Keep it simple!

SpeedGibson

An old adage says that "great engineering is SIMPLE engineering." I think the same is true of weight loss, that the plan has to be simple enough to execute faithfully. Three prior plans I used started simple, then suddenly got complicated, like Weight Watchers did with Points Plus in 2011. That's why I'm now here at MyFitnessPal.

That doesn't mean a site or program can't be sophisticated. MyFitnessPal has a robust set of tools that we can use, but the food tracking is clean, simple, and fast. And I hope and pray it stays that way, unlike two other popular sites I had to give up on.

We ourselves have to keep it simple, too. If losing weight is your goal, don't also now obsess with eating organic, watching cholesterol, or worrying about salt. Losing weight itself provides more health benefits than any of these concerns. They're important but never let them get in the way of weight loss.

So here I am, ready to try it the MyFitnessPal way.