Does anyone pre input food into their log?

I don't always, but in my experience I'm a heckuva lot more compliant to dietary goals when I do pre-log. If I don't pre-log, when lunchtime hits I'm far more likely to hit up the local pizza joint when I get a Tweet letting me know their special slice of the day happens to be my favorite than if I've pre-logged my turkey on flaxseed pita bread.

sporter90 wrote: »

Do you plan out/input your food the previous night and abide by it? I was thinking of trying this method so that I'm more likely to be within my calories, and become more structured with my diet.

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FWIW I used to sit and do three days of menus ahead. That was part of what helped me stay on track and lose all that weight I lost. Plus Pre/planning makes it easier to balance out the meals to make a good use of the days calories. I used a kind of skeleton when doing that. I do tend to eat many of the same things mush of the time.

Example:
a 12 Ounce Bag of frozen Vegetables split between Lunch and Dinner. Some protein shakes with breakfast that were all within 10 calories of each other. A Similar size Banana as a part of Breakfast, a Medium Apple with lunch and a Citrus with dinner, usually 2 Tangerines or Clementines.
With Lunch & Dinner a 80 calorie Light & Fit Greek Yogurt as a protein and then working from that base I would work in some light Desserts and snacks as well as Entrees for Lunch and Dinner.

Good Luck
Roger

I plan ahead a lot of the time, makes it easier to know what kind of snacks I can have throughout the day! Also I find once I've put it all in I'm more likely to stick to it.

Yes I prelog everyday. The first thing I do is ask my family what they want for dinner, log that meal and then the rest are my calories to prelog with my own stuff I eat when they are not home.

I eat the relatively the same things day in and day out. I either plug my meals in as i go or at the end of the work day. I set meals so i can just click those instead of selecting each seperate food.

sporter90 wrote: »

Do you plan out/input your food the previous night and abide by it? I was thinking of trying this method so that I'm more likely to be within my calories, and become more structured with my diet.

I do mine in the morning and follow it through the day. It definitely helps me know how many calories I have by the end of the day.

I log in advance any meals I'm planning, then spend the rest of the week deleting and moving things around. With the copy meal function and saving meals I don't find it takes up too much time. I don't feel like I have to stick to it, but if I thought I was having a 400kcal lunch and a 600kcal option looks good, I'll know whether I have that much wiggle room.

If I know I'm going out to eat I try and look at the menu beforehand (even on the way) and pick and log what I'm going to have - even if I'm going to go over. Partly because I hate looking at menus when I want to talk to people!

khaled_685 wrote: »

sporter90 wrote: »

My problem is I end up being really hungry

If your food has a lot of carbs yes you will feel hungry right away cause carbs digested so fast comparing to the natural fat
If you change your diet to be low carb high fat then you will eat really less and you will never feel hungry ever again , even sometimes you will forget did you eat today or not

FYI, that is soooooo not the case for everyone. I find I function much better on a higher carb diet. What's good for the goose is not good for the gander and all that.

The hubster and I are on a tight budget, so I literally plan out a months worth of dinners in advance to help with the grocery shop. That doesn't mean we're perfect and stick exactly to it, but when some meals last 2-3 nights it certainly makes logging easier. For the rest of my meals, I pre-log my lunch and brekkie the day before (and they're usually pretty similar day in day out, so they're easy to log), making sure I stay under my pre-exercise caloric limit for the day. Up to 50% of my exercise cals I earn each day can be eaten as snacks (and that is only because I don't really trust my fitbit burn).

I prelog my day when I can. It definitely makes things easier and more manageable.

khaled_685 wrote: »

sporter90 wrote: »

My problem is I end up being really hungry

If your food has a lot of carbs yes you will feel hungry right away cause carbs digested so fast comparing to the natural fat
If you change your diet to be low carb high fat then you will eat really less and you will never feel hungry ever again , even sometimes you will forget did you eat today or not

Unless you don't find fat satiating. I'll eat double the calories from a cheese board than I will from a pasta dish in tomato sauce.

I pre-log the week. It helps me plan meals and figure out what I'm cooking each day. I usually leave ~200 calories available for a snack if I end up ravenous at 4pm, or for wine or dessert after dinner. It also helps me bank calories if I know I'm having a big dinner out on the weekend.