We need to make this app more social...

JBitas

Me and my wife have used Myfitnesspal for over 2 years now, and often times we find ourselves needing slight additional features for mere quality-of-life.
For example, I cook and prep meals, and I use the fantastic recipe creator this app offers, however, I wish I could send my wife this recipe, or share it with friends instantly, without them having to manually create the recipe themselves when they want to log a meal. Same with workouts, the ability to share would make thing so much more easy and enjoyable.

mbinaz2019

I agree, and I wish MFP would include the option for adding the directions to the recipes. I have a lot of recipes that are handwritten or from cookbooks and don't come from other websites, so I can't import them into the website. I can enter the ingredients in MFP and get the nutrition info, but I still have to look elsewhere for the directions.

And, unless I'm doing something wrong, I can't find any recipes on MFP other than the few I created.

And, the import doesn't always work either. I just tried to import a recipe from the web, and the ingredients are missing, just the instructions show.

I used to be a member of Sparkpeople.com until they sold it, and I could enter a complete recipe there, ingredients, instructions, notes - and either publish it or keep it private. But I can't import my saved recipes into MFP. Apparently the formatting is not compatible with MFP.

IMHO, the recipe feature in MFP is just about useless.

Ceriusly1

@mbinaz2019 Hello, former Sparker here too. The 5% Seasonal Challenge starts Saturday. I agree. I miss that recipe feature. When I have tried entering a recipe I can never find it so I gave up trying.

Ray_4331

I just added the same type of suggestion here too. My wife just signed up for MFP and it is ssssooo frustrating not being able to simply SHARE food or meals with her. If MFP wants to convert her to a paying customer, they better make is easier to use. She has already told me she prefer the WeightWatchers app. We need this transition to go smoother and it would be so much easier if MFP let us easily share foods and entire meals (both the meals we can pre-set up and save for future use, as well as, a an entire entry for breakfast/lunch/dinner).

wilwith1l

not being able to simply share your entries is so frustrating. we’re over here taking screenshots and talking over what we made the other person for breakfast instead of just pressing two buttons. why am I even paying for premium at this point?

Jean

Thank you all for your feedback and suggestions! I will be sure to pass these along to the appropriate teams.

In the meantime, you can share and view your food diary with others, and also share meals to your newsfeed.

For more on how to make your Diary visible, please see: https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032273872-How-do-I-make-my-diary-visible-to-other-users-. Your friends can then copy food diary entries and put it in their own (and visa versa).

Mobile users can also find the option to share a saved meal in Meals, Recipes & Foods. This feature is not currently available for web.

On iOS
Select More...
Select My Meals, Recipes & Foods
Select the Meals tab
Select the Meal you would like to share and tap the Share button next to the meal name
This will take you to the Status Update screen
Update the status, add directions if you would like and select the check mark (top right)


On Android
Select Menu
Select Recipes, Meals & Foods
Select the Meals tab
Select the Meal you would like to share and tap the Share button next to the meal name
This will take you to the Status Update screen
Update the status, add directions if you would like and select the check mark (top right)

I hope these options can help in the meantime!