"My Foods" Help!!

Could some be under recipes?

You can not delete or edit entries under "recent," "my foods," "meals," or "recipes, listed in your diary. It is a flaw in the system and many of us, in here since the beginning of eternity, have been complaining and requesting to change. So far not so good.

You can delete the recipes that you built under "New Recipes," but you can't edit them either; unless you delete the item and enter the new one or the new amount.

I don't know why your entries are missing under "My Foods," maybe somebody can explain that. It is a feature that I don't use much.

FYI, you can delete items listed in the "Frequent" section.

Sorry about your frustration; you are not alone.

You can not delete or edit entries under "recent," "my foods," "meals," or "recipes, listed in your diary. It is a flaw in the system and many of us, in here since the beginning of eternity, have been complaining and requesting to change. So far not so good.

You can delete the recipes that you built under "New Recipes," but you can't edit them either; unless you delete the item and enter the new one or the new amount.

I don't know why your entries are missing under "My Foods," maybe somebody can explain that. It is a feature that I don't use much.

FYI, you can delete items listed in the "Frequent" section.

Sorry about your frustration; you are not alone.

?? I edit recipes all the time. You just go under recipes (not through the food diary, but through the recipes tab that you use if you want to create a new recipe), click on the name of the recipe you want to edit, and delete ingredients by clicking on the little red circle with the horizontal white bar, and add ingredients by clicking on "add ingredients." (Unfortunately, you can't change the amount of an existing ingredient; you have to add the proper amount as a new ingredient and delete the old amount.) You can also delete a recipe. Again, go under recipes (not through the food diary) and hover your cursor over the name of the recipe you want to delete. Two clickable buttons will appear to right, one for deleting the recipe and one for adding the recipe to your diary. Slide the cursor to the right (if you move it vertically the buttons will disappear) and click on delete.

You can delete My Meals the same way, going through the My Meals tab, not the food diary tab. (As you can see, the secret is not to use the diary when you're trying to edit and delete foods, recipes, meals.) Once you select a meal that you've saved, a green button will appear that says "delete selected meal." The only way I've found to edit a meal in My Meals is to log it into to your diary, make the changes you want, use the quick tools to "save meal," and then instead of giving the meal a new name, click on the green button that says "Or, Replace an Existing Meal."

You can also edit "My Foods" by clicking on the my foods tab (again, not through the diary -- the tabs I'm talking about are on the same hierarchical level as the food diary -- i.e., under the top-level food tabs you should see "food diary," "database," "my foods," "my meals," "recipes," and "settings" -- those are the tabs I'm talking about). Once you click on "My Foods" and find the food you want to edit, click on it, and the nutrition facts for that food will show up, along with a green button that says "edit."

You can only delete foods in "My Foods" if you did not choose to share them with other MFP users (it asks you that when you first create the food).

Unfortunately, you can't change the amount of an existing ingredient; you have to add the proper amount as a new ingredient and delete the old amount.

On my Kindle and Iphone I can change the amount of an existing ingredient. I don't now about here on the web, though.