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    Pink Sway! Bets apps for tracking food!

    Hi there - what is thee best app for tracking the daily intakes of what we are consuming? (40-50 g protein, 25-60 g fat).

    I need something to make sure im not going over - thanks!
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    I actually just use a pen and paper. A lined notebook, to be exact.

    I make four columns - food, cals, fat, and protein. I put the “food” column in the margin. I write the total ranges above the column name. Then I just write my foods for each meal down and fill in the numbers. I add up after each meal usually.

    I believe the apps add in things we don’t count, like protein and fat in fruits and calories in low carb veg, which are free and unlimited. With the paper I don’t have to worry about accidentally being under because the app added something that we don’t count on the diet.

    Also it helps keep me from swaycessing. I write it down and move on. I feel like if I had all the info in an app available right at my fingertips, I’d be looking at it all day and obsessing more. With the pen & paper I know I’ve got an accurate count without going back and obsessing over it every couple of minutes, lol.


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    I find the best way to track is a pen and paper. People are spending so much time and energy with the apps (which are not reliable anyway, and often have misinformation on them) that I'm not even sure they're helping (being too "control freakish" and thinking about swaying every second of every day tends to sway blue)

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotlikemexico View Post
    I actually just use a pen and paper. A lined notebook, to be exact.

    I make four columns - food, cals, fat, and protein. I put the “food” column in the margin. I write the total ranges above the column name. Then I just write my foods for each meal down and fill in the numbers. I add up after each meal usually.

    I believe the apps add in things we don’t count, like protein and fat in fruits and calories in low carb veg, which are free and unlimited. With the paper I don’t have to worry about accidentally being under because the app added something that we don’t count on the diet.

    Also it helps keep me from swaycessing. I write it down and move on. I feel like if I had all the info in an app available right at my fingertips, I’d be looking at it all day and obsessing more. With the pen & paper I know I’ve got an accurate count without going back and obsessing over it every couple of minutes, lol.


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    great tips!

    And once you have this all well in hand you can actually stop tracking if you are careful not to cut back too far. That way it's completely out of your head, you have a grasp on about how much you can eat and you don't even need to track at all at that point. Just take care not to continue cutting back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush View Post
    great tips!

    And once you have this all well in hand you can actually stop tracking if you are careful not to cut back too far. That way it's completely out of your head, you have a grasp on about how much you can eat and you don't even need to track at all at that point. Just take care not to continue cutting back.
    I’ve actually found most days I have to ADD onto my third meal because I’m coming in under! The longer I am on the diet, the more I think my stomach has “shrunk” or something — I’m naturally eating less because I become fuller quicker. Quite a few days recently I’ve been way under; I had to have a double chocolate muffin and a serving of full fat ice cream for “dinner” last night because I was way, way low. Normally it’s not THAT bad but I was busy all day doing groceries and errands (day off work) and only had two small meals, which were apparently way less than I thought they were. I’m honestly afraid if I stop tracking that I WILL accidentally cut back too far!


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    that is the Number One reason I have people track. It's just sooo easy to cut back more and more over time without even really realizing you're doing it. So if you find yourself falling into that group then by all means continue.
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    I assume you just google the foods you eat in a day to find out rough protein and fat amounts? Thank you
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    Quote Originally Posted by vicz2001 View Post
    I assume you just google the foods you eat in a day to find out rough protein and fat amounts? Thank you
    For foods that are packaged already I use the nutrition labels on the packaging. Anything that doesn’t come in packaging, like produce (only fruit and high carb veg/legumes that we count), yep, I google! I haven’t had a problem with finding anything so far.


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    Great - thank you
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    I use an app called “Food” because a pen and paper would be more stressful for me to keep up with. I’m also falling under in calories a lot - usually around 1000 a day, but I’m hoping to get pregnant this month! I’ve lost over 20lbs. It’s definitely not a diet I can stay super long on.


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