Logging as you go OR already logged?

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  • FlyingMolly
    FlyingMolly Posts: 490 Member
    I like to log each meal or snack right before I prepare it, so that I have a chance to adjust if it doesn’t look right. I don’t think I could realistically log much further in advance than that, though!
  • saragd012
    saragd012 Posts: 693 Member
    I pre-log my breakfast, lunch, and snacks at the same time every morning, but I wait to log my dinner until after I've eaten because I don't always know exactly what I'm going to have for dinner. Then I assess how many calories I have for dessert and pre-log that and complete my diary. I meal prep breakfasts and lunches for the week though, so it's really easy to pre-log those. Sometimes I forget to eat snacks and have to remove them from my diary, and sometimes I eat something unplanned and have to add it; but for the most part pre-logging means that I know a general calorie range I need for dinner well ahead of time, so I have all day to think about what I'll make when I get home.
  • endermako
    endermako Posts: 785 Member
    I prelog my work week on Sunday's. And make small variations if needed. On the weekends I will prelog right before I cook each meal because i'm not sure what I'm going to make until right before.
  • Fitnessmom82
    Fitnessmom82 Posts: 376 Member
    HappyKat5 wrote: »
    I won’t be able to exercise for the next 7 days due to a minor surgery (I’m usually work out 5-6 a week.) I usually log my food as I eat it throughout the day depending on how I feel. With no additional exercise, I’m thinking about making a set menu and just eating what I log for the entire day. Curious to know, if logging as you go versus a menu already logged in makes a difference?
    Thanks

    Oh, and the weird thing I eat almost the exact same thing everyday so it really shouldn’t bother me, yet I kinda does.

    I usually log as I go. However, if I see that maybe I've been eating more in the early part of the day or I want an extra snack or bigger dinner than usual, I will log as much as I can ahead of time to see what I have to work with for the remainder of the day. Like today I've been picking at stuff all afternoon, logging as i go. Husband just suggested pizza tonight, so I went ahead and logged it. Now i know that I don't have too much wiggle room left for picking all day!
  • Angierae75
    Angierae75 Posts: 417 Member
    If I'm eating dinner with my family, I log dinner first thing in the morning and then make the rest of the day fit around it. If I'm eating dinner with myself, I log as I go.
  • kirstyfoy
    kirstyfoy Posts: 139 Member
    I try to log in advance the day before and then i can see if i can afford additional snacks. I find it helps me to make good choices.
  • aquariusvsworld
    aquariusvsworld Posts: 55 Member
    I eat a lot of left overs being that I mainly cook for just myself so I pre-log as much as I can to stay on target during the week and adjust as needed.
  • polkadotsandpoptarts
    polkadotsandpoptarts Posts: 21 Member
    I add to my log the night before as I always know what I am going to be eating for breakfast and lunch at work as I prepare it that evening. I like this as I know how many calories I have to work with for dinner that evening.
    Dinner and weekends I tend to log as I go as it can be a little more spontaneous.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    When I make lunch ahead (which I do often), I log it when I make it. Otherwise I log while cooking. I tend to know roughly how to make a meal to hit my calorie and macro target and to plan in my head what dinner will be (although often I'll be working with the vegetables in the refrigerator, so will plan that aspect while cooking). The idea of pre logging or of logging a bunch of meals and then shifting them after cooking (or trying to cook to the plan) would make me miserable, and I often decide on dinner during the day. (But that's why it's great we are all different!)

    When I first started I did sometimes log sample meals or meal ideas to see how the calories and macros would turn out.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I do a little of both. I prep my breakfast and lunches during the work week. I have a dinner plan and cook for the family and eat however much for my remaining calories. Weekends I am a bit looser, but keep a lot of staples around so there is some level of predictability.
  • mazcor536
    mazcor536 Posts: 115 Member
    I log my dinner in advance, that’s my “main meal” so to speak and the one that is usually the most calorific. Once that’s logged, I know what I’ve got to play with for the rest of the day in terms of breakfast, lunch, snacks etc.
  • Tq43
    Tq43 Posts: 85 Member
    Most days I log as I go but when I'm working I pre log cos I need to prep a bit more these day . Hope you have a speedy recovery.

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