do you plan your day ahead or just wing it?

jackidoll
jackidoll Posts: 8 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I personally find it best if I put in my dinner and lunch first then decide on my breakfast based on how many calories I have to spare. Dinner is more important, the food I eat at work isnt enjoyed to the fullest because I'm either rushed on eating at my desk. What do you all do that works best for you? :p
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  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    I kind of wing it.

    I know roughly how many calories I should be eating per meal. I log my food before I eat it, so I know if my lunch is approximately the right size and will tweak it if I need to before I eat it.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    I usually pre log, but most days, what I've pre logged isnt what I'm craving anymore, so I end up making something else lol
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I plan the meals so I know how much room I have for everything else.
  • Soopatt
    Soopatt Posts: 563 Member
    My normal routine is to pre-log at least a meal in advance - with estimates. When it comes time to dish up the meal I am prepared to adjust my actual weights slightly, but I keep within range. For example, I have already pre-logged that I am going to have 15g of Peanut Butter tonight. When I dish it, it might come to 14g or 16g and then I will change it.

    It gives me a weird thrill to estimate 100g and then to manage to get exactly that many peas on the plate (without having to cut one in half - ha ha!), but I get over myself - accuracy is more important.

    Spontaneity is not my friend in this process, but I do have to loosen up a bit when I got to restaurants.
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    Mon-Fri plan, weekends are a bit of both, depends on how packed the schedule is.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I generally pre log the rest of the day while eating breakfast. I plan lunch, afternoon snack, and the main part of dinner and kind of wing it for the dinner sides and my bedtime snack.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    edited November 2015
    I pre-log my day in the morning or the night before.
    I usually enter dinner then lunch, breakfast and finally snacks.
    I generally stick to what I have planned.
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Kinda both. After 8 moths of this I more or less know about how many calories I can have for each meal. I eat basically the same breakfast every day. Lunch is almost always leftovers from dinner and I decide what I want to cook or buy for dinner on the bus ride home most of the time.

    I usually prelog breakfast and lunch the night before. When I make dinner I write everything down and log it before I eat. Evening snack is worked into whatever I have left.
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    annette_15 wrote: »
    I usually pre log, but most days, what I've pre logged isnt what I'm craving anymore, so I end up making something else lol

    Me too! I pre-log about 3 days in advance but usually end up changing it a few times a day lololol
  • jackidoll
    jackidoll Posts: 8 Member
    thank you for all your input, prelogging days in advace? wow thats something. i need to try that :)
  • ki4eld
    ki4eld Posts: 1,213 Member
    I generally pre-log based on what I know we're having. I cook 3 meals a day. Hubby and I are both on MFP, so to meet everyone's macros, pre-logging keeps me sane. Plus, it's a great way to see which days I can afford treats.
  • MarcyKirkton
    MarcyKirkton Posts: 507 Member
    I don't prelog, but I'm also very routine on most days.
  • MorganMoreaux
    MorganMoreaux Posts: 691 Member
    I prelog most items. After years of struggling with protein and calcium I have finally found a good combo that fulfills those two requirements, and also allows me to hit the other micronutrients. I do those everyday so I just prelog them. I do try to prelog the rest of the day first thing on the morning based on what I have in the kitchen, and if anything is going to expire in the near future.

    I've found that prelogging has really helped me in staying on target with both macros and micros, though in all honesty my primary macro focus is protein. As long as I am close to that goal or over I don't much care about the others. As someone who seldom eats meat and exists on fruits and veggies, I will never really be low carb lol.
  • Josh_lol
    Josh_lol Posts: 317 Member
    I never really plan my day. I just use the diary as a log for what I eat. Not really that bothered when I go over goal either.
  • Obnoxa
    Obnoxa Posts: 187 Member
    I completely wing it!
    I've tried preplanning, but half the time when supper rolled around I wanted something different than I did that morning ;)
    I don't eat mammal though, so without meat in my diet it gives me a massive amount of wiggle room. 5 months of logging and I've yet to have a day where I ran out of calories.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    I don't plan or pre-log anything.
  • piheart
    piheart Posts: 122 Member
    I eat breakfast and lunch at work, so I plan them both out for Monday thru Friday the weekend ahead of time. Then, I can make a big batch of whatever it is ahead of time for minimal prep work each morning. Dinner every night and all meals on the weekends are pretty spontaneous.
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    I pre-log breakfast and lunch the day before so that I can pack what I need. I normally decide dinner during work, and have a plan before I get home. I find that I overeat if I wing it.
  • incisron
    incisron Posts: 550 Member
    I do best when I preplan as well as possible.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I make breakfast once to eat all work week, so I can easily pre-log that. We plan dinners at least a week ahead of time and post it on the fridge, so I can log those too. For lunches, it's almost always leftover dinner OR meals that I've cooked, portioned and frozen. My day is always pre-logged, but sometimes I go several days ahead of time (since I already know what I'm eating anyway).
  • Duchy82
    Duchy82 Posts: 560 Member
    I pre log mon-thu usually I make my lunch the night before and I will plan breakfast and tea at the same time for the next day, fri i will prelog breakfast and a snack(i only work until 1pm on fri) and the rest of fri and the weekend I log as I'm eating. I should really pre log every day as I'm more likely to stay around my calorie goal when I do.
  • ultrahoon
    ultrahoon Posts: 467 Member
    I mostly pre-log. I pretty much always know what I am going to have for dinner, because it's based on the best before dates of the various meats I have in the fridge. This makes the biggest meal planned, then the rest just kind of falls into place around that as a mixture of winging it and trying not to waste food :)
  • insearchofcheese
    insearchofcheese Posts: 45 Member
    I pre log my weekdays because I don't have a lot of options at work if I don't bring something in. I'm also not particularly good at winging it. I don't typically pre log weekends though.
  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
    Go with the flow
  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
    Go with the flow
  • DisneyDude85
    DisneyDude85 Posts: 428 Member
    Pre-log breakfast and lunch (which I prep for the week), snacks are usually a granny smith apple and banana (I'm a creature of habit), and then will cook dinner based on what cals I have left for the day. Anomalies happen, but I am usually pretty good about sticking to this.
  • roxyish71
    roxyish71 Posts: 161 Member
    Wing it. I do typically meal prep lunch for the week though. So I know at least what 1 meal will be
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    I pre-log and adjust as needed.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I wing it. Tried pre-planning, but when dinner rolled around, I didn't want what was planned. Plus, I cannot know how many grams of strawberries or bread or whatever I might eat, so would end up changing all the grams around. It's just easier for me to log as I go.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    I pre-log but mainly with the knowledge that I can shift things around if need be. Mainly my dinner is the only thing (since i cook for myself and boyfriend) that is a SURE thing.

    So, if someone brings pizza for lunch, or i have an opportunity to eat something else for breakfast it's easy to swap things out. Or, if i see a cookie i can swap it out for my snack.

    Either way i log everything beforehand so i have a plan.

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