FlexiDiet How-To Videos
Short how-to videos for every part of FlexiDiet: logging food by barcode, photo or one tap, swapping meals, planning for couples and families, grocery lists, meal prep and more.
Getting Started
How Do I Set My Weight Loss Goal and Pace?When you sign up, FlexiDiet works out a daily calorie target from your age, height, weight and activity, then asks you to pick a pace.
Can I Bring My MyFitnessPal History With Me?Save your MyFitnessPal printable diary as a PDF and upload it to FlexiDiet.
Your Meal Plan
How Does a Weekly Meal Plan Work in FlexiDiet?FlexiDiet plans your whole week of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks around your calorie target.
How Do I Move Between Days and Weeks?In Day view, swipe left on your meal plan to go to tomorrow and right to go back a day.
How Do I Log a Meal I Ate?If you ate the meal on your plan, tap Eaten on its card.
What Does the Weekly Summary Show?The weekly summary adds up the days you logged: calories eaten against your target, your habits, and an estimate of the weight change those days are worth.
How Are My Recipe Portions Worked Out?Every recipe in your plan is scaled to your own calorie target, so the ingredients and amounts you see are your serving, not a generic one.
How Do I Keep a Favourite Dinner Every Week?Tap the lock on a meal card to lock that meal in.
How Do I Copy a Meal to Another Day?Open the menu on a meal card and choose Copy to Another Day, then pick the day you want it.
Can I Plan My Own Meals Instead?Tap Clear Plan to empty the week while keeping your calorie targets for every meal.
Logging and Scanning
How Do I Find and Log Any Food?Open Quick Log and search for the product, or scan its barcode.
How Do I Log a Coffee?Open Quick Log and tap Coffee.
How Do I Log Wine, Beer or Spirits?Open Quick Log and tap Alcohol.
How Do I Log a Protein Shake?Open Quick Log and tap Protein.
How Do I Scan a Barcode to Log Food?Tap Log at the bottom of the screen, choose Scan Barcode, and point your camera at the pack.
Can I Log Food by Taking a Photo?Tap Log, choose Photo Log, add any details such as how it was cooked, and take a photo of your plate.
How Do I Log Food That Is Not in the Database?Take a photo of the nutrition label.
Swapping Meals
How Do I Swap a Meal I Don't Want?Open the menu on the meal card and choose Search for Replacement.
Can It Pick a Different Dinner for Me?Open the menu on the meal card and choose Swap for Random Replacement.
Can I Fit Pizza or a Takeaway Into My Plan?Open the menu on the meal card and choose Show Takeaway Options.
How Do I Stop Foods I Dislike Showing Up?Add them to Foods You Love and Avoid in Settings.
How Do Leftovers Work in My Plan?When a dinner makes leftovers, FlexiDiet plans them as tomorrow's lunch, already portioned and counted.
Partners and Families
Can We Eat the Same Dinner With Different Calorie Targets?FlexiDiet plans one dinner for the whole household and portions it for each person.
How Do Shared Dinner Changes Work for Couples?When one of you changes a shared dinner, it updates for both of you and your partner gets the change to review.
How Do I Add My Partner to My Meal Plan?Open Settings, go to Account, and tap Add Partner, then enter their email.
Can a Shared Dinner Suit Two Different Diets?When you swap a shared dinner, FlexiDiet only offers recipes that suit both of you, combining your dietary needs.
Grocery List
How Is My Grocery List Made?Your grocery list is built straight from your meal plan.
How Much Will My Meal Plan Cost?Open your grocery list and tap Prices.
Why Are Some Items Already Ticked on My First Shop?On your first shop, FlexiDiet ticks off common pantry staples such as salt and oil, because most kitchens already have them.
Can I Scan My Pantry So I Don't Buy Doubles?Open Pantry from your grocery list and tap Scan, then take or upload photos of your shelves.
Meal Prep
How Does Batch Cooking Work in My Plan?Open the menu on a meal card and choose Cook Meal Prep.
Can I Share a Batch With My Partner?When you cook a meal prep batch, add lunches for your partner as well as for yourself.
Recipes
What Recipes Can I Eat on FlexiDiet?Anything you enjoy.
Progress
How Do I See My Progress?Open Success Tracker (Progress) to see how you are going: how closely you stuck to your plan against your adherence goal, your perfect days, and your streaks over time.
Challenges
What Are Challenges?Challenges are short goals you set yourself, such as logging every meal or hitting your target for a set number of days.
Can I Challenge a Friend?Start a buddy challenge and invite a mate to go head to head.
Referrals
Where Is My Referrals Page?Open the menu, then Settings, then Account, and tap Referrals.