For those that track food intake...

2 years ago

Has anyone here heard of or used the app Cronometer?

I had heard the name in passing before and after restarting my diet after a somewhat disheartening incident I decided to try it. It was a touch confusing at first but I really like it. A doctor that I went to a few years ago whose practice exclusively saw patients who wanted to lose weight told me that the best practice is to keep a food journal or use some sort of app to track everything. I usually use my fitbit app to do it, but the trouble with that was I had no real option to log homemade recipes except to log every single ingredient separately.

A YouTuber I watch mentioned that they are able to create their recipes and depending on the amount of servings you designated for that recipe, calculate the important macros in it. That is what I needed and I really like it. While I log things on the app on my phone, I use my desktop at work to log in to the website and create my recipes on it to save to my account. I even put the most simple things that I may eat everyday as a "recipe." For example, I have a recipe saved for scrambled eggs with cheese, so that I do not have to go in there every day and lookup and log eggs, butter, and cheese separately. Probably not a huge time saver but I like it.

Has anyone else used this? Or what do you use? I used to hand write my food journal and even without the calorie calculations I found that it helped.....

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rob333 (zone 7b)

2 years ago

Lone,

Don't forget to subtract the calories you expend when you get up and get the beer, or when you toss the empty across the room.

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rob333 (zone 7b)
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
I use My Fitness Pal.

When I'm behaving. Have you used it before? If so, how do you compare it to Chronometer?
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murraysmom Zone 6a OH
2 years ago
I belong to Weight Watchers and they have an app that does what you are describing. It also has restaurants but then it's giving you points because you have a limited amount of points each day. Does yours give you some daily number that is helpful?
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amylou321
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2 years ago
Rob yes I have used my fitness pal and I remember not being thrilled with it, though I cannot remember why. One of my sisters swears by it though.

MM yes it does, it calculated my BMR and offers daily goals for macro nutrients.

That's another thing I like about it. It tracks other nutrients other than calories, carbs, protein and fats. Things like iron, fiber, calcium, and different vitamins. These are things I find interesting, if not my main focus for doing it.

I did link it with my fitbit account so that it can track my activity as well.
rob333 (zone 7b)
2 years ago
This is great information! Thanks y'all!
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eld6161
2 years ago
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I hope you found something that what will work. I was a Lifetime WW member, but I never followed all newest programs that came about every year so.

For me, it all comes down to portiond. Eating less. Trying not to eat too much in the later hours.

In the beginning I did a food journal, but after many years younget a feel for you are eating.

Watching your food intake, knowing when to stop, choosing better choices. This not that attitude.

Exercise is only 20 percent and will not help unless you control the eating.

Careful planning of your day. It might be boring, but I eat the same breakfast and lunch almost every day.
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stacey_mb
2 years ago
I also belong to WW and really like their tracking system. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a way of catching my weekend non-tracking habits!
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AbbyJoy
2 years ago
I liked Lose It calorie tracker. 7 day free trial, $40/month subscription. It's easy and helpful for those periods of time I'm really motivated. I'm looking forward to that time again soon, ha
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LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
2 years ago
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Good luck to all of you trying to get into your summer bikinis!

I track my calories by counting the number of empty beer cans and multiplying by the calories per can. Works for me :-p
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LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
2 years ago
rob333 - I'd have to find an app to do that for me!
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raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
2 years ago
I used a paper food diary many years ago (when working on losing the excessive baby weight, and again when my stress eating had gotten out of control) - but what I found most useful were the prompts to log what I was feeling each time that I ate. Both sensory (was I actually thirsty? prompting me to drink a glass of water first/ how hungry was I? eating quantity out of habit?) and emotionally (bored/ stressed/ annoyed/ lonely/ telling myself almost unconsciously that I deserved a treat/ and so forth) . I often had to stop and really give it thought to be able to answer, which really got me to recognizing where the impulses to overeat or eat when I wasn't really hungry came from.
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