My Portal

Articles in this section

Uploading Photos to the Food & Mood Journal

Avatar
Help @ Practice Better
Updated
Follow

🔄 We're freshening things up!

Practice Better is gradually rolling out a refreshed UI/UX design. You may notice that the navigation bar has moved from the top to the left side of the portal. As a result, some screenshots and images in our articles may not yet reflect the updated interface — but the steps and guidance are still accurate.

We're actively updating all articles and appreciate your patience in the meantime. If something looks different than what you see on screen, the functionality is the same — just with a fresh coat of paint.

You can upload photos to your Food & Mood journal from the mobile app or the Client Portal in your browser. Photos help you and your practitioner see what you ate at a glance, alongside any description you add.

In this article:

Before You Begin

  • A photo entry doesn't generate nutrition data on its own. It works like a free-form journal entry; to get nutrient details, type what you ate in the description field and accept the "Use Data" prompt, or log your meal separately using Add a New Food. 
     
  • You can only attach one photo per entry.

Taking a Photo Using the Mobile App

  1. From your home screen or Journals screen, tap the red Fast Action Button in the bottom-right corner.
     
  2. Select Take a Photo from the options provided.

     
  3. Accept the permission prompt so Practice Better can access your camera.

    📍 If you select Don't Allow or Deny, Practice Better won't be able to open your camera. Go to your phone's Settings app, find the Practice Better app, and turn on Camera access, then return to the app and try again.
     
  4. Take your photo.
    📍 If you exit the camera view without taking a photo, you'll land on the food journal entry pop-up instead, where you can choose either Take a Photo or Upload a Photo to select an existing image from your camera roll.
     
  5. Enter an optional description of your meal.
     
  6. Tap the Use Data button to include the nutrition information that is auto-generated based on your typed description.

     
  7. Tap Save to log your photo entry.

Uploading a Photo from Your Computer

  1. From the Fast Action Button, select Log Food.
     
  2. Select Upload a Photo from the options displayed.
     
  3. Choose a photo from your device.
     
  4. Enter an optional description of your meal.
     
  5. Tap the Use Data button to include the nutrition information that is auto-generated based on your typed description.
     
  6. Tap Save to log your photo entry.

Editing or Removing a Photo After Saving

Made a mistake or want to swap the photo? No problem. You can remove or replace a photo in your food journal from mobile or desktop.

  1. Open your Journal to the date for the entry you'd like to change.
     
  2. Click the More Options menu (3 dots) next to the entry you need to edit and select Update.
     
  3. Tap Remove photo. 

     
  4. Tap either Take a photo or Upload a photo to replace it with a new one.

     
  5. Tap Save to update your entry.

Related articles

Article is closed for comments.