if I'd been continuously logging before eating I would have made a better lunch choice and not made a bad breakfast choice followed by a lunch choice that was ALMOST as bad. Continuously logging also ensures you won't be trying to recall first thing in the morning at the end of a really bad day.
  • SurfyFriend
    SurfyFriend Posts: 362 Member
    I'd love to log the day before, but when I do, I always decide the next day that I want something different and it doesn't seem to work. I also sometimes log breakfast as I'm walking to work or lunch home from work and then later after dinner when I go for another walk. It makes the time go so fast :)
  • thefewsteps
    thefewsteps Posts: 201 Member
    lately since ive had extra time i've been logging about half the night before so i get a general meal plan, yet im still able to be flexible if something comes up or i jsut dont feel like eating something. then i just log on my phone periodically throughout the day.
  • johnhubbs
    johnhubbs Posts: 33 Member
    Log as I go. Look up questionable food before eating and cut amount as needed to stay under Cal goals
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    I log as I go, or as I have time. If I want to see if something will fit into my calories I will sometimes add it ahead of time to check. Sometimes I will delete it till I actually have it and sometimes I will leave it on there.
  • ahallen83
    ahallen83 Posts: 25 Member
    I work evenings, so I tend to make and pack my lunch, dinner and snacks for my next shift the night before once I get home from work. I don't tend to deviate from those pre-planned meals, so I usually log my whole days worth of food after I finish breakfast because I know what I'll be eating.

    The only thing that might differ is my snacks, like if I did a really hard, long workout and burned more calories than I expected to then I'll probably have some extra fruit and protein afterwards.

    I wear a heart rate monitor to the gym to track my calories burned, and I usually go 5xweek. I log those as soon as I get home from the gym.
  • anels449
    anels449 Posts: 3,187 Member
    I usually eat lunch, a snack, and dinner, so during lunch I'll log my lunch and dinner and that'll determine what kind of snack I can have in between. So far it's been pretty effective for me; I can see what I'm still able to have or if I need tone it down a bit. I'm rarely on the computer at home, so doing it during my lunch helps so I actually get it done. :p
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    i log my whole day every morning when i get to work. exactly what i have for lunch pre planed dinners etc etc the only thing i log when i get home is my work out .
  • lee91356
    lee91356 Posts: 330 Member
    In advance, a day or even two before. I prefer to have my eating plan ahead and work off it, minus a few calories here or there. I find if I have my eating plan prepared I will stick to my calories and not stray, but if I have to 'go with it' I tend to make worse decision because I cant always calculate and measure my food as accurately.
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
    Day before. Gives me time to tweak my macro break down so I am not preparing food at the last minute and "winging it"
  • aimeeernest
    aimeeernest Posts: 159 Member
    i usually do it as i';m deciding. Im not prepared enough to know the day before and I like to see how it'll adjust my nutrition totals. I sometimes add a few things to see how the numbers shift before deciding. Other times I'm already eating and put it in knowing i'll be fine.... and sometimes i wait a few hours after and dreadfully add it to the log (usually when i have a weak moment and eat something not so great)
  • tadpole242
    tadpole242 Posts: 507 Member
    I used to log as I go, but Found that I was eating and then realising that I was on the high side of calories. so now I log as I get to work, so I can see if I've got the balance right, if not I might move part of my afternoon snack and have it with my lunchtime salad, or eat less breakfast if I have leftovers for lunch. This way I've manage to drop the amount I eat, by several hundred calories per day and still not feel hungry.
  • beckimj
    beckimj Posts: 186 Member
    I log as I go. It keeps me conscious of the decisions I am making regarding my food intake and exercise.
  • jha1223
    jha1223 Posts: 141 Member
    If I have the whole day made, I might log it the night before, but I do look at it throughout the day to make sure I don't forget anything "extra" I may have. All that really matters is that you log everything. It keeps you honest.
  • Scrasey2
    Scrasey2 Posts: 23
    I log mine a day in advance that way I know what I'm eating the following day. I leave snacks and exercise until the actual day but complete the rest.

    I find this works for me, along with completing a weekly menu plan on a Sunday evening before I go shopping on a Monday.
  • twentytwelve12
    twentytwelve12 Posts: 245 Member
    log after I eat
  • thegeordielass
    thegeordielass Posts: 208 Member
    Normally as I'm eating/finished eating or if I know/can plan what I'm eating the rest of the day/in advance I'll put it in early. Often it gets changed slightly (switch an apple for some grapes, more carrots, fewer peas, steak instead of chicken etc) but I work with it.

    Part of me likes being organised and having it all in, part of me gets a bit scared when I look at my diary and see it's full and think 'omg, I have to eat all that today? How am I going to fit that in?!' lol.

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