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Franci

Franci

I've never counted calories in my life, the whole process is new to me. But now I'd like to track my macros and calories. I tried to look on line on recommendation on different apps out there. For the first time ever, just to see how it works, I  made a search using myfitnesspal. I took an easy item like chicken breast...I was amazed on the amount of results I got. In my mind chicken breast if just raw chicken. I would have thought that with skin and/or bones would have made a difference in the results but I didn't expect such a long list to show up.

 

1. Is it there a simpler program where you don't get such a  long list and just simple chicken?

 

Using my fitnesspal, very quickly I found another thing that bothers me. I'm annoyed  by this fixed serving quantities.

 

2. Is there a program where you put the weight, let's say  X amount in grams of a food and tells you how many calories (and macro nutrients) it corresponds? Or if I want 40 g of carbs or 40 g of protein how many grams of that food in grams it corresponds?

 

Of course, other features important would be to be able to set your daily caloric target (or macros) and  subtract what you've been eating during the day to calculate your net as you go on the day.

 

And best one to store recipes for this purpose?

 

Thanks for sharing your preferences.

Franci

Franci

I've never counted calories in my life, the whole process is new to me. But now I'd like to track my macros and calories. I tried to look on line on recommendation on different apps out there. For the first time ever, just to see how it works, I  made a search using myfitnesspal. I took an easy item like chicken breast...I was amazed on the amount of results I got. In my mind chicken breast if just raw chicken. I would have thought that with skin and/or bones would have made a difference in the results but I didn't expect such a long list to show up.

 

1. Is it there a simpler program where you don't get such a  long list and just simple chicken?

 

Using my fitnesspal online, just briefly, made me realize on how annoyed I'm am about quantities. I'm annoyed  by this fixed serving quantities.

2. Is there an program where you put the weight, let's say  X amount in grams of a food and tells you how many calories (and macro nutrients) it corresponds? Or if I want 40 g of carbs or 40 g of protein how many grams of that food in grams it corresponds?

 

Of course, other features important would be to put your daily caloric target (or macros) and being able to subtract what you've been eating during the day to calculate your net as you go on the day.

 

And best one to store recipes for this purpose?

 

Thanks for sharing your preferences.

Franci

Franci

I've never counted calories in my life, the whole process is new to me. But now I'd like to track my macros and calories. I tried to look on line on recommendation on different apps out there. For the first time ever, just to see how it works, I  made a search using myfitnesspal. I took an easy item like chicken breast...I was amazed on the amount of results I got. In my mind chicken breast if just raw chicken. I would have thought that with skin and/or bones would have made a difference in the results but I didn't expect such a long list to show up.

 

1. Is it there a simpler program where you don't get such a  long list and just simple chicken?

 

Using my fitnesspal online, just briefly, made me realize on how annoyed I'm am about quantities. I'm annoyed in this fixed serving quantities.

2. Is there an program where you put the weight, let's say  X amount in grams of a food and tells you how many calories (and macro nutrients) it corresponds? Or if I want 40 g of carbs or 40 g of protein how many grams of that food in grams it corresponds?

 

Of course, other features important would be to put your daily caloric target (or macros) and being able to subtract what you've been eating during the day to calculate your net as you go on the day.

 

And best one to store recipes for this purpose?

 

Thanks for sharing your preferences.

Franci

Franci

I've never counted calories in my life, the whole process is new to me. But now I'd like to track my macros and calories. I tried to look on line on recommendation on different apps out there. I tried to make a search using myfitnesspal. I took an easy item like chicken breast...I was amazed on the amount of results I got. In my mind chicken breast if just raw chicken. Maybe I could think that with skin and/or bones would make a difference in the results but I didn't expect such a long list to show up.

1. Is it there a simpler where you don't get such a  long list and just simple chicken?

 

Using my fitnesspal, just briefly, made me realize on how annoyed I'm am about quantities. I'm annoyed in this fixed serving quantities.

2. Is there an app where you put the weight, let's say  X amount in grams of a food and tells you how many calories (and macro nutrients) it corresponds? Or if I want 40 g of carbs or 40 g of protein how many grams of that food in grams it corresponds?

 

Of course, other features important would be to put your daily caloric target (or macros) and being able to subtract what you've been eating during the day to calculate your net as you go on the day.

 

And best one to store recipes for this purpose?

 

Thanks for sharing your preferences.

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