Mistakes People KEEP MAKING Recording Food in Database
amy_kee
Posts: 694 Member
A whole lot of people are now either recording food with measurements in the name part, or they are recording food with 2 different measurements--where the measurements go.
This IS MESSING UP THE DATABASE A WHOLE LOT!!!!
If you are recording measurements in the name section, when people go to use your recording in the food database, they end up with both your measurement from the name section, followed by their own actual measurement from the amount of that food that ate. This IS NOT GOOD!!! This is ESPECIALLY BAD ON THE PERSON USING YOUR ENTRY when they have a different size or measurement than what the person who recorded it had. It ends up showing one WRONG measurement and your right measurement that you actually ate.
Then when people record 2 different measurements in the measurement section, the computer only recognizes the 1st measurement number---until the space bar is pressed. This is how computer programs are written people. Then when someone uses your entry in the food data base, it only adjusts the measurement size based on the 1st measurement listed before the space bar is pressed. Then, people using your entry with 2 measurements end up with the 1st measurement that adjusts to to amount eaten, and the 2nd measurement right next to it, ALWAYS STAYS THE SAME!
NO BODY NEEDS 2 MEASUREMENTS IN THEIR FOOD DIARY, WITH ONE OF THEM ALWAYS WRONG if YOU'RE NOT EATING EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE SERVING AS WHO RECORDED IT!!
PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS WHEN THEY RECORD FOOD AND PUT IT IN THE FOOD DATABASE FOR OTHERS TO USE!
PUT ONE MEASUREMENT---WHERE IT GOES! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!!
This IS MESSING UP THE DATABASE A WHOLE LOT!!!!
If you are recording measurements in the name section, when people go to use your recording in the food database, they end up with both your measurement from the name section, followed by their own actual measurement from the amount of that food that ate. This IS NOT GOOD!!! This is ESPECIALLY BAD ON THE PERSON USING YOUR ENTRY when they have a different size or measurement than what the person who recorded it had. It ends up showing one WRONG measurement and your right measurement that you actually ate.
Then when people record 2 different measurements in the measurement section, the computer only recognizes the 1st measurement number---until the space bar is pressed. This is how computer programs are written people. Then when someone uses your entry in the food data base, it only adjusts the measurement size based on the 1st measurement listed before the space bar is pressed. Then, people using your entry with 2 measurements end up with the 1st measurement that adjusts to to amount eaten, and the 2nd measurement right next to it, ALWAYS STAYS THE SAME!
NO BODY NEEDS 2 MEASUREMENTS IN THEIR FOOD DIARY, WITH ONE OF THEM ALWAYS WRONG if YOU'RE NOT EATING EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE SERVING AS WHO RECORDED IT!!
PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS WHEN THEY RECORD FOOD AND PUT IT IN THE FOOD DATABASE FOR OTHERS TO USE!
PUT ONE MEASUREMENT---WHERE IT GOES! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!!
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both motivating AND supportive!0
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I can find more productive things to worry about.....0
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Vent much?0
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I think I'll continue doing it the way I want. You should do the same.0
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Where the caps really necessary?0
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You know... you could create your OWN food entries and completely avoid this problem.0
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Get a hobby.0
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You also have the power to edit food entries...0
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Spelling the name of the product wrong.
My example this morning: Simple Jif, Simply Jiffy, Simpley Jif
Another is for the Nut-Rition packs by Planter's Nuts. However they do have different sized individual servings so I appreciate having the number of ounces in the name for faster searching.0 -
Haha!0
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o_O
I wish my major caps worthy problems were this small. lol0 -
both motivating AND supportive!
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Did you post this 3 times?0
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Maybe the site needs to redesign the entry form to explain this? Sodium for instance is hard to get right. g or mg often confuses people (me included) and you get really wacky entries. Still life goes on somehow.... ;-)0
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Just one of the legion legitimate complaints about food entries, but wrong forum.0
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I create my own entry but I rarely ever let other MFP useres use what I create.
You could create your own entries if you are having a problem going off what people have already put in the database.0 -
make your own entries.
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2x ?!?! same food entry ?!?
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serious first world problems right there....
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No following this. If you want to change the serving size, there is that option in the drop down menu for a lot of the items. If the calorie count seems sketchy to you, then don't use that particular entry, or create your own if you are so sure none of them are accurate. There are at least 50 different "gala apple" entries on MFP, I found one that had the weight in grams and use that - that's what works for me. Someone else may prefer to use the one that goes by apple size or cup. Do what works for you. If you're not seeing results then you are probably doing it wrong anyway.0
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both motivating AND supportive!
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You also have the power to edit food entries...
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YES GIRL U TELL THEM!!!! I CANT TELL U ENOUGH TIMES HOW BAD THIS SCREWED MY FOOD DIARY UP BECAUSE I HAD TO EDIT IT AND GOT SO CONFUSING OMG U DONT EVEN KNOW!!!!
THIS IS BAD PEOPLE!!! DONT DO THIS!!!
This IS MESSING UP THE DATABASE A WHOLE LOT!!!!
This IS NOT GOOD!!! This is ESPECIALLY BAD ON THE PERSON USING YOUR ENTRY
NO BODY NEEDS 2 MEASUREMENTS IN THEIR FOOD DIARY, WITH ONE OF THEM ALWAYS WRONG if YOU'RE NOT EATING EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE SERVING AS WHO RECORDED IT!!
PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS WHEN THEY RECORD FOOD AND PUT IT IN THE FOOD DATABASE FOR OTHERS TO USE!
PUT ONE MEASUREMENT---WHERE IT GOES! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!!0 -
Lordy girl, chill out. If people aren't smart enough to read what they are choosing from and compare it to what they are eating, or google the nutritional information and compare, then logging and counting isn't going to do them any good in the first place. You posting in the forums and yelling at people about it isn't going to solve the issue of laziness and personal responsibility.0
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make your own entries.
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Jeee-zus!
I've just been thinking about wanting to use alcohol or drugs (three years clean right now) because I can't get into the apartment I paid rent and deposit for becasue the landlady and contractor are MIA, I don't have the key, I was forced to put my stuff in storage that I can't afford and I'm sleeping on someone's FLOOR right now and may not have a place to live if I don't hear from them. Oh and I have an animal too.
But your problem just trumps mine. I'm such a selfish hag. Someone punch me.0 -
the whole data base drives me nuts.
1% milk, Joe's 1% milk, Bobs 1% milk.
Is there really a difference.
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