Question about adding to your food log...??

Are the things that are already pre-listed the only things you can add? Things from restaurants and brand names?  I just wondered...

Thanks,

Britney :)

Hi!  If you click on the FOODS tab above, then click on SUGGEST FOOD, you'll see you can add additional foods, foods not already listed in the data base.  Hope this was helpful.

Ha, guess I overlooked that...Thanks a ton!

My pleasure.  Took me a while, myself, to check out all the tabs and sub-tabs.  At first, all I was looking at was the food log and weight log.  Discovered all kinds of goodies once I really started clicking on everything.    Best of luck to you!

The "suggest food" option is to request an item be added to the food database.  This can take a while to actually be added -- and as a matter of fact, none of the items I have suggested have ever been added! 

If you want to add in your own item to use in your food log, the best thing to do is go to your food log and click on option 2 on the right hand side "if you know the calorie content of a particular food add it here".  Then you can just insert all of the nutritional label information, add the item to your log, and tag it for further use.  You can also tweak the serving size once it has been added.

Good luck on your goals!

CC, I appreciate this information, too.  I was not aware that was how that option worked.  I thought it was just a duplicate of the one I mentioned above.  That's really terrific!  What a great tool!!  I'll be using it a lot.  Again, thanks so much!!

You're very welcome!  You might also want to explore adding your own recipe options -- this is great for those of us who mostly prepare our own meals rather than purchasing premade.  It allows you to save your recipe, indicating how many servings it has, and it calculates the nutritional information for you.  It also lets you re-add the recipe in a different serving size if, say, you had leftovers, or ended up eating less than a serving of your recipe.  I only recently discovered this feature and it is SUCH a lifesaver!!  :)  Have fun exploring!  ;)