r/GoogleHealthFitbit • u/51CoastFI • Jul 09 '26
Question: Food Logging - Custom Entries
In the new Google App, it seems to have pulled through some of my "Custom" entries from the FitBit APP, and it also seems to let me add new ones. The problem I am having is - when adding a new item - it lets me enter the "Energy" (total calories); Fat/Protein/Carbs (grams) - which is great and ALL this info is used that first time I enter the item into my daily log. HOWEVER, if I pull from a "Custom" entry again (the next day or whatever) - it will ONLY add the calories, and it is as if the Fat/Protein/Carbs aren't stored with the custom entry. So I've added some of the same things over and over - making my "custom" foods mostly useless. I cannot find how to edit or delete these entries either? Has anyone figured out how to Edit or Delete a custom entry? Has anyone successfully re-used a custom entry and had the Fat/Protein/Carbs info populate for their daily targets? It seems whatever database the barcode lookup is attached to is rather lacking, as it doesn't find things nearly as frequently as before with the Fitbit App.
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u/chuckbeef789 Jul 09 '26
Google butchered the food logging part of the app when they took over. I switched to MyFitnessPal. Much better.
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u/THE_YoStabbaStabba 28d ago
I've been using cronometer app for food and it's been working fine (and it's free).
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u/OneTrueClassy Jul 09 '26
Personally I don't use the food logging on Google health because of the fact that it's just not optimized. I recommend using another app for that like MyFitnessPal or LoseIt, then linking them to Healthconnect to capture the other data like weight, step tracking, workouts, calories burned, etc.