Going to leave

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  • SkinnyBubbaGaar
    SkinnyBubbaGaar Posts: 389 Member
    Nice tip on the USDA suggestion.

    Oh, and don't forget to exit through the gift shop.
  • Lissa_M
    Lissa_M Posts: 131
    I pre log my meals on the days I work. It takes me all of two or three minutes. Plus if you have a smart phone you can scan the bar code on many items.

    I love the scan barcode feature, makes it so much faster!
  • abw153
    abw153 Posts: 3
    SS, the app is much better than the website.
    1. the bar code search feature is the best way to immediately get the info for your food.
    2. in the iphone app there is a "frequent" foods tab, which contains items you have previously selected so searching can be MUCH faster. Also ideal here is the integration with Runkeeper, which auto-uploads your running workloads/calories into your log.
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    I spend MAYBE 15 mins a day logging...so I'm kinda wondering what you might be eating that takes 30-60 mins a day to log??? :noway:
  • mandasalem
    mandasalem Posts: 346 Member
    Last one was August 8. Maybe she's been working on August 9 for several weeks. My understanding is that logging takes a lot of time. :bigsmile:
  • misti777
    misti777 Posts: 217 Member
    Maybe you can just write down on paper the calories you ate and just use the exercise page to calculate what calories you burned and subtract from the calories you wrote down on paper.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    It literally takes me 2mins to plan out my food for the next day, you are definitely doing something wrong. Try typing in whatever food you are looking for then add USDA at the end, this will bring up the USDA entry which is accurate.

    I got all excited for a minute. Just tried this and that simply brings up user-entered foods that have usda in their name. It would be nice if there was a way to actually search the non-asterisked foods
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    Funny, I don't even see 1 logged meal in your diary!

    Because it's too HAAAAARD! (<--- read in 13 year old voice)

    This...you didn't even log 1 meal??? So what are you talking about again?
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Be honest with yourself, OP.

    This was the best excuse you could come up with for quitting and you posted it here hoping someone would cosign this BS.

    Amirite?
  • user error
  • rumplesnat
    rumplesnat Posts: 372
    Soooo....if it takes me 20-30 minutes a day to log my food, can I count that time as exercise?
  • Sweet_Potato
    Sweet_Potato Posts: 1,119 Member
    Don't know if there is such a thing as a perfect site,tho I do agree.Takes a lot of wading thru food lists.Just today I tried finding a Tbl of white sugar Oh,well...it is what it is.

    Try finding an entry for a CUP of white sugar! Usually I just put it in as 48 tsp.
  • joakool
    joakool Posts: 434 Member
    Nice tip on the USDA suggestion.

    Oh, and don't forget to exit through the gift shop.


    I've been here two years and NOW you tell me there's a gift shop?
  • Pedalpush
    Pedalpush Posts: 246 Member
    I was going to stop working out because it takes like 30-60 minutes, like, every day. ugh.

    I do so much cooking I have to enter a RECIPE almost every day to get the correct calories. I use the scanner when I can for ingredients. But I also keep in mind, nothing is going to be 100% accurate. Until I can afford to pay someone to do it for me, I will just overestimate, move more, eat less...

    If it's worth it to you, you'll figure it out. Until then, good luck.
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    Why, op.. are we cross? I'll be your huckleberry.

    If I thought you weren't my friend, I just don't think I could bear it.
    Seriously, Manda, get out of my head!!
    There... now we can be friends again. :tongue:
  • Aello11
    Aello11 Posts: 312 Member
    So long! Farewell! Auf Viedersehn! Adieu!

    Adieu! Adieu! To you and you and you!!!

    :heart: :smile: :drinker:
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    2. in the iphone app there is a "frequent" foods tab, which contains items you have previously selected so searching can be MUCH faster.

    There is a "frequent" tab on the website, too.

    Not sure why someone with such little time to log foods would even bother taking the time to post about leaving.

    :yawn:
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  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    Actually for me this has become quite easy, I eat a lot of the same foods, so I just look in my "Frequent" or "Recent" food lists, I love that I can create meals or copy from another day which also saves time. Any new food items, I use the bar code scanner on my phone. One area where I find descrepanciess is fruits and vegetables, but I will definitely try adding USDA. Another issue, which I had hoped would have been corrected with the recent upgrade, is with recipes. They need to make it easier to make changes to recipes.
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    Your health is worth the effort.....

    Most of my basic stuff, like oats, bread, coffee, veggies, fruits, lean meats, etc., that I use often are in my 'most recent' items, so it doesn't take much time at all. I use the 'copy meal' for leftover andI also scan barcodes, if I eat anything that has one.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    As mentioned before, if you have a smartphone, you can scan the barcode.

    If not, all you have to do is spend a little extra time entering the exact details for what you want to eat. Then later you can enter them straight from the "recent" tab, which will stay with the same info, even if someone else changes it. I'm sure you don't eat different foods every single day. For example, my breakfast is the same every day most days, with the exception of a slight change in quantity. It takes a few seconds. Every other meal takes 5-10 minutes max, less the longer I've been on this site (more foods in the recent and most used tabs)
  • ChristiH4000
    ChristiH4000 Posts: 531 Member
    Be honest with yourself, OP.

    This was the best excuse you could come up with for quitting and you posted it here hoping someone would cosign this BS.

    Amirite?

    *ding, ding* Winner!
  • rodneyderrick
    rodneyderrick Posts: 483 Member
    You're not using the site intelligently. First of all, you can save your food choices, and use them repeatedly from your own list of items. Your failure comes from not truly engaging in the accessories on this site. Secondly, if you have an extremely hard time finding the product you're eating in the list, add it yourself or just put in the calories through the quick calorie tab. I've had to do that when I'm eating locally made foods.
  • mandasalem
    mandasalem Posts: 346 Member
    Seriously, Manda, get out of my head!!
    There... now we can be friends again. :tongue:

    :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:
  • mandasalem
    mandasalem Posts: 346 Member
    *ding, ding* Winner!

    Winner, winner, chicken dinner... aw, man, there goes an hour right there, trying to figure out what in the database matches with chicken dinner. I have work to do today, too!
  • shirtswiththumbholes
    shirtswiththumbholes Posts: 179 Member
    If it's taking you that long you're doing something wrong. Even with the wrong entries it only takes a few minutes if you log as you go along.

    I agree. Also I LOVE YOUR ADIPOSE AVATAR! :D
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    If it's taking you that long you're doing something wrong. Even with the wrong entries it only takes a few minutes if you log as you go along.


    this.
  • mbrou28
    mbrou28 Posts: 132 Member
    I also find that it takes an unnecessarily long time to track *new items (those I haven't tracked before). That's why I use Weight Watchers to track my food and hang out here for the Forums..

    The inaccuracy bugs me A LOT too!
  • shelllord
    shelllord Posts: 43 Member
    Takes me 30 seconds to input a meal,you must be doing something wrong or having one hell of a meal ha
  • shelllord
    shelllord Posts: 43 Member
    Takes me 30 seconds to input a meal,you must be doing something wrong or having one hell of a meal ha