Picture of your meal app that records calories

Junebuggyzy
Junebuggyzy Posts: 345 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My son has an app on his iPhone where he tales pictures of his plate of food, and somehow the actual calories are notated. I looked it up online and it seems to be MealSnap. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meal-snap-calorie-counting/id425203142?mt=8

I have a Nexus 5. Do you know if anything like SnapMeals is available for Android?

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  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    "Oh yeah, we give you a rough estimate of the calories you ate too."

    Not good enough.

    Food scale all the way.
  • PurpleCupcakes01
    PurpleCupcakes01 Posts: 141
    I wouldn't trust that
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Without a scale , it's just a guess.
  • Junebuggyzy
    Junebuggyzy Posts: 345 Member
    My son told me what it is; I think it's a rough guesstimate, but it sounds like it would be good for going to a restaurant where I have no clue how to log a meal. He has it on iOS but I found it for android. MealLogger. I haven't tried it yet. Have any of you tried something like this?
  • Junebuggyzy
    Junebuggyzy Posts: 345 Member
    Aww foo. I downloaded the app. All it does is take a picture of your food so you are aware of what you ate and eat more mindfully.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    Aww foo. I downloaded the app. All it does is take a picture of your food so you are aware of what you ate and eat more mindfully.

    I do the same thing when I eat out so I don't have to kill myself trying to figure out every ingredient so that I can estimate it when I am supposed to be enjoying the meal. Then I look at it when I am ready to record and start estimating from there. It helps me a lot ;) I'm sorry the app you got wasn't what you thought - that would be a cool app if it was accurate for sure!
  • Junebuggyzy
    Junebuggyzy Posts: 345 Member
    Kold, it actually is a good idea, I agree with you. From what I was reading, there is another app like this, and as you say, it is not at all accurate.

    I think this finally tells me the answer to what to do when I go out to eat at a restaurant. Makes sense; if I don't log it here, at least I can look at it and get an idea instead of driving myself crazy trying to figure out what ingredients are what calories.
  • Junebuggyzy
    Junebuggyzy Posts: 345 Member
    Sinister, yes, I use a food scale too! I am a little OCD about it ;)

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