MyFitnessPal is one of the most powerful apps for losing weight. 

However, logging your food after a busy workday can feel like a chore you’d rather skip.

Here are five built-in features that will help you cut your logging time in half:

  1. Create a Meal: Instead of logging individual ingredients repeatedly, save a group of ingredients as a meal. MyFitnessPal will automatically log them for you in the future.
  2. Copy from Date: This feature allows you to easily copy and paste past entries from one day to the next, saving you the hassle of searching for, checking, and entering each ingredient again.
  3. Recipe Importer: Paste the link to a recipe, and MyFitnessPal will match the ingredients to those in its database, saving you from manual entry.
  4. Barcode Scanner: Simply scan the barcode of any food or drink item, and MyFitnessPal will retrieve its nutritional information from the database, allowing for easy logging.
  5. Recent, Frequent, and My Foods: Instead of searching for items you’ve logged before, use these tabs to quickly find and add foods you’ve previously entered.

While some of these features require a few minutes to set up initially, they will significantly reduce the time it takes to log your meals in the long run.