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    Considering changing my MFP food categories

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    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      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.

      This is what I need, lol. I never eat after dinner, pretty much. Going to change it...
    • Posts: 172 Member
      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.

      This is a great idea! Looks like your Recent list would have closer access to each item.
    • Posts: 3,218 Member
      I have 6 - breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, evening snack.

      This is what I have finally settled on. I think I changed it about 20 times.
    • Posts: 283 Member
      I have mine set as

      12am - 4am
      4am - 8am
      8am - 12p
      12p - 4p
      4p - 8p
      8p - 12am

      I did this in part because my work schedule is kinda odd and I will sleep late, eat breakfast at 10a and then may or may not eat lunch at work. I also wanted to see when I eat the most often, when I'm having midnight snacks etc.

      Although I will fudge my time by a few minutes on occasion. If I start eating dinner at 3:45, I might record it in the 4 slot.
    • Posts: 1,169 Member
      Breakfast
      Mid-Morning
      Lunch
      Mid-Afternoon
      Dinner
      Late Evening

      Covers all my bases.
    • Posts: 179 Member
      I have....
      4 am - 8 am
      8 am - 12 pm
      12 pm - 4 pm
      4 pm - 8 pm
      After hours (Lets hope not)

      My schedule of sleep is all over the place so I never know which time I'm starting my day
      I have after hours because I don't eat after 8 because those were my times that I would binge all night long, so I set it up in a way so I could tell myself that no, I've eaten for the day I cant go back and binge.
    • Posts: 78 Member
      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.

      Love this! Very geeky :)
    • Posts: 735 Member
      I use the following:

      Wake up to 10am
      10 - 12
      12-2
      2-4
      4-7
      7-bedtime
    • Posts: 175 Member
      Mine has both labels and time...

      Breakfast (7:15-7:30)
      Snack (9:30-10)
      Lunch (12:00-12:30)
      Post workout snack (2:30)
      Snack (4:30)
      Dinner (7:00-7:30)

      I'm hypoglycemic and need to eat every few hours to keep my BS normal and also keep my metabolism going since I also have a low functioning thyroid.
    • Posts: 1,550 Member
      I have 6 - breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, evening snack.

      I just changed mine to this as much as i wanted to do breakfast, 2nd breakfast , Elevenses.... lol
    • Posts: 101 Member
      I did change mine to times but changed it back again when I realised that whenever I looked at my friend's diarys that it applied my headers to their entries which made things pretty meaningless.
    • Posts: 2,414 Member
      That's odd, I see the titles that they use for their meals.
    • Posts: 1,280 Member
      Does it matter? (Legitimate question; not being snarky.)
    • Posts: 124 Member
      I don't really keep the conventional time frame for breakfast, lunch and dinner because of my night owl ways. Consequently, my 'breakfast' usually falls between 2-3 p.m., 'lunch,' which is when most people normally have 'dinner' is between 5:30-7 p.m. or so and then MY dinner falls between 1-2:30 a.m. Plus, I never know when I'll be hungry for a snack. So I've just named my categories with generic terms - First Meal, Second Meal, Third Meal, Snacks and Beverages.
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