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You then can search for a food, enter it manually, or scan the barcode of the food you are eating with your device’s camera.Then click the “add food” button below the appropriate meal. To get started, click on the diary button at the bottom of the screen.Ģ. Tracking how much food you eat is pretty simple using MyFitnessPal.ġ. Does this by clicking the “ +” and then selecting “ Exercise“. Also, for any activity not tracked by these devices, you’ll have to manually enter it into your food diary each day.

Note: I’ve consistently found that FitBit OVERestimates your daily calorie burn so be aware of this.

If you are tracking exercise then enter your Sedentary TDEE and macros as just described, allow MyFitnessPal to track your steps, and pair other apps like MapMyFitness and devices such as Fitbit.

Also do not pair any other fitness tracking apps or devices with MyFitnessPal nor add any exercises in your daily food diary.

To turn off activity tracking under the “More” button, select “Steps”.

This allows you to adjust your macros at 1% increments or just enter the gram amount. Note: You’ll have to round to the nearest 5% increment unless you have the Premium Version of MFP. Now enter your calorie amount given by our calculator and adjust carbohydrates, protein, and fat to the percentages given by our calculator.

Under the heading Nutrition Goals click on “ Calorie & Macronutrient Goals“.

If you are tracking exercise adjust Activity Level to sedentary.

From the home screen, click on the “ More” button at the bottom of the screen.

Here’s how to manually enter your macros:

While this makes it easier to track your macros it doesn’t account for varying exercise levels throughout the week or on rest days.

This way you will simply eat the same amount of each of your macros each day.

A simpler method is to estimate your activity level using our calculator and then enter that data manually into MyFitnessPal and turn off exercise tracking.If you want MyFitnessPal to track your exercise, you must choose “SEDENTARY” on our calculator and then enter those numbers manually.However, this makes tracking your macros more difficult because they are fluid, meaning the more exercise you do, the more carbs, protein, and fat you’ll have to eat to meet your daily goals. By tracking your daily exercise, it can give you a much better idea of how many calories you’re burning each day.Before you enter anything into MyFitnessPal, you must decide whether you want the app or compatible device to track your daily exercise or not.First use our macro calculator to calculate your TDEE and Macro amounts.