Is there any defectors from other sites ?

BillyPinky

I was once with a another site ( NUTRACHECK) that cost £6 a month and was told about Myfitnesspal but didn't' want to believe that a free site could be as good as a site that was costing me £72 a year. How wrong was I ! It's Amazing and Free. 10lb in the first week.

GauchoMark

I came from fitday. Also free, but their database was limited and they didn't have an android app, so I switched.

BillyPinky

I was scared because it's an American Based Site and I live in the UK that the food database and scanner won't work. No one thing HASN'T scanned.

TeachTheGirl

I used to use SparkPeople, but I was never really dedicated. I like that they have a variety of things to keep you coming back to the site (daily wheel spins, awards, etc) but it never worked for me. Felt too cluttered and like a popularity contest.

billsica

If Americans know one thing, its gathering intelligence and food. Have you seen the average American, they eat a lot of food.

Ok that's two things, were not so good at counting.


..oh, and my wife and I used to do Weight watchers.

amanda8o

I used SparkPeople to but found it way to confusing and not a whole lot of motivational people on there,this site is so much better and the people so much more motivational,never going back there

Renae_Nae

I used to use SparkPeople, but I was never really dedicated. I like that they have a variety of things to keep you coming back to the site (daily wheel spins, awards, etc) but it never worked for me. Felt too cluttered and like a popularity contest.

THIS^^^^ I also noticed so much easy putting in food here too.

RoboLikes

I used SparkPeople for a hot minute two years ago, didn't really like it or get into it like on this site.

roch1972

If Americans know one thing, its gathering intelligence and food. Have you seen the average American, they eat a lot of food.

Huh?? Am I the only one the finds this slightly offensive?

Crazibaker

I was on WW, but found that they didn't have a lot of nutritional information for the food I was eating and I had to constantly add stuff by hand. This site has everything I've tried to look up so far!

68sylvia

I used to do Weight Watchers. It just cost to much. I love this is free

mem50

I used to use SparkPeople, but I was never really dedicated. I like that they have a variety of things to keep you coming back to the site (daily wheel spins, awards, etc) but it never worked for me. Felt too cluttered and like a popularity contest.

Felt the same way there. Before that I was at Slimfast site. So when I heard from a friend who had defected from both above mentioned I thought I would give it a shot. OMG, so Worth the switch. Reached goal and doing fine with maintenance here!!!

LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Pspetal

I came here from calorie count.com. I hate their user interface. It was so hard to figure out how to log in foods and how to change them up and their database was not even half as big as MFP. It was just too complicated. I gave it a week, gave up and migrated to MFP and I'm sooooooo glad I did!

_Elemenopee_

If Americans know one thing, its gathering intelligence and food. Have you seen the average American, they eat a lot of food.

Huh??

:grumble:

Octopies

I used daily burn a bunch a year or so ago. When I went back to try again at losing weight, they had become a pay site!
(and i've gotten much farther on here than I ever did with daily burn)

zyxst

I still use Fitday. I signed up for MFP just to see nutrition facts, but I stayed since it tracks sodium.

Scribetoo

I came over from Livestrong.com -- loved it there -- loads of good information and a good database -- even like some of the info/charts/graphs they have there as opposed to here but there is no support system there like there is here.. and I like the mobile app that lets me scan barcodes to enter foods.

I still use Livestrong for some things (like exercise calories not listed here).. but mostly I'm here now.

yoovie

Sparkpeople. I was too obsessed with sex and cursewords, I wasnt a good fit for the site. Plus everytime I wrote a blog, they jacked it and put on the home page and I couldnt get any privacy. And by every time - I mean over 200 times.

Oh Hi MFP and your lack of site-staff sponsored popularity control ♥

katicasi82

I came from Fitday too, I preferred their reports - there was more information available as regards which vitamins I was getting which I really liked but the lack of an android app drove me here - I like this one too though!

scruffykaz

I used to use a free site called Food Focus but the food database wasn't that good and it didn't have an app for my phone. The app has been a lifesaver for me!

cb83580

I started on Spark People about two weeks before giving up. I just wasn't into that site--I didn't like how it gave you a calorie range instead of a specific target goal for each day based on your actual amount of exercise. MFP is far superior.