What are your most frequent foods? Are you proud of them?

Cortelli

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I not unhappy with them and I do eat those things a lot but I wonder how the list is populated? Butter, heavy cream, and beef are just a few things that come to mind that I know I eat more frequently than say strawberries and tuna fish.

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Pretty sure based on my own list and diary that it is simply based on how often it - the specific item listed, including brand / description - appears in your diary; nothing to do with actual calories, nor with "food groupings" -- i.e., I eat me some Yoplait light yogurt most mornings, but vary the flavors. If I recorded them as "Yoplait light yogurt" it'd be my top item for sure (well . . . maybe tequila would be a challenger), but because they are listed as "Yoplait - Peach" and "Yoplait - Strawberry" etc. they don't all appear.

Your "beef" might be different cuts / types of beef in your diary? My daily vitamin, my butter substitute, my coffee creamer, and my tequila are always the exact same brand / name with just the amount varying on a daily basis, so they appear just about every day and make up a very boring "10 most frequent foods" list. Well, except for the tequila

genott

Jiffy - Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
Bananas - Raw
Blue Diamond Almonds - Unsweetened Almond Breeze Almond Milk - Vanilla
Quaker Oats - Traditional Oats
Kashi - Heart to Heart Cereal, Honey Toasted Oat
Nature's Path Organic - Pomegran Plus Granola With Cherries
Spinach - Raw
Kellogg's Eggo Waffles - Nutri Grain Low Fat Whole Grain Waffles
Pineapple - Raw, all varieties
Raspberries - Raw

As a college student, I'm not complaining. Lots of breakfast foods

wadsy55

In a morning smoothie;

100% whey protein powder.
Water
1 banana
chia seeds
goji berries
frozen berries.

During the week;
Avocados
Fish
Chicken
Cherry tomatoes & red onion
Rocket/spinach lettuce mix
Lebanese bread
Plain Greek yoghurt
All bran & skimmed milk

All washed down with a nice shiraz & a few beers!!lol

Vex3521

Bleh, not happy since there's 2 snack types in there but really, have to give myself credit since it was portions of each and not just sitting there with a large bag/box. Otherwise, yes, I can live with my 10
Fruit - Banane (Petite)
Sun Chips - Harvest Cheddar - 3.25 Oz. Bag
mexi chicken black beans (my recipe serves 6, 1lb ground chicken, 1 knorr mexican rice (no oil), 1 can organic black beans and 1 c of shredded cheddar cheese. Brown meat, stir in rice blend/water, cook 5 mins and add in beans and cook another 5.)
Kraft - Light Balsamic Vinagrette (With Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
Chicken - Breast, meat only, cooked, roasted
Fresh Express - Spring Mix - Mix of Baby Lettuces, Greens & Radicchio -
Fresh Express Dsf Net Carbs - Heart of Romaine Lettuce
Green Mountain Pumpkin Spice K-cup - Coffee
Green Mountain - Hot Apple Cider Kcup
Pepperidge Farm - Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers Cheddar
Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese

lynn_glenmont

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I not unhappy with them and I do eat those things a lot but I wonder how the list is populated? Butter, heavy cream, and beef are just a few things that come to mind that I know I eat more frequently than say strawberries and tuna fish.

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Pretty sure based on my own list and diary that it is simply based on how often it - the specific item listed, including brand / description - appears in your diary; nothing to do with actual calories, nor with "food groupings" -- i.e., I eat me some Yoplait light yogurt most mornings, but vary the flavors. If I recorded them as "Yoplait light yogurt" it'd be my top item for sure (well . . . maybe tequila would be a challenger), but because they are listed as "Yoplait - Peach" and "Yoplait - Strawberry" etc. they don't all appear.

Your "beef" might be different cuts / types of beef in your diary? My daily vitamin, my butter substitute, my coffee creamer, and my tequila are always the exact same brand / name with just the amount varying on a daily basis, so they appear just about every day and make up a very boring "10 most frequent foods" list. Well, except for the tequila

Yeah, this looks to me like the way the list is generated, which leads to mine being dominated by foods that don't come in brands and flavors, because I tend to go with a lot of variation and only have a few products (such as peanut butter) where I have strong brand loyalty. Of all the items that were ever in my top 25 most frequent, the one that really made me proud was tortilla chips, because I'd only had one bag in the house since I'd been using MFP, which meant that instead of eating the bag in two sittings, which would have been pretty typical in the past, I managed to eat much smaller amounts at any one time, so it was more like 7 or 8 separate entries in my diary.

My current top 10 list:

Coffee, brewed from grounds (about the only thing I have as an entry almost every day)
Salt
Banana
Apple, raw with skin
Diet Coke
Nature's Promise organic 1% milk
Vegetable - tomato, whole, fresh
Add - potassium
Lemon juice, raw
Blue Diamond - Coffee Almonds - roasted coffee flavor

lynn_glenmont

I am too dumb to find the most frequent foods list. I can pull up the frequent foods by meal but they're just alphabetized, not in order or frequency. Help a sister out?

If you're using the web site (sorry, I don't know the answer for the app), click on "add food" under a meal, look just under the search box for the line that says, "Or, add your favorites for:" which will be followed either by the name of a specific meal or by "All Meals." If it has the name of a specific meal, click on the little arrow (triangle) after the name of the meal so you can change it to "All Meals." Then click on the "Frequent" tab. Just above the various tabs should be a line that says "Sort by:" followed either by "Default" or "Name." If it says "Name, " click on the arrow so you can change it to "Default," which will sort the list by frequency of entries.

nerakma

Mine are:
Tea with semi skimmed milk
Butter (ha)
Special K Original
Olive oil
Semi-skimmed milk
Fat free raspberry yoghurt (Danone Activia)
Northeast stottie
Pure squeezed orange juice
Onions
Carrots

The tea and butter are what I expected. I cannot figure out how the Special K and semi-skimmed milk got separated by olive oil, as the milk always goes on the Special K! I do a lot of cooking from scratch, so the rest of the list tends to be raw veg ingredients. The only one on the list that isn't so great is the stottie - a bread from the North-East made with lard! But it's my favourite treat

PJ_73

Black Coffee
Oil - Olive
Red Onion
Wild Rocket
Eggs
Sweet Potatoes
Pepsi Max
Bsn Lean Dessert - Fresh Cinnamon Roll
Bacon

A list to be proud of, I would say!

KAS0917

Here are mine - #4 makes me laugh...
And I often eat a salad of raw spinach, crumbled goat cheese, raspberries, and that dressing, so that's the reason for 1/2 the list!

Banana
Oil - Olive
Blueberries - Raw
White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc
Panera Bread - Raspberry Vinaigrette Fat-Free Salad Dressing
Generic - Hardboiled Egg
Watermelon - Raw
365 - Crunchy Peanut Butter
Organic Spinach - Raw
Trader Joe's - Crumbled Goat Cheese

KAS0917

You all are pretty darn healthy. Mine's less interesting because I'm a creature of habit and pretty much have the same or similar breakfasts.

But notable in my top 10 is . . . TEQUILA

Thank goodness! I was afraid I was the first person to include alcohol in my top 10!

BeachIron

Eggs, carrots, peanut butter, beef, chicken, beer, cheese, milk, broccoli, and apples

eta: I don't really think of being "proud" of my food. I eat it because its what I like, and that includes the birthday cake and donuts I enjoyed today

QuietBloom

I'm proud of every single food entry in my database.

dunnodunno

Perdue - Oven Stuffer Whole Roaster Chicken (7lbs) Qty: of
Silk - Original Almond Milk (Unsweetened) Qty: of
Spaghetti Squash - Spaghetti Squash Cooked Qty: of
So Delicious Dairy Free - Coconut Milk Beverage (Vanilla) Qty: of
Silk - Vanilla Pure Coconut Milk Qty: of
Breyers - Mrs. Fields Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream Qty: of
Laughing Cow - Light, Creamy Swiss Flavor Cheese Wedge Qty: of
Marketside - Premium Romaine Salad (Net Carbs) Qty: of
Wal-Mart - Banana - Medium Qty: of
Ocean Eclipse - Wild Alaskan Salmon Burgers

I'm surprised I didn't have more ice cream entries LMAO.

vanguardfitness

Hmmm. Lots of vegetables, berries, nuts, coffee, EGGS and metrx bars

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Coffee, Cottage Cheese, Greek Yogurt, Oatmeal Bread, Ice Cream, Strawberries, Baby Carrots, Skim Milk, Graham Crackers, Mini York Peppermint Patties

Proud? Not really because I don't see food choices as a source of pride, but happy.

MyChocolateDiet

0183 Folger's Classic - Black Coffee 237ml (8 oz) Qty: of
0183 Smart Balance - Light Butter & Canola Oil Blend - Spreadable Qty: of
0183 Splenda - 2 Packets Qty: of
1/2 Roma or Plum Tomato - Half of An Average/Medium Sized Roma or Plum Tomato, Sliced Qty: of
Al's Diet Coke - Diet Coke 20 oz. Qty: of
Albertson's - Deli Potato Salad Qty: of
Bacon - Bacon Slices-oven Baked Qty: of
Banana - Extra Large (9" or Longer) (152g) Qty: of
Beef - Beef Loin Tri Tip Roast Qty: of
Beef - Loin, bottom sirloin butt, tri-tip roast, lean only, cooked, roasted

Hahahaha. Fake margarine, artificial sweetener, something black, a nine inch banana, something roman, diet coke, bacons, and beef and butt....sounds about right.

Yes I'm proud of them.

Sunitagt

Vitafusion - Multivites Gummy Vitamins
Norco Ranch (Costco) - Extra Large Eggs
Honey
Dietz and Watson - Gourmet Lite Turkey Breast
Philadelphia (Regular) - Spicy Jalapeno Cream Cheese
Rojo's Authentic - Tomatillo Avocado Salsa
Thomas - Everything Bagel Thin
Zico - Pure Coconut Water
Philippine Brand - Dried Young Coconut
Morning Star Farms - Chipotle Black Bean Burger (1/4 lb Size)

This is all in my dinner every night or snacks for work. Creature of habit when it comes to going to work, what can I say? Keeps me full though!

FattyMcFattieson

1. Thick cut bacon
2. Chicken thighs - with skin, roasted
3. Butter
4. Almonds
5. Olive Oil
6. Hickory Sausage
7. Eggs
8. Sharp Cheddar Cheese
9. Walnuts
10. Heavy whipping cream

Yep, totally proud of them!

anro86

1. Crystal Light - Raspberry Lemonade
2. Chiquita - Medium Bananna
3. Generic - Coffee W/ Cream and Sweet N Low
4. Laughing Cow - Light, Creamy Swiss Flavor Cheese Wedge
5. Mexican - Bean and Cheese Tostada With Chicken and Lettuce
6. Dannon Oikos - Traditional Greek Yogurt - Cafe Latte .
7. El Milagro - Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips
8. Campbell's Soup at Hand 70 Cals - Chicken & Stars
9. Red Lobster - Garden Salad (Before Dressing)
10. Dippin' Stix - Sliced Apples and Caramel

I am okay with these, not exactly proud, but not ashamed either. Seeing it makes me realize I need some more veggies. And I am surprised the tortilla chips made it on the list- I didn't think I ate them that often.

AllonsYtotheTardis

#1 - cappuccino.

sounds about right.