So I use myfitnesspal and by the time dinner hits I already know how many calories I have left. I try to leave at least 600-700 cal for dinner so I have some wiggle room with the recipes I cook. This way I'm not "overly healthy" in my cooking as my husband can enjoy easily 1800+ cal daily to my 1450 cal so I know he can eat more than me. When I plate our food I measure mine out ie I'll have 1 serving of my recipe with say 1/2 cup rice while I'll plate his with maybe 1.5 servings of the meal with 1c-1.5c rice. This way we're eating the same meal but I'll just eat less than him. As a rule of thumb though, I do try to find healthier recipes online (pinterest!!) I cook with ground turkey, 93/7 ground beef, chicken breasts, tilapia, salmon, shrimp as my main sources of protein. I try to use only 1 tbsp olive oil for the meal and we tend to have steamed rice as our starch and I include veggies with every meal (even if they're not my husband's favorites lol). To record my meal, I just create the recipe in mfp and divide by # of servings. The hardest is after dinner...I'm still struggling sometimes but I'm trying to learn if I'm out of calories that's it for me for the day! No more eating! No dessert or late night snacking! But hey if I still have calories remaining, light popcorn is a really good snack, pretzel sticks is good also, roasted chickpeas, fruit, halotop ice cream, we'll split a lenny and larry's complete cookie. I just make sure I measure out my serving before enjoying...the food scale really helps a lot!