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Logging food in MFP versus fitbit app

rl21209
rl21209 Posts: 5 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
Maybe this is a silly question, but fitbit allows you to log food into its app that looks similar to what MFP does. What is the advantage of using MFP to log food while using a fitbit over doing it all in the fitbit app?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I haven't experimented much with Fitbit for food logging, but I find that the database is larger on MFP (albeit sometimes in error, although Fitbit may be too) and it has a Recipe Builder (I don't think Fitbit has one).
  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    I tried logging food in Fitbit once - admittedly a long time ago - because MFP and Fitbit weren't syncing, and it was awful compared to doing it in MFP. Maybe they've improved it since then, but I kind of doubt it is as easy to use as MFP. MFP has a lot of good shortcuts - the recipe builder (which is sometimes buggy enough to make me tear my hair out), saved meals, copying meals, etc. - which make logging my food as effortless as possible. Even if Fitbit has improved things (I know they added a bar code scanner), I suspect it is still harder.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Plus food only syncs from MFP to Fitbit
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 3,513 Member
    I don't like the food database on Fitbit, so it is food on MFP and exercise on Fitbit.com. I tried theirs at first but I have so many of my meals, recipes etc. on MFP + being able to use my phone's camera to log, I just stick with MFP's food management.
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