This will allow you to see that you might have some protein to make up for in other meals, and you’ll also need to hold back on some carbs and fats in order for the pizza to fit in your day.

You could pre-log a couple of slices of a generic “pizza” entry in your dairy OR you could select the specific brand of pizza you know will be served later.

You could pre-log a generic “brownie” entry from your food database OR you could log 20-30 grams of “quick add carbs” and 10-20 grams of “quick add fat” (if logging in Cronometer) to carve some space for a potential treat later on.

Depending what you order in the moment, you can adjust or add more entries later.

You could pre-log the following for your lunch at Chipotle “chipotle, chicken”, “chipotle, brown rice” and “chiptle, guacamole” to account for some of the protein, fat and carbs that might be in your lunch.

Not only will you be happier and more satisfied having enjoyed these treats, sweets and restaurant eats, but it won’t be at the expense of your goals as you “eat around” those foods with the remaining macros you have. You know you want Chipotle for lunch? Definitely want to eat the brownies your neighbor dropped off the other day? Maybe it’s pizza night with your son’s soccer team on Friday?īe honest with yourself and log the food you know you want to have in your diary before you eat it so you aren’t stuck playing tetris with your macros at the end of the day.

Stay on track with your macros by pre-logging food in your diary and eating your other meals around your pre-logged entires. If it’s an egg bake you make frequently, or that chili your family loves – load all your ingredients to the “recipes” section of the app and log your personal serving size across multiple days if you know you’re planning to have it throughout the week. If you find yourself eating some of the same things all the time, make things easier on yourself by creating recipes in your tracking app to streamline the daily logging process. Then, you will log how much you eat of that recipe by weight throughout the week. Your tracking app will automatically calculate the total weight of the recipe, or you can override the total weight of the recipe by adding it in manually after the dish is complete. Weight – when tracking a recipe by weight, you’ll need to add all the ingredients to the recipe by weight as well.of the recipe depending on how many servings you plan to get out of it. Then, when you eat the food you’ve made, you’ll simply log 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, etc. You can add the ingredients by weight (oz, grams, lbs) or volume (cup, tsp, tb) measurements. Servings per recipe – with this option you create the recipe by adding all the ingredients to your tracking app under a descriptive title (that you’ll remember).

When adding recipes to your tracking app, there are two ways to go about it. Most tracking apps allow you to add your own recipes, and then the app will calculate the nutrition facts for you.

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