My Fitness Pal Calorie Accuracy

[TriniJuice]

how accurate is their calorie counter vs the one at Calorie Counter | Food Nutrition Data for Healthy Eating Choices

 

[joliver]

how accurate is their calorie counter vs the one at Calorie Counter | Food Nutrition Data for Healthy Eating Choices

My brother uses the app. He seems to like it. I have glanced over it and it seemed reasonable, but the best thing about this app is that you are forced to log your food intake. Unless you are maniacal about logging your cals, you always underestimate.

 

[DreDay187]

Accuracy is pretty spot on but even if it wasn't you should still be fine. If it's off by 25% constantly and you're not gaining or losing weight the adjustments you need to make are the exact same. Choose whichever calculator you prefer and stick with it

 

[71Avido]

It's only as accurate as the users inputting the information.
Stuff like calories and macros is *usually* pretty OK but double check.
I've had some come up very wrong a number of times.

 

[TriniJuice]

I noticed when I added my food log onto myfitness pal it was way under dosed so its hard to tell which one's accurate

 

[71Avido]

I noticed when I added my food log onto myfitness pal it was way under dosed so its hard to tell which one's accurate

It helps to check how many users have confirmed the accuracy of an item before adding it to your food log.

 

[BAPilgrims]

It's only as accurate as the users inputting the information.
Stuff like calories and macros is *usually* pretty OK but double check.
I've had some come up very wrong a number of times.

ditto, if it's something you usually eat check it the first time. Sometimes they have doubles or triples and not each one will be correct. but like 71avido said, it only works if you put it in to the T. I mostly just use it because it saves me the math

 

[Captncavematt]

I like the bar code scanner on my fitness pal. How could it not be accurate if you enter the data? The rest is simple math. The human in the process is the variable most likely to introduce an opportunity to degrade accuracy.