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Food/Exercise Tracking?

RonneyKay
RonneyKay Posts: 464 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Just wondering how many of you are gone for the day then log at night? Do you keep a notebook of what you've eaten? and how much you exercised?

I am determined to keep logging, I think it will certainly help me. So just wondering, do you log every day, or do you go a couple of days and then enter it in to the tracking system?

any info would be helpful.

Thanks PPL!
Ronney

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  • wackedoutpet13
    wackedoutpet13 Posts: 72 Member
    I try to enter as I go. This is easy for me to do since I have the MFP app on my phone. If I'm at home, I log from my computer as I go. Otherwise, log at night.

    I can't remember what I've eaten for the past few days so logging every two or three days or so would not work for me.

    I don't keep this in a notebook.

    Hope this helps!
  • snookumss
    snookumss Posts: 1,451 Member
    DEFINITELY LOG EVERYDAY. If I get behind at all I wont be able to remember it and wont be really motivated to record it! Thats EXACTLY how I fell off the wagon for two months! You have to stick to logging it, even if you do horribly... log it every day!
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
    I log everyday. If I'm not at home, I log from my phone. :smile:
  • trilikeagirl
    trilikeagirl Posts: 218
    MFP tracks how many days in a row you log in, and it gives me a boost to see the consistency of many days. I log in the morning for as much of the day as I know and edit in the evenings. Also have it on my phone which helps.
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    I log everyday....
  • EJanine
    EJanine Posts: 23
    It's important to log everyday, preferably after every meal. Otherwise, things like coffee creamer, a taste of this and that, will be forgotten and you'll lose track of everything you've actually consumed in the day. Well, at least that's what happens to me when I don't log right away.
  • Kermit1976
    Kermit1976 Posts: 120
    I log every day if i can i preplan my food and write it in so i know where my day is heading food wise....then there are no surprises.
  • Anayalata
    Anayalata Posts: 391 Member
    Log every day either from my phone or from my laptop/PC at home.

    If you're going to be gone all day, then writing it down would probably be best or work that mental muscle and try to remember :smile:
  • MegJo
    MegJo Posts: 398 Member
    I log daily -- in fact I plan out my whole day either the night before or the morning of. It really helps me stay on track.

    (I also use my phone to make changes if I need too! :) )
  • RonneyKay
    RonneyKay Posts: 464 Member
    thanks for the tip ppl:) DL the app right now! woot!
  • RonneyKay
    RonneyKay Posts: 464 Member
    woohoo, got the app, will be alot easier to track now when I am away from home:) yay
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