When I buy something Ive never bought before, when I bring it home or eat it I look to see if it's on the list of foods, if not, I enter the information. It helps me know how many calories, fat, protein and carbs I have left during the rest of the day.
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I also will do this. If I do find that someone else has entered the food in the tracker under shared information, I will go through the nutrition listed to see if it matches what is on the package. Often times people only track calories and not sodium, vitamins and other things that I track on my nutrition tracker. Great idea.
LIVINHEALTHY97/1/2010 9:11:00 PM
I do this as well.
TAMBYRD6/9/2010 2:00:00 PM
Thanks for sharing, it makes a lot of sense to enter the info right away!
PRIDEL4/22/2010 5:34:00 PM
Great idea PLUS it makes sure you know the serving size this way because by doing this many times I thought the whole package was a single serving but when I read it close and enter it I find out there are two or more servings in the package.
AUNTRANDOM4/22/2010 4:01:00 PM
Great idea!
MARIPOSA554/22/2010 2:25:00 PM
I do the same thing! Great job!
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