overwhelmed with tracking..app suggestions??

I have been hand tracking in a notebook and it is getting overwhelming.  I found the fitday app and like it but I wonder if there is an app that has a recipe input section where you can track your own foods or input your own label info. 

I'm not sure how to track an item like what I had for lunch yesterday.  1/2 cup pureed Dinty Moore beef stew.  It's difficult because 1/3 of the can is potatoes and I removed those and tossed them before blenderizing the rest and adding some beef broth for thinning.  I'm not sure how much of the carbs to take off when I track.  I still kept the few little carrots in because frankly I have very little carbs and I like the added taste.  I don't want to get in the dangerous habit of "guessing" but I really don't know how else to figure these sorts of things out.

I am keep my carbs under 40, my protein at 60, and my cals are still only around 300-350 for the daily total.  I don't know how I'm supposed to get 600-800 cals.  I'm sure that will come easier with time but is it terrible that I'm that low on cals (I'm two weeks post op)?  I eat 3 "meals" and two snacks with at least one protein shake per day. (and added protein to my 2 snacks).

Do you have a favorite app to help you track?  I want to check out a few and find out which one I like the best.  Thanks!

We're all over on myfitnesspal.com.  Friend me there:  myownsunshine.  I'll have everyone check in so you can find the OH VSGers there.

I am on Myfitnesspal.com also .. My name is soon2change.
Julie

On fitday there is a feature for custom food.  just put in the label and it will track for you or you can put it in as beef stew without potatoes and it will give you the value.

I use myfitnesspal also.  I would like to friend other OH VSGers but not sure how to invite without email address other than to email message from myfitnesspal OH VSG group. 

I did not like myfitnesspal.  I like "lose it" app on iphone.  There is also a website.  You can track your nutrients as well as calories.  I love that you can scan the barcode on food and it automaticlally imports the nutritional info.  My only complaint is that there is not a way to track your fluid intake.  

I use myfitnesspal and really like it. I have several recipes entered - look for the Recipes tab on the computer version. There's also a way to enter recipes on your smartphone or iPad. You can scan foods using a smartphone as you're adding ingredients to your recipes.

I plan to print my progress charts for the past 6 weeks to show the NUT when I go for my checkup next week - calories, protein, and carbs.

I LOVE myfitnesspal on my iPhone - it's easy to add recipes or foods, plus you can track exercise & fluid intake.

I used to use FitDay on my laptop, but I still had to journal on paper during the day, then input it every evening - tedious!

I also have MasterChef recipe software on my laptop, so I can input a recipe into that, it calculates nutrition, which I can enter into myfitnesspal as a 'food' rather than a recipe.

BTW - I'm new here! Appointment with my GP this week for a referral (ihopeihopeihope) to a bariatric surgeon...

I am also in the same boat I just installed and joined myfitnesspal.com but I cant find any groups for oh vsg users anywhere

I use My Fitness Pal too. I have it linked to my Fitbit (which I wear almost 24/7) and LOVE all the information I get from both sites. Since I'm already on too many boards/websites as it is, I haven't gone looking for other tracking sites (fitday, Lose-It (which I think MAY have an Android app now, not just iPhone). Earlier today I found Sparkpeople, but am not sure if they do tracking. I'm on so many websites/forums as it is, I saw no point in joining yet another when I can't keep up with the ones I'm already on, lol.