Creating Custom Foods and Meals

Food vs. Meal 

Foods are individual items from our food database. If a food is not in our food database, you can create a custom food to log that food in the future. To create a custom foo,d follow these steps: 

1. Go into the meal log
2. Create your custom food
3. Review and save your custom food
4. Log a custom food in the future

Meals are a collection of foods. When you log frequently, you may notice that it can be tiresome to log individual ingredients repeatedly, especially when you eat a similar meal often.  We have made this process easier for you through custom meal creation. This allows you to create and save meals for easy logging over time.  To create a custom meal, follow these steps: 

1. Go into the meal log
2. Create your custom meal
3. Review and save custom meal
4. Log a custom meal in the future

Creating a Custom Food

Step 1: Go into the meal log 

Go into the "Log" tab of the Signos app and select "Log your meals" or the plate icon. 

Step 2: Create Your Custom Food

1. Select the “Custom” section under meal logging.
2. Create Custom food: Enter a name, serving unit, and number of servings for your food. Then select "Continue." 
3. Add nutrition: Enter calories, fat, carbs and protein for your food. All other fields are optional. Then select "Review Food."

Step 3: Review and save custom food

Click "Create food"

Step 4: Log a custom food in the future

This food can now be logged by selecting it from the "Custom" menu.

Create a Custom Meal

Step 1: Go into the meal log 

Go into the "Log" tab of the Signos app and select "Log a new meal" or the plate icon. 

Step 2: Create Your Custom Meal

1. Select the “Custom” section under meal logging.
2. Select the "Meal" tab.
3. Enter a name, and number of servings for your food. Then select "Continue." 
4. Add a description of the meal. Then select “Continue.”
5. Add Foods to meal: Select any foods to add them to your custom meal. Then select "Review Food".

Step 3: Review and save custom meal

Click "Create Meal"

Step 4: Log a custom meal in the future

This meal can now be logged by selecting it from the "Custom" menu.