How do you have your food diary set up?
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ebbingfat
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I just learned that you can go into the settings and rename your meal categories. A lot of times I have a hard time deciding what meal category I should log something into (Especially on days where I work at 4 AM and have "lunch" at like 9 AM and then a second lunch or heavy snack later in the afternoon), so I decided to delete all meals and just sort by time.
I have:
Wakeup - 10 AM
10 AM - 2 PM
2PM - 6 PM
6 PM - Bedtime
I might try changing it around some more after a while to see what I prefer.
How do you guys have your diaries set up, and why do you have it set the way you do?
I have:
Wakeup - 10 AM
10 AM - 2 PM
2PM - 6 PM
6 PM - Bedtime
I might try changing it around some more after a while to see what I prefer.
How do you guys have your diaries set up, and why do you have it set the way you do?
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I like to eat often, so I have
Breakfast
Mid-morning Snack
Lunch
Mid-Afternoon Snack
Dinner
Evening Snack
I don't always eat 6 times a day, sometimes just 4 or 5, but usually six. I pretty much stick to a similar time frame for these meals, but I can also see the value in labeling them by time, like you have. Actually, I have seen your type of organization in several others' diaries. Smart choice for flexible eaters.0 -
Thank You SOOOOO much!!!!
I've been in Diary Settings before, but didn't realize I could change those. Ok I didn't even read that section.
Now I have Breakfast, Snack 1, Lunch, Snack 2, and Dinner. I did put in a snack after dinner, but I try very hard to not eat after dinner because that is a bad time for me.0 -
Thank You SOOOOO much!!!!
I've been in Diary Settings before, but didn't realize I could change those. Ok I didn't even read that section.
Now I have Breakfast, Snack 1, Lunch, Snack 2, and Dinner. I did put in a snack after dinner, but I try very hard to not eat after dinner because that is a bad time for me.
You're welcome! I just looked at someone's diary and saw that they had a couple snack categories in it, so that's when it hit me that the diary could be personalized. I had never looked in the diary settings before. I am thrilled by this discovery, haha.0 -
I have:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Liquids
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I have Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, and Late Night because I typically have 2 dinners... One for myself around 5, one with my husband around 9:30.
But I've been thinking about remodeling my system after the Hobbit way:
:Breakfast
Second Breakfast
Elevensies
Luncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Supper
Because I usually break my meals into lots of mini-meals throughout the day anyways.0 -
Mine is set up like a diabetic..lunch #1 & lunch #2 so I can easily estimate glycemic index0
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I originally had breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, etc but that isn't how I always eat. I now just have meals 1-6 and I don't care if it was really a snack or meal. I'm just OCD enough that I want it all in chronological order :laugh:0
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6-10
10-2
2-5
5-8
8-12 (midnight)0 -
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Beverages0 -
Ha! We're quite similar:
Breakfast
10am-1pm
1pm-4pm
4pm-8pm
After 8pm
Other0 -
Breakfast
11-4
Dinner
Dessert0 -
Morning
Noon
Night
Extras
I usually pre-log all foods, sometimes days in advance. It's just easier for me to keep on track this way. Extras are those little things I decide to eat/add on that particular day.0 -
I haven't changed it from the defaults, so it's Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks. I try to keep each "meal" approximately equal (350-450 calories per meal), doesn't always happen but that's my goal. I have considered changing it up, but haven't gone through with it yet.0
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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Coffee0 -
I've stuck with the default categories for now. My meals aren't necessarily at regular times because my schedule can vary from day to day. When I decide to eat breakfast, it's breakfast. Same goes for other meals.
Any food eaten outside of my meal times goes under snacks. I generally limit beverages to water, Splenda sweet tea, and morning coffee with Splenda and a teaspoon of non-dairy creamer. I save sodas, beer, and other such beverages as special treats or with meals.
I do keep track of my medications and supplements in my food notes. I'm just trying to get in the habit of logging my food accurately. Sometimes, I guess and try to overestimate if I'm going to make a mistake. I do weigh and measure when possible, though.0 -
I don't generally log. But when I do, it now says
food:0 -
I like that! food pretty much taking it down to the basics I love it, might try that! I am a shift worker to so my breakfast and dinner times are different on my days off
4am-7am Breakfast
7am-1pm Breakfast/Lunch
1pm-10pm Lunch/Dinner
10pm-4am Dinner
Snacks
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I have my diary set up as default. However I am a haphazard logger, getting better though and even if I don't log the calories I starting log what I ate in the notes section.
That being said, sometimes my entire day gets logged into breakfast or lunch, sometimes most of the food ends up in snacks.
I have a pretty set eating schedule (union job, coffee break and lunch time is pretty much mandated) but I don't bother to separate out the times or meals when I log. The important thing is to get the foods logged.
I usually end up not logging dinner, especially if I eat out and don't have nutritional information. (I live in a town with NO chain restaurants)0 -
I have Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, and Late Night because I typically have 2 dinners... One for myself around 5, one with my husband around 9:30.
But I've been thinking about remodeling my system after the Hobbit way:
:Breakfast
Second Breakfast
Elevensies
Luncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Supper
Because I usually break my meals into lots of mini-meals throughout the day anyways.
LOL! I have elevensies, too! I basically just log any snacking throughout the day into my elevensies category. :laugh:0 -
I don't have it broken into meals, it's all just dumped into the diary like slop in a trough.0
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