Do you pre-plan your food day?

I usually track my whole day in the morning, and if I need to make a swap later at least I'll know if it's doable. I have a workout journal where I plan out my workouts a month in advance, so I always know what I'm going to do when I get up in the morning.

Yeah it lets me know what i have to play with and what to look forward too.

I try to, but it doesn't always happen. I'm working with my room mate to try to plan the week's dinners (because it will make shopping easier too), but we've yet to sit down to do it. Fortunately, I keep good food in my house, so I don't have the junk that I shouldn't eat.

I do pre-plan exercise for the week, though.

I plan at night for the following day - sometimes for main meals I know in advance so plan when I know
every evening I plan for the following day and try to stick with the plan
on days I do this it works great on days I dont I find I want to graze more

I started doing that last week to stop unplanned snacking. I still snack but definitely less if I know I'm having three square meals a day. I also eat dinner after I exercise so I can eat back about a quarter of my exercise calories. I tried not eating them once or twice but I was really tired and cranky next day.

I also state how much exercise I will do to my MFP friends...I found it impossible to NOT do them for fear of disappointing them. Great motivational strategy to get my *kitten* in gear.

Yep I enter my whole day in the morning, though now I am starting to plan meals a day or two in advance so I can be organised and sure of what I am going to eat. Sometimes I make substitutions as required.

I enter exercise after I have done it.

Yes, for breakfast and lunch...dinner only if I know what I'm eating ahead of time. Most days, I just see how many calories I have left and figure out what I can get away with at dinner

I am copying and pasting a reply I just wrote on another thread:

The night before, I enter my dinner for the following day after I discuss with the husband what we'll be having. This is also usually my biggest meal of the day so it lets me know how many calories I have to work with for lunch, breakfast, and snacks. Then I backfill my diary (still the night before), and plan out what I will bring to work for lunch, then I will see how many calories I have left for breakfast and snacks. I couldn't have come this far or stay within calorie goal without planning. I am just about at maintenance now and I still plan out my days the prior night. It makes a world of difference to me rather than getting through lunch and realizing I only have 200 calories for dinner.

My days are always pre-planned. I can tell you what I'm going to eat today, tomorrow, and the next day. It works for me. I've been doing it this way for about 5 months now. I follow my meal plans very strictly. It's very rare that I switch something out, but I may, and it's easier that way. My gym days are also set in stone, Monday-Wednesday-Friday-Sunday ... There is some wiggle room at the gym for what I want to do, but I know that Sunday is all weight training, Wednesday is cardio and a yoga class. Monday and Friday I mix up cardio and weights.

I weight to enter my exercise until after I do it though.

i am a planner by nature......i have my 'menu' planned for the week (saturday thru friday) usually by either the wednesday before but no later than thursday.

and yes, i pre-log all of my food for the day so i know if i have any wiggle room

I always pre-plan my meals. I do a schedules/grocery shopping every Sunday for the my week coming up. It helps me stay on track.

I plan a week's worth of food at once. We make a list for our grocery shopping and then make some things in advance. I pack my food bag (with lunch and snacks... sometimes breakfast too if I'm running late that morning) the night before and take it to work with me. Then I usually spend anywhere from 20-60 minutes making dinner that night.

It's nice to plan ahead. It makes it easier to stay on track because you're not scrambling for a healthy snack or meal at the last minute. If you have meals or snacks you're looking forward to, you're less likely to splurge on an unhealthy snack or meal.

I plan dinners and lunches a week in advance so that I can make a detailed shopping list. It also helps me eat healthier at work during the week if I know I have a great meal to look forward to. I also enter the food I plan to eat (packed breakfast/lunch and planned dinner) each morning and then adjust as I go.

Actually I just put in my meals for the rest of the day, great ideas !!!

If I have a big meal planned or know I'll be doing a lot of drinking or something, I pre-log as much as I'm sure of just to see how much exercise I should do and what my calorie budget is for the rest of the day. On work days I pre-log lunch because I bring it with me and I know I'll eat nearly everything I bring, I adjust as needed when I unpack my lunch (or on my phone at lunch time if I have the time).

I do pre-plan my dinners usually at least 3 days in advance, on weeks when I'm on the ball I have dinner planned for the whole week on Monday. I don't log these ahead of time though because I make so many adjustments throughout the week - incorporating leftovers, changing whole meals because a guest comes over, not being able to find something I want - or finding an awesome sale - at the grocery store, not feeling like cooking and claiming one of the take-out days. But I do log dinner before I make it, it helps me balance the day out nicely. I can see how big a portion of meat I need to fill out my protein, how little starch I can have to stay within my carbs, etc. And, most importantly, I can see if there's room for a beer or Tom Collins! If I have something big planned, I can see that I need to take the dog for an extra long walk that evening.