weekend food logging

Why would it be more difficult during the weekend? See food, log food, eat food. Monday or Saturday, same thing. Do you leave your phone home on the weekends?

The first time I joined MFP I too struggled with logging on the weekend. But this time I knew I was ready when I am just as dedicated on weekends as I am on weekdays. It made a huge difference with me and I really like holding myself accountable all the time. If not a cheat meal would turn into a cheat day and then a cheat weekend. That is how I got to be in the position I was in. It was called denial. With that being said..... everyone has to figure out what works for them. I have to log everything.

If I go out for a meal, I scribble a note of what I ate or I take a photo on my phone - no one thinks it odd, people post pictures of their food on Instagram all the time these days! Then I try and figure out what to log it as when I get home.

As others have said, though, if it's not hurting your goals then don't worry about it too much, and just try to be mindful of your portion sizes when you're away from home.

You just have to make it a priority. I don't usually eat anything unless I've logged it first. That may involve planning my meals out in advance for the whole day, so that I know what I'm making/eating for dinner to help avoid those last minute impulse drive through runs, or just logging as I'm ordering something in a restaurant to make sure I'm not going to be surprised later that something I thought would fit in my day definitely did not.

I guess I'll never understand the problem. See food, log food, eat food. It takes less than 60 seconds (if that long)to log in a meal. Are we just making excuses? Do we want to make this seem to be more difficult than it needs to be? Or are we just excusing our planned on failure by convincing ourselves that it's just too hard.

See food, there it is right in front of you.
Log food. None of us are without their phones any more. It takes all of a minute (tops). Now, put your phone away;
Eat food. At next meal/snack;
Repeat.

I have to say: I have a bit of trouble with logging on the weekends as well. To those saying, "Just log it as you eat it." I don't HAVE a smart phone. My phone does not connect to the internet. I realize that is the case for many, but you can't assume that's true of everyone.

In any case, I plan a week in advance what my dinner will be each night (it helps with grocery shopping for the week), so I log that in the morning, when I get up, on weekends. I also plan ahead with my breakfast and log that at the same time. That leaves me with lunch and, since I've logged breakfast and dinner in the morning, I have an idea what I can do when it comes to lunch. Basically, the first chance I get to sit down at my computer again, I finish my logging. Sometimes, that's not until I'm in for the evening.