Start a bowel journal during screen breaks

Create a first record you can return to. Brief breaks from screens can shift when you choose to add a record.

What makes this useful

Start with a visit that actually happened, rather than trying to reconstruct an entire week.

Wait until a convenient moment and preserve uncertainty if a detail is no longer clear. A consistent label such as “screen break” helps connect the day you remember with the visit you saved.

A practical way to begin

  1. Choose the closest shape, answer how the visit felt, then record duration and whether you felt finished.
  2. Add any optional note or visit-time correction before saving, then review the saved result.
  3. For screen breaks, one recognizable detail is enough to start: “After the screen break; recording the earlier visit now.” Add it only if it describes your visit.

An example of useful context

“After the screen break; recording the earlier visit now.”

Which details are still clear enough to record after the break?

Use your own wording and the details you remember. A short, recognizable note makes it easier to find the visit later.

Where this fits in LooPoo

A bowel movement tracker for iPhone explains the full workflow and its limits.

Use Today in the iPhone app for this part of your record. Membership is offered at the end of onboarding, before the first saved check-in.

LooPoo keeps check-ins and preferences encrypted on your phone. It describes your observations without diagnosing, treating, or predicting a medical outcome.

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