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guessstm
guessstm Posts: 4 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
having trouble getting started with the site. Can't seem to get a food list or food diary for myself not sure what I am doing wrong. Any help out there?

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  • guessstm
    guessstm Posts: 4 Member
    what is BBCode??
  • r3488
    r3488 Posts: 77 Member
    Found this by following the Help link in the top banner of the web page:
    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/372432-how-do-i-get-started-using-the-website-

    Scroll down to the section labeled, Adding Food to Your Diary.

    Also, if you click on the linked BBCode in "You can use BBCode in your post," it takes you to the wikipedia article that explains BBCode.

    Hope this helps!
  • guessstm
    guessstm Posts: 4 Member
    I've tried every which way to add food to diary with no luck
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    what do you mean you cant get a food list or food diary? the site doesnt plan your meals for you. you weigh your food, find it in the database, enter it in your diary and there ya go. as you use it, the foods you use frequently will appear in a list that you can select from without having to search for it
  • rekite2000
    rekite2000 Posts: 218 Member
    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/80938-how-do-i-add-a-food-to-my-food-diary-

    Depends on what type of device you are using. Items with check marks are verified so try to use those.
  • guessstm
    guessstm Posts: 4 Member
    callsitlikeiseeit....I'm not looking for the site to "plan" meals for me. I can find the food in the data base, what I was saying is it doesn't land in "my diary". I can plan my own meals, I just have to keep going to the "data base. Thank you for your help though I appreciate it. I am doing this on my home computer.
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  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Database has been screwy today, presumably a heavy load due to the new year.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    guessstm wrote: »
    callsitlikeiseeit....I'm not looking for the site to "plan" meals for me. I can find the food in the data base, what I was saying is it doesn't land in "my diary". I can plan my own meals, I just have to keep going to the "data base. Thank you for your help though I appreciate it. I am doing this on my home computer.
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    Click at the top of the page where it says "Food". That takes you to your diary. Under one of the listed meals, click "Add food". That takes you to the food database, where you can search for what you want to add. Click on the entry you want to use and fill in the serving size and number of servings, then click "Add Food to Diary". Done.
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