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Is MFP worth it?

MrsA1313
MrsA1313 Posts: 10 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
I used MFP a few years ago, got pregnant, gained a whole bunch of weight, got depressed, we moved back home, and now I feel the need to get all of this off of me. So I got a Felx 2 (my very first fitness tracker since my free analog pedometer from the local hospital when I was 12 that you had to wear on your hip, haha!) and I came back here. This is really frustrating that this isn't syncing. Is there a point to using MFP? What am I getting that Fitbit isn't doing? I don't want to have to log things twice, but I get a sense that with MFP estimating daily calorie burn and whatever else, it's not very accurate.

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    People who use MFP for tracking their food intake instead of Fitbit often report that they're doing so because the MFP food database has more information in it. I haven't logged much with the Fitbit database, so I don't know if that is still accurate -- it's just what I've seen people say in the past.

  • nellyg53
    nellyg53 Posts: 1 Member
    Yes Mfp has a much better food database and a much better exercise database for manual tracking. I also prefer the layout of the data input page - I find it easier to use. So for me it is worth it. I was successfully synced for a few weeks but suddenly lost the connection. This is what fixed it (after a lot of hair pulling!) Was this process:

    unlink both applications to see if they start communicating again. To do so from Fitbit Dashboard:Go to your Dashboard > click on settings > Applications >  there you'll see MFP below that click on "revoke access" . You should unlink Fitbit from MyFitnessPal as well to make sure the unlinked procedure was successfully completed and now you can link them again. 

    That was posted by a fitbit mod and it worked for me (though it took day for Mfp to let me unlink from fitbit). But it is all working now. Also a thread on the fitbit community may help https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Third-Party-Integrations/Third-Party-Apps-Informational-Post/m-p/1447884#M12208

  • MrsA1313
    MrsA1313 Posts: 10 Member
    Yeah, I did all that and it still only works ok. As a new fitbit user, it just seems like a lot. Like I said I used just MFP before, but I haven't had any issues with the new fitbit app itself. I've found everything simply enough in their database. Maybe they've expanded it? I just feel like I'm not as likely to stick with this if I have to use more than 1 app and more than a few steps because it's not syncing properly. Maybe I'll come back when it's fixed.

    Thanks ladies
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