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Food Logging

What do your meals look like (show me pictures)....
Since the other thread got locked, I'm starting a new one.
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!
I'm restarting been a member from 2015 life happens and Starting from the beginning!!`
Hello all, I am Teresa (61 yo) I am looking forward to getting in the best healthiest shape this year. I have had some serious medical conditions which took me down a dark road of distractions and now I am ready to get this party started! I love dancing, music,camping and outdoor activities, but find myself sitting indoors…
🥰❤️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…
Calorie deficit graph?
Hello. Is there a graph accessible in MFP that illustrates my deficit trend over time? I have all my health trackers synced…ie log my intake consistently and my exercise thru Apple Watch Fitness+. Thanks!
Question about logging Calcium
Hello! I’m a long-time user, but always tracked just calories. I’m 64 years old, and was diagnosed with osteopenia, so I’m starting to track macros and calcium. When I set my goals, the calcium is set up as % of DV. I made it 120% of DV, but then in my food diary, the calcium seems to be logging as mg. I had half a serving…
Help with Calorie deficiency
I'm trying to figure out if what I'm doing is good for weightloss. According to my weight goal on MFP it says I should be taking in 2500 calories a day. Today I am around 1100 intake and a net of 300. Should I up my intake or just roll with it? I feel good and my hunger is satisfied.
Looking to make "healthier" friends!!
Hey all, I am trying to make friends with the mfp community. I want to crush goals with you!! Please feel fee to add me.
Edit a scanned food to create custom food
I often can't leverage the barcode scanner feature because the calories are not accurate based on the method my nutritionist recommends (fatx9, carbx4, proteinx4). This makes a key Premium feature basically useless for me unfortunately, and my custom foods list is long and hard to use. I'd love to be able to scan and then…
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.
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
Introduction
Hello! Greetings to all from New York! My name is Marianna! Looking forward to getting to know everyone on here!
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?

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