Entering food eaten

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no1texan
no1texan Posts: 71 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I been entering food in myfitnesspal for only a few days-still in the learning curve. Yesterday I wanted to select a food from the previous day. When I clicked on the tab My Meals it gave me the following message:

You have not saved any meals yet.

TIP: Clicking the "Remember meal" link in your diary will allow you to store a grouping of foods as a meal. You'll then be able to add all of the foods in your meal as once to your diary. Meals that you create will appear in this list for easy access.

I don't understand the message: aren't the entries I make saved automatically? when I log out and return, the entries are still there.
Where is the "Remember meal" link?

Thanks

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  • dg09
    dg09 Posts: 754
    Underneath Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner etc. click "Quick Tools" and then you will see Remember meal.
  • paeli
    paeli Posts: 295 Member
    So if you go back to yesterday's diary and click 'quick tools' and 'remember meal', it will save into the "My Meals" section of the food diary. Now go back to Today's diary, click "Add food" click "My Meals" and then it should appear there and you can add the same meal to any day now.
  • soontobesam
    soontobesam Posts: 714 Member
    Ahhhh. I've been wondering about this for a little while now.
  • pdworkman
    pdworkman Posts: 1,342 Member
    You may want the "recent" tab (Add Food, Recent), or you may want to "copy from date" (Quick Tools, Copy Yesterday or Copy from Date).

    Use My Meals when you have the same meal over and over again.
    I been entering food in myfitnesspal for only a few days-still in the learning curve. Yesterday I wanted to select a food from the previous day. When I clicked on the tab My Meals it gave me the following message:

    You have not saved any meals yet.

    TIP: Clicking the "Remember meal" link in your diary will allow you to store a grouping of foods as a meal. You'll then be able to add all of the foods in your meal as once to your diary. Meals that you create will appear in this list for easy access.

    I don't understand the message: aren't the entries I make saved automatically? when I log out and return, the entries are still there.
    Where is the "Remember meal" link?

    Thanks
  • LesaDave
    LesaDave Posts: 1,480 Member
    Thanks! I didn't know that either! (and sometimes having leftovers...I would have to find something ALL OVER AGAIN!!)
  • Marianeyda
    Marianeyda Posts: 60 Member
    THANKS..FOR THE TIP!
  • ZugTheMegasaurus
    ZugTheMegasaurus Posts: 801 Member
    One more tip that hasn't been covered yet: when you go to "Add Food" and then are on the "Recent" or "Most Used" tab, click where it says, "Or, add your favorites for:" and you can select "All Meals." Then it's not just foods you've eaten for that particular meal, really helpful if you're like me and don't differentiate what you eat by the time of day.
  • dbanks80
    dbanks80 Posts: 3,685 Member
    Thanks for that TIP didnt even realize the My Meals feature
  • pdworkman
    pdworkman Posts: 1,342 Member
    Yeah, that one took me a while to figure out. I often eat leftover supper for breakfast or lunch, and was frustrated that only recently eaten breakfasts showed up under recent.
    One more tip that hasn't been covered yet: when you go to "Add Food" and then are on the "Recent" or "Most Used" tab, click where it says, "Or, add your favorites for:" and you can select "All Meals." Then it's not just foods you've eaten for that particular meal, really helpful if you're like me and don't differentiate what you eat by the time of day.
  • no1texan
    no1texan Posts: 71 Member
    Wow....lots of replies and more than I ask for. Neat forum!
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