I've worked out that I don't need to track calories with an app. It's faster to scribble it down on paper. In a book.

Okay, maybe look up things like eggs, potatoes etc for general energy content but it's quicker and more fluid to do that than: grab phone, log in, open app, press button, do search/scan barcode, find food isn't in DB, take pictures, find OCR isn't working right, re-enter data by hand, press send, adjust content with amount eaten. Click save.

It's silly.

Same with running/cycling. And my calendar.

I feel more present a engaged with my life if I'm actively planning and writing it down rather than scanning, cutting, pasting and posting.

4 months ago

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I do the same. I eat a relatively repeptitive diet, and live in Europe, where labels are always per 100g, so it's very quick to just write the calories and protein per meal down, and it takes me maybe 3-4 minutes per day, to be discarded the same evening. · 4 months ago