Category · 46 essays
Tracking How-To
- May 14, 2026Calorie tracking for people who travel every week4 min
- May 8, 2026Calorie tracking for shift workers4 min
- May 6, 2026How to correct AI food estimates fast (without redoing the whole log)4 min
- May 5, 2026How to track calories when cooking for a family4 min
- May 3, 2026How to track calories when you share a kitchen with roommates4 min
- Apr 30, 2026How to estimate restaurant portions from a photo4 min
- Apr 29, 2026Calorie tracking during the holidays: a practical system4 min
- Apr 28, 2026How to log shared plates and family-style meals4 min
- Apr 27, 2026How to track calories at a buffet without guessing wildly4 min
- Apr 26, 2026Tracking calories on vacation without ruining the trip4 min
- Apr 24, 2026Photo calorie tracking in low light and on cluttered plates4 min
- Apr 19, 2026How to track calories without a kitchen scale (and still be 90% accurate)4 min
- Apr 18, 2026How to track calories at a buffet without ruining the meal3 min
- Apr 17, 2026How to track calories on vacation (without becoming the worst friend on the trip)4 min
- Apr 16, 2026How to track calories while traveling internationally (when half the food has no English label)4 min
- Apr 15, 2026How to track homemade meals accurately (the recipe-decomposition method)4 min
- Apr 13, 2026How to track soup, stew, and chili calories (the densest tracking problem)3 min
- Apr 11, 2026How to track leftovers without going insane3 min
- Apr 9, 2026How to track takeout and delivery calories (where the chains lie and where they don't)3 min
- Apr 8, 2026What a 200-calorie portion actually looks like (16 photos in your head)3 min
- Apr 7, 2026How to set up a calorie tracking routine you'll actually maintain4 min
- Apr 5, 2026How to recover from missing a day (or a week) of tracking3 min
- Apr 4, 2026Calorie tracking for night shift workers and shift changers5 min
- Apr 3, 2026Calorie tracking for college students (cafeterias, late-night, and broke)5 min
- Apr 3, 2026How to track Thanksgiving (or any feast holiday) without the spiral4 min
- Apr 1, 2026How to track calories during the holidays (without ruining the holidays)4 min
- Mar 30, 2026How to track calories on a budget (the cheap-food calorie strategy)4 min
- Mar 28, 2026How to track your own calories when you're cooking for a family4 min
- Mar 25, 2026Calorie tracking without an app: when paper or memory works better4 min
- Mar 24, 2026CalorieScan AI quick-start: from download to first week4 min
- Mar 16, 2026How to batch-log meals (the Sunday-night setup that saves your week)3 min
- Feb 23, 2026Alcohol and tracking: the math nobody runs3 min
- Feb 7, 2026A nutrition-label survival guide for adults3 min
- Jan 23, 2026Why your fitness tracker's calorie burn is mostly fiction3 min
- Jan 7, 2026The tracker and the runner: nutrition for endurance training3 min
- Jan 3, 2026What a 2,000-calorie day actually looks like3 min
- Oct 21, 2025Apple Health + CalorieScan AI: the right setup3 min
- Oct 19, 2025Apple Watch + calorie tracking: what's actually useful3 min
- Oct 17, 2025iOS Shortcuts that make meal logging 4x faster3 min
- Oct 15, 2025Siri can log your meal. Here's how.3 min
- Oct 13, 2025Voice logging vs. photo logging: when each one wins3 min
- Sep 21, 2025What TDEE actually is, and why every online calculator gives a different number3 min
- Jul 30, 202510 calorie tracking mistakes beginners make in their first 30 days4 min
- May 21, 2025The kitchen scale: the cheapest accuracy upgrade in your kitchen5 min
- Apr 21, 2025The best time to weigh yourself (and how to interpret the number)5 min
- Apr 13, 2025Calorie tracking during pregnancy: what's appropriate5 min