Committing to prelogging?

I prelog and I manage my daily average over the course of a week. That way if I go over one day, I make up for it another day by not eating as much or exercising more. In the iPhone app, pick a day of the week and be consistent. I go with Sunday. Then go to Diary/Nutrition/Week View/Last 7 Days. Manage the net average for the last seven days to come in under your weekly goal, then do that each week until you hit goal weight. This strategy seems to work for me.

I pre-log the entire week Saturday-Sunday so that I can view my weekly average and make sure it's under my TDEE. I try to leave a 3,500 calorie deficit but if I feel like changing something I do it. The worst that will happen is I lose 1/2 lb that week instead of 0.8-1 pound. No big deal. I prefer to eat less 6 days a week and have 1 surplus day so the pre-logging really helps me to not erase my entire deficit.

I have to pre log. I feel like pre logging helps me stay committed. Honestly, you need to find what works for you. It takes trial and error to figure out what you need to stay satisfied. I've tried all the diets, but in the end it was 80% clean eating and 20% allowing myself treats, like my daily Dr. Pepper and cream and sugar laden coffee. Weight loss it tough, but I feel like finding the right way to do it for you body is half the battle.

Pre-logging the day before has helped me loads because I know if I don't have a plan and I get really hungry.. it'll get the best of me (especially if I'm out and about and take-out is an option).

When I first started cutting calories, I felt hungry and craved things like crazy, but after a week or two, my stomach got used to not being near bursting full, though I still do crave stuff sometimes. It's not the best solution by far, but I started having a diet soda after lunch most days because it helps hold me over til dinner. If the hunger doesn't subside (and it's real growling hunger, not cravings), eat more satiating snacks with fat/protein to hold you over between meals.

I pre-log a lot, especially if I make a couple lunches for the week. HOWEVER, once you've been doing this long enough to know what an average day looks like, you can be more flexible and cycle through options last minute without feeling stuck.

On a work day, I typically eat 1 slice of toast with a spread of some kind, a coffee (with 1 sweetener and 1/2 cup unsweetened cashew milk), and a banana for breakfast. Then a few hours before lunch I have a Kashi bar or a Special K Nourish bar and another 10 calorie coffee. Lunch is a lean meat sandwich, or a chicken and salsa wrap, or a chicken caesar salad, or a lean cuisine if I'm feeling lazy. Then a few 100 calorie snacks like Snappea Crisps, greek yogurt cups, a baggie of sliced apples mixed in with baby carrots. Dinner is usually free to be whatever I want it to be, because I always have room for 600 calories or more at the end of my day. Lately I like roasted veggies, 100g of salmon or chicken or pork loin, a few spoonfuls of rice... But I've succumbed and successfully worked McDonalds AND A&W into my calories a few times this month.

I always feel nice and full. Sometimes I even have a snack left over, that I can delete out of my diary to make room for ice cream! Or cookies.

My days off, I sleep in. So I get to enjoy a late brunch, with extra calories because I won't be eating two meals before dinner. Then a bigger dinner, or a treat. I don't feel deprived because I get PLENTY of the things I love .

The trick I guess is to prepare snacks and meals for work/school ahead of time and bring it all with you. I cook on my days off so there are always leftovers in my fridge, because I make the worst decisions when I've had a long day and cannot cope with the thought of going home to prepare an entire meal.

And I mean, pre-logging means you don't forget what you ate ever. And it also helps you fit tons of food into your day without accidentally going over your goal.