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Ability to put a bright green checkmark next to each food that is logged

AmyExt
AmyExt Posts: 39 Member
edited January 14 in Feature Suggestions and Ideas
I was thinking it would really be nice because I put all of my food for the day into MFP in advance that a bright green checkmark next to each listed and logged food item will be so nice to have so I can check off what I have eaten so far in the day at a glance. I think that would be very valuable.
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  • Jean
    Jean Posts: 952 MFP Staff
    I can see how that would be beneficial for those who log in advance. I just passed this along to our team!
  • AmyExt
    AmyExt Posts: 39 Member
    Thank you very much Jean, it just seems that it would look nice on the logging page and be quite useful.
  • AmyExt
    AmyExt Posts: 39 Member
    I just realized that the idea would work for people logging it on the computer but not on the app.
  • AmyExt
    AmyExt Posts: 39 Member
    I am wondering what your staff thought of the suggestion to add a small bright green check mark that can be clicked after eating the item to help keep a visual on the days intake. I would LOVE it if you had that feature and I am sure anyone that enters their intake in advance of eating it would benefit from it. Please let me know Jean what your staff's response was to my idea.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,878 Member
    edited January 23
    AmyExt wrote: »
    I am wondering what your staff thought of the suggestion to add a small bright green check mark that can be clicked after eating the item to help keep a visual on the days intake. I would LOVE it if you had that feature and I am sure anyone that enters their intake in advance of eating it would benefit from it. Please let me know Jean what your staff's response was to my idea.

    Sorry to disappoint, but the response you got is the copy and paste response to every suggestion made in this section going back years. Even the suggestions which are brought up over, and over again. One suggestion was made again the other day which is made all the time (a search function for Recipe Discovery) and I was curious and bored, so I went back - that same suggestion has been being made regularly for 4 years, and every time, the person posting it gets some version of "that's a great idea, I have passed this along to our team!" and nothing ever happens. I'm not even sure there is a "team".
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,422 Member
    I’d also add that checking off what you ate is a pretty frequent request on this board and the response is essentially the same every time. I’m sure it could be useful to some people, but it doesn’t sound like it’s on the radar to be added to the app, at least based on the bot-like responses to the suggestion so far.
  • Jean
    Jean Posts: 952 MFP Staff
    AmyExt wrote: »
    I am wondering what your staff thought of the suggestion to add a small bright green check mark that can be clicked after eating the item to help keep a visual on the days intake. I would LOVE it if you had that feature and I am sure anyone that enters their intake in advance of eating it would benefit from it. Please let me know Jean what your staff's response was to my idea.

    Our team is actively looking into ways to incorporate something like this! I know at times it can be disappointing if you don't see your suggestions come to life, but please know we are always looking at ways to enhance the app.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,878 Member
    May 2024 https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48124732#Comment_48124732

    Nov 2023 https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/47792967#Comment_47792967

    Aug 2023 https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/47616609#Comment_47616609
  • AmyExt
    AmyExt Posts: 39 Member
    Well that is very disappointing. Thank you for letting me know that this has been suggested many times previously. Such a bummer because it really would improve the logging experience.
  • shinigan
    shinigan Posts: 12 Member

    I'm shocked this doesn't exist yet - an app like this touts that it helps people loose weight and track macros, but how on earth are you supposed to hit your targets if you don't plan out your day in advance? And then even the best laid plans some times change. I miss sides or toppings/condiments sometimes, because I can't check off the elements as I add them to my bowl/plate. Plus? I want to see my adherence metric - I planned this, but I ate this - I followed my plan only 75% of the time. I will add - I have been using apps like this since my son was born in 2002 - for at least 18 of those years I was not a fan of MFP, and it was only in the last few years that they lured me away from Spark People. Spark since their inception had free suggested meal plans (based on your preferences such as low sodium, vegetarian, etc), shopping lists, create and share recipes, ANNNDDD - this feature that we are asking for on this thread, plan your day, then check off the foods as consumed. So - here is my suggestion to MFP - since Spark People merged with 2 other companies in 2021and dropped a lot of these features — Go find the developers who created it in 2002 and hire them!

  • MaggieGirl135
    MaggieGirl135 Posts: 1,045 Member

    @AmyExt This may help you with this concern. I can remember if I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but I do have difficulty remembering if I ate the various snacks that I pre-logged, probably because I have many of the same snacks every day and the days sometimes can blur into the next. When I pre-log, I put all of the snacks in the category, snack number one, and then when I have eaten them, I move them over to snack number two category. This is, of course, after I’ve labeled my six meals as: breakfast, lunch, snack number one, snack number two, dinner, and dessert. I hope that helps.

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