Anyone have luck recording foods in advance

Since I pack lunch at the same time I make breakfast, I log both at the same time. Then I lig dinner when I eat it.

I log my meals for the day ahead each night. I find I do stick to it and I waste a lot less food this way. It also helps me work out the exercise I need to do too and I'm less likely to cheat or change my plans. I don't know why it works for me this way, it just does!

I pre-log weekdays at least a week in advance. I have to make up a meal plan anyway, might as well do it here. I need to be organized during the week so I actually print out my days and just make notes on it for what needs to be added/changed for my husband so I have a plan for his breakfast and lunch to set up before I leave the house in the morning - I'm not all that awake in the a.m., need to have it written down.

No, I want to be able to be flexible. A meal is more satisfying for me if it's something I really want to eat right now and not something I planned days ago.

I rather enjoy my pre-logging. Made it a bit of a ritual it seems lol

Every night after dinner, and cleaning up the kitchen, dishes etc i sit down with a big mug of coffee and pre-log the next day or days.
The day itself i tweak when needed ( the amounts most of the time)
I leave some room of a couple hundred calories. This for "extra's and snacks". And most meals are pretty basic and i only have to copy and paste them over.
I even pre-log my exercise...helps with keeping me honest. I log much lower for those too. Every calorie higher is nice.

When i go out or know i go out i pre-log as much as i can when not no big deal. And special dinners i can pre-log weeks ahead when i know.
also i use a lot the recipe builder so i can log something and see if it "fits" in the day.

So yes i pre-log and plan.

I perlog my meals for a few days ahead. Sometimes I have to change some stuff but overall I stick to what I have logged. It has been helping me a lot.

i try to pre log the night before but not right down to the gram. always leave some wiggle room

I don't regularly prelog. But when I do prelog, it's mainly because I'm probably going out for dinner. By prelogging I more or less know how many calories I would need to save in order for me to enjoy my night. (There has been an occasion where I have prelogged a week in advance.) I always go back after the night to make adjustments if necessary.

jacksonpt wrote: »

I've been at this long enough that I don't need to pre-log for calorie purposes, but it does help me balance my macros. Plus, it lets me swap different foods in and out so I can find the best balance of taste/enjoyment and calorie/macro needs.

^^ This exactly for me.

I love pre logging the night before. Then when I get hungry I go to my list of pre-approved snacks and make my choice. Danger for me is that moment of 'hmmmm, I'm hungry, what do I feel like eating?' and instead makes me think 'hmmmm, I'm hungry, what would be a good choice for right now?'

Actually, I often find myself removing items the end of the day as I just didn't have the appetite to finish everything l had planned out. Always a rewarding feeling!

Always. I've been extremely successful with this method - in six months, apart from five days of special events (birthdays, holidays) where I had no goal, I actually only missed my goal on one day and it was due to misreading the plan and measuring out too much of one item.

It also makes it so much easier to plan shopping trips, as well as making logging a cinch.

I have always, since the beginning, logged my meals in advance. I've tried not doing it when I hit maintenance, but it was much harder to stick to my calorie goals. I accredit the pre-logging to most of my success. If I know what I can eat, I am more likely to stick with just eating what I logged. If I just add it as I go along, I end up with no calories or dinner and have to go over.

Lounmoun wrote: »

I usually log the night before or in the morning.

This. I find it way easier to stay on track this way. I plan out breakfast, lunch and dinner plus snacks on work days so I know exactly where I am if I get peckish at work and nip to the canteen for a snack or something. When I don't pre-log I find I rarely hit my protein goal, usually go over my carbs and am lucky if I hit or just stray over my calorie target.
I've tried logging as I go but for me it doesn't work, if I have log before I stuff something in my face or start cooking it annoys me for some reason, it's okay now and again but if I did it constantly I'd go mad. Horses for courses I guess

My meals don't vary too much from week to week so I tend to prelog the day in the morning, then adjust the weights or meals as I go along. I find the routine of doing this to be helpful as it keeps me on track more than if I only log afterwards. I don't always stick to what I've prelogged, but it helps me to have an initial plan of what the day's food may look like.

Since I find food planning really helps me avoid the bad stuff, I prelog all my meals and snacks for the day by lunchtime. If anything changes, I can delete and add before the day's submit. Also -- I find prelogging exercise that morning really does help me to actually go and do it. I see how it will help me with my calories goals, and think "I said I would do it so I better had". So far, so good...