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Do you have a carb counting app on your smartphone device?
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CalorieKing
Cronometer
I use the USDA food data central website along with my calculator and kitchen scale.
Eating out can be guesswork depending on the size of the restaurant chain.
My fitness pal
MyNetDiaryD (diabetic version)
I have some food counting books from years ago. Normally, I eyeball my food and come up with a carb count. Rarely, I open up one of my food counting books to view a food that I have not eaten before, or not for a long time. Fresh fruits and vegetables are easy for me to guess. Packaged foods have the nutritional information on the package/box.
I use MyFitness Pal app. Love it. I use it with my fitness coach. It set it up to count macros carbs, protein, fat, fiber etc. j it just enter food and it computes net carbs minus fiber. I follow a macro diet to eat more balanced.
Sometimes I’ll look up nutrition info for a restaurant but usually guesstimate and watch bg via my sensor.
Calorie King
Calorie King and USDA
My fitness pal
Calorie king
Google
MyFitnessPal
Calorie King
MtFitnessPal, a step tracker/daily activity and food tracker shows carbs.
Never counted carbs in 40 years as a T1
Yeah. I only started counting carbs when I begain pimping. 30 yr T1D this year for me! A1c is 6.7. Still have no idea how I made it through college.
My Fitness Pal
I use Calorie King to look up Carb values and Glooko to keep track.
I use Calorie King but its only so-so
Calorie King. But more often I “google” carbs counts for better comparison values.
Yes. Calorie King
I don’t but I’d like to use one.
Looking here for what others use and how well they like it.
(LADA diagnosed at age 65!)
I ALWAYS count carbs for pumping and usually look up nutrition data online. I do not have an app installed on my Pixel 6.
No
MyMacros+ for counting carbs plus fat and protein… looking at protein specifically to optimize exercise and weight training.
60 years T1 and some counts are just ingrained, others I will look up online and SWAG the Gram weight. I used to carry a Gram Scale but got funny looks from curious people.
Myfitnesspal
Calorie King
CalorieKing
I use MyFitnessPal
Calorie King
I use Calorie King sometimes to look up and calculate cards.
cronometer
Weight watchers
CalorieKing, useful when pressured to timely eat at restaurants
After looking at other comments I guess I do. I initially said no, but I had to install Gluko to be able to share my pump data with my clinic. I look up carbs on it sometimes.
I may have answered wrong, depending on the actual intent of your question. I said No. I do have MyFitnessPal, and I do use it to look up likely nutritional values for unfamiliar or some restaurant food. But I don’t log my meals in it and use it to actually count the carbs or other relevant values.
MyFitnessPal
I use MyFitnessPal it’s not always correct, but it’s close
Glooko
Calorie king and my fitness pal
Cronometer
I have both Fat Secret and Calorie King but find I use Siri most often if I need to find carbs.
My fitbess pal
My Fitness Pal
CarbManager
MyNetDiary with the extra diabetes features. I used to be very loose with my carb counting…was winging it with fairly good results. However, I decided to give being much more attentive a try and by doing that and also paying attention to my caloric intake, I have dropped my total daily insulin by 25%. By using an app, I was surprised by the hidden carbs in many foods.
My Fitness Pal
Calorie King
no…. after 57 years of T1D, I can count carbs just as fast in my head. Plus my Tandem pump allows addition of carbs on the Bolus screen, so it makes it easy to come up with total carbs for the meal.
I attempt to divest from diets and diet culture, and won’t pay for MyFitnessPal. My endo first recommended Calorie King years ago. I usually just google “[food] + carb count” and take a look at a few different results, and use an average.
Calorie King
I’d like to find a good one to use !
My Fitness Pal