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title: "Log custom meals"
slug: "log-custom-meals"
updated: 2021-10-05T16:02:43Z
published: 2021-10-05T16:02:43Z
canonical: "help.carbmanager.com/log-custom-meals"
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# Log custom meals

If you’re a [Premium member](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium), you can log custom meals to any day, meal, or snack. Complete the steps in this article to log a custom meal.

**Do you want to log meals from a meal plan?** If you’ve already started a meal plan, each meal is already listed in the daily log. Go to a meal that you want to log and select **Add to log**. For more information or to start a new meal plan, see [Start a meal plan](/docs/en/Start-a-meal-plan) or [Log meal plans](/docs/en/log-meals-from-a-meal-plan).

1. Web app users: Go to the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log**.**Tip:** The daily log opens to today’s date. To log an item to a different date, select a date from the top of the screen. For more information, see [View any day in the daily log](/docs/en/view-any-day-in-the-daily-log).
2. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add.svg) **Add Item** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add-food-btn.svg) **Add Food**. In the screen that opens, Carb Manager selects the meal or snack that is closest to the current time of day, but you can select a different meal type from the list at the top of the screen.**Tip:** You can also go to the section in the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log** for the type of meal that you want to log, such as Breakfast, and select the **Add Food** button.**Tip:** If you’re a [Premium member](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium), you can change the time when a meal, snack, or supplement occurs. For details, see [Set time ranges for meals, snacks, and supplements](/docs/en/set-time-ranges-for-meals-snacks-and-supplements).
3. In the food selection screen, [find a meal](/docs/en/find-foods-recipes-and-meals) that you want to log. Meals appear in the **All** tab and **My Foods** tab.**Tip:** If you can’t find a meal that you want to log, create a new meal. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/more-options-vertical.svg) **Options** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/custom-add.svg) **Create Meal**. For details, see [Create custom meals](/docs/en/create-custom-meals).
4. Select the meal that you want to log.
5. In the Servings section of the meal’s detail screen, enter or select the number of **Servings**.**Tip:** To enter part of a whole serving, either enter a decimal in the **Servings** field, such as **.5**, or select a fraction from the list, such as **1/2**. In the mobile app, if you only want to select whole and partial servings from a list instead of entering numbers, select **Switch to Selector**.
6. Optional: To change any of the meal’s nutrient values, select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/more-options-vertical.svg) **Options** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/edit.svg) **Quick Edit Nutrients**, enter a value for one or more nutrients, then select **Save Changes**. Carb Manager saves the changes to that meal for your account.**Note:** For more information about editing nutrients, including how to reset changes you made, see [View and edit nutrition information in foods, recipes, and meals](/docs/en/view-and-edit-nutrition-information-in-foods-recipes-and-meals).
7. Optional: To see more options, select **Show Advanced**, then do any of the following steps.
  - [Premium members](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium): if you [enabled meal goals](/docs/set-meal-goals), select % of Day or % of Meal to view the meal's macros as a percentage of the goals for your day or meal. Carb Manager updates the chart near the top of the screen.
  - To automatically log the meal to another day in addition to the current day, select an option from the **Repeat** list. For details, see [Log recurring food automatically](/docs/en/log-recurring-food-automatically).
  - To log the meal to a different day instead of the current day, select a **Date**.
  - To change the time that will be logged with the meal, which is only available if you turned on the setting to [track meal times](/docs/en/track-meal-times), enter a **Time**.
  - To log the meal as individual foods instead of together as a meal, select **Show Advanced**, then select **As Individual Foods** as the meal mode.
8. Select **Add** to add the meal to the daily log.
9. Optional: If you are [fasting](/docs/en/working-with-fasting) and try to log a meal during a fasting window, select **Continue Logging & Keep Fasting** or **Log food & break my fast now**.**Tip:** To change the meal's timestamp to a time within your eating window, select **Cancel** to return to the meal's detail screen, select **Show Advanced**, and select a different **Date** or **Time**. Then, select **Add** to log the meal.
10. Optional: To log another meal, repeat the previous steps.
11. Select **X** to close the screen.

The meal and its nutrition summary appear in the daily log.