Logging Food

Do you have a phone that allows you to download MFP app? I just got it and now i can log anytime and anywhere so that i don't have to try and remember everything i ate when i get home from work. Its a great tool and makes logging so much easier.

I log before I eat, too. I find that if I do that, not only do I have my record, but in the case of going out to eat, it forces me to make a better choice BEFORE I get to the restaurant, and I tend to stick to that better choice when I get there, instead of trying to decide while there, and settling on that greasy burger and fries.

I log first thing in the morning for the whole day.

Right now it is only 9:54 am on the east coast of the US, and my food journal is basically filled in for the day. Helps me to see where I am at food wise!!

I just started on MFP but what keeps me logging is keeping a browser with the website up.

And like dargytaylor I log in the morning for the day. I'm not planning every meal, but putting in the ones I know I'll eat and coming back before the end of the day to complete the rest.

Dr Oz and drs that take weight loss seriously strongly recommend that track be kept for a variety of reasons,

it is very helpful to see where you tend to have problems, early in the day, late night, snacking, weekends,

then there is the composition of your cravings, salty, sweet, fatty, all three,

how much fiber, how many veg etc,

after a few days of just keeping my computer up and a window for entries up I realized another thing,

that I was malnourished, yes hundreds of pounds of starvation !!!!!

so I did a google on low calorie foods, not my favorite of course, I did a google on high fiber foods, a google on low fat foods,

and because I just really love to eat I made a list of foods I really would eat that were high fiber, low calorie, low fat, and low in sodium,

then made an ideal day, this I did by going out a few months in my food diary and tweeking, half a cup here, half a cup there,

I also composed my regular breakfast and regular lunch, yes boring, but a way to handle my day,

I am practically draconian in my breakfasts and lunches, THE SAME EVERY DAY, I found the lowest calorie highest fiber breakfast cereal: FIBER ONE, and lowest milk:ALMOND MILK, these are my choices, maybe hard boiled egg whites,

my recent love, tomatoes,

if you plan your breakfasts and lunches then dinner is easier to budget for,

this is a lifetime diet, not just one to lose 10 pounds,

I did not get this size eating correctly, I have to relearn how to eat

I log mine either the day before or plan the entire day first thing in the morning. That way no guessing what to have for lunch and no yucky supper because I ate too much for lunch.