This article describes Day Streaks and Streak Freezes in the MyNetDiary iOS app. Streaks work differently in the Android app.
What is a Day Streak?
A Day Streak is the number of consecutive days you have logged food in MyNetDiary.
Log at least one food today, or mark the day as complete, and the day counts toward your streak. One food entry is enough. It does not matter how many meals you track or whether you stay within your calorie budget.
If you miss a day, you may still be able to preserve your streak by logging yesterday's food or using an available Streak Freeze.
Why keep a streak?
Logging regularly is one of the strongest habits associated with successful weight management.
In our research involving more than 5,000 MyNetDiary members, those who tracked most consistently lost the most weight. Members with streaks longer than 90 days were nearly twice as likely to achieve meaningful weight loss as those with short streaks.
Streaks can support any goal. Whether you are losing, maintaining, or gaining weight, daily logging can help you recognize patterns and stay on track.
Where can I see my streak?
Your current streak appears as a flame and day count on the Dashboard. Tap it to open the Streak Overview screen.
The Streak Overview shows your current Day Streak, progress toward your next milestone, recent streak activity, longest streak, and available Streak Freezes.
Your streak is also displayed in the large MyNetDiary widget on your iPhone Home Screen.
What are streak milestones?
Milestones mark important points along your streak: 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, 180, and 365 days, and then annually after that.
When you reach a milestone, MyNetDiary celebrates it with a special announcement, and you can share the achievement with friends. You can follow your progress toward the next milestone on the Streak Overview screen.
What is a Streak Freeze?
A Streak Freeze protects your streak when you miss a day.
If you miss a day and have an available freeze, MyNetDiary can use it to protect your streak when you resume logging. In some situations, you may also be prompted to repair the missed day by logging yesterday's food.
A frozen day counts toward the length of your streak, but it does not count toward earning another freeze.
You can hold up to two Streak Freezes at a time. You earn them by building consecutive streak days:
- Your first freeze is earned after three consecutive streak days.
- Your second freeze is earned after seven additional consecutive streak days.
After a freeze is used, continue building your streak to earn it back. You can see how many freezes you have on the Streak Overview screen.
Forgot to log yesterday?
You can still go back and log yesterday's food today. Logging at least one food for yesterday may preserve your streak and can reduce or avoid the need to use a Streak Freeze.
This works only for yesterday, so it is best to fill in the missed day while you still remember what you ate.
Depending on your streak status, MyNetDiary may ask you to log yesterday's food or may use available Streak Freezes to repair the streak.
If the missed days can no longer be covered, the previous streak ends and a new streak begins with your next qualifying day.
What if I am fasting?
If you are fasting and have no food to log, mark the day as complete. A completed fasting day counts toward your streak, so no Streak Freeze is needed.
Tips for maintaining a long streak
- Add the MyNetDiary widget to your iPhone Home Screen for quick access to food logging.
- Turn on meal reminders for a gentle reminder after each meal.
- Turn on Streak Reminders. If yesterday went unlogged, MyNetDiary can notify you the next morning while there is still time to save your streak.
- Check the Streak Overview screen to follow your progress toward the next milestone.
Streak settings
To manage your streak settings, open App Settings > Streaks. You can also find Streaks by using Search Settings in App Settings.
You can turn the following options on or off:
- Streak Tracking: Shows or hides streak features.
- Streak Updates: Shows a brief daily update with your current streak after you log food.
- Milestone Celebrations: Shows full-screen announcements when you reach important streak milestones.
- Streak Reminders: Sends a morning notification if yesterday went unlogged and your streak may still be saved.
Turning off Streak Tracking hides streak features and updates. It does not affect your food diary.