Bring your MyFitnessPal history with you
Leaving MyFitnessPal doesn’t mean leaving your data behind. Export your food diary, paste one prompt into your AI assistant, and Forkmate backfills your calories and macros — kept exactly as you logged them. No re-typing, no starting from zero.
Free to start · works with Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client · your numbers stay your numbers.
Export your data from MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal gives you a free copy of your diary with “Download My Data.” It’s a quick request — then you wait for the email.
Open MyFitnessPal on a desktop browser
The data export lives on the website, not the phone app. Sign in at myfitnesspal.com on a computer.
Go to your Privacy Center → Download My Data
Under your account settings, find “Download My Data” (the free GDPR export). Request your data — you don’t need a paid plan.
Grab the download link and the password
MyFitnessPal emails you a download link when your ZIP is ready (usually under an hour, up to a day — the link expires after 7 days). For your security the data file is password-protected, and the password is sent separately as an in-app message inside MyFitnessPal — so check both.
Your export is one password-protected file
Heads-up: the free export isn’t loose CSVs — it’s a ZIP containing a password-protected workbook with your whole history (food, exercise, measurements) inside. A one-click importer that opens this file for you — unlocking and reading it right in your browser, so your password and file never leave your device — is in final safety review and coming soon. In the meantime, you can bring your history over today with the AI-assisted prompt below.
Heads up: the export is desktop-only, the email can take up to ~24 hours, and the download link expires after 7 days. Once it arrives, save the ZIP somewhere handy.
Connect Forkmate to your AI assistant
Create your free Forkmate account and connect it to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-capable assistant with one secure OAuth connection. That’s what gives your assistant permission to log meals into your diary.
Create your free accountPaste this prompt into your assistant
Attach or point your assistant at your .xlsx export workbook, paste the prompt below, and let it backfill your diary. It reads your food rows and logs them through Forkmate — your numbers, kept as you logged them.
You're helping me migrate my food history from MyFitnessPal into Forkmate. I've connected Forkmate to you as an MCP tool, and I have my MyFitnessPal "Download My Data" export.
Read my MyFitnessPal food diary export and replay it into Forkmate using the log_meal tool. Each food row is one food I logged.
Rules:
1. For each FOOD row, figure out its columns by meaning: the date, the meal, the food name, the amount/serving, and the four macros — calories, carbohydrates, fat, and protein.
2. Call log_meal with:
- local_date = the row's date as YYYY-MM-DD
- meal = map the row's meal to one of: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, other. (MyFitnessPal "Snacks" → snack; anything unusual → other.)
- one item per food: name = the food name, quantity = the amount/serving if there is one, and macros = the CSV's OWN numbers: { kcal, carb_g, fat_g, protein_g }.
3. Use MyFitnessPal's macro numbers verbatim. ALWAYS pass all four so Forkmate keeps my logged values and does NOT re-estimate them. Do not look foods up or guess — every macro comes straight from my CSV.
4. Batch up to 50 items per log_meal call (one call per date + meal is ideal). Go in date order, oldest first, and pace the calls — don't fire hundreds at once.
5. SKIP exercise, cardio, water, and measurement rows — those aren't food (in the export they're tagged as a different type). Only log the food rows.
6. For a "Quick Add" row (just calories, no real food name), log a single item named "Quick add" with ONLY the kcal value — do not invent 0g protein, carbs, or fat.
7. When you're done, tell me how many meals and how many days you imported.Big history? Your assistant paces the work — up to 50 foods per logging step, oldest day first. Let it run and check your diary as it fills in.
Upload it in the guided importer
Got a plain food_diary.csv already — from MyFitnessPal Premium’s CSV export, or one your AI assistant pulled out of your export? Open Forkmate, chooseImport from MyFitnessPal from your diary, and upload it. You’ll see exactly what will import — date range, meals, days — and confirm before anything is saved. Re-importing later never creates duplicates — we update in place — and we never ask for your MyFitnessPal account password or login credentials. The free MyFitnessPal export is a password-protected workbook rather than a plain CSV, so a one-click importer that opens and unlocks the whole export for you — right in your browser, nothing leaving your device — is in final safety review and coming soon.
A few honest notes
We’d rather you know exactly what to expect than be surprised later.
Run the prompt once
The AI-prompt path is a one-shot backfill — running the prompt twice logs every meal twice. If you already have a food_diary.csv and want a re-runnable import instead, the guided uploader above uses a deduplication key, so re-importing never creates duplicates.
Your numbers, kept honest
We transfer MyFitnessPal’s calories and macros exactly as you logged them — we don’t re-estimate your history. Imported entries are tagged as coming from your AI client, so your record stays auditable.
Your full history comes with you
Everything imports — every meal, however far back it goes — and nothing is dropped or trimmed on the way in. Your whole imported timeline shows up in the diary, it’s all kept, and it’s yours to export for free.
Switching from MyFitnessPal — FAQ
- Can I import my MyFitnessPal history into Forkmate?
- Yes. Export your MyFitnessPal data with the free “Download My Data” option, connect Forkmate to your AI assistant, and paste our one-step import prompt. Your assistant reads your food diary and backfills your Forkmate calories and macros — kept exactly as you logged them in MyFitnessPal.
- Does Forkmate change my MyFitnessPal calories and macros on import?
- No. We transfer your logged calories, carbs, fat, and protein verbatim. We don’t re-estimate your historical entries — your record is your record.
- How do I export my data from MyFitnessPal?
- On a desktop browser, sign in to MyFitnessPal, open your Privacy Center, and choose “Download My Data.” MyFitnessPal emails you a ZIP download link within about 24 hours; the link expires after 7 days. It’s free and doesn’t require a paid plan.
- Do I need MyFitnessPal Premium to switch?
- No. The “Download My Data” export is free for everyone, and Forkmate is free to start. You don’t need a paid plan on either side to bring your history over.
- Will my older history be there?
- Everything imports, however far back your history goes — nothing is dropped or trimmed. Your complete timeline is visible in the diary, it’s all kept, and it’s yours to export for free.
Pick up right where you left off
Bring your history, then keep logging the easy way — just tell your AI assistant what you ate. Free to start, no credit card.
Open the appMyFitnessPal is a trademark of its respective owner. Forkmate is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MyFitnessPal. We reference it only to help you move your own data.