Best and worst thing about MFP?

The best thing about the site is the support and the tools.
I could not even begin to wrap my head around portion control and calorie content until I started logging.
It doesn't hurt that it's free.

The worst thing would probably be the attitudes of some of the people on the board.
That and the people that ask questions that should clearly be discussed with a doctor, instead of a forum.

Totally worth it though!

The worst thing (esp for women) is the 1200 calorie cutoff and the mathematical mess that results, along with the lack of explanation about the way it is supposed to work in terms of logging exercise and eating the corresponding calories extra.

You see at least 10 posts a day from people confused to the point of despair, and on the boards they are then met with five conflicting approaches to try - one of which if they're lucky might be how MFP is actually set up.

being deleated without reason. the best the real friends that keep me going even if i'm down

Best thing about MFP - the wealth of information and support from the members!
Worst thing about MFP - spending too much time on here and not being more active!

The best: the support I get from my MFP friends!
The worst: the eye-opening realization that I wasn't as healthy of an eater as I had originally thought

It's way too late for an answer, but I will answer anyway

Best thing: huge database of items - there are are tons of places I love certain features of better than MFP but this place makes it so easy to eat just about anything, and SOMEONE has usually already entered it. That makes it super convenient and saves a lot of time for me. Plus it's free, really what more can you ask for.
Worst: Don't get the full picture feeling, where I can see, via all nutrients, how my diet is stacking up. There are lots of times I feel crappy and wonder, is my diet doing this? Am I missing something as a matter of habit? To be able to see all my nutrients would be fabulous. I feel limited some days with having to select a certain number at a time to get a reading of where I am at.

Community of course is both a strength and a weakness. Having a ton of support and info at your fingertips is amazing. Getting sometimes biased (though usually well-meant) info can be a problem if you aren't careful though.

I love MFP. I stray often, but I always come back

The best thing about MFP: My friends list! Honestly, being able to directly connect with people and see their successes and struggles is really inspiring and motivating. I can't tell you how many days I've been motivated to workout after seeing all of the great exercises posted by my friends!

The worst thing about MFP: calculating calories of restaurant and homemade meals. This isn't entirely MFP's fault. I know that everyone's recipe differs, so you really have to take the time to enter in every little thing. I also know that many restaurants don't post their nutrition info. My specific problem with MFP is that the database is so disorganized that there are often multiple entires for the same menu item with different modifications or recipes and they have very different calories counts. It makes it very frustrating and time-consuming to look up calorie info in the database because I have to try to figure out which of the entries is closest to what I actually had.

Best thing? Ease of use and enormous database. Once you use it for a little while it literally takes maybe 1 minute a day to log everything. Especially if you tend to eat mostly the same things every day.

Worst thing? Terrible Search feature, no stickies, no FAQ. This results in 100 people asking the same questions every single day, over and over and over and over. The helpful, knowledgeable people usually get tired of responding to the same topics constantly. Plus the amount of myths and misinformation out there is incredible AND pervasive. If I hear "oh you must be building muscle" in response to why someone gained 10lbs in a week, one more time, I am just gonna lose it.

Long story short, the app and the calorie/exercise tracking features are excellent. The forums are 1995-era horrible.

I'd like to see a list of all my foods in one place. The way it is now i have to keep re-adding.Example, if i had an apple for breakfast it will only show up in breakfast foods.So if i ate an apple for a snack and i click on add food from my snack menu ...theres is no listing of an apple so i have to re enter....Unless i'm doing something wrong and that is very possible...lol only been on MFP for 2 weeks

Best - The people and its free
Worst - Its too addictive.

Best thing? The People.
Worst thing? The other people.

Ahh, beat me to it.

I'll say the forums.

Yep.

The community is what makes this far superior to other calorie counting sites I've used. Granted, the other site had a forum, but I didn't use it. And as such, I didn't know what I was doing wrong.

And the worst part... is also the community. That it's often a case of the inmates running the asylum because the site administrator doesn't participate or explain the hows and whys, and the moderators are just here to make everyone play nice.

I wish it would seperate natural from refined sugar.:ohwell:

The best thing: easy logging and the app

the worst thing: not being able to calculate caloric needs based on bodty fat content or by a calutator to determin body fat content based on on measurements, height, weight and so and forth.. some of us have different caloric needs because of the body fat content.

Best: The support from friends, its a great way to log all your food intake which helps alot. It is a good tool to aid losing weight, even though it is up to you at the end of the day what you put into your body.

Worst: If you miss a day or week, it doesnt take that into account.