Adding Food Before You Eat

I do this pretty much every day. Especially for events or big meals - BBQs, friends coming round for dinner, going out to eat etc.

I eat pretty systematically so it's not uncommon for me to do it.


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I do this, it makes it easier to stay on track and no go over on my calories. When I get to work the first thing I do is do my food log for the whole day. I'll change it later if I need to.

I do this too. Right from the start on MFP, I was finding the nutritional information available to be a revelation in why I had gained weight - seeing what was really in my choices. Because of that revelation, on many occasions I would enter what I was planning to eat at the next meal, and see whether it fit my goals or if I needed to change it.
That was a huge help in learning the best choices for me.

Also, because I don't have access to MFP during the work day, sometimes in an evening I will not only complete that day, but also pre-record what I know I'm going to have for breakfast and lunch the next day. Then I log back in the next evening, and update with any changes or variations, and also record dinner and snacks.
Often if I have not pre-recorded breakfast and lunch, I will instead send myself an email from work to home, noting what I had and counting coffees, snacks etc.

So there are two reasons for me why I pre-record, the biggest one being the ability to see how my choices will fit with my goals, while I still have the ability to change them. Once the food is eaten, it's too late to undo it, so this works for me.

I do this everyday and it has helped me stay on track and make sure I don't over eat on something.

I am getting quicker at it now, since a lot of my food I eat and buy can be found in my recent. I also save a lot to my meals and I have included quite a few recipes now.

My boyfriend just steals the meals from my diary since he eats pretty much the same as I do, and just modifyies the amounts and adds or minuses what he doesn't eat. LOL Lazy : )

I agree with most. I plan my meals (breakfast, lunch and snacks) the night before and log them at that point. I can then decide my dinner based on my exercise, if I dont want to walk or go to the gym, then I have to eat less. I know that it is all a game that I am playing with myself, but whatever works.

Weekends I am less predictable, but also have more flexbility to exercise

absolutely!!
I usually try to enter the week at once (at least Monday - Friday) and then tweak my entries as needed.
It definitely helps me stay on plan and forces me to make better choices!

It is 9am and my diary already contains my lunch and dinner so, yes, I do add foods before I eat. I don't do it all the time but when I do I find it helps me plan out the day so I know what to expect calorie-wise. It can help me decide what to snack on throughout the day as well since I know what I have planned for later.

Yes .. this is me. I add and remove depending on how may day is going .. also helps me to plan if I need an extra workout!

I usually try to fill in my entire meal plan before I eat anything or shortly after breakfast. Then, as the day goes by, I make adjustments if I want to change anything. Most of the changes are to my snacks (smaller meals). This helps prevent feeling like everything is "set in stone" and I can make changes if I want.