Logging Food and Supplements

wingworm

Logging Supplements How do you see supplements you add and intake quantity if the supplement is not listed by default to the app? Want to also see a combined food nutrient intake to also include the supplement value. Thx

janejellyroll

If your supplement isn't listed, you can add it to your foods and log it that way.

fiveorsixgirls

Where do you log food?

Safari_Gal_

Hey @wingworm / yep I also add it in my foods and log it that way. I’ve added omega 3, folic acid etc that way. In my diary I made a separate area for Vitamins.

NocteLibri

Safari_Gal_ wrote: »

Hey @wingworm / yep I also add it in my foods and log it that way. I’ve added omega 3, folic acid etc that way. In my diary I made a separate area for Vitamins.

I want to add a dietary supplement to mine too, but how do you make a separate area in the diary? I can't find a way to do it.

cmriverside

janejellyroll wrote: »

If your supplement isn't listed, you can add it to your foods and log it that way.

How to:
Go to FOOD > My foods > Create new food
https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/submit

cmriverside

NocteLibri wrote: »

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Safari_Gal_ wrote: »

Hey @wingworm / yep I also add it in my foods and log it that way. I’ve added omega 3, folic acid etc that way. In my diary I made a separate area for Vitamins.

I want to add a dietary supplement to mine too, but how do you make a separate area in the diary? I can't find a way to do it.

What do you mean by this? You *could* name one of your meals "Supplements" if you need a separate area.
Go to FOOD > Settings and scroll down to change a meal name
https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

AnnPT77

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Safari_Gal_ wrote: »

Hey @wingworm / yep I also add it in my foods and log it that way. I’ve added omega 3, folic acid etc that way. In my diary I made a separate area for Vitamins.

I want to add a dietary supplement to mine too, but how do you make a separate area in the diary? I can't find a way to do it.

In the web version, starting from your food diary page, click "Settings" near the top of the page (in the secondary set of tabs). That will bring up a diary settings page. Scroll down to the meal names. Use one of the empty spaces to add "Dietary Supplements" (or whatever you want to call it) in the meal names, and click "Save Changes" at the bottom. That will put that meal category in your diary, after which it behaves like any other meal in terms of adding stuff.

In the Android app (Apple iOS app should be similar), open the sidebar menu by clicking on the 3-bars menu icon at top left, then scroll down and click "Settings". From there, scroll down and click "Diary Settings". On the Diary Settings page, find and click on Customize Meal Names. Then update a blank slot as per above, but click the check-mark icon in the upper right to save the change.

NocteLibri

Thanks Ann. That helped =D

AnnPT77 wrote: »

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NocteLibri wrote: »

Safari_Gal_ wrote: »

Hey @wingworm / yep I also add it in my foods and log it that way. I’ve added omega 3, folic acid etc that way. In my diary I made a separate area for Vitamins.

I want to add a dietary supplement to mine too, but how do you make a separate area in the diary? I can't find a way to do it.

In the web version, starting from your food diary page, click "Settings" near the top of the page (in the secondary set of tabs). That will bring up a diary settings page. Scroll down to the meal names. Use one of the empty spaces to add "Dietary Supplements" (or whatever you want to call it) in the meal names, and click "Save Changes" at the bottom. That will put that meal category in your diary, after which it behaves like any other meal in terms of adding stuff.

In the Android app (Apple iOS app should be similar), open the sidebar menu by clicking on the 3-bars menu icon at top left, then scroll down and click "Settings". From there, scroll down and click "Diary Settings". On the Diary Settings page, find and click on Customize Meal Names. Then update a blank slot as per above, but click the check-mark icon in the upper right to save the change.