Your blog category
Tracking your meals can be a game changer when it comes to achieving your health and fitness goals. But let’s face it: logging every ingredient every time you eat can be a chore. That’s true MyFitnessPal‘s meal and recipe features coming in! The app makes it easy to create and save your favorite recipes. This …
If you’re thinking about trying Dry January or simply re-evaluating your relationship with alcohol this new year, you’re not alone. The “sober curious” movement, along with month-long alcohol-free challenges, has been gaining momentum for over a decade, especially among young adults (1, 2). And the surgeon general’s new advisory warning about the link between alcohol …
Sober Curious? Here’s a Dietitian’s Guide to Doing Dry January Right Read More »
In this Food Diaries series, we pull back the curtain on how real people fuel their lives with real-life nutrition. Each weekly diary will showcase a different MyFitnessPal member’s eating goals, habits, and go-to meals to inspire your own journey—because progress, not perfection, is what truly matters. First up: a nutritionist in Boston who spends …
A Week of High-Protein Meals as a Nutritionist in Boston Read More »
On December 19, 2001, The Fellowship of the Ring hit theaters and nerd culture was changed forever. If you’re like me, you associate these films with the holidays and are about to rewatch all three films (extended editions, of course). I was the Community recently, and I had a funny thought. While in the mines …
2024 is coming to an end, so I wanted to send you one last newsletter before the chaos of 2025 begins. It’s that time of year when our brains almost automatically look back on the past year. What went right, what went wrong. What we have achieved, what we have not been able to achieve. …
Stephen Wilson Jr. was a scientist who worked for Mars, Inc. worked. (Yes, the Candy company). One day his boss pulled him into an office and said something that changed his life: “Stephen, you’re about to be promoted.” Normally a cause for celebration, but this was meant as a warning from his boss. In a …
Today is the most hopeful and optimistic day of the year. That’s great! Whatever goals or resolutions you’ve set for yourself, I’m excited for you! We are all trying to improve ourselves, and even if things haven’t turned out the way we wanted in the past, we hope this time will be different. Musician Nick …
2024 has been a wild ride. And it was no different for comedian and actor Adam Devine. Righteous Gems star embarked on quite the health journey in 2024, which included gaining 25 pounds of “sympathy weight” during his wife’s pregnancy and subsequently becoming a father for the first time. The life experiences gave him the …
You’ve probably heard of the Calories In, Calories Out (CICO) method for weight management. It’s probably the most popular approach, and also the most effective. The concept is quite simple: to lose weight, you need to consume fewer calories than your body burns. And when you consume more calories than your body burns, you gain …
How to Do the Calories In, Calories Out (CICO) Diet Using MyFitnessPal Read More »
By now you’ve heard of the power of proteins. It’s the magical macronutrient that helps you feel full and maintain muscle mass while losing weight. And you’re probably wondering, “How much protein do I need?” Well, we can help you figure this out. The MyFitnessPal Protein Calculator is a simple, easy-to-use tool designed to help …
Protein calculator: discover your daily protein needs Read More »
