Tracking calories can be a real pain to start with, but it is an invaluable tool for you to make progress.
So here are some tips and videos (I have kept them short!) to make tracking that bit easier easy.
Remember, you can scan things in rather than having to weigh everything. Use the barcode scanner on certain products and our recipe packs.
#1: Put Your Phone in Landscape Mode to See Nutritional Facts
Although you can check out an item's nutritional facts by tapping on it in your diary, you can also see this information by flipping your phone into landscape mode. Calories, carbs, fat, protein, sodium, and sugars will appear to the right of the food item.
#2: Set reminders
Setting up reminders to log your food or simply to prompt you to eat that pre workout snack can be super helpful.
Open MyFitnessPal, tap on "More" at the bottom-right, then hit "Reminders." Here you'll see your default reminders for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as your current weight. If you want to change the time you get reminded for a meal, simply tap on the meal to do so.
#3: Use to forward plan
Rather than logging as you go, why not think about using MFP as a planning tool? Enter in your meals for the next few days. You do not have to enter in every meal and snack but it can help you to see what calories are left after you entered in prepped meals.
#4: Take advantage of the save meal and copy to date functions
These can be a real time saver! Watch the video below on this!
#5: Use the "My Meals" function - MFP
Using the "my meals" tool on MyFitnessPal can be a real time saver!
#6 - Use recipe importer MFP
Using the recipe importer is another time saving tip to streamline your tracking. Remember, use MFP to PLAN, not just track.
#7: Using your friend's diary!
You can copy your friend's meals across to your diary to save you the time entering all the ingredients.
#8: Entering a meal prep recipe in MFP
Simple tip on how to track a recipe that has 3-5 servings.
I hope you found these useful!
All our recipes on our templates are linked to MFP so it makes things incredibly easy for you to track...we literally do all the work for you!
