Getting Started with Food Fotos

Published on October 16, 2024

Using Food Fotos is a great way to improve your eating habits. Here's a summary of how it works and how to use it.

How it works

Take pictures of everything you eat and drink. At the end of each day, review your pictures and rate how healthy you ate. That's it!

Why it works

By personally reviewing how healthy your food was, you must reflect on your choices. Tomorrow, you'll think twice before sneaking a snack, and you'll build healthy habits.

You may justify food choices in isolation ("it's just one soda"), but by seeing everything together at the end of each day, you'll see the whole truth. Research shows tracking what you eat doubles weight loss, see WebMD and ScienceDaily.

No calorie counting!

By eating healthy, calories will take care of themselves. Eating healthy does more than restrict calories; it helps you lose weight, improves your mood, boosts your energy, and prevents diseases.

Further, counting calories is time consuming and hard to do accurately. If you ever tried, then you know. People give up and revert to old habits. This app is simple and easy.

"Healthy" is personal

What's healthy varies by person.

You probably already know what's healthy for you, but the problem is actually eating healthy when unhealthy food is everywhere and delicious. If you're unsure what's healthy, follow these guidelines:

1. Eat lots of vegetables and fruits.
2. Avoid processed food. If you couldn't make it at home or the ingredients list is long, then it's highly processed.
3. Avoid added sugar. Especially avoid sugary drinks like soda, fruit juice, and sugary coffee. Sugar in whole foods, like in a piece of fruit, is ok.

Adjust your reminders

To help you build habits, this app sends notifications when you usually eat. Edit the notification times in Settings - from the next screen, tap the gear button in the top right.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

"Shouldn't I count calories?"

If you eat healthy, calories will take care of themselves. Further, counting calories is time consuming and inaccurate. People usually give up and return to unhealthy eating. Keep it simple. Focus on eating healthy and using this app.

Also, calories are only one part of a healthy diet and nutrition. If all you consumed was five cans of soda everyday, your calorie count would not be too high, but you'd be quite unhealthy.

"Why do I need to review how healthy my food was? Can't AI do that?"

Reviewing what you ate forces you to reflect on your choices. Research shows tracking food almost doubles weight loss, WebMD and ScienceDaily. If AI did it for you, then you wouldn't get the benefit. It only takes a few seconds a day, and isn't your health worth a few seconds?

"Should I take pictures of drinks and snacks too?"

Yes. Meals are most important, but drinks and snacks matter too. Most people have more drinks and snacks than they realize, and by taking pictures of them, you will see if you do too.

How do I get Food Fotos?

Follow this link to Food Fotos on your phone and tap on the iOS App Store or Android Google Play links.