Closing your diary for the day

sargessexyone
sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
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I am just curious as to when most people close their food diary for the day. I usually close my at night before I go to bed. Do you pre-log and close early? Do you wait until the next morning? Or, like me, before you go to bed?
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  • nmcknny
    nmcknny Posts: 479 Member
    I close mine after dinner, when I know I'm not going to eat anything else. If I think I may want something else, I wait until later. I share my computer, so sometimes I can't get online in the evening, so then I wait until the next morning to finish my diary. I use a notebook all day and write my food down so I don't forget anything; if I can't get online (at work, for example) then I know I wont' forget to log something.
  • TonyPillz
    TonyPillz Posts: 248 Member
    I close mine right before bed , if i close it anytime before i would be tempted not to input the the last thing i ate.
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    before bed usually - you never know if you will feel snacky - sometimes I forget to close it :ohwell:
  • FIT_Goat
    FIT_Goat Posts: 4,224 Member
    I almost never close mine. When I first started with MFP, I thought it was required. Turns out it doesn't change anything. The only thing it does is post something on my feed and tell me (usually incorrectly) where I'll be in 5 weeks.
  • ywalchle
    ywalchle Posts: 101 Member
    I close mine before bed. Having the ap for my phone makes it easy to log food while I'm out of the house or can't get to my computer
  • Auntzeus
    Auntzeus Posts: 5
    I think if you forget to close before midnite, it will not long the continued days logged in. Meaning if I light in every day 5 days in a row but forget to log out or close on day 6' the continued days log in resets to zero... It doesn't bother me because I know I've accounted for everything.. But ut is nice to glance and see how many days you have been "faithful"
  • FIT_Goat
    FIT_Goat Posts: 4,224 Member
    I think if you forget to close before midnite, it will not long the continued days logged in. Meaning if I light in every day 5 days in a row but forget to log out or close on day 6' the continued days log in resets to zero... It doesn't bother me because I know I've accounted for everything.. But ut is nice to glance and see how many days you have been "faithful"

    This is incorrect. Like I said, I almost never close my diary. My current days in a row is something like 134 days. The last time it reset was because I was down at Disney and forgot my phone in the hotel room, so I didn't get to log anything, open the app, or visit the webpage until after midnight. If you open the app or webpage (while logged in) at all during the day, it counts the day towards your streak. You could even open the app, log nothing, and it will still count the day.

    Edit: http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/questions/3947149-what-am-i-doing-wrong-to-mess-up-counter-
    This question talks about what messes the counter up. Any lack of activity for more than 24 hours will reset your counter.

    http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/314052-what-does-the-"complete-this-entry"-or-"finish-logging-for-today"-feature-do-

    This one talks about what completing actually does. Like I said, it provides that "5 week weight" prediction. And, it posts to your feed (if you have that enabled). The only thing that happens if you click is after midnight, it won't post to your feed. It's not related to your streak though.
  • BikerGirlElaine
    BikerGirlElaine Posts: 1,631 Member
    I almost never close mine. When I first started with MFP, I thought it was required. Turns out it doesn't change anything. The only thing it does is post something on my feed and tell me (usually incorrectly) where I'll be in 5 weeks.

    Totally this. Closing it just has MFP telling me that I'll gain in five weeks when it's not true, so I don't close mine any more. It makes absolutely no difference to anything, unless you like getting the comments from your friends about it (which is fine if you do!)
  • AHack3
    AHack3 Posts: 173 Member
    I usually close mine before I go to bed (or at least before midnight), but sometimes I do close it earlier and I end up just adding to it and reclose it.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    I never bother closing it. I don't see the point.
  • GlitterrMagpie
    GlitterrMagpie Posts: 302 Member
    Just before I go to bed. I always save some calories for the evening and have a range of snacks to choose from so I don't log until I've had everything.
  • nancy10272004
    nancy10272004 Posts: 277 Member
    I close it using the app as I'm going through my bedtime routine.
  • TwirleySlims
    TwirleySlims Posts: 112
    Just before I go to sleep :D
  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
    If there is room for changes, like on the weekend, I wait until I got bed. During the week, I prelog and complete entry around 4:30pm before I head off to school. My schedule doesn't allow for very much to change after that time. Every so often I change the snack I have though and it's no big deal to change it once you've "completed" it,
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    I usually close mine after dinner. That way, if I binge later, it doesn't count. :blushing:
  • scubasuenc
    scubasuenc Posts: 626 Member
    I close mine after my evening snack. I don't usually pre-log my snack because it will depend on how hungry I am and how many calories I have left for the day. Once I decide on my snack and log it, I close my diary. Any water after that point doesn't get counted.
  • Clash1001
    Clash1001 Posts: 85 Member
    I close mine around 9pm, after dinner. I'm not a snacker sort of person (nope, it was great big glorious teas and puddings that did for me!) and can't remember the last time I ate after dinner. Also just drink water on a night, usually, if I'm having wine or something horrifically calorific, I'll pre-log, but as this usually falls on a 'treat' day, I don't tend to get over anxious if I don't.

    Works for me!
  • zeal26
    zeal26 Posts: 602 Member
    I close mine shortly before I go to bed. If I have another snack planned for the night I'll log that ahead of time and then close. I like closing it, it gives me a chance to reflect on the day and sort of feels like I'm officially ending my eating for that day.
  • Angela26point2finisher
    Angela26point2finisher Posts: 105 Member
    If I close mine, it's at night after I'm done eating for the night. I don't always do it, it doesn't seem all that important. It does feel awesome to be on a 70 logging streak though!!

    Have a great Sunday everyone :flowerforyou:
  • CTcutie
    CTcutie Posts: 649 Member
    I don't close it out anymore, only bc I don't like the 5-week mind-games. I eat different foods every day, (different or none) workouts, etc.

    I do like "ending" the day, but I decided to not do it for the time being.

    (PS: It does NOT effect your "streak" of number of days logged.)
  • cheripugh1
    cheripugh1 Posts: 357 Member
    I am just curious as to when most people close their food diary for the day. I usually close my at night before I go to bed. Do you pre-log and close early? Do you wait until the next morning? Or, like me, before you go to bed?

    I close mine every night, it tells me what I ate that day with that days DATE on it. good or bad I know what I've done, I close it down and start fresh the next day doing things the same way if it's working, or try to fix a problem... simply moving forward.
  • Meggles63
    Meggles63 Posts: 916 Member
    I usually wait until bedtime, if only because I want my fitbit activity to feed in as much as possible!
  • RoastyToasty
    RoastyToasty Posts: 17 Member
    I close it out when I'm done eating for the night. It's a silly thing, but it helps me resist nighttime snacking. I know you can keep adding more, but the finality of that little button helps me resist the siren song of the potato chips and wine :)
  • caroldavison332
    caroldavison332 Posts: 864 Member
    I LIKE Logging FOODS AND Activity Because It Teaches Me To CHOOSE THE Fed Item With The Least CARE Carbs AND salt. I've been fabulous at eliminating added sugarSssss. I believe the feedback to closing my day estimates the number of pounds iii iii planned on losing weekly. I don't Se how a computational response to my my my my input could be considered a mind game.
  • jbwent
    jbwent Posts: 27
    I usually close after dinner if I'm out of calories. If not I'll pre-log a dessert to see what I can have and then close.
  • jackieg218
    jackieg218 Posts: 95 Member
    I close mine when I know I won't eat anything else for that day ( usually after my evening fiber snack) I actually like the whole... If every day were like today in 5 weeks you would weigh ( fill in the blank ) it makes me giggle because it's usually wrong, but then I go back into my diary and put that number in the food notes area. For some reason I just like to see that... Weird I know, because it's not usually correct lol
  • nenshali
    nenshali Posts: 331 Member
    I'm always pre- logging for the day, so I can see if my calorie goal will be matched, but I want to be able to still change things. I normally close it after dinner, when I'm not eating anything anymore. That works for me most of the time :)
  • jmv7117
    jmv7117 Posts: 891 Member
    I am just curious as to when most people close their food diary for the day. I usually close my at night before I go to bed. Do you pre-log and close early? Do you wait until the next morning? Or, like me, before you go to bed?

    I close before bed so the last of my steps for the day are counted.
  • sargessexyone
    sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
    I usually close mine after dinner. That way, if I binge later, it doesn't count. :blushing:

    LOL
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    I prelog everything the night before. I usually close my diary after I've worked out (because of my schedule I do that in the late afternoon/evening) and drink all the water I've "assigned" myself for the day. So, I usually close it out pretty close to bedtime.

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