How often do you think about food?

All the time in the beginning. Now, 4+ years later, not so much. Probably more than 4 times a day, but not nearly as much, and not the same thoughts. Also, when I'm feeling like I "have the munchies," I'm much more inclined to either shift gears to distract myself, or just go find some lower calorie snack that I can munch, but won't throw off my goal for the day. It changes over time. It takes time though.

Depends on what "think about food" means. I'm hosting a Superbowl party Sunday so I've been thinking more about food the last couple of days in regards to what I'm going to make and have out for the game. I think about food more on weekends than weekdays because we plan our meals for the week on the weekend and go grocery shopping.

In regards to thinking about food and eating...pretty much when meal time rolls around or it's getting around snack time. I've pretty much always been a 3 squares a day and a couple of afternoon snacks kind of guy. Food has fortunately never been any kind of obsession or crutch for me.

All day every day. I dream about crispy delicious bacon 😋

Self reporting does not invalidate data in general. For specific applications sure, but it's not black and white, good or bad.

That said, I can't imagine that the average person only thinks about food 4 times a day. Personally I don't think about food all the time. When I'm hungry, when I realize I need to go grocery shopping, etc yes. All the time? Definitely not.

I eat 3 meals per day and very rarely snack, but I think about food WAY more than 4 times per day. It's not constantly on my mind or anything...but I'm a big planner, so I think about what I will have for the next meal and the next day's meals and so on. If I see an ad for food or someone else mentions a specific food, then I think about whether I like it or not, how long it's been since I ate that food, etc. I cook/bake quite a bit (though my husband is the main cook in our household), so I think about that as a hobby and am always on the lookout for new ideas/recipes. I enjoy going out to restaurants and while I limit that mainly to weekends, it's not unusual at all for me to research new places or discuss favorites with friends and coworkers. I guess I have food on the brain quite a lot.

I do think since losing tons of weight and being on My Fitness Pal, I think about food even MORE than I did in the past. In the past, I didn't give it a ton of thought but often had sudden cravings (usually for a specific restaurant, cuisine, or fast food) and would just give in to the cravings. I didn't think very much about planning my meals because I just cooked/ate whatever sounded tasty and was 90% more likely to order takeout. Now, I think about food in a very different way. Even though I admit I still "entertain" myself with food at times, I think it's less likely that I will use it to soothe or self-medicate during bad times, so that's very positive.

I think about food all day long. But not in a bad way... I think about it when I'm hungry, when I'm meal planning, when I'm logging, when I'm packing kids' lunches, and I love to watch cooking shows, so I think about it then too.

When I'm hungry and when I'm bored. Today, probably twice total. Days when work is slow, or I'm sitting at home with little to do, it's much more often.