Anybody else who creates their diary in advance?

Prelogging is supposed to be a great way of doing things. You have to think through what you already have in advance, and planning will keep you from those moments on the run when you just stuff your face with crap instead of thinking through it all.

I pre-log breakfast and dinner and sometimes snacks. Whatever I have left I use for lunch. Then when I workout in the afternoons, I use the calorie burn and eat accordingly to fill that void. I try my best to hit all my macros first and then worry about the calories.

Almost always...its a great way to stay disciplined and manage your goals. For me its a mush

Almost always...its a great way to stay disciplined and manage your goals. For me its a mush

I have not done this yet, but I considered doing it many times. It seems like it would be helpful...

Yeah, pretty much. One of my friends on here logs everything down to the calorie (literally--she's either exact or 1 calorie less--but she's got bad knees and can't exercise and is very motivated to lose enough so her doctor will give her new knees; she's really a motivation to all of us!).

I am never that precise, but I usually try to plan ahead. I make a lot of stuff from scratch, and I don't have a food scale. I refuse to obsess over whether I used the right size onion or if the carrot was too big or too small. Those things are pretty low cal anyhow. I have learned how I feel with a certain number of calories in a meal, and have found that 750 is about my ideal number of a meal (I eat bigger meals and don't snack, except for my pre-workout snack, because I work out before breakfast). If I get more than 850, I feel too full. Doing this, I'm able to meet my 2000ish calories per day (I'm breastfeeding and work out 5 days a week, so I need more than most women my age and size) with 2 to 2 1/2 meals (the half meal would be supper if I'm hungry).

But yes, I plan my food, if not at the beginning of the day, at least right before the meal. Then I can adjust as needed. My breakfast is already planned down to how much mayo I'm putting on my waffle (savory waffles with boiled egg, vegenaise, relish, oh, and I forgot to add the ketchup--yum!). For lunch, I know what it will be, but I haven't logged it yet, because I'm not sure on the exact portions. But the recipes are entered already so that I can toy with the servings later and add up how many calories I want to eat.

It really does help planning like this. I have found that if I have leftover calories, I usually am hungry (and by leftover, we're talking over 200). Then I can plan something to eat that fits my calories and my macros. Yesterday I'd hit protein and fat already, so I made a fruit smoothie with just a little soymilk. It was around 200 calories, killed my hunger, and was very nutritious!

i do sometimes if i know im gonna have a busy day.

but other than that, i kinda just do it as i go. but sometimes i have consumed more calories.
but if im gonna go for it. i usually just put things in advance for myself so i know i need to put certain amount of certain things. before i eat it helps me a lot.

Only partially. I pre log breakfast as I know what its going to be.
Also, I tend pre log ice cream, if I plan to have any at night. Not sure why I've singled out ice cream - but then there is lots of stuff I do that I can't find any sensible reason for!

I try to log a week at a time, so I know what I need to prep and or prepare in advance...and grocery shop weekly. I would LOVE to have a feather that creates a shopping list from my posts...or even to at lease be able to see a week of meals at a time...so I can make a shopping list more easily.

I have mostly the same breakfast every day, but preplan my lunch to esther be higher in fat, lower in sugar, or vice versa and try to allow at least 6-8 g. fat for the end of the day so that I can mostly eat whatever I wanted for dinner

I do, more often than I should though to be honest. I use it to weigh out nutrition, check sodium level, etc. Once its in, I hold myself accountable to follow it. Some days it totally sucks. However other days, I can put myself on auto pilot and follow what I planned the night before. It does make things easier.

I fill it in every morning for the day so I know where I'm at for the day. I don't actually click complete until after dinner just in case I change my mind on things like what veg I want for dinner etc. But to be honest it doesn't change much from the morning. Unless I go to cook some veg and realize there isn't any left because the hubby ate it for lunch :noway: :laugh:

I do the same thing if I know what I'm making for dinner, but I don't click complete until it's almost time for bed. I add in excercise after I do it, unless whatever app I use does it for me. I tried adding it in beforehand, but I would get lazy and think "oh I'll make it up tomorrow if I skip tonight" so I stopped doing that and it keeps me honest.

I plan my whole week on a Sunday & log all of my meals for the coming week. They might change a bit, but generally I stick to it. It also helps me to plan ahead if I'm eating out at all & helps to get me organized for grocery shopping.

I do !

I think it's a great way to keep the control on my "diet". If I know what I will eat, I don' have to search in cupboard and face "wrong food".

I also try to register my exercise, as I know my daily routine, as I'm on Turbofire. Then I adjust If need my cals from workout.

This way works well for me !

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