Going to leave
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Nice tip on the USDA suggestion.
Oh, and don't forget to exit through the gift shop.0 -
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!0 -
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.0 -
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:0
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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:0
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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.0
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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 foods0 -
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?0 -
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?0 -
user error0
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Soooo....if it takes me 20-30 minutes a day to log my food, can I count that time as exercise?0
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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.0 -
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?0 -
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.0 -
Seriously, Manda, get out of my head!!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.
There... now we can be friends again.
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So long! Farewell! Auf Viedersehn! Adieu!
Adieu! Adieu! To you and you and you!!!
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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.
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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.0
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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.0 -
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)0 -
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!0 -
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.0
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Seriously, Manda, get out of my head!!
There... now we can be friends again. 0 -
*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!0 -
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!
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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.
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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!0 -
Takes me 30 seconds to input a meal,you must be doing something wrong or having one hell of a meal ha0
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Takes me 30 seconds to input a meal,you must be doing something wrong or having one hell of a meal ha0
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