How It Felt: Mindful Eating

A calmer way to be with food — built for emotional eating, binge urges, and hunger cues.

How It Felt is a mindful eating diary that asks how a meal made you feel — not how many calories it had. No tracking, no scores, no judgement. Just a private space to pause, notice, and reflect.

If diet apps and calorie counters have left you anxious about food, this is something different. How It Felt is built for mindful and intuitive eating — a quiet companion for those navigating emotional eating, binge cycles, hunger cues, or recovery from a disordered relationship with food: a gentle food diary and mood journal, an in-the-moment eating timer, and quiet weekly reflections.

— LOG MEALS THE WAY THEY ACTUALLY FEEL —

A few seconds per meal is enough.

• Log a meal, snack, drink, or dessert with as much or as little detail as you want.
• Mark hunger before and fullness after on a gentle scale — no numbers to hit, no goals to chase.
• Pick from 28 emotions and 5 senses to capture the moment.
• Add an optional photo or short reflection. Skip anything you don't need.

— A MINDFUL EATING TIMER —

A 20-minute companion to slow down with.

• Optional prompts every 3, 5, or 10 minutes — texture cues, breath reminders, fork-down moments, body check-ins.
• Soundscapes: silence, soft rain, nature, white noise.
• Vibration toggle and an intention you can set before you start.
• A short reflection at the end — only if you want one.

— REFLECTION, NOT METRICS —

• Calendar view to revisit any day.
• Today, this week, and this month overviews.
• Patterns in emotions, meal types, and hunger — framed as awareness, not performance.
• Photos and timer stats grouped by period.
• Gentle prompts alongside the data, never over it.

— PRIVATE BY DESIGN —

Your reflections never leave your phone.

• Meal logs, photos, and notes are stored locally on your device.
• No cloud sync. No account needed to start using the app.
• Optional app lock with biometric unlock.
• Export your last 7 days as CSV or PDF anytime, free.
• Delete a single entry — or wipe everything — with one tap.

— BACKED BY RESEARCH —

Every prompt and timing choice is grounded in peer-reviewed mindful-eating studies. Onboarding shows the actual sources, including:

• Kokkinos et al., 2010 — pace of eating and satiety signals.
• Kristeller and Wolever, 2011 — emotional check-ins and mealtime stress.
• Robinson et al., 2014 — distraction-free eating and meal satisfaction.

— FREE TO USE —

The diary is free, including unlimited meal logging, the full mindful eating timer with all soundscapes, calendar and insights, reminders, app lock, and a 7-day CSV or PDF export.

— OPTIONAL PREMIUM —

A subscription keeps the space calm and free of banner ads, tunes affirmations to how each meal felt, and extends export beyond 7 days — your whole history, kept. Weekly, monthly, and yearly plans available, with a free trial on eligible plans. Cancel anytime in Google Play.

— A NOTE ON TONE —

We use neutral, non-judgmental language throughout. There are no streaks to keep, no scores to chase, no "good" or "bad" foods, and no before-and-after framing. Skip any field. Take a day off. The app waits for you.

— WHO IT'S FOR —

For anyone navigating emotional eating, binge eating, or stress snacking — and for anyone who simply wants a calmer, more intuitive relationship with food. Not a calorie counter, not a diet app. If you're living with an eating disorder, How It Felt can sit alongside — never replace — professional care.

— SUPPORT —

Questions, feedback, or accessibility needs? Reach us from Settings → Help, or email us. We read every message.

Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are available in-app and on our website.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.howitfelt.app/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://www.howitfelt.app/privacy/

Recent changes:
Fixed: a permission prompt in Settings could close the wrong screen.
- New: Moments. Save a thought, a photo or a feeling without logging food.
- Tap + to choose a food log or a moment.
- Fullness is saved only when you set it.
- Fixed: editing an entry could change its time.