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by MalcolmDiggs 4271 days ago
My Samsung phone came with some "S Health" software preinstalled. Has a pedometer, an exercise tracker and a food log. Not the most complete food database, but seems to work fine.

I used to use mypyramidtracker but I'm not sure if that exists anymore.
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aismail 4271 days ago
Apparently that one was replaced by https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/default.aspx. So what is your daily routine around that? When do you log your food?
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MalcolmDiggs 4271 days ago
As far as routine: When I was serious about calorie counting I carried a small notepad (about the size of an index card) and pen in my back pocket at all times. I'd jot down every single thing I ate, right when I ate it (or else I'd forget).

When I'd get home for the day, after I had my last meal I'd pull out my notepad, go to the tracker and tediously enter everything. Just once a day. This worked for me because I snacked a lot, and pulling out the laptop/phone for every single snack just seemed ridiculous. But the notepad was easy and nobody seemed to notice.

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aismail 4271 days ago
Very interesting! I've noticed that some people can just "keep it in their head" (including snacks) for 1-2 days. I guess their memory is much better than ours, heh! I enter it immediately after eating as well. But I use the mobile phone since I don't snack that much.

Why did you care about other people noticing the notebook?

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