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Track what I eat

You text what you ate, or send a photo, and your assistant keeps a food log for you.

Suggested tools

You can set these up yourself. Get the app, follow the steps, then copy the prompt.

• Cronometer

  Free. Optional Cronometer Gold: $10.99 a month or $59.99 a year.

  A free food diary app. You log what you eat and it adds up the numbers.

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  1. Log your food in Cronometer for a week.
  2. Easy way: take a screenshot of your diary for the day and text it to your assistant.
  3. Full way: sign in at cronometer.com, open Account, find Account Data, choose Export Data, pick the dates and download the file.
  4. Upload the file on your private files page and text the message below.

  Copy this prompt and give it to your assistant

  • I log my food in Cronometer and I want you to see it. Walk me through it one step at a time and wait for me after each step. The easy way is a screenshot of my diary for the day. The full way is Export Data under Account at cronometer.com, then I upload the file to my files page. Then tell me what you notice this week. Keep it simple.

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  Your assistant cannot log food into Cronometer for you. It only reads what you send.

• Lose It!

  Free. Premium is optional (price not checked).

  A calorie counting app that many people already use.

  Download for iPhoneDownload for AndroidOpen the website

  1. Log your food in Lose It! as usual.
  2. Easy way: take a screenshot of your day and text it to your assistant.
  3. Full way: on a computer or phone browser, sign in at my.loseit.com, then go to loseit.com/export/data. The download starts by itself.
  4. Upload the file on your private files page and text the message below.

  Copy this prompt and give it to your assistant

  • I log my food in Lose It! and I want you to see it. Walk me through it one step at a time and wait for me after each step. The easy way is a screenshot of my day. The full way is to sign in at my.loseit.com, go to loseit.com/export/data, and upload the file to my files page. Then show me my last 2 weeks in a short summary.

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  The download is your whole history in one file, so it can be large. Your assistant cannot log food into the app for you.

What to text

• Start a food log for me. I will text you what I eat.

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• Tuesday breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 slice of toast, coffee with milk.

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• Here is a photo of my lunch. Add it to my food log.

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• What did I eat today?

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• Show me my food log for this week. What do you notice?

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Steps

1. Text: "Start a food log for me."
2. After you eat, text the day, the meal and the food. Give amounts if you know them.
3. Or send a photo of your plate. Add a few words about anything it cannot see, like oil or butter.
4. To see your day, text "What did I eat today?"
5. Once a week, ask for your log and what it notices.

Example conversation

Make it stick

• Log right after you eat. One short text is enough.
• A photo gives a rough guess. It knows what the food is, but not how much. For closer numbers, text the amounts.
• Always say the day and the meal. That keeps your weekly log clean.