Why myfitnesspal?
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I've been on Sparkpeople.. I tried it many times, and I lost maybe 10lbs each time. I think it was more of a me issue than a site issue.
MFP worked, so I'm here!
I LOVE the fact that the home page does not have all the crazy stuff Sparkpeople have (a spinner for logging in, articles, lots of distracting crap!)0 -
It is the least messy and confusing site I've used. I used Calorie Count for a while, but found it too complicated and didn't like the grading system.
A Yoplait light (sugar-free) yogurt or light cracker gets an A grade, while a pat of butter or tablespoon of heavy cream gets an F. Needless to say, I failed most days. I don't find that to be very positive.0 -
At first I was using some app that would only show my calorie count using colors and pie chart... The food was organized by color or description of bad or good. I like facts and numbers; I found MFP and found it so much easier to use.0
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The company I work for had a nuritionist come in for some "Lunch and Learn" sessions. She recommended it for anyone wanting to track calories. I tried it almost a year ago and have not looked back!0
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My endocrinoligist recommended it. It fit my needs really well.0
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I used Livestrong's MyPlate for two years but the site started getting really commercial. I was really turned off by all the product placements in their articles; everything started to feel really biased. The food database was also lacking and it was a pain to get anything added. I use to look up calories in MFP to fill in the gaps on MyPlate, then realized I should just move everything over here and save myself some hassle.0
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I have used Sparkpeople, Calorie Count, and Fit Day, and MFP by far has the best food database of them all. I had to enter in probably half of my food manually. Everything is on MFP. And its simple to use.0
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I used Livestrong's MyPlate for two years but the site started getting really commercial. I was really turned off by all the product placements in their articles; everything started to feel really biased. The food database was also lacking and it was a pain to get anything added. I use to look up calories in MFP to fill in the gaps on MyPlate, then realized I should just move everything over here and save myself some hassle.
I agree whole heartedly! The product placement is ridiculous, and all the articles are extremely subjective and headstrong that that method is the only right one, which confuses noobs.0 -
I was using sparkpeople and that was OK for tracking. However, I like MFP support better. I used to belong to Ediets for a long time and the reason I stuck with it was the people and the support. I find that here more than I did on SparkPeople. Here there are more boards, more interaction and the statuses on the home page from your friends.
I am not the most active users, but I really like that I can find motivation and other geeks like me here.0 -
I was on Livestrong for a while too, but I found it was just demotivating in some way.
I found this app originally as the calorie-counter, but liked that you could also log exercise.
I find I stick to this one a lot more, I actually log more on this than I did on Livestrong (could be to do with the fact that it's on my phone and I don't have to wait until I get home to do it...)
The people on here are much friendlier than the people on Livestrong too, which is a HUGE plus for me.0
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