With the MacrosFirst food logger you can quickly select multiple items to add to your meal. You can also also review the impact of the selected foods on your daily goal and view the foods' complete nutrition information before logging them to your day.
From the Dashboard
You can initiate a food search from the search field, barcode scan button or by tapping the + button at the bottom of the screen.
Searching for foods from the Dashboard allows you to log foods to today's date. To add foods to dates other than today, navigate to the Food Log (see the section below).
You can set the meal that you're adding to on the food search page or on the food detail screen.
After you've logged a food to a meal, MacrosFirst will remember the meal you added to for one hour and automatically default to adding the next food to that meal. This makes logging faster so you do not have to manually select your target meal each time you log a food. You can also change your target meal from the dropdown list on the top of the food search page.
From the Food Log
On the Food Log, in addition to the logging methods described above, you can also also navigate to a specific date and tap the + button next to the meal that you wish to add to.
Food Search
On the Food Search screen you can see what date and meal you're adding to and choose whether to search across all items, including our global food database, or filter for saved Recipes, Meals, or Foods by using the tabs at the top of the screen.
On the All tab, search results are organized into three categories:
Recent contains your 500 most recently logged foods, meals, and recipes. By default only 5 items are displayed and you can reveal more by tapping "Show more results." If no recent items match your query this section will be hidden in your search results.
Saved are your custom saved foods, meals, and recipes that match your query. If no saved items match your query this section will be hidden in your search results.
All Foods are the foods from our 100% human verified food database that match your query.
You can quickly select the items you wish to log by taping the + button next to each food or by tapping on the name of the food where you can view its nutrition details and adjust its serving size prior to selecting it for logging.
Adjusting a Food's Serving Size
From the search results, tap the name of the item that you wish to log
Adjust the item's serving size as necessary. You can also auto-calculate the item's serving size by tapping into any of the nutrient's and typing a new value.
Tap the number in Servings to enter a new quantity of servings
Tap Serving Size to open the serving size selector and choose a new serving size
If you notice that a food's nutrition data is incorrect, then you can create a copy of the food by the tapping the ... button in the upper right corner and make your edits.
If you're done searching for foods, tap the Log Food to log this food and other items that you had selected previously.
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If you want to add more foods, tap the blue Add button to return to the search page.
Reviewing your Selected Foods
You have the option to review your selected foods prior to logging the items to your meal. This is helpful to observe the food's impact on your daily goal, make any serving size adjustments, remove foods, and view the complete nutrition information for everything you have selected.
To review your selected foods, pull the bottom sheet up.
The horizontal bar charts show the foods' impact to the remaining macros in your daily goal or meal goal if the meal you're adding to has a goal set.
Below the food list is the complete nutrition report for the selected foods.
You can adjust any food's serving amount by tapping into any of the number fields and typing a new value, just the same as you can on your daily log.
To change a food's serving unit of measure, for example from cups to grams, tap on the food name to enter the food details screen.
To remove a food from your selected list, swipe it to the left.
To log the selected foods to your meal, tap "Log Food" in the bottom right corner.
To return to the food search, swipe the sheet down or tap "+ Add More Foods".