There, you can adjust the serving size and number of servings to reflect the amount you've eaten. When the search results appear, click the item that represents the best match, and information for that item will appear on the right hand side. You can use keywords, like 'turkey sandwich' or brand names. Then click 'Search.' Type the name of the food you're looking for in the box to the left of the 'Search' button. This will take you to your Food Diary.Ĭhoose the meal to which you'll be adding food, and click 'Add Food' under that meal.

Simply go to the 'Goals' sub tab, then 'Change Goals' then 'Customize Goals'.Ĭlick the 'My Home' tab, then the 'Food' tab. If you are following a specific guided plan from your doctor or nutritionist (for instance, if you are diabetic or pregnant), you can also customize your plan accordingly. You spend them by eating, and you earn more calories to eat by exercising. Think of your Net Calories like a daily budget of calories to spend. For example, if your Net Calorie goal is 2000 calories, one way to meet that goal is to eat 2,500 calories of food, but then burn 500 calories through exercise. What that means is that if you exercise, you will be able to eat more for that day.

We set your nutritional target in Net Calories which we define as:Ĭalories Consumed (Food) - Calories Burned (Exercise) = Net Calories

If you want eat more on a given day, you simply need to log cardio exercise to increase your daily totals. Each items calories are deducted from your daily goal, providing you with a calorie remainder for the day. You track your items by adding them to your diary. You can eat anything you like, as long as you log all of your food and exercise, and stay within your daily goals. Based on your profile information, we calculate your daily nutritional goals to allow you to lose (or gain) weight at the rate you've chosen.

Using myfitnesspal to lose weight