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5 Tips To Make MyFitnessPal Easier To Use

5 Tips To Make MyFitnessPal Easier To UseIf you ask me, or the millions of other nutrition coaches out there, the realdi erence in nutritional success is accountability. Writing down,documenting, and recording your intake leads to nutritional success. Thisis nothing new and I see it in my own clients daily. MyFitnessPal hasbecome one of the most popular, simple to use tools for increasing bothnutrition and fitness accountability.

I have all of my clients use the MyFitnessPal app. I love its ease of use, itsexibility, the huge food database and the cost…FREE. It also allows you

to opt for an upgraded option for $10 a month with access to morefeatures. It syncs with some of the most popular tness tracking devicessuch as the Fitbit that allow you to track your day-to-day tnessexpenditure. Many of my clients love the convenience of having their foodand fitness all come together through one simple tool.

After working with hundreds of clients, I’ve discovered though that thereare a few features of MyFitnessPal that many clients just don’t know about. I know there have to be thousands of others out there missing out onthese same awesome features that will make its use much more simple. These features can o er some reprieve from the tediousness of trackingin the beginning and are guaranteed to make your tracking more e cient.Not to mention, you may become an MFP expert and share these tips withothers.

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5 MyFitnessPal Tips to Make It Easier To Use

1. Turn It Sideways

When new clients begin with me, one of the areas they tend to strugglewith is learning how to balance their meals. I provide them with somegeneral macronutrient meal goals in the beginning in order to help givethem some guidance and targets. This helps to provide them a greatersense of balance throughout the way so they aren’t left feeling glutinousbefore bed with too much food left or starving from not enough food. Balanced meals also help improve satiation and regulate hormonesthroughout the day.

While looking at your diary, a quick turning of the phone sideways allowsfor you to get a great view of the meal breakdown. You can see how manygrams of each nutrient you took in or have planned for in order to worktowards meal balance.


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To get the meal break down view below.

2.Tap The Top Toolbar

I’ve noticed that I was spending so much time clicking several buttons togo between my diary and my daily totals. Then viola–I discovered the mostsimple of all hidden features: the top toolbar tap. This quick tip allows youto move back and forth between your diary and nutrients views with onequick tap.

Simply tap the toolbar on your running totals for the day and itwill take you right to your macronutrient goal screen.

Boom…You are welcome!




3. Change Your Diary Headings

Many of my clients have performance goals so we spend time working onnutrient timing and pre and post-workout ratios. This might be myfavorite option in MFP because it allows you to really zone in on where youare budgeting which macros. By naming meals speci c for your goals,lifestyle or habits, you can assess where you are spending your macrobudget.

You can change your diary meal descriptions from a desktopONLY by going into the settings option.

Select “Diary Settings”


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From there you can rename each meal description to yourliking. I like to have my clients add pre-workout and post-workout to the already existent breakfast, lunch, dinner, andsnacks. Ultimately, it is up to you to select meal names thatmake this lifestyle, not a “diet.”




4. Copy Meals

Using MyFitnessPal can be tedious at first. I totally get it.

But utilizing some of the features geared toward e ciency, you can easilyeliminate some of the tediousness. One of those features is the ability tocopy meals. I use this feature often in many situations.

For example, I always over prepare dinner. I like to make more thanenough at dinner to create lunch for the next day for both my husband andI. I call it “double prep.”

The copy feature allows me to copy my dinner into tomorrow’s lunch. Thissaves me the time of having to enter each meal item again when I eat myleftovers for lunch. I love e ciency and planning ahead! Why reinvent thewheel? Copy and save yourself time and sanity.

First, tap the small dots in the meal you wish to copy from.


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Next, select the option “Copy From” or “Copy To.”




You will then select the meal you wish to copy to.




The copy feature also allows my husband to copy my meal into his diary. Hecan go into my diary and follow the same steps as above. He can thenadjust his portion sizes to t his needs. This is awesome if you are at aparty or a friend who uses MFP has to input a recipe that you can copy intoyour own. One note to remember is that you must be “friends” with theperson you are copying from or to in order to access their meal diary.




5. Create Recipes

Do you have a favorite morning coffee routine?

A weekly go-to staple in your dinner rotation?

MyFitnessPal allows you to create a recipe of your own so that you canenter it one time and utilize it over and over again. This saves you timefrom entering each ingredient manually every time you enjoy it.

First, go to “Add Food”.




You will notice the recipe option on the far right.




Then select “Enter Ingredients Manually”

You will then type in your recipe information and the numberof servings.




My example is a simple morning coffee combo that will serve 1.




I have a major morning co ee ritual. I include several ingredients in mycoffee including:

Coffee

1/4 Cup 2% milk

1 teaspoon pure Maple Syrup

1/3 teaspoon of Kerrygold Butter

1 Scoop Vital Proteins Collagen (this adds some protein and healthbene ts and is awesome). You can read more about Vital Proteins herealong with their awesome products.

Select “Add Ingredient”


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You will then search for each ingredient that will be includedthe recipe. You will select each ingredient and con rm itsnutritional validity. It will add that ingredient to the recipealong with the nutritional values.




Continue to add all ingredients and quantities for the recipe.




Once complete, you will be able to see all macronutrientvalues for the set serving size.

When the recipe is done you will be able to view the name,servings and all nutritional information to confirm its contents.




You will then notice it adds that recipe to your Recipe tab forfuture use.

You can also add recipes similarly from your desktop.




I hope these not-so-obvious MyFitnessPal tips help make your journalingand tracking experience even easier. You are already accomplishing thenumber one variable of nutritional success…accountability. UsingMyFitnessPal is an extremely valuable tool in food awareness but can be abit overwhelming initially. Give yourself time to learn the technology anduse these very simple MyFitnessPal tips to make your journey much moreuser-friendly.

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