how did you find mfp?

mrmarius
mrmarius Posts: 1,802 Member
edited September 22 in Introduce Yourself
for me i was using an app on my ipod called lose it, i dont carry my ipod everywhere like i use to so i needed something on my phone. by my phone being a nokia there wasnt an app so i went online looking for a site i could use on the mobile web and here i am
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  • jessicayoung82
    jessicayoung82 Posts: 157 Member
    I found it on android market. Downloaded it, used it for a week or two before I actually logged into the website. I love the website and the app.
  • WonderNoodle
    WonderNoodle Posts: 549
    i was using fatsecret.com but wanted a better food database, so googled for free sites. signed up on 4....others were all too busy and the threads were impersonal and a little rough. LOVE IT here!
  • kspeach
    kspeach Posts: 179 Member
    I think I googled using "calorie counting weight loss" or words to the similar effect. :)
  • happily
    happily Posts: 72 Member
    My endocrinologist "prescribed" it for me to control my Type 2 diabetes and lose weight.
  • photo_kyla
    photo_kyla Posts: 322 Member
    One of my friends was using it on facebook and I saw her posts. Now she's been MIA on MFP and I'm the one posting regularly :)
  • randyv99
    randyv99 Posts: 257 Member
    I was looking for something that I could manage online and Lose It, which I was using, couldn't do that at the time. Also food database much larger since it's user editable.
  • goldspaula
    goldspaula Posts: 161
    My daughter showed it to me right at the same time the Android ap came out. It was perfect and I've been on here everyday since.
  • CCMLA
    CCMLA Posts: 19
    Android market, although I tried using another Calorie Counter app for a little while because that app's bar code scanner was really great. However, then I realized that MFP's greatness lies with its actual online site for the community aspect, so tolerating a less-rich app is OK when there's so much support.
  • Dom80
    Dom80 Posts: 146 Member
    This was the 5th app I download on my android phone, the other ones were missing stuff.
  • Dlibo1013
    Dlibo1013 Posts: 883 Member
    friend turned me on to it
  • SkierElle
    SkierElle Posts: 335
    I don't have a fancy phone hehe! I saw it on one of Dr. Mercola's status comments on FB. It's cool!! better than facebook and more addicting!
  • ashley_h10
    ashley_h10 Posts: 110 Member
    i was drinking about 800 cals of juice a day and was clueless, my mom told me i was consuming wayyy too many cals in juice alone and maybe thats why i was having a hard time losing weight so i tried to think of things i could drink that were sweet but low cal, i thought of benefibre because then i would get fibre also, i came upon a forum and i wanted to reply but i had to create an account...guess what that website was... MFP!!! :D
  • achbarrow
    achbarrow Posts: 325 Member
    I was looking for a better app than lose it on my iphone and this came up! So glad I switched!
  • tranz4md1
    tranz4md1 Posts: 37 Member
    I had already downloaded apps to aide as motivational tools and logging tools for exercise and decided to go all the way…and I found mfp. I see this app and website as a Godsend. I have assisted and instructed others to log in and keep an accurate journal of their meals but have always struggled with it myself. Mfp makes this so easy its actually fun.
  • shreddin_mama
    shreddin_mama Posts: 1,076 Member
    my mom told me about it. now i'm here and loving it
  • Edestiny7
    Edestiny7 Posts: 730 Member
    My fiance's personal trainer suggested it to him, and he told me about it. SOOOO glad he did! Love this site!
  • LOVEsummer
    LOVEsummer Posts: 304 Member
    I was on sparkpeople but never really got hooked... and I knew I needed to log my calories to be serious... so someone on SP posted about myfitnesspal, which I loved... so here I am :)
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    Google! :happy:
  • allthatnme
    allthatnme Posts: 18 Member
    I got the app for iphone used it forever then finally came to the website LOVE IT ALL!
  • jperry902
    jperry902 Posts: 18
    I searched for an app to track my calories on the android market, now here I am!
  • KellyBurton1
    KellyBurton1 Posts: 529 Member
    My sister told me back in FEB, I was at my wits ends about why I couldnt lose anymore weight. I gave up for almost 8 months and gain back 15lbs of the 70 I lost before. When she told me about it, and it took me a month to sigh up cause I knew or I thought I would have no other choice to get off my *kitten* again. At that point I didnt give a hoot but she kept on asking if I saw the site yet and so I gave it a try and I was blown away with the amount of support and everytime I log in my foods I finally understood what was going on. That gave me the inpiration and drive to start over again and now I've been hook every since. So far I have lost 101 lbs. And feels really greatful that I signed up and of course greatful to my sister who is going to read this...lol
  • rockieschick
    rockieschick Posts: 321 Member
    I tried many sites to keep track of my fitness and food but only one i kept! Guess which one!
  • Malb3
    Malb3 Posts: 4
    I found it through my phone apps and a friend also lead me to it.
  • TracieJ65
    TracieJ65 Posts: 645 Member
    I read a story in Family Circle about a lady in Oregon that lost over 100 pounds and one of the things that she used was myfitnesspal.
  • Alysgrma
    Alysgrma Posts: 365 Member
    My brother and sister in law are here and told me about it.....thank you brother!!! This is a wonderful tool to use
  • Dlibo1013
    Dlibo1013 Posts: 883 Member
    awesome job, keep going
    My brother and sister in law are here and told me about it.....thank you brother!!! This is a wonderful tool to use
  • ickybella
    ickybella Posts: 1,438 Member
    I was at the dentist's office with my husband (fiance at the time) and reading a magazine. There was an article in the magazine about a girl who photographed and blogged her food every day for a year and managed to drop a clothing size. At the end of the article, there was a list of websites, mostly blogs women write on what they eat, etc.. but there was one website there for people who want to track what they eat, and it was MFP. I made a note in my phone and joined that day. I had been using another website but it was American and since I moved to the UK, it was getting harder and harder for me to use it. I come here every day now, and hardly go back to that site.
  • jxchambe
    jxchambe Posts: 49 Member
    Searched for Calorie counting apps on my phone. A few days later decided to see if there was a website.
  • justahorsen
    justahorsen Posts: 234
    I used ivillage a long time ago, and when I decided to get serious again and went back to it it was all changed and not friendly.... someone on there was blogging about MFP and here I am.....I love it.....I tell EVERYONE about it, even my doctor when I went for my annual, so now he tells everyone too.......
  • Alysgrma
    Alysgrma Posts: 365 Member
    awesome job, keep going
    My brother and sister in law are here and told me about it.....thank you brother!!! This is a wonderful tool to use

    Thank you!! I am doing better then what I ever thought I would :laugh:

    Mary
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