How Do You Journal Your Food

[tym4me 206]

I know journaling is very important so that I know what I am eating and when and how much I have been using caloriecount on my phone but I am not always faithful. I was thinking about going to the basic old fashion writing it down but then i would have to carry my note pad with me every where I go...

So what type of journaling do you all use. Whats the pros and cons.

any ideas to help would be great.

TIA

[xavier 153]

I did it in a notebook back when I was first banded but people these days seem to love MyFitnessPal and I guess it links in to the Fitbit! Seems easy enough, plus you can see what your other banded friends are eating.

[bellaloco 13]

I absolutely LOVE myfitnesspal. To me, it is different than the "regular" calorie counter. I saved a shortcut to the home screen of my phone, so I am always reminded to log in. I love that it has a barcode scanner and a multi-add function. I also love that it has a recipe calculator...you can enter ANY recipe and it will calculate the number of calories per serving.

[littlerlou 7]

I use Sparkpeople. It does all the work for me.

[Pollyanna12 74]

I use my fitness pal and love it. I am not good with written logs, and really like that I don't need to keep looking things up. Plus, like bellaloco -the recipe function is awesome!

[Lynn42 8]

Initially i wrote all my food down plus my weight and how many hours of sleep and exercise. I really like being able to go back and see how I progressed and also what I was eating when I did well and not so well. I too have used my fitness pal and have enjoyed the many features. I especially like when you finish logging in at the end of the day it says " if every day is like today, in five weeks you will weigh XXX pounds". I find that motivating. Even though I like it, I am back to writing down everything as I have put myself back to basics. I have stopped calorie counting as I was getting in to the crazy diet mentality head space again. I went and bought a pretty little notebook that is the same size of my iphone and write in there so it is not a big deal to throw it in your purse or pocket. All the best to you!

[shap 24]

myfitnesspal.com I love it. I have no friends on it so if you want my username is mjs3974.

[tym4me 206]

Thanks for the ideas everyone

[jayeedee 7]

I do not do well with food journaling where I have to count calories, but I still wanted to keep myself accountable, so I downloaded a photo food journal for my iphone. I take pictures of the food, and assign a smiley to it based on how healthy the meal was

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I like the Lose It! App for android. I log everything there.

[Alex Brecher 10,516]

I like the Lose It! App for android. I log everything there.

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