Look for ‘verified’ items - the green tick you see on some items means the item has been ‘verified’ which means the information is complete and enough people have logged it that the MFP gods deemed the food pretty frickin accurate.If you choose ‘cooked’ - try and specify how it’s cooked to maximise tracking accuracy even further ( note: logging raw is more accurate for foods such as meats whose post-cooked weight varies considerably ).This ensures you account for the changes that occur upon cooking. Specify whether the food you want to log is ‘raw/uncooked/fresh’ or ‘cooked’.Use the barcode scanner - but make sure you double check this against the actual food label as errors can and have occured (talking from experience here).So without further ado.here are some best practices that I have compiled over the years that I use for myself and my 1:1 nutrition coaching clients. When it comes to apps such as My Fitness Pal, it is important to remember that a lot of the accuracy is dictated by the users and there isn’t a overly rigid review process for specific items (and even if there were, things would slip through the cracks).ĭue to this reality we need to implement extra measures to improve our accuracy OURSELVES and ensure we are being as effective with the use of the app as we can be - our goals depend on it. I hope this helps improve the accuracy of your tracking which will equal better, more streamlined results and data to assess progress on. And that is what today’s topic is on: discussing the discrepancies between food items and the discrepancies between the supposed calorie and macro intake for the day. things go back to being easy breezy again. Has either of these scenarios happened to you? Because it has to me and many of my clients. Hold up! “Why does it still say I have calories left over?!” OR “Why am I out of calories already if I haven't hit my macros?!” You push through, however, and track to the best of your ability even though you are not confident you chose the right item when logging. Then you come across so many different options with so much variance in the stated calories and macros (which do I choose dang namit!) You are watching the macros to ensure you are hitting protein and balancing out carbs and fats. You start tracking calories and macros on My Fitness Pal.

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