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Food Logging

🥰❤️February Daily Logging and Weigh in Challenge😍❤️
Happy February! This month is about self-care and being kind to yourself. You are a wonderful person and you deserve to love and take care yourself. What is your goal this month? How do you hope to achieve it? Whether you’re just starting out with the group, or if you’ve been here awhile, we’re so glad that you’re on the…
What do your meals look like (show me pictures)....
Since the other thread got locked, I'm starting a new one.
Tracking added sugar
Good morning! Is there a way in this app to distinguish between natural sugar in foods and added sugar? I am working one of the plans and it focuses on tracking added sugar. Thanks
People taking weight loss drugs
Hi folks. Just curious. If you are taking one of the weight loss drugs are you still logging and counting calories? and if so how many calories are you actually consuming a day. Does it work out fairly stable and around the same every day or does it vary wildly depending on how you feel on the day.
Introduction
Hello! Greetings to all from New York! My name is Marianna! Looking forward to getting to know everyone on here!
How can I get a lot of protein and a small amount of fat.
Please send me a non-complicated meal who has a lot of protein and and small amount of fat. I don't care if it's for dinner, lunch or breakfast. Thank you!
How do I see the total fiber consumed
When entering foods into my food diary, at the bottom it shows calories/fat/sat fat/carbs/ sodium / protein. How can I see how much fiber was consumed that day as well? I would also like to be able to see how much potassium and phosphorus were consumed that day as well. Thank You
Create 'Foods' from 'My Meals'
I like creating own meals. Lets say chicken schnitzel. When i log in for dinner, every little ingredient is listed (chicken, flour, greek yoghurt, panko crumbs, parmesan cheese, spray oil) which is fair. But if I can just list 'My Chicken Schnitzel' my dairy wont be so cluttered! Sure I have created a 'Food' from my recipe…
Volume Eaters Thread
I have recently come to the conclusion that volume eating is best suited for me. Eating mainly vegetarian means I can eat copious amounts of food and stay in my calorie goal. Are there others out there who do the same? Let's exchange ideas. Here is what I ate today: Breakfast, large shake with 2 cups spinach, almond milk,…
Can you delete exercise on here?
I can't find a button to do it and I don't want to have it on there as I didn't burn that many cals and it's throwing me off.
Log for my spouse/friend/family member
My spouse and I are both premium members. If I make breakfast for us and log my breakfast, she has to look all up and log it herself from scratch. Same if she makes a very complex smoothie for me, etc. I wish there was an easy way to select/share log entries with a "friend" where i could just send them over and she clicks…
View ingredients when adding to diary
Currently the only way to see the ingredients and instructions for a recipe is to go to More>Recipes>Find the recipe>Edit. That’s a lot of clicking to see some information I want to quickly get to. What I end up doing is that I go to add something to the diary but then I can’t remember how much is in a serving or what…
Have MFP do the calculations from serving size to what amount you use
This, imho, is where MFP fails epically. The user must calculate the amount take to coincide with the serving size that is labeled on the product. I am more than willing to put that data in, but what I want is when I serve my portion, I put in the amount I serve. For example, serving size of Thai's unsweetened coconut milk…
Like in Excel when you freeze the top row, freeze the row that identifies macros
It’s annoying when scrolling in the food diary to not be able to see the column headers to know whether the number represents carbs/fats/protein.
Food list - is there a basic food list upload
The list of foods that appear for me to select is very small. For example, I had ground beef last night. I assumed that would already be in the list but I had to add it. Am I missing a download of basic foods? Thank you!
Starting Over
I'm trying to get in as good a shape as possible at 70! I'm hoping the app will help me in this goal. I'm curious about how many people have moved to premium, and if it helps even more with getting in shape. Thanks to all!
Add percentage of exercise calories to daily calories
The present version allows users to either add or not add calories burned during exercise to the daily allowance. It would be helpful to allow the option of adding just percentage of calories burned during exercise. So for example I could indicate I wanted 50% of calories I burned at the gym, added to my daily allowance…
Are the servers going bonkers? Diary errors:
Pretty much seems like diary is error'ing or timing out when trying to input items. Anyone else?
Hello! My name is Caitlin!
I am new here and I’m trying to lose 50 lbs. I am new to Colorado and I want to be held accountable so I can be successful.
Set macro goals per meal
I’ve love to be able to set macro goals per meal, I have a set amount of carbs for a pre workout snack/ amount of protein post workout and I have to keep checking back to my nutrition plan to make sure I’ve got the right number, I’d love to be able to set these up per meal so I know what my target is.
Decided to give posting a try - fell off but I’m back
Hi everyone, so I fell off for a while with tracking my calories and eating healthy and just staying focused and so I decided that maybe I should try posting for Accountability. In my defense, though I don’t need any, Christmas Thanksgiving, and then January, which is my three kids birthday month has been pretty difficult…
See ingredients of logged foods
Sometimes i want to log a whole meal, that people generally cook differently It eould be extremely practical if we can see the ingredients in the meals we log, and change them/change the ingredient quantities. That would be more precise.
Starting Over Again.
I've been on this site off and on for several years. However, recently I retired and have gained 25 lbs. I do have a Low Thyroid which does make it hard for me to lose weight, so I'm back to MFP to have some accountability and hopefully will lose those 25 lbs. Thanks for listening and I hope someone out there can help me.
Pasta- how much I should be eating
Hey guys. So I’m confused. I buy my pasta from Aldi- the spiral Remano and on the package it says per serving for uncooked it’s 100g and for cooked it’s like 240g. So if I were to weigh 100g of uncooked and I record that. When that cooked do I eat the whole thing or do I have to weigh out 100g of cooked? I’m really…
New Here!
Hello everyone! My name is Kristial, I'm new to MyFitnessPal, and I have about 57 pounds left to lose! I've lost about 115 pounds so far, but I'm stagnating, so I thought it's about time I start tracking my intake of food. I'd love to hear about your success stories and what maintenance looks like for you. I'd also be…
Time food is eaten on desktop app like the phone app
It would be great to be able to put the time each food was eaten on the desktop app like the phone app!! That would be very helpful. It is great to have it on the phone app but I also like to use the desktop for logging.
High protein snacks for work
I a looking to get back into things in the new year and I have a desk job. I was wondering if you could share suggestions for high-protein snacks I can eat in the office. I am happy to make things from scratch.
Ability to put a bright green checkmark next to each food that is logged
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.
Restaurant Feature
Hello, where/how do I find search specifically for a restaurant when logging food?

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