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Tracking your meals can be a game changer when it comes to reaching your health and fitness goals. But let’s be real – logging every single ingredient every time you eat can be a hassle. That’s where MyFitnessPalMeal and recipe features are coming!
The app makes it easy to create and save your recipes. This means that when it’s time to record what you’ve eaten, it only takes seconds.
Let’s make meal tracking easy. Our guide will walk you through every step, from setting up custom meals to adjusting ingredients, so you can personalize your tracking experience and quickly log your meals.
Why create meals and recipes in MyFitnessPal?
Creating custom dishes and recipes in MyFitnessPal it saves you time and helps you log in more accurately.
Whether you’re meal prepping or cooking from scratch, creating custom entries is a powerful way to make tracking your nutrition simpler and more tailored to your needs. It can help you:
- Save time by quickly adding preset meals or recipes to your diary.
- Follow more precisely with nutrient information based on your exact ingredients and servings.
- Create custom recipes that you can return to again and again.
A step-by-step guide to creating custom meals
The fastest way to create a customized meal in MyFitnessPal is to go to a meal you previously recorded and save it as a custom meal. Then you can go back and log the entire meal with just one tap later. Here’s how:
- Open the Journal: To create a custom meal, go to Diary tab, where you record your daily meals. See instructions below for these steps.
- Add the ingredients: Enter all the foods you want to include in your meal by tapping on “Add food” for the relevant part of the meal (eg breakfast, lunch).
- Select and Save as meal: After all the ingredients are reported, tap the three “points” in the lower right corner of the entry, then select “Save as a meal“.
- Name the meal: Give your meal a name (eg “Morning Yoghurt Bowl”), and add a photo if you like.
- Save it: Touch “Save it” to add a meal to your saved meals for easy future logging.
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How to add ingredients and portions to recipes
You can also import or create your own recipes in the app, then easily record the portion of the recipe you eat.
- Go to “Recipes” Section: Touch More > Mine Meals, Recipes and food > Create a recipe.
- From here you can add recipe ingredients from the URL you use or Enter the ingredients manually to create your own recipes.
- Choose Enter the ingredients manually and then enter The name of the recipe and Portions: title your recipe and list the number of servings it provides.
- Add Ingredients: Manually enter each ingredient by searching the database. Select an item, adjust the serving size to reflect the total amount in your recipe, and add it to the recipe.
- Overview: After adding all the ingredients, review the nutritional structure of the recipe. Adjust ingredients or portion sizes as needed.
- Save it Recipe to be available for future records.
- You can also report a single portion in this step.
Remember, when you record a recipe, it appears in your food journal as a single item—with accurate calorie and nutrient information automatically calculated to reflect your portion size.
Writing down your favorite dishes and recipes
Once you’ve created your meals and recipes, recording them is a quick process. Here’s how to save them and quickly add them to your journal so you can focus on your health goals without the hassle.
- Go to the search screen as if you were going to log a food – either by tapping the add (+) button at the bottom of the screen or by tapping “Add food” to the journal.
- Tap any My Meals or My recipes tab.
- Choose your meal or recipe: Scroll through your saved entries, select the one you want and report it with one tap.
Frequently asked questions about creating meals and recipes in MyFitnessPal
How do I save my favorite dishes or recipes for future harvesting?
To save dishes or recipes, create them below Meals or Recipes in the application and save after entering all the ingredients. They will then be available in your Diary below the saved entries.
Can I adjust the amounts of ingredients in a recipe after I’ve made it?
Yes! Open your recipe below My meals, recipes and food in the More menu, edit the ingredient amounts as needed and save the updated version.
How do I add new ingredients to my custom recipes?
To add ingredients, open a recipe, tap Editand add ingredients from the database before saving.
Can I edit or delete a meal or recipe I’ve already created?
Yes. For iOS, swipe left on your recipe, then tap Delete. To edit, tap the recipe, then tap Edit Recipe. For Android, open a recipe, tap the 3-dot menu, select edit or delete recipe
How do I track the nutrition of a meal or recipe I’ve made?
When you enter a meal or recipe into your journal, MyFitnessPal automatically calculates the nutrition based on the ingredients you used.
Can I copy a meal from one day to another in MyFitnessPal?
Yes, you can copy meals to another date by tapping the 3 dots and selecting the day you want to record them.
Other useful resources
- Read: Can I change meal names or add more meals?
- Read: How can I change the nutrients tracked in my diary?
- Read: How can I use a recipe as an ingredient in a new recipe?
- Read: How do I record food that is not in the database?
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