Considering changing my MFP food categories
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nentecular
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I'm considering editing my MFP food categories so that they relate to time of day rather than specific meals, just so I can track what times of day I'm eating.
Has anyone else done this? What time brackets did you choose?
Here are my initial planned categories.
02:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 20:00
20:00 - 02:00
Has anyone else done this? What time brackets did you choose?
Here are my initial planned categories.
02:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 20:00
20:00 - 02:00
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I've done this, but I've got 6 meals and you seem to have yours set up as if you'll be having complicated eating patterns over the 24hrs.0
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No, I don't really have complicated patterns. Breakfast varies from 07:45 weekdays to 11:00 on weekends but lunch and dinner are generally the same times. I was just picking wide windows.
What are your six brackets, I'm interested to see them.0 -
a.m.
noon–4
4–7
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I have 6 - breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, evening snack.0
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0400-0800
Add Food Quick Tools
0800-1100
Add Food Quick Tools
1100-1400
Add Food Quick Tools
1400-1700
Add Food Quick Tools
1700-2000
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I keep really weird, inconsistent hours (working nights, sleeping days mostly), so I have my categories broken up over the whole 24-hour clock.
0600-0959 (6am-9:59am)
1000-1359 (10am-1:59pm)
1400-1759 (2pm-5:59pm)
1800-2159 (6pm-9:59pm)
2200-0159 (10pm-1:59am)
0200-0559 (2am-5:59am)
Since I have my times set up like this and the MFP clock resets on the website at 3am EDT and 12midnight EDT on the app and I frequently eat late at night/early in the morning, I frequently have to remember to switch back to "yesterday" to add my food or exercise, to get it added to the correct day. It works for me, though.0 -
I have 6 - breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, evening snack.
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This is how mine is labeled:
Breakfast
2nd Breakfast
Elevenses
Luncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinnner & Supper
Forgot to add, since I work weird hours, I generally just track over a 24 hr period.0 -
I have 6 - breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, evening snack.
Me too.0 -
I have a strange schedule so it eventually became simpler for me to just have 1 category for the whole day and log 12am-12am. It makes things simpler as I'm not stuck trying to decide what meal to put what I was eating under.0
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I have a strange schedule so it eventually became simpler for me to just have 1 category for the whole day and log 12am-12am. It makes things simpler as I'm not stuck trying to decide what meal to put what I was eating under.
This was also one of the reasons I chose time for names. You just put it into the slot in which you ate it, no catagorising required.0 -
I just use 1,2,3,4,5,6
My schedule is all over the place. I don't like the time thing, because I tend to eat a lot more in the evening. I may only have breakfast and a snack before 6 pm, and then eat the remainder of my calories between 6 and bed time. Using numbers allows me to still separate each meal and snack, no matter if they are equally spaced throughout the day, or condensed into the evening/nighttime hours.0 -
I added a booze category :blushing: :drinker:0
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shakes - Carnivore - Complex/wholesome - tasty junk - general - Supps
this works best for me. all my crazy meal patterns are easier to access and save for future use.0 -
Rise & Shine 6am-9am
Brekkie 9am-12pm
Lunch 12pm-3pm
Afternoon Shift 3pm-6pm
Dinner 6pm-9pm
Wind Down Zone 9pm -12am0 -
I have mine set to
6am-10am
10am-noon
12pm-4pm
4pm-7pm
7pm-9pm
After 9pm
It works with my schedule0 -
I work night shift so my diary is broken into four blocks of time.
0000-0600
0600-1200
1200-1800
1800-00000 -
This is how mine is labeled:
Breakfast
2nd Breakfast
Elevenses
Luncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinnner & Supper
Awesomeness0 -
This is how mine is labeled:
Breakfast
2nd Breakfast
Elevenses
Luncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinnner & Supper
Forgot to add, since I work weird hours, I generally just track over a 24 hr period.
hah this reminded me of hobbits ^-^0 -
I work night shift so my diary is broken into four blocks of time.
0000-0600
0600-1200
1200-1800
1800-0000
I work 12 hour nights, so I do the same six hour blocks. It also works well on my days off.0
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