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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have done this off and on to lose weight.  It can be very tedious if you are rigorous about it, especially if you mostly cook at home and eat fresh foods.  This is because for every dish you have to add up the calories in all the ingredients individually and then weigh your portion to figure out how many calories you are eating.  If you use a recipe from a fairly popular source, sometimes someone on the app will already have put it in.  And even for a basic snack, like an apple or piece of cheese or something, you should still be weighing it if you want to truly know how many calories you're eating.

Or you can just kind of make educated guesses about how many calories are in things, but that's obviously not going to be as accurate if you're really trying to fine-tune things.

If you mostly eat take-out/packaged foods it's a little easier because the items will mostly already be in the app.  Also, it gets easier over time if you repeat dishes a lot.

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I am using Lose It! And agree that it can be so tedious, because I do mostly home-cooked meals. I have ended up ditching the program because it is tedious but this time I am being a little more forgiving with myself and inputting general names and categories, which is easier. I might be over or under my calorie goal by doing this, but at least I am on track and not over burdened with getting things right down to the calorie.[/quote]

When I cook at home, I added that meal as a recipe and use it for the next time I cook that meal. For example, I have a pasta dish I like to cook so I added all the ingredients.  If I eat half of it ( and my husband eats the other half), I can log it for .5 the meal.  [/quote]

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