Just a general question about MFP diary

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blg1977
blg1977 Posts: 12
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Hello,

I'm a bit confused with how some of the food diary information. I am going to try (emphasis on try) to explain this the best I can. I have been using MFP for about a year.

Does MFP have a 'way' that it categorizes food into 'Most Used' and 'Most Recent'? I have foods that I use several times a week that I have to search for under most recent, while foods I have only ever used once appear under 'Most Used'.

I know you can remove items from the 'Most Used' list. I'm pretty familiar with how MFP works. This is just a question I'm wondering if someone knows the answer to.

Thanks

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  • squeakyfish
    squeakyfish Posts: 109 Member
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    I'm hoping for an answer too. Some days it's really hard to find a frequently used food, if I can find it all.
  • blg1977
    blg1977 Posts: 12
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    I'm bumping this in hopes that someone will see this who can shed some light. I am totally confused about how food is categorized into 'Most Used' and 'Recent'. As I said in my original post there are founds I have used ONCE that show up in my most used and foods I use all the time theat go into 'Most Recent'.....which is 3 or 4 pages of items.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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    I've noticed that if I'm using my phone app, ipad app, or PC that it changes things around. Are you using different devices too?
  • Katt1320
    Katt1320 Posts: 94 Member
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    Ditto that. I'd love to be able to "favorite" something or adjust my most used list. Sometimes I eat the same thing every day for a week and I want it right up tops.

    Then I get sick of it and don't need it there anymore.
  • wikitbikit
    wikitbikit Posts: 518 Member
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    Well, they are sorted by meal unless you specifically change it... When you're adding a food, under the search box and above the green Add Checked button, there's a line that says "Or, add your favorites for: Lunch Sort: Default" ... You can change Default to All Meals and get ALL of your most used/recent foods. It's useful when you have leftovers for next day lunch! :)

    If that doesn't help, ... well, I tried. :)
  • Kayla_292to165
    Kayla_292to165 Posts: 249 Member
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    One thing I've noticed is that it depends if you use the same listing each time. For example, my fiber one peanut butter and oat bars are in the database under about 15 different listings. When I was using a different listing each time (unintentionally) it didn't have it under my most/recent but now that I caught it and use the same one each time it is listed.
  • peacemongernc
    peacemongernc Posts: 253 Member
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    I put some of my "most used" things that weren't showing up on my other lists into the "meal" category, especially if there are several things I often eat together. That I way I don't have to sort through so many incorrectly entered foods to find the exact one I'm looking for.

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