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Is Premium Worth It?

erikaashleykehn
erikaashleykehn Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Hey everyone, I've just started using this app again after years of not logging anything, and now they have this premium option for around $50 a year... Has anyone used this premium upgrade? Would you suggest it for any particular reasons?

Just as a background, I'm at my goal weight right now, mainly looking to transform fat to muscle and "tone" things up a bit. I count macros more specifically than calories, I meal prep and exercise around 6 days per week. So if someone has found any of these premium extras to be especially helpful, I would love to hear about it!

Thanks,
Erika

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  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    I was contemplating purchasing premium so I could change my daily calorie goal as I like to cycle calories and I tend to 'bank' some for the weekend - so my goal changes regularly! Having said that, I wasn't prepared to pay that amount for it! :open_mouth:
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I think it is. I like tracking my micros. I really had no idea how little I got of some of them! No way to tell unless you track them.

    It's a little more work, though! Labels don't include most of the micros, so you have to use USDA entries, which is a pain sometimes. It gets easier once you figure out how those people enter stuff. Since the calories on the USDA entries might be different than the ones I actually ate, I'm sometimes making calorie adjustments.

    It would be so nice if the food companies would just tell everyone what is in the food. Just make it available. I don't know why they won't do that. What is the big secret?

    But it's good info to have, IMO. If you can afford it, I vote Yea.
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  • HowlinAl
    HowlinAl Posts: 277 Member
    Absolutely not. What MFP is charging is obscene, and I see nothing of value in it, anyway. MFP's iOS app is already a buggy piece of crap, I'd be furious if I were paying for it.

    If they expect me to pay, they need a product. The only thing of value here is the database and the forums, all created by us, the users, not MFP.
  • HowlinAl
    HowlinAl Posts: 277 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    I think it is. I like tracking my micros. I really had no idea how little I got of some of them! No way to tell unless you track them.

    I can track my macros just fine with the free option. In fact, I don't see how it can be made much easier.
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