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  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    What comments are you referring to, exactly? :huh:

    You know when you're cooking or prepping and adding as you go? You scan some things (good), you select some items for frequently used (good), you adjust portion sizes and it calculates all the new values (good), you then click 'add selected' because you're using Multi add (good)...

    But then, while stirring/draining/serving or whatever you do your usual glance over the foods you've just added to make sure you've not forgotten to add the chicken or something - but you can't.

    It's now intermittently interrupted with useful comments like 'well done choosing bread! This is low in fat!'
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    'This has xxx sodium in it, your goal for today is xx'


    MFP needed this like a hole in the head. I can't fathom someone dense enough to need these comment, especially it being vital that it doesn't wait until the end of the day?!?

    You're supposed to be striving to make logging less of a chore, not more of a pain in the butt.

    This is real?!? I honestly thought this thread was a joke.

    Warnings about sodium???

    Warnings about dietary cholesterol content of a particular food???

    Congratulation you for the fat content of a specific food item???

    How is each and every one of these relevant to otherwise healthy individuals anyhow? Are we still back in the sodium is bad/dietary cholesterol is bad/fat is bad thinking from decades ago?

    Just when I think MFP can't do something to surprise me, they do this.

    I'm dumbfounded. Truly.

    The thing that bothers me most about this is the influx of people we'll have into the forums terrified by the pointless nagging warnings the app is giving. We'll have 24 year old, normal-weight, active people in the forums trying to lose 10 lbs freaking out because MFP is yelling at them for eating a Power Bar that has too much sugar.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    Its in the update, it is supposed to help you make better choices. There is a pretty simple solution to not getting it - use the website and whala no big deal.

    I kind of like getting a "well done this food is high in protein" though.

    It's strange that some people are getting this and others aren't. Maybe it's just new/inconsistent users?

    I still think it's another app that is linked to the MFP app. I've only been using the phone app for a little more than a week. Mine *did* update yesterday.
  • iRun_Butterfly
    iRun_Butterfly Posts: 483 Member
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    Yeh, I dislike that "feature" greatly. Got schooled yesterday for having eggs, gasp, whole eggs, for breakfast! I'll worry about my cholesterol that you, don't need my phone chewing me out.
  • Collier78
    Collier78 Posts: 811 Member
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    Its in the update, it is supposed to help you make better choices. There is a pretty simple solution to not getting it - use the website and whala no big deal.

    I kind of like getting a "well done this food is high in protein" though.

    It's strange that some people are getting this and others aren't. Maybe it's just new/inconsistent users?

    I still think it's another app that is linked to the MFP app. I've only been using the phone app for a little more than a week. Mine *did* update yesterday.

    I don't have any other apps linked to mine and I'm getting them.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    I wonder if they've only released it to certain users so far? I updated last night, and don't have these comments on my Android (that I've noticed). And I just logged a bagel, so I'm sure it would've said something about the carbs.

    PS Posting this in Website Feedback might get a response from TPTB.

    My Android app updated yesterday (as I mentioned a minute ago lol), so I just tested it by adding a 434 calorie candy bar. It didn't give me a comment at all. Weird...

    So how was the candy bar?
  • usmcj80
    usmcj80 Posts: 58
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    I don't get any specific messages.

    I just feel it's general judgmental glare.

    YEAH THAT'S RIGHT APP. I HAD A SUPER NOODLE SANDWICH OKAY. YOU CAN'T JUDGE ME. YOU'RE NOT EVEN SENTIENT.

    LMBO
  • rebalee8
    rebalee8 Posts: 161 Member
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    Its in the update, it is supposed to help you make better choices. There is a pretty simple solution to not getting it - use the website and whala no big deal.

    I kind of like getting a "well done this food is high in protein" though.

    Maybe simple for you.
  • anaconda469
    anaconda469 Posts: 3,462 Member
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    This is why I have not upgraded my Android app in months. After the personal exercises/food list debacle I quit with the updates. On mobile including my Kindle, they always seem to screw something up.
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
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    I wonder if they've only released it to certain users so far? I updated last night, and don't have these comments on my Android (that I've noticed). And I just logged a bagel, so I'm sure it would've said something about the carbs.

    PS Posting this in Website Feedback might get a response from TPTB.

    My Android app updated yesterday (as I mentioned a minute ago lol), so I just tested it by adding a 434 calorie candy bar. It didn't give me a comment at all. Weird...

    So how was the candy bar?

    High in sugar. :laugh:
  • Twisted_Wrister
    Twisted_Wrister Posts: 762 Member
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    Well played Skynet...well played
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    I created a new user account and added dozens of eggs and candy bars to the diary. Haven't been able to replicate this functionality. It must have rolled out only to a select few users.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    What comments are you referring to, exactly? :huh:

    You know when you're cooking or prepping and adding as you go? You scan some things (good), you select some items for frequently used (good), you adjust portion sizes and it calculates all the new values (good), you then click 'add selected' because you're using Multi add (good)...

    But then, while stirring/draining/serving or whatever you do your usual glance over the foods you've just added to make sure you've not forgotten to add the chicken or something - but you can't.

    It's now intermittently interrupted with useful comments like 'well done choosing bread! This is low in fat!'
    or
    'This has xxx sodium in it, your goal for today is xx'


    MFP needed this like a hole in the head. I can't fathom someone dense enough to need these comment, especially it being vital that it doesn't wait until the end of the day?!?

    You're supposed to be striving to make logging less of a chore, not more of a pain in the butt.

    This is real?!? I honestly thought this thread was a joke.

    Warnings about sodium???

    Warnings about dietary cholesterol content of a particular food???

    Congratulation you for the fat content of a specific food item???

    How is each and every one of these relevant to otherwise healthy individuals anyhow? Are we still back in the sodium is bad/dietary cholesterol is bad/fat is bad thinking from decades ago?

    Just when I think MFP can't do something to surprise me, they do this.

    I'm dumbfounded. Truly.

    The thing that bothers me most about this is the influx of people we'll have into the forums terrified by the pointless nagging warnings the app is giving. We'll have 24 year old, normal-weight, active people in the forums trying to lose 10 lbs freaking out because MFP is yelling at them for eating a Power Bar that has too much sugar.

    And you just connected the dots for a possible reason behind this...because frantic members in the forums drive page views and page views drive ad revenue.

    Woe be unto MFP when a competitor who has addressed and resolved some of the more significant and longstanding MFP issues provides a way to easily transition my historical MFP food and exercise data into their system.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    I wonder if they've only released it to certain users so far? I updated last night, and don't have these comments on my Android (that I've noticed). And I just logged a bagel, so I'm sure it would've said something about the carbs.

    PS Posting this in Website Feedback might get a response from TPTB.

    My Android app updated yesterday (as I mentioned a minute ago lol), so I just tested it by adding a 434 calorie candy bar. It didn't give me a comment at all. Weird...

    So how was the candy bar?

    High in sugar. :laugh:

    Well it sounds delicious.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    And you just connected the dots for a possible reason behind this...because frantic members in the forums drive page views and page views drive ad revenue.

    Woe be unto MFP when a competitor who has addressed and resolved some of the more significant and longstanding MFP issues provides a way to easily transition my historical MFP food and exercise data into their system.

    You one cynical SOB.
  • aimladuke
    aimladuke Posts: 60 Member
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    I wish I could turn it off. I don't need my phone throwing it in my face that I am over my carbs or fat lol. I already have the little angel sitting on my shoulder for that. I know that I shouldn't have so many carb heavy days, but I am still losing weight so I am happy. And for the most part they are all good carbs (fruit and whole grains). Look at me trying to justify my food choices to a bunch of strangers. Clearly the apps new judgement mode is getting to me!
  • rebalee8
    rebalee8 Posts: 161 Member
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    I created a new user account and added dozens of eggs and candy bars to the diary. Haven't been able to replicate this functionality. It must have rolled out only to a select few users.

    Your user account shouldn't matter.

    You went to the Play store and upgraded the app?
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    I created a new user account and added dozens of eggs and candy bars to the diary. Haven't been able to replicate this functionality. It must have rolled out only to a select few users.

    Your user account shouldn't matter.

    You went to the Play store and upgraded the app?

    I have the latest version, yes. It's listed as version 3.1.

    It's possible it's built into the latest version and is turned on for certain users as a beta test or something. I know of other apps that do something similar.
  • mandasalem
    mandasalem Posts: 346 Member
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    I loathe this new piece. I was within my macros and calories the other day and it was tossing judgment at me about saturated fat and sodium.

    Hey there, healthy attitude about food, thanks for coming to hang out! Don't mind my grumpy friend, the MFP app, who sits and mutters "should you be eating that?" every time you pick something up.

    Ffffaksjdalsjkd. Hate.
  • KseRz
    KseRz Posts: 980 Member
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    Mine told me last night I had too many grams of fat... :huh: Uhm Go F*&% Yourself...

    ^^ THIS!!!!!!!!!

    At least if the phone is going to make comments, at least allow us to comment back and post snarky gifs at it. Stupid app!
  • Amitysk
    Amitysk Posts: 705 Member
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    Oh Lord. I use Android. I haven't gotten any of those comments yet. But if I do, I suspect it will go something like the *conversations* that happen in my car:
    Me: Call XYZ
    Car: Calling ABC
    Me: No, call XYZ
    Car: Calling ABC
    Me: No, godammit, call XYZ
    Car: That is an unrecognized command. Please say another command
    Me: F&^% you
    Car: That is an unrecognized command. Please say another command
    Me: F&^% YOU!!!! Aaaaagh!
    Car: That is an unrecognized command Please say another command
    Me: Jumping out of car...

    Priceless!

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