MY FAVORITE FOOD TRACKING HACKS

Track Everything You Eat:

If it goes in your mouth, track it. We may set your daily targets, but that doesn’t dictate your actual results. Your results are a product of what you actually eat. In our weekly check-ins, all I care about are the numbers, no good or bad food sources, just average daily macros. I don’t judge at all, because I don’t eat “clean” all the time myself! But if I don’t have accurate data with your actual intake, your macro adjustments are going to be way off in the end, so be honest with yourself and track everything regardless. I don’t care if you ate the house down. I have done the same.

Pre-Log Your Day:

If possible, take time in the morning or the night before to log all the foods you plan on eating for the day. That will give you the chance to evaluate food amounts that need to be changed in order to reach all your macros. Plus, it will help you make better decisions during the day when you already have a plan in place.

Always Use WEIGHT Serving Sizes to Track Your Food:

Tracking serving sizes by weight is more precise than volume measures. If scanning the label brings up the food and only gives you the option to track servings in volume measurements try selecting another option from the search that offers tracking in weight (grams preferably) You can also create your own food by copying the macro info off the label and set the serving size to X amount of grams. Simple.

Weighing in Grams v.s. Ounces:

When it comes time to hit your macros spot on, it’s a lot easier to deal with whole numbers (grams) over trying to figure out decimal points by messing around with servings in ounces. PLUS, almost every food label has the gram serving size next to the volume serving. The weights of serving sizes listed in grams are more accurate

Create your own food and recipe database.

If you have a recipe that you enjoy often, create a New Recipe and then just use that to log instead of having to type in individual ingredients every time.