#carbmanagement

[bigheckinbraindrain]

MFP vs CM

I have officially decided to drop Chronometer and Lose It.

I dropped Chronometer because while it does offer a lot of macro insights, I don't use them. And I frequently find food that is either a different nutritional value than listed on the package or another app, if I find that food at all. It's lovely to view, but it's just not overly helpful.

I dropped Lose It because while it does have a pretty good database, it is just not visually appealing on the web (the phone app is fine), and it doubles up entries. I just didn't see enough good features to make me love it.

I tried out FatSecret. I used to use it a million years ago (last time I logged an entry was January of 2022, so almost 2 years ago). It's... ok, at best. But there are no reports and it's kinda clunky. I decided to just drop it before I tried to get too committed. I mean, zero reports or insights just can't compare to the other sites I'm working with who do have them.

So now we're at My Fitness Pal and Carb Manager.

My only complaint with CM is that I wish it let me focus on calories instead of carbs. The only time I care about carbs is when it's from an allergen. But not all carbs are, so this focus just doesn't do anything for me. Outside of that, though, it's awesome.

MFP irritates me that you have to pay to use most any good feature and you can try it for free but only by putting in your cc info. I feel like they are making their site about a money-grab. I don't know why that irritates me but... here we go! I might use the free trial until black friday, see if they have a sale.

[andyjonrew]

Steady Away Cardio day out on my jack for dinner in B'Ford ! Just a little 10 miler to get back in to it 💪😬 #cardio #carbmanagement #cardioworkout #powerwalking #ketobodbuilder (at City of Bradford) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbISSCl9mN/?igshid=12t0ltmwpln84

[carinelizabethsketostuff-blog]

Today’s lunch is 2 angus burger patties ith aged cheddar and bacon inside, A couple leaves of iceberg lettuce for wrapping, and a tbsp of mayo and sugar free ketchup on the side. Zero sugar Pepsi for the drink, and water of course

Below is my macros for the day so far. Dinner will be around 5pm PST.

[bestbuyhours1000]

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[nacine]

Went over on my fat a bit today. I also didn’t do #omad. I had two servings of almonds at lunch time because they were in my car and laughing at me. . . I feel like I’m more successful when I don’t leave things laying around. If I have a snack in my car I’m more likely to give into the thoughts of “hey eat me.” . . Anyways, not too bad. I didn’t lose any weight today though. That’s a bummer. But that’s alright because I’ve had a good week good wise and I’m gonna keep it that way. . . #keto #macros #carbmanager #higherproteinketo #showme #whatieatinaday #onemealaday #weightlossjourney #weightloss #weightlosssupport #ketodiet #ketolifestyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CCt3V7lA2Ow/?igshid=vhuwz53m8w4a

[dietcoachesofamerica]

Love this supplement & been taking since February 2017. Curbed my sugar cravings & carb intake AND no longer feel arthritic pain in my fingers nor aches & stiffness associated with my left rotor cuff tendinitis which I had been getting physio on and off for several years! Emulin is definitely worth a try and has a 90 day money back guarantee. #emulin #igalen #inflammation #carbmanager #lowcarblifestyle #sugarfreelife #ketolifestyle #wellness #healthybodyhealthymind #healthylifestylechoices

[fitmama1982]

I always track everything! #carbmanager has been my bff since the start of my #ketojourney April 2018 🔥 #keto #ketolife #fitmama #fitfam #ketoon #ketofam #ketoislife #bodybyketo #healthywife #fitwife #healthymom #fitmom #keto_fitmama1982 #ketofam #dirtyketo #mombod #fitnessgoals #ketoaf #ketogoals #100daysofketo #ketones #ketowithdanielle #ketocoach #ketocommunity #ketobody #ketofine #workout #workoutonketo #beachbodycoach https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gsAb5AnNn/?igshid=j7oqonh5y5x0

[vegout4life]

How often do you check to see how much added sugar you’ve consumed during the day/the week/the month? 🧐 With excess sugar being a major factor when it comes to so many health related issues, in addition to such increasing AGE (Advanced Glycation End-Products) levels within the body, causing premature aging and more - you (myself included) owe it to yourself to do so. - I’ll even go first.😇 #LeadByExample 👉Now, your turn! - Keep track of your added sugar consumption, and make any necessary diet adjustments needed to ensure you’re doing your part to take/maintain control of your sugar consumption (as a whole) and take/maintain control of your health. 🙏 If you don’t know where to start, ask! I’m here to help! 😘 #TakeCareOfYourself #VegOut4Life #SugarOverload #AddedSugar #NoSugarAdded #NoSugarChallenge #SugarStop #CarbManager https://www.instagram.com/p/BuSW24hFVBP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t5fysddmwzon

[bigheckinbraindrain]

Food logging apps

As of yesterday, I have been using all 3 food logging apps for 2 full weeks. I have logged each thing I ate as best I can (all food has been logged, but sometimes the app doesn't have exactly what I ate so I do as best I can; like one didn't have Little Greek Fries, so I found other fries that were similar in calorie count).

The overall, I think Lose It is my favorite. I have a lot of 🚫items on it, but the pros outweigh the cons (haha, outweigh). I don't want to have to keep up with each of them daily, but each one has something much better than the others do. With Lose It, it feels like the most complete and useful. With CarbManager, it's food logging is the most user-friendly and the daily page is just more robust and useful. With Chronometer, the breakdowns of macros is way better.

Here's where I am with each of them:

Lose It - Overall there are a lot of 🚫 on this list, but it's not my least favorite.

Food Logging

🚫Visually, it's not appealing. At least on the computer. I actually like it's phone app but the computer app just isn't very nice.

🚫It ingests from Apple Health which is ok, except that because I enter stuff on LI, and then the same stuff on the other apps, I have to go back and find duplicates all the time. This is, I'm sure, an easy setting to fix and it won't matter when I've dropped to just using one app.

✅It seems to have most of my food

🚫While it has most of the food, it doesn't show the brand on the diary page, which I weirdly hate

🚫Zero hotkeys or shortcut buttons/clicks. I also hate that

🚫In the meal search box, if you start typing, it can auto-hover on something and stops letting you type. It's a pain

Reporting and Insights

I really like the Patterns insight. It shows me "On days you eat (...) you tend to keep you (...) lower/higher" which is super helpful already, but I'm sure it will be much more so after I've used the app for a long time

The Food Insights (where it shows what items contributed to the highest calories/sodium/fat/etc) is pretty cool, but it doesn't let you pick the date range so ... meh

Budget shows the days you were over/under on your calories. That's kinda nice but I almost never look at it. It doesn't really lend to any changes in behavior so far

Nutrition insight is useless, because there is an "Unknown" slice in the pie. And it doesn't tell you what contributed to it. How can I take stock in anything it's showing on that chart when there is such a large portion that is unknown?

The weekly summary is kinda nice, I do like this one

The weight chart is pretty clear and easy to see my trends.

CarbManager - Overall, this has the most ✅ marks, but I just don't know that it's my favorite. I think this is 100% because it's focused on carbs and that's not my goal. I feel if they were to let you choose which macro is your focus and display accordingly, this would be my favorite by a lot.

Food Logging

✅Visually, this is my favorite. It's clean and crisp, both on the computer as well as on my phone

🚫It's focus is on Carbs (I mean, it IS called CarbManager) and I don't focus on Carbs. I really really wish it would let you decide to do Carbs OR Calories as your focus.

✅It has most of the foods I'm looking for

✅It tells you the name of the brand/restaurant and even shows pictures

✅It's super easy to copy from one day or meal to another, which is awesome

✅I actually just did a recent call with them for market research. I love knowing that they're that interested in their user base and take time (and spend money) to find out user's preferences and ease of use. They did a portion that was touch-point/pain-point and I LOVE that!

🤔There are a ton of recipes on the site (which is awesome) but they are all carb-focused (again, it's right there in the name) which is not my goal. So yay recipes, boo they are carb-focused. HOWEVER, because I'm not supposed to be eating wheat and select other grains, this is actually pretty good. I'm not Keto, but I share a lot of the same needs.

🚫Your weight isn't listed on your diary page. I want to see all the info I care about in one place

Reporting and Insights

If we're being honest, the reports section is shit. I get way more useful information looking at the day-to-day charts, because the reporting section is 100% lacking

Chronometer - I really like this one, except the lack of items in the database. I think if I had no issue looking stuff up, I'd absolutely love this app. I know that if I used this long enough, and I entered in everything that it didn't have in the db whenever I found something missing, eventually it would even out and I could find everything even if it was because I entered it. But I just don't have that kind of patience or desire to put in the extra work for an app I'm paying for.

Food Logging

✅Visually, this is almost an exact mix between the other two.

🚫🚫I find a lot of the food I'm looking for just isn't here. I have to frequently find "close enough" type foods, which means that the macro summaries that I like so much aren't really accurate.

✅It's very easy to drag and drop, rearrange stuff, etc. That's really nice

🤔I always talk about how much I love the nutrient targets, but if we're being honest, I rarely look at them. It seems the only time I care about this level of depth is when I get bloodwork done and I want to see what contributed to a specific thing (like sodium).

Reporting and Insights

The nutrition report for daily averages is pretty dope. I really like this one for retrospective

[andyjonrew]

Home cooked Five spice & garlic chicken breast! Stir fried in sesame oil with 50g Spinach, half an onion & 100g Mushrooms 👌 34g protein 4.5g fat 225 cals 7g carbs #carbmanagement #lowcarbdiet #highprotiendiet #lowcarbmeals #ketogenicdiet #ketogeniclife #ketorecipes #ketonation #ketobodybuilders #ketobodybuilding #quickmeals #healthyfood #healthydiet #healthylifestyle #stirfry #chicken #chickenstirfry #chinesechicken #macros #macronutrients #caloriedeficit (at Pudsey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQ5o8wlbp9/?igshid=1obu616e3l15w

[midnightlie]

losing weight is hard but it can be rewarding! I started the keto diet about two months ago, started at 205 and I'm down to 180 now! I saw that you were interested in keto and I def recommend it. I've tried different diets before but this is the first time I've been on a diet that successfully diminished my sugar cravings. I use carbmanager to track everything, it's made for tracking keto and if you pay a couple of dollars for a subscription you get access to great recipes

wow congrats thats amazing!!!! i lost abt 35lbs the last time i did keto but i kinda fell off the wagon when thanksgiving rolled around LOL im hoping to do better at it this time but so far these past three weeks its been pretty easy!! 🙏 and thanks for that tip!! ill have to look it up!

[hidingmurklins]

I started Keto today. I was going to wait for my recipe book to come in next week so I could make up a meal plan, but I just kinda hopped on with CarbManager* and I think I did okay today.

Coffee and butter for breakfast (with pure cocoa and a pinch if cinnamon for flavor); almonds and cheese for snack; spinach omelet with herb and garlic cream cheese and smoked salmon for lunch; salami and almonds for snack; homemade Keto chicken parm for dinner (no breading, broccoli and cauliflower instead of pasta).

My goal calories and macros look a little high, but I think what I ended up actually doing is good enough.

Tomorrow I have to pick up some lettuce, tomato, and avocado so I can do lettuce-wrap chicken BLT with guac. Maybe I'll make a lemon-olive oil dressing and make some Greek salad, too, or save that for another day.

TMI: my first bowel movement of the day happened after dinner and it was really crampy and wierd. Like, it was soft and a little bit runny, but I still had to strain to empty it completely. I was worried about what cutting out my Mini Wheats and multi-grain bread would do, and I hope I can somehow manage to save myself from hemorrhoids.

[myketopath]

Keto Philly Cheesesteak Skillet Credit to carbmanager. com via /r/ketorecipes https://ift.tt/yKMuq6t

[theketodietplanner]

My Top 5 Keto Tips: - 1. Keep it simple! It’s as easy as finding meets and veggies you like and cooking them in good fats. It doesn’t always have to be some elaborate dish. That being said 2. Get comfortable in the kitchen. It’s easier than you think and cheaper/better for you than fast food hacks. 3. Do your research! You have the world of information in your hand. There’s an article/answer/recipe out there for anything you can think of. 4. Get a food scale and use a food tracker if your not seeing the results you think you should be. Imyfitnesspal/carbmanager are both great. You could be surprised at how much you’re really eating. 5. Try intermittent fasting if you haven’t, it’s been great for me and works perfectly with keto👍🏼 - - #Ketotransformations #ketobeforeandafter #beforeandafter #weightlossjourney #weightlosssupport #weightlossgoals #weightlossstory #weightlosstransformation #weightlossbeforeandafter #weightlossinspiration #ketotransformation #wlstories #wlcommunity #instafit #fitfam #caloriecounting #transformation #keto #weightloss #fitnessmotivation #transformation Via @judahlogans https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKPjxuAZuV/?igshid=1t6bgsendr80r

[weight-loss-keto-products]

Reposted from @gab.keto.journey Tea tonight was a very ugly looking omelette so thought I would share our fake Nando’s from the other day! . . . #keto #ukketo #ketouk #ketomeals #ketogirls #ketogirluk #ketofam #ketofamily #ketorecipes #ketoweightloss #ketolifestyle #ketodiet #lowcarb #lowcarbrecipes #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarblife #ketolife #diet #weightloss #weightlossketo #ketomealplan #weightlossjourney #ketodinner #ketotea #ketosalad #intermittantfasting #carbmanager #carbmanagerapp #pcosdiet #pcos https://www.instagram.com/p/CDe5NbdAqDc/?igshid=1am4vf3r1yj7s

[vegout4life]

It’s a beautiful thing to check the food log at the end of the day and see that all calculations are in the range I desire them to be despite not having paused long enough in the midst of the day’s todos to get a feel for how close I am to my desired macronutrient ratio. - Thankful! 😍 4.7% carbs 🥑 10.8% protein 🥦 84.4% [healthy] fats 🥥 #VegOut4Life #EatMorePlants #HealthyCarbs #PlantProtein #HealthyFats #CarbManager https://www.instagram.com/p/BuNe5molnVr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lz2rf7oqzs0g