Tracking is a Pain in the @$$
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SummerLovesPhil
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Okay, it's rant time. For those of us who stay away from packaged foods and make a variety of recipes, tracking on MFP is a total pain in the butt! Entering the whole recipe (and remembering what you put in it) every time you make dinner? Especially if I measured in cups and whoever else measured in grams, or vice versa? Blergh. Okay, I'm done now.
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Haha know the feeling - tend to just make educated guesses a lot of the time as I don't always want to weigh EVERYTHING.0
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It's a pain, and I'm very half-@$$ed myself. You could develop six to eight meals of known calories and alternate them.0
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yah annoying to break out the spreadsheet to calculate the meal but i made a spreadsheet that does all the adding for me and i put in the servings and divides it accordingly
but i know it is for the greater good of my waistline so i keep up with it0 -
yeah... even if it's homemade I just grab a processed food for my food diary, at least it has the macros and sometimes micros listed.0
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Did you notice the recipe tab?
^This. I've used it a few times. Definitely comes in handy.0 -
This is just one of the reasons that I am now focusing more on intuitive eating than counting calories. Eating whole foods shouldn't be stressful! (Plus, this better addresses the reason I overeat in the first place.)0
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You could always save yer own recipes0
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I am curious why it is so hard in MFP to find raw, whole food. Like potato, put that in and you have to search for potato. Same with pineapple of other fruits, etc. The whole, raw version of the food should be the first thing that comes up, not a bunch of other crap that might have a potato in it. /rant0
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Use the recipe tab. Unless you cook something new every single evening, you will find it really useful. The more recipes you enter, the easier it gets with time.
I tend to print my recipes, weigh everything, write it directly on the recipe while cooking (it takes just a few seconds) and save the print in a folder I keep in my kitchen. This way, I always know how to cook next time. If I change something in the recipe - no problem, I change it on MPF as well.0 -
Haha yeah. Finding a good entry for potato was the worst pain in the butt. I honestly don't really make fancy meals anymore, just separate things I can weigh separately.0
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Not exactly that difficult add things as you go along (or write them down) then make them a recipe so you can use it again. Doesn't really add much time and you get used to weighing everything. Personally I think your making a fuss over nothing. If you were able to overeat a cople of minutes on your meal prepe to help you get healthy is no bother.0
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Okay, it's rant time. For those of us who stay away from packaged foods and make a variety of recipes, tracking on MFP is a total pain in the butt! Entering the whole recipe (and remembering what you put in it) every time you make dinner? Especially if I measured in cups and whoever else measured in grams, or vice versa? Blergh. Okay, I'm done now.
When is it not on MFP?0 -
I am curious why it is so hard in MFP to find raw, whole food. Like potato, put that in and you have to search for potato. Same with pineapple of other fruits, etc. The whole, raw version of the food should be the first thing that comes up, not a bunch of other crap that might have a potato in it. /rant
Agree! And why are there 50 different entries for a potato? 1 for 50g, one for 75g, one for a cup, another for half a cup, yet another for a slice, etc etc etc. I'd love them all to be in one place called raw potato.0 -
Being tired when I got to the top of the stairs was a pain in the butt...tracking is well worth it...and like others said, use the recipe tab! once you enter it in and how may servings it is there for you.0
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You realise this site is free, right?
It's not perfect, but considering it's free it gives a lot.0 -
I am curious why it is so hard in MFP to find raw, whole food. Like potato, put that in and you have to search for potato. Same with pineapple of other fruits, etc. The whole, raw version of the food should be the first thing that comes up, not a bunch of other crap that might have a potato in it. /rant
I think the trick is to put the whole food in plural, like instead of "potato" type in "potatoes." I typed in "banana" today and found about 20 foods containing bananas, but not the actual fruit. Then I typed in "bananas" and it finally showed up.0 -
It can be frustrating. I save a lot of my recipes but even then I don't always follow them exactly so I have to change things a lot. I've just kind of gotten over it. I'm quite quick at logging all my food now.0
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