Do you preplan or wing it?

I wing it. I just have lots of choices on hand and eat what sounds good to me and will fit into the # of cals I have left.

I wing it. I just have lots of choices on hand and eat what sounds good to me and will fit into the # of cals I have left.

Same here.

I wing it. I just have lots of choices on hand and eat what sounds good to me and will fit into the # of cals I have left.

Same here.

yes me too lots and lots of good choices on hand.

I wing it, to a point. I go to the grocery store on the way to work every week and have healthy snacks and lunch choices. I have MFP on my phone and access to the internet all day, so I can monitor what I'm doing.

I pre-plan meals because if I don't, I find myself heavy on the carbs and light on the protein, which usually leads me to eat more and feel crappier in the process. I am willing to change things throughout the day, but it's nice to have a plan so I do'nt find myself in a crunch for time and super hungry, and then I just eat toast or something. It helps to know ahead of time what I can make.

I don't pre-plan my exercise. Sometimes I don't have the time or energy, or I do more or less than I had planned. I just add it in as I go. And then if my net cals are too low, I add in an extra snack or a glass of milk or something to make up the difference.

A little from column A, a little from column B Mostly wing it, but last week for St. Patty's I knew I wanted fish and chips at my favourite pub so I planned all around it.

I preplan. I eat more or less the same things on the days I work. On my days off I preplan dinner with the family. If I am going out to eat I definitely prelplan so I know how much more exercise I'll have to do.

I preplan. Any time I wing it I wind up going over/under by a ton.

I pre-plan, just the way you described. Otherwise, I will eat more than I need to before dinner and that always makes me sad. Dinner is my favorite meal of the day.

Another thing is that I keep it pretty standard during the week for breakfast and lunch. On my kung fu days, I have to stay away from certain foods so that I don't get sick to my stomach. Interestingly enough, salads do not digest well and make me feel like barfing when the intensity is high. Highly acidic foods do to. Surprisingly, cheese and peanut butter is okay for me and I am always told dairy is the common triggers for sickness at high intensity training. I also have to eat between one to two hours before. Too early and I don't have the energy, too late and yucky tummy. ALL of which is learned through experience, YUCK.

Good luck. Planning is key.

Both. I plan a few meals through the day, but it really depends on when I wake up. Days like today, I woke up with enough time to shower, and head to work.

Pre plan! I put in the things that I know i'll be having, like my cereal and protein shakes and then have a think about what's in the cupboards and what's going to come to it's sell by date soon and also what i've been craving and then make up a plan from that.

Then the next day I try to stick to it but am able to change it up a little if something comes up out of the blue, like an unscheduled meeting or eating something naughty off-plan!

I find it really helps me stick to my allowance because I know what's coming up and what things 'cost' me throughout!

I preplan dinners in advance. I'm a supporting member of Allrecipes and will plan my meals out on there. I will then try to cook all the dinners on Sunday so that they can be frozen and reheated on the applicable day. I also cook for 6 people so it saves time for me to do it this way.

I only plan for daytime. I'm in the office Mon-Fri and on Monday in my lunchbreak, I'd buy all my lunch ingredients and fruit for the whole week.
Evening time and weekends I'm winging it, ie I just eat with my family, but since I keep the cals quite low during work, it's not that hard to eat a normal dinner and stay within my allocated calories.

I am talking about food tracking here. I pre-plan my meals. Usually the night before, but sometimes I do it that morning before a stitch of food passes my lips. Of course I adjust throughout the day if things change, but I find that having a plan organizes my day and helps to keep me on track. And I dont find an excuse NOT to log it because of no time.. etc.. its already in there...

I dont pretrack exercise though. I go by what I feel like doing that day.

This is pretty much exactly what I do... except the exercise part. I plan my calories around my planned workout, but I don't enter exercise until I've actually done it.