Best and worst thing about MFP?

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  • LeggyAmericanGirl
    LeggyAmericanGirl Posts: 285 Member
    Worst : People using it like its a Victoria Secret / Adult Flirting site

    Best : Actual friendships with people that are here to support and motivate and not model their underwear
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    best thing about mfp : amazing,kind,generous selfless people with like minded goals. a pretty decent program to help determine how uch to eat, and incredible food and exercise tracker.


    the bad? the forum dwellers who know it all ..and arnt afraid to let everyone know.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    Best thing:

    My friends on my friend list.

    Worst thing: My friend list when I'm feeling antisocial, because then I feel all guilty for not at least popping in to say hello! :laugh:
  • ribye
    ribye Posts: 59 Member
    I'd like to see better stat reports, I would love to know exactly how many calories I was over or under not just for a day but for the week, it might do that but havnt found it
  • lisht13
    lisht13 Posts: 9 Member
    Thanks so much for all the feedback guys - really intrigued at what your personal experiences have been, I agree that the amazingly kind and generous people on MFP really have helped me live a healthier life. I'm discussing MFP next on the uni radio, feel free to tune in guys! http://news.surgfm.org/listen
  • KandieLantz
    KandieLantz Posts: 423 Member
    Best and worst things.... the people... for both answers! My advice, find a strong support system of friends here and don't take the boards personally... there are a lot of judgmental, hurtful people here.
  • refinley2
    refinley2 Posts: 52 Member
    The best thing is that it's way easier to write down what you eat. It's always recommended when on a diet, you should write down everything you eat. Here, you just search it, click it, and the program tells you how much more you can eat today.

    The worst thing is that you need a third party image hosting site to post pictures in forums.
  • Jester522
    Jester522 Posts: 392
    The best thing about MFP? The nutritional database is huge--largely because it's user-generated.

    The worst thing about MFP? The nutritional database is riddled with errors--largely because it's user-generated.
    *The barcode scanner helps a lot here
  • MaleyaB
    MaleyaB Posts: 25
    I know this is a bit late, but I will do it anyway.

    Best: Having this as a resource. Being able to log everything that I eat has been such a big help in understanding portion sizes and servings. The database is AMAZING, even if it is sometimes flawed (you just have to pay attention and check the numbers occasionally). I love how you can scan labels on the app and log it that way.

    Worst: Having a miscalculation with the amount of calories to eat. I have changed it three times, the first being 1200, the second being 1460, and the third being 1900. Those are BIG differences! The calculators on MFP do not always factor in everything it needs to.

    Honestly, the forums are great. Yes, there will be people who ask dumb questions; but they are asking to expand their knowledge. Not everyone has been doing this for a long time, nor has a lot of information or knows where to go to get their questions answered. And since this IS the internet, there will always be rude responses or people trolling. It's just how it is.
  • lisht13
    lisht13 Posts: 9 Member
    Just finished my big chat about MFP - thanks for all your input guys! If you liked the chat i'd love if you liked the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/surgfm.alisha , it's just uni radio but we talk about all sorts of stuff, we're broadcasting this afternoon as well and I think we're going to talk about recipes. I'm just obsessed with food now.
  • gailmelanie
    gailmelanie Posts: 210 Member
    The best: It's free, no meetings, always available, constant support, inspiring, real stories from people struggling like the rest of us with real problems, some unrelated to food, eating and fitness.
    The worst: Strength training can't be calculated into calorie expenditure, not so easy to access with my phone, kind of addictive.
  • Sarge516
    Sarge516 Posts: 256 Member
    Best thing: its free and it works great, huge food library

    Worst thing: can't really think of anything
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Best - It's a free, easy, addictive tracking tool. The community (as mentioned elsewhere also the worst).

    Worst - The standard macronutrient guidelines are horrible for yer typical sugar/starch-addicted dieter who is calorie-fixated. IMO.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    The Best:
    Relatively easy way to track calories and weight.

    The presence of some very well-informed and helpful people.

    The Worst:
    Seeing how poorly informed and self-deluded so many people are -- a Registered Dietitian and personal trainer has come on this site a couple times and every single time has said that if you're not losing weight the problem is you're eating too much and exercising too little. Yet many people won't accept that.

    Seeing the same basic questions posted repeatedly with the same incorrect or outdated information offered as an answer.
  • Frozen300
    Frozen300 Posts: 223 Member
    The best is the cost. Free is good!

    The worst is the inability to change the meal plan from " breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks". I want the ability to name "meal 1, meal 2, ....". I eat 5 300cal meals a day. I don't "snack".
  • jfan175
    jfan175 Posts: 812 Member
    The best is the cost. Free is good!

    The worst is the inability to change the meal plan from " breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks". I want the ability to name "meal 1, meal 2, ....". I eat 5 300cal meals a day. I don't "snack".

    .....errrr, you can do that.
  • LostinAcademia
    LostinAcademia Posts: 4 Member
    Best: the HUGE database of foods. Also the food diary telling me how much I can expect to weigh in 5 weeks.

    Worst: The 1200 cal min thing, but also how it's telling me I'm burning 1700 calories a day just by sitting around, when every other site/calculator ever has me at around 13-1400... It seems that it's part of the 1200 calorie minimum. I mean, I'm fine eating at least 1200 calories a day, I just dislike getting my hopes up thinking I'll lose a pound a week, when it'd be more like a pound a month.
  • jdennisj
    jdennisj Posts: 53
    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

    You can use the "All Meals" feature to see the listing for the apple you had at breakfast and record it for lunch or a snack.
  • gekcsk
    gekcsk Posts: 52 Member
    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

    If you go to recent foods all of your foods should come up. That's what I do. Hope this helps.
  • wordena
    wordena Posts: 177 Member
    Worst thing: I'm sure the exercise counts are way off.
    Best thing: A diet i can stick to. I only need to know calories, I dont need another program or someone to tell me if I can eat something. Soo much freedom!
  • WVprankster
    WVprankster Posts: 430 Member
    The best part of MFP is that I can track my diet to my specifications (even if "the system" doesn't "approve" of my macronutrient split...idc) privately. The worst part of MFP is the proliferation of a combination of bro- and Dr. Oz- science that would lead people astray from the basic, factual, and researched-to-death science of body recomposition, which is (ostensibly) what we all signed up for in the first place. It would seem that the moderators are more concerned with my posting pictures of me in my underwear than in cleaning up any possibly misleading health advice.

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