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title: "Blog — Imoonk"
description: "Plain, sourced notes on logging food, moving more and reading calorie numbers without the guilt. From the makers of Imoonk for iPhone."
url: "https://imoonk.com/blog"
---

# The Imoonk blog

- [Thanksgiving without the spreadsheet](https://imoonk.com/blog/thanksgiving-without-the-spreadsheet) (2026-10-27): How to log a Thanksgiving plate in a minute, what USDA's figures say about the classic dishes, and how to handle leftovers and the walk after dinner.
- [Should you eat back your exercise calories?](https://imoonk.com/blog/eat-back-exercise-calories) (2026-10-24): How a calorie budget is estimated, why exercise calories from watches and MET tables are uncertain, and the trade-offs of eating none, some or all of them back.
- [How to log a meal you didn't weigh](https://imoonk.com/blog/log-a-meal-you-didnt-weigh) (2026-10-24): No kitchen scale? How to estimate portions from labels, recipes, menus and your hands, where guesses usually go wrong, and how far off a careful guess can be.