MFP is great but what would you change if you could?

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  • wareagle8706
    wareagle8706 Posts: 1,090 Member
    I'd like a "search" feature of the food diary. Sometimes I look very hard for the right entry for something I ate and then I eat it later that month or next and I have to go back and find it again. If I could search my diary, I'd find the right entry that I used before really easily.

    I agree with this. I want to search within the foods I've already used b/c I know if I selected them that they are accurate.
  • Thena81
    Thena81 Posts: 1,265 Member
    distinguish between the differ carbs, sugars and the differ fats
    id have less pop up ads lol
  • aliciagetshealthy
    aliciagetshealthy Posts: 946 Member
    I'd like to have more than 1 name-change possibility. I don't want to start a new account and lose all my time/information just to change my name up.
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    I would like to see a way to add a poll to threads. Babycenter.com has this feature and it's nice because you get a quick overview of what most people do and A LOT more people respond because it's so quick and easy.

    So you could add something like:

    Do you think that protein powder loses nutrients if you microwave it ?
    a) yes
    b) no
    c) don't know

    On babycenter you can add up to five answers to choose from, then after a user submits their answer it turns into a bar graph that shows how everyone else responded. You can also still comment if you want to describe your answer more like you do in a regular thread.

    great idea. sometimes I hate reading ALL the responses to just get down to the bottom of things
  • Thena81
    Thena81 Posts: 1,265 Member
    MORE HOT MEN PLEASE!
    MORE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK THEIR MINDS,
    cause BLUNT WORKS!
    MORE WILD CRAZY PEOPLE LIKE ME!
    YEAH!
    TAKE THAT!


    Hee hee. If there there was a "Like" button... I would hit it.

    if there was a single gal near me so would i :)

    :grumble: :love:


    ewwwwww
  • blobby10
    blobby10 Posts: 357 Member
    I'd like the facility to add a brief description to the Quick Add Calories bit. Sometimes I just don't know how many calories are in gravy, or a sauce or assorted veg and it's quicker to estimate. Ok not so good to do it a lot but when you are home cooking all the time it's necessary and would be good to know where the Quick Add stuff came from !
  • omgoozles
    omgoozles Posts: 23 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/930067-notifications-revamp
  • tracygolden
    tracygolden Posts: 94 Member
    I would like to see a "like" button, and get updates when someone has comments or replied to something.



    I too would like to see the "like" button!
  • tracygolden
    tracygolden Posts: 94 Member
    If there was a place beside each meal that we could put our Blood glucose level. I use the notes section at the bottom but would like a place next to the meal that influenced my bgl
  • lbesaw
    lbesaw Posts: 267 Member
    i would -on occassion like to copy breakfast to dinner or lunch to dinner. Currently only allows you to copy meals breakfast to breakfast, etc. Just a little more flexibility is helpful.
  • michelejoann
    michelejoann Posts: 295 Member
    I'd want to get rid of the "You've earned calories" bs whenever you log exercise. It's like trying to say you get to reward yourself with food, for working out. Which is counter-productive IMO.

    Well, truthfully, that feature doesn't do that for me. I personally KNOW I need to stay under 1480 at all times, and I usually try to shoot for the 1250-1400 range anyway...I kind of ignore the "earned" calories from exercise, but it's nice they are there if I do go a little over.

    It's been working for me, as in a year of using MFP, I've not gained a pound -- and have lost or maintained what I had.

    But, what works for one may not work for others.
  • mrandolph69
    mrandolph69 Posts: 197 Member
    I would like for my past calorie budget to remain the same in my records when I change it. Say it's been 1700 for the past 3 months and today I'm changing it to 1800. I would like the past to stay accurate rather than change according to today. Better record keeping.

    This^^^
  • IrishChik
    IrishChik Posts: 465 Member
    I hate when my logging days reset. If I forget to log, as long as I go back within 24 hours, that day should count...

    This irks me too. There are days when I can't log, but I log the day I miss when I come back. This usually is because I am sick and the last thing I want to do is track.

    I have been here for a while now and every time I see the 'logged in for x days" I write under it - for the 8th time in X years , or whatever.

    I think everyone has mentioned everything else.
    Better recipe builder.
    Like button might be fun.
    Notification of when someone replies to a post you wrote it.
    Notification of when someone writes on your posts or profiles.
    Net carbs without having to use a Chrome hack.

    Of course, we start asking for these things MFP will turn into a pay site and we'll be forced to head back to Lose It, Calorie Count, Spark People or Fat Secret.
  • anaconda469
    anaconda469 Posts: 3,477 Member
    A separate entry for calories burned doing daily activities and cardiovascular. I sing in a choir. We rehearse, and we sing for an hour. Singing uses your core muscles/diaphragm and you use alot of calories doing it. But....I have to log it as cardio as there is no other place to put it.
  • megd726
    megd726 Posts: 31
    For those commenting on changing recipes instead of having to delete lines and add the item over again, this is possible from the iPhone app. I would like to see it online though too.
  • michelejoann
    michelejoann Posts: 295 Member
    Also: a "like" button. But I think FB has the market on that one.
  • spickard34
    spickard34 Posts: 303 Member
    I would like to be able to set a separate daily calorie goal for days I work out vs. days I don't. I would like to have a 1400 calorie goal on non-workout days, and a NET 1200 calorie goal on workout days.

    I totally agree with this. It woudl be nice to set my TDEE days up so when I consume more on workout days there is not these huge red number taungting me like I did something wrong.
  • Shell_7609
    Shell_7609 Posts: 786 Member

    I would change the app so we can visit the forums on it.

    this.

    ditto, also blog from the app, & a like button
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    Dont know if anyone already said this, but when you click on 'complete diary' it says you will be X pounds in 5 weeks. I wish that you could have that as a fixed date/goal so 3 weeks into it, you know exactly your progress. The 5-week thing just become a bone for a dog after but never get.
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    I think people should be required to pass a BASIC math and reading test before they're allowed to enter anything into the food database. Most of the entries were clearlymade by people with no more than half their wits about them.
  • KReduced
    KReduced Posts: 98 Member


    I would change the app so we can visit the forums on it.

    Yes!!! I want the forums on my phone!
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    You should be able to customize your diary based on if you follow IIFYM or clean food.
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    1. On the site, when you search for a food, I would like to see the calories for each before you add it to your diary, like on the app.

    THIS!

    once you have searched for a food, and you click on it to choose it from the list of results, it appears on the right. click on the "nutritional info" link . That will pop up a window that displays all the stats.
    OMG OMG! Thank you! PS: To those looking for it, it's teeny tiny. It's really there. Keep looking!
    But... that link wasn't always there, right? Is it new? Or newish?
  • rderrickwhite
    rderrickwhite Posts: 69 Member
    It is somewhat irritating that I need to go between several different apps in order to take care of both diet and exercise. It would be awesome if the site incorporated exercise information like jefit
  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    For those commenting on changing recipes instead of having to delete lines and add the item over again, this is possible from the iPhone app. I would like to see it online though too.

    Definitely THIS!! Sometimes I make something a little different from one time to the next and it'd be so much easier to just edit the recipe, than to start all over new. (Unfort, I only use the webinterface)
  • splashblob
    splashblob Posts: 249 Member
    Separate sugar section into Natural sugar and artificial sugar please.
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    I'd like to have a feature that would take me to the last post I read (like another site does that I visit). Sometimes I like to follow a discussion off and on through the day, but it's such a pain to have to scroll through until I find the last post that I remember.
  • eliseofthejungle
    eliseofthejungle Posts: 113 Member
    I wish I could run a progress report with all of my measurements on one graph instead of having to do them one by one.
  • Saaaam42
    Saaaam42 Posts: 154 Member
    I would like to see a "like" button, and get updates when someone has comments or replied to something.
    This.
  • rekite2000
    rekite2000 Posts: 218 Member
    I wish my husband could take entries from my diary- a way to have the accounts talk to each other. Our diaries are so similar.

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