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How to populate "RECENT" and/or "FREQUENT" lists in Food Diary

imdjl
imdjl Posts: 2 Member
in Getting Started
Hi everyone! I recently cleared out all the entries in the "Recent" and "Frequent" tabs (see attached image) for adding foods to my diary (because there were too many and superfluous ones). I have been adding foods from the "My Foods" tab ... but these entries aren't then added to the "Recent" and "Frequent" tabs (as had been the case in the past).

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As you can see, only "blueberries" have made it to the "Recent" list ... even though I have recently added several other foods to the diary. So question is: why is "blueberries" remembered? And why is nothing else remembered?


I know there are other options for regularly diarized foods, such as creating "Meals" ... but I found the "Recent" and "Frequent" very useful.

Can anyone help / shed light on this??

Thanks (and fingers crossed!)

Answers

  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,129 Member
    This is just a guess, but maybe the things you're logging other than blueberries are the same entries you deleted from your recent and frequent lists, and the act of deleting them also created a permanent bar to putting them in those lists in the future?
  • imdjl
    imdjl Posts: 2 Member
    I don't think that's the reason, because blueberries was also on the list before and was deleted with the other entries.
  • totameafox
    totameafox Posts: 754 Member
    Hello. I can't answer your question because I don't know the perimeters for those two functions. I suggest you reask this question here.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/myfitnesspal-tech-support-questions

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