How often do you log?

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  • Arapacana1
    Arapacana1 Posts: 117 Member
    Like many others I log right before I eat, except packed lunches, which I log at home where I can weigh everything. I don't trust myself not to log or weigh my food, since my eyeball estimates always turn out to be wildly optimistic.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Before I eat it.
  • ouryve
    ouryve Posts: 572 Member
    I log as I go.

    "Kinda trusting evolution" is what got me here in the first place. Gaining a steady pound a month - it adds up. Logging and tracking enables me to tell the bit of my brain that's urging me to grab a muffin to STFU because no, I am not preparing to hibernate.
  • jdhcm2006
    jdhcm2006 Posts: 2,254 Member
    I log as I go b/c there were times when I would prelog the day before and have to change the entire thing b/c I changed my mind.
  • archermfp87
    archermfp87 Posts: 8 Member
    Mostly I log the night before, just to give myself an idea of what I'll be eating/where I'm allocating calories. I don't always stick to it 100% but it gives me a rough guide and it makes adjustments easier for me. But I don't pre log more than a day because then it becomes boring to me.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    I'm random. I've done before, during, after, a day or few before, a day after.

  • alyssa0061
    alyssa0061 Posts: 652 Member
    I log every day, either as in eating or shortly after
  • MrsKila
    MrsKila Posts: 320 Member
    I log as soon as I put food in my mouth. Every time I eat, no matter how big or small. I log ;)
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,785 Member
    I log at every meal, and take a look at reports once a day. Having MFP on my phone as well as my laptop makes logging a snap.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    2111Cai wrote: »
    This has probably been asked before, but here go nothing:

    How often and when do you log your food? Before you eat? If so, several days before, the night before? After you eat? If so, how long do you wait before you log?

    Do you log your foods for the next day the night before (as in do you plan what you're going to eat the night before)? Or do you plan what you're going to eat that morning or a few hours before eating?

    Just curious

    When I eat.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I log each meal as I go, either while preparing it or just after eating.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,600 Member
    I usually log after I eat, but if I'm cooking I'm weighing ingredients, noting items & quantities on paper (writing on junk mail envelopes ;) ) as I go along, to record in the app when I'm done (and have clean hands). I usually have a pretty decent feel for where I am on calories as I'm cooking, but I occasionally pre-log something(s) toward the end of a day to get that day to come out the way I want it to, for macros or calories. Sometimes I log snacks as I eat them, so I don't forget.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    I take a moment at lunchtime to enter my morning snacks, my lunch, and my afternoon and evening snacks.

    Then all I've got to do is to add dinner and make any slight changes ... like if I decided not to have this, and went with that instead for an evening snack.
  • salsera_barbie
    salsera_barbie Posts: 270 Member
    rkmomm wrote: »
    On weekends, I log it as I eat it.
    On work days, I prepare all of my food in the morning and log it as I pack it. (Breakfast, lunch, and snacks for the day). Then I log dinner when I eat it.

    Basically this
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