myfitnesspal

moxiepilot

moxiepilot

Well-Known Member
anyone use the app?

I'm finding it to be a fun way to track food & exercise. I take it with a grain of salt but I think it helps me hit some targets - especially when living in hotels eating applebees every night.
 
I love the app. It has had everything I need through the search. I mainly use to to count calories and check my macros through the daily summary page.
 
Been using it for a couple years, lets me see the bad things I didn't realize we're in some things.
 
I have used it off and on for a couple of years now, but only for a few weeks at a time to verify that my diet is meeting my needs and that I am not overdoing it in terms of calories per week. I mostly use the website, but the app works well on my iPad and iPod touch.

I have double checked the calorie and nutrition values of the foods I eat, and it most cases the entries they have are accurate. I also like the function that allows you to create your own food. I don't really use the exercise tracker, but the generic calories burned for a given activity seemed fairly worthless in that you could be well above or below those values depending on intensity. Better to calculate that effort with some other means and plug in the number.
 
I'm a big fan of the online fitness and nutrition tracking sites, and I've used several different ones over time. Simple fact is you pay much closer attention to the things you measure... it works.

My employer actually has a program now that provides "points" similar to credit card points which also then determine a health insurance premium discount for the following year. You get the points for tracking workouts and other fitness metrics. I think it's a brilliant program.
 
Been on the site for four years now. Family is on it, too. Been living out of hotels for the same timeframe (hence me using the site). It was pretty eye-opening to consume 3000 calories in one sitting (two drinks, appetizer, meal...Applebee's) and 1500 in another (cowboy burger, fries, sweet tea...Ruby Tuesday). After my dad had a heart attack, it more than made me sick! Restaurants are out to make money, not care about your health...so know this. It's strictly business.

Easiest site to use and highly recommended. If you have an iPad or iPhone, you can take a picture of the barcode of the food, and it pulls up all of the nutrition information instantly. Like I said...easy.

Knowledge is power. (I'm down over 30 pounds and have kept it off for over a year, if that's worth anything).
 
I do like the barcode feature.

The wife had gone out to lunch with coworkers on Thursday and was astounded that a Panera Turkey sandwich was something like 1500 calories which is about her daily goal...
 
Just started using it.
I was a little leery installing it. WTF does it need access to my contacts????? :(
 
I love this program! It helps so much when eating different things all the time. It also makes weight loss very easy since nutrition is 80% of the game.
 
I used MFP for a few years back when I was actually flying and on the road a lot. I haven't used it for maybe the last year or so because I feel like I learned what I needed to about foods and don't really have to count any more. I'm sure that will change once I start going on the road more again. Things MFP taught me:

1. Exercise
2. Avoid pizza and ice cream (my guilty pleasures)
3. Exercise
4. Avoid the big chain restaurants: Applebees (by far the worst offender), Chili's, TGI Fridays, Pizza Hut, Buffalo Wild Wings, and surprisingly, Quiznos. (although some are actually pretty healthy, as long as you keep the portions in control: Chipotle and Red Lobster come to mind).
5. Exercise
6. Small changes make a big difference. Take the side salad, or even the mashed potatoes, over fries. On that salad, use a vinaigrette instead of ranch. Water > Soda. Stuff like that.
7. One that surprised me a bit: Avoid fast food and buy a big meal at a nice(r) restaurant. Buy your meal, get an appetizer and your drink of choice. Enjoy a bit of the free bread or chips. That way, when the actual meal comes, you're already filled up a bit. Portion the meal in two and set the larger part aside for leftovers. You'll eat much better than fast food (twice), enjoy a drink and a relaxing meal, and end up paying about the same, if not less.
8. Did I mention exercise?

Acadia said:
I don't really use the exercise tracker, but the generic calories burned for a given activity seemed fairly worthless in that you could be well above or below those values depending on intensity. Better to calculate that effort with some other means and plug in the number.
Click to expand...

MFP does adjust their calorie burns based on age and weight, and many exercises offer multiple intensities. Walking and running combined have something like 14 total intensities to choose from. Of course it'll never be perfect, but it does make for a good ballpark figure, which is all calorie counting ever is.

Itchy said:
WTF does it need access to my contacts????? :(
Click to expand...

Simple...they go by the idea that losing weight is easier when you have accountability or in a group setting, more so when you actually know said people. If someone in your contacts is also on MFP, it'll connect the two of you. I'm not saying that you shouldn't be leary of it, but it's a legitimate reason.
 
What helped me a lot was getting off of domestic. My fast food consumption plummeted.

About the only time I eat fast food is when I've got the drunk munchies or it's my absolute last option during a long drive.
 
Derg said:
What helped me a lot was getting off of domestic. My fast food consumption plummeted.

About the only time I eat fast food is when I've got the drunk munchies or it's my absolute last option during a long drive.
Click to expand...

Tacos??
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top