Is it worth going MFP Premium?

ndj1979

amtyrell wrote: »

I believe the 6x number. It seems to me that those who lack commitment and are going to give up in a few days would be free members those who go premium are likely to be dedicated. Thus dedicated lose 6x weight sounds right.

just like people who pay for a gym membership keep going because....oh wait, never mind...

ndj1979

Okiludy wrote: »

I am in the IT field and I look at it differently. I went premium not to lose faster. I did it for convenience of no adds and to thank the developers for their work. I know UA really does not need the money and is using this as a huge add at times but the numbers matter for further support and upgrades to the product. At least they do in my office. Products that under preform are normally given less attention. In general if I use software daily and it is essential bug free it deserves a few dollars a month.

if the developers ever clean up the food database, I may consider it...

inertiastrength

I would gladly pay for premium if eating the same calories as someone with my stats afforded me 6 times the deficit or more food.

hesn92

I haven't seen any features offered by premium that looked beneficial to me.
I could see paying for it just to support the app/website.

hesn92

Do they really claim that premium users lose weight 6x faster? Hahahahah. That's kind of disappointing that mfp would ever say something like that.

Maybe they've done some analysis and that number is actually true, but it's only because there are so many inactive mfp free users. They shouldn't make a claim like that and try to make people think paying for premium is going to magically make them lose more weight. That claim alone would make me never want to get premium.

ndj1979

mrsnattybulking wrote: »

I would gladly pay for premium if eating the same calories as someone with my stats afforded me 6 times the deficit or more food.

maybe it is a glitch in premium and they multiply your deficit times six, so you lose six times faster by eating...nothing.

kshama2001

hesn92 wrote: »

Do they really claim that premium users lose weight 6x faster? Hahahahah. That's kind of disappointing that mfp would ever say something like that.

Maybe they've done some analysis and that number is actually true, but it's only because there are so many inactive mfp free users. They shouldn't make a claim like that and try to make people think paying for premium is going to magically make them lose more weight. That claim alone would make me never want to get premium.

Good point. If they did do a study, they are probably including inactive free users, or otherwise playing with the numbers to get the results they want.

cerise_noir

Sloth2016 wrote: »

If you go over calories, they send Igor to pay you a special visit:



Surviving users report about 6x faster weight loss.

Fastest cleanse ever...

DonM46

I lost 35 lbs under the old (totally free, pre-UA) system. Have been on maintenance since then (UA took over sometime around then, but I stayed with the free program). I have no need for the premium. All I need is a place to log food and count calories. I can ignore the ads. If the free program goes away, so will I. An Excel spreadsheet will work just fine, and it doesn't cost $50.
And the faster weight loss statement is bogus.

Stockholm_Andy

The marketing department are just taking advantage of a spurious correlation.

They look at everyone who has ever registered in MFP and take the average weight lost (even the ones who logged one once) and compare that to the premium members.

It's not surprising they have lost more but is it BECAUSE they went premium or just because they are self selecting themselves as more dedicated loggers?

Dayle1984

karahm78 wrote: »

Morgaen73 wrote: »

I have premium because it allows me to set individual calorie and macro targets for each day, other than that I would go with the free version.

Same here, and I do like that it is ad-free also

SAME!