Why hasn't MFP improved?
Options
Replies
-
The people I work with who log their food with MFP don't use the forums at all. They are still believing you need to cut out everything and eat as few calories as they can.0
-
I've been using MFP for over a year, MapMyRide several years. However, I'm a newbie to this discussion group, but experienced in user forums. Finding this thread was accidental, but glad I did. Lots of participants and a variety of opinions is a sign of a healthy user population, IMO.
The original poster's (OP?) points were well made and comprehensive. Responses were all over the place. Some were on point and helpful. I've nothing to add, for now, but look forward to finding additional lively discussions here.3 -
According to this, only about 6% of visitors to myfitnesspal.com then go to the forums... https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myfitnesspal.com
I'd love to know the stats on members who actively log food vs have one forum post or more.2 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »According to this, only about 6% of visitors to myfitnesspal.com then go to the forums... https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myfitnesspal.com
I'd love to know the stats on members who actively log food vs have one forum post or more.
out of the appx 50+ people I know personally that log here none use the forums and if they log it is sporadic at best....0 -
Well since someone else revived this post, I did want to acknowledge that MFP has done a lot to integrate fitness trackers automatically into the calories burned calculations and your daily activity which I think is pretty cool.3
-
shaunshaikh wrote: »Well since someone else revived this post, I did want to acknowledge that MFP has done a lot to integrate fitness trackers automatically into the calories burned calculations and your daily activity which I think is pretty cool.
Expect when the fitness trackers reliably overestimates calories burned...
1 -
I suspect that's because no one has worked to improve this product for years. It's now owned by a clothing company if that tells you much.1
-
One time this person at my office offered me cake. For free! But it didn't have the walnuts like I wanted. I mean, it would have been so easy for her to add walnuts; she knows I like them! I've told her!! And Sally, my other coworker, likes cream cheese frosting. And Bill likes royal icing. But this cake had ganache. The nerve! I just feel like if she's going to offer everyone some cake, she really should address everybody's wants and needs. I know she'll have to buy more ingredients and probably hire a few additional bakers, but really, she shouldn't be offering me free cake if she can't give me and every other person in the office exactly what they want.
Edited because grammar.
Perfect5 -
Calliope610 wrote: »shaunshaikh wrote: »Well since someone else revived this post, I did want to acknowledge that MFP has done a lot to integrate fitness trackers automatically into the calories burned calculations and your daily activity which I think is pretty cool.
Expect when the fitness trackers reliably overestimates calories burned...
Isn't that the tracker's problem though?1 -
I feel like this app as greatly improved since 2012. I tried while trying to loose weight before getting married. I hated that anytime I went over on carbs or sodium that is would go red on me. Also back then you could close out a dairy when way under the 1200 calorie mark. I know this because that is what I did.0
-
With this and all other apps and sites, I use what I can and leave the rest. None of them owes users anything.3
-
MFP, aren't miracle workers.They give us the tools to do the work if we haven't the gumption to use them or are to lazy to get on and do it, why blame them!2
-
shaunshaikh wrote: »nikkipoooo wrote: »doittoitgirl wrote: »I don't put any of this responsibility on MFP because.....well..... the info is out there if you are willing to look for it for 5 min. But I can't understand why 20 times a day someone asks "why am I not losing weight" and 100 ppl ask them the same questions: "are you logging accurately? Are you plateauing? Are you eating back exercise cals? Etc..." and no one ever learns. There's even an info graphic floating around to answer all these questions for the user.
Like I said above, if it were the same people asking the same questions over and over it would be different, but it's mostly not and when it is it seems like people here call them on it. A good rule of thumb for online forums is "New users know nothing, including how to use the search function". Literally every forum on the internet that exists to give and receive advice or information has the exact same issue of 75% of new users asking the same questions as every other new user (regardless of FAQs or pinned posts that answer them), and of half of those users rejecting any and all advice given. It's not an MFP thing, it's not a weightloss/fitness thing... it's an internet forum thing.
It's FREE.
If you don't like the free app there are others n
Or write your own with exactly what you want.5 -
There's too much difference or lacking features between the app and the website, the add yesterday's breakfast for instance isn't on the website only on the app.
The app is pretty good, it's the website that needs more quick helpful features.
They need to behave similarly and consistently.1 -
There's too much difference or lacking features between the app and the website, the add yesterday's breakfast for instance isn't on the website only on the app.
The app is pretty good, it's the website that needs more quick helpful features.
They need to behave similarly and consistently.
no I htink you are mistaken with that...
I just checked on the website and you can copy from yesterday...I prefer the website to be honest.
4 -
So much for moderators supposedly never showing up on the boards. They just closed the thread from that fool eating 500-900 calories a day.0
-
I've also been on MFP since 2012. Two concrete improvements I know of are the verified entries for foods (with the check mark) and being able to import recipes from websites really easily. I'm pretty sure the verified entries happened after UA bought the site.1
-
duskyjewel wrote: »I've also been on MFP since 2012. Two concrete improvements I know of are the verified entries for foods (with the check mark) and being able to import recipes from websites really easily. I'm pretty sure the verified entries happened after UA bought the site.
I think the asterisked items (which were USDA entries) were much better than the green checks - so many of them are plain wrong, but the green mark makes people think they can trust them.4
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.6K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.7K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.6K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 397 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.7K Motivation and Support
- 7.8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.3K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 934 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.3K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions