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<blockquote data-quote="rmz80" data-source="post: 1703465" data-attributes="member: 306547"><p>I use the free version of MyFitnessPal. There are two versions; the mobile phone version reads barcodes on food labels but does not do food reports. Whereas the desktop version does food reports but not barcodes.</p><p></p><p>The other main product for calorie and carb counting is the “carbs and cals” book. This consists of 1700 pictures of typical portion sizes of common foods.</p><p></p><p>I prefer MyFitnessPal however with some digital scales that do TARE weights. Tare allows you to put (for example) a dish on the scales and set the weight to zero then as you add food to the dish you are just weighing the food you add.</p><p></p><p>Because MyFitnessPal stores any meal plans based on your account name not locally, if you add food items using a mobile phone barcode then switch to the desktop version you can scan barcodes AND get food reports from the desktop version.</p><p></p><p>MyFitnessPal has 6.5 million entries for food rather than just the limited number of pictures in carbs and cals book.</p><p></p><p>It’s hard starting either system until you build up a list of pre calculated meals. Most people tend to eat just a few different meals. So after about one month 90% of meals are already worked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rmz80, post: 1703465, member: 306547"] I use the free version of MyFitnessPal. There are two versions; the mobile phone version reads barcodes on food labels but does not do food reports. Whereas the desktop version does food reports but not barcodes. The other main product for calorie and carb counting is the “carbs and cals” book. This consists of 1700 pictures of typical portion sizes of common foods. I prefer MyFitnessPal however with some digital scales that do TARE weights. Tare allows you to put (for example) a dish on the scales and set the weight to zero then as you add food to the dish you are just weighing the food you add. Because MyFitnessPal stores any meal plans based on your account name not locally, if you add food items using a mobile phone barcode then switch to the desktop version you can scan barcodes AND get food reports from the desktop version. MyFitnessPal has 6.5 million entries for food rather than just the limited number of pictures in carbs and cals book. It’s hard starting either system until you build up a list of pre calculated meals. Most people tend to eat just a few different meals. So after about one month 90% of meals are already worked out. [/QUOTE]
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