Your First Meal

This walkthrough takes about a minute. By the end, you'll have logged your first food entry.

1. Open Search

From the Overview or Log screen, tap the search bar at the bottom of the screen.

2. Find a Food

Start typing. The app searches your foods first, then shows results from the built-in food library (USDA data).

Results are color-coded so you can tell where they came from at a glance:

• Gray background — Foods you've used before (always appear at the top)
• Blue background — High-quality USDA reference data
• Red background — Older USDA data

Can't find what you're looking for? Tap the globe icon to search the Open Food Facts database, which covers millions of packaged products.

3. Add It to Your Queue

Tap the (+) button on a food to add one serving to your Log Queue — a staging area where you build your meal before logging it.

Need a specific amount?

Tap the food's name instead of the (+) button to open the Quantity Edit screen, where you can pick a serving size, enter a custom weight, or even type a math expression like 2.5 * 28.

Food image too small?

Tap a search result's thumbnail to see a larger version of it

4. Log It

Tap the down arrow at the top of the search screen to see your queue, then tap Log to commit everything to your daily diary.

That's it — your first entry is saved.

Quick Add: The Shortcut

If you can't practically enter a food but you have some perspective on how many caloires it had, maybe you went out to eat, use Quick Add from the search screen to type in the calories directly.

Next Steps

• Logging Food — The full guide to search, barcodes, Quick Add, containers, and more
• Creating Custom Foods — Add foods that aren't in any database
• Goals & Weight Tracking — Set up calorie targets that adjust to your progress