Your Nutrition Analysis
Understanding Your Nutrition Reports
One of the benefits of logging your food in MyFitnessPal is getting insights into your eating habits through your “Nutrition” report, which is directly accessible on the app.
Here are two ways to access your Nutrition report:
More Menu > Nutrition
On the Diary (scroll to the bottom) > Nutrition button
Seeing trends, patterns, and deficiencies in your eating habits can help pinpoint ways of improving your eating habits. See what’s in your Nutrition report and learn how to read your data.
The "Calories" Tab - Day View
See how your calories are distributed throughout the day by meal.
What to look for:
Is one meal larger or smaller than the rest? Evenly distributing your calories throughout the day means you don’t get overly hungry.
Do you have a tendency to overeat after a small meal or undereat after a large meal?
The "Calories" Tab - Week View
See your total and net calorie intake across a 7-day period. Tap on the graph to view the values for each day.
Total view – see your daily totals with meal proportions by day
Net view – see your net calories (What are net calories?)
To customize your 7-day view, go to Settings > Weekly Nutrition Settings.
What to look for:
When it comes to hitting your calorie goals, don’t worry so much about individual days. Instead, focus on your overall trends.
When looking at the week’s totals:
Do you consistently reach your calorie goal?
Is your average being skewed by one particularly abnormal day? If so, remember that your overall habits are what matter.
What days are you most successful in meeting your goal? What strategies did you use to meet that goal?
The "Nutrients" Tab
See your nutrient intake levels by day or by week. This is a valuable feature for those monitoring their diet for health risks and deficiencies. Tap each nutrient to see which meals in a day are high in that nutrient, which food sources you’re getting it from (Premium Feature), and how often you hit your goal intake in a week.
What to look out for:
Use this to identify areas of nutrient deficiencies and monitor your nutrient intake levels.
If you’re monitoring your nutrient intake due to a health risk (e.g., high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc.), aim to stay within your nutrient goals daily.
If you’re monitoring your nutrient intake for wellness purposes, focus on hitting your nutrient goals on a weekly average.
Tap into each nutrient to view the food sources that contribute to those nutrients (Premium Feature). If you’re trying to lower your intake, this data will help you identify the food sources that are in your diet.
If you’re not getting enough of a certain nutrient, consider adding foods that are high in that nutrient. Eating a variety of foods is an easy way to make sure you’re getting all the nutrients you need.
The "Macros" Tab
View your macronutrient breakdown by day or by week. If you’re a user who tracks your macro intake, use this feature to see how often you meet your goals. See what foods in your diet are contributing to each macro.
What to look for:
If you’re a macro tracker, focus on keeping your macro ratios in the proportions you’ve set your goals to.
If you have an athletic performance goal, attempt to reach your macro ratios daily.
If you have a wellness or health goal, your weekly average macro ratio is more important than your daily goal.
See what food sources in your diet are contributing to your macro goals.
It’s important to note that these reports only show you the outcome of your food choices. What’s important is identifying areas of change and improvement, and developing a plan of action.
When looking at your Nutrition report, take time to reflect on the following questions:
What am I doing well?
What can I do better?
Where am I not meeting my goals?
What can I change? (e.g., introducing a new food item to your diet or reducing intake of a particular item)