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  • mk2fit
    mk2fit Posts: 730 Member
    All things considered, I think I will take a walk
  • beverlyjlarson
    beverlyjlarson Posts: 104 Member
    I've actually had very little trouble with the site. I enjoy my time spent on MFP.
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,970 Member
    kjurassic wrote: »
    It's free, it's helped me get fit and healthy. I consider it a gift and I refuse to complain about a few issues.

    Valid points.
  • marshal616
    marshal616 Posts: 62 Member
    It's infinitely better than tracking on paper. Being able to sync my Garmin helps to keep me honest on my calorie expenditure too.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    Yes, I am with you !
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,970 Member
    marshal616 wrote: »
    It's infinitely better than tracking on paper. Being able to sync my Garmin helps to keep me honest on my calorie expenditure too.

    If I was required to keep track on paper... especially looking up cals etc... I would not do so. I know that for a fact.
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,182 Member
    UncleMac wrote: »
    marshal616 wrote: »
    It's infinitely better than tracking on paper. Being able to sync my Garmin helps to keep me honest on my calorie expenditure too.

    If I was required to keep track on paper... especially looking up cals etc... I would not do so. I know that for a fact.

    It's probably why I never counted calories before I found this app in May...thought I'd have to look up everything and keep a log myself. This app makes it all so much easier for me (wish I had known about it before). Yea, it's got hiccups, but it's better than the alternative.

    I love the bar code scanner option on the phone app. And I love the recipe builder (on both the phone and the web) so I only have to spend time looking up all the ingredients once for the more common recipes that I use. That recipe builder makes me feel like I have a much better handle on dishes that are complicated.

    Sure there could be a ton of improvements, and it sure seems like the developers don't actually use the app at times, but thus far, as it is, it's been working for me. I've not been down to my current weight (135-136) since early 2013 (which is when I started putting on my latest set of weight and couldn't figure out how to lose it nor matter what I tried other than counting calories). I know I've lost those 13 pounds and plan to keep losing more, all because I can now count/track my calories (and macros and stuff I'd never even consider tracking) relatively easily.

    BTW, it seems to me like the forums and the main app itself are two separate applications that just happened to be linked together (since I sometimes have to sign into the forums separately if they don't sync up). So improvements to the forums probably are a different team/dev than the main app itself. Forum improvements are relatively easy (often a configuration file somewhere because they are probably using someone else's forum software); whereas, real application improvements are probably more complex to implement since it would be unique programming. Just my 2 cents.
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