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  • MargaretYakoda
    MargaretYakoda Posts: 2,986 Member
    edited July 1
    Spaff_luceat_lux_vestra_BSB wrote: »
    sunrise611 wrote: »
    1BadAssGranny wrote: »
    I will be leaving soon. Looking for a program that can be run on a PC. Any suggestions?
    Without the newsfeed, all there are is ads that I have no interest in. Thanks MFP, enjoy your oblivion

    I like that idea myself for counting calories. I might just create a spreadsheet for this. I started that project a while ago, in fact, but need to revisit it. It would be great to find a software program for the PC that is compatible with different OS. But, in lieu of that, a spreadsheet would work. I knew someone who once did it the old-fashioned way with a pen and paper and lost weight.

    Try Loseit...it's very much like MFP...try it on your computer first until you get accustomed to it

    Does LoseIt have a newsfeed?
  • Spaff_luceat_lux_vestra_BSB
    Spaff_luceat_lux_vestra_BSB Posts: 289 Member
    edited July 1
    MargaretYakoda wrote: »
    Spaff_luceat_lux_vestra_BSB wrote: »
    sunrise611 wrote: »
    1BadAssGranny wrote: »
    I will be leaving soon. Looking for a program that can be run on a PC. Any suggestions?
    Without the newsfeed, all there are is ads that I have no interest in. Thanks MFP, enjoy your oblivion

    I like that idea myself for counting calories. I might just create a spreadsheet for this. I started that project a while ago, in fact, but need to revisit it. It would be great to find a software program for the PC that is compatible with different OS. But, in lieu of that, a spreadsheet would work. I knew someone who once did it the old-fashioned way with a pen and paper and lost weight.

    Try Loseit...it's very much like MFP...try it on your computer first until you get accustomed to it

    Does LoseIt have a newsfeed?

    Yes it does
  • MargaretYakoda
    MargaretYakoda Posts: 2,986 Member
    edited July 1
    Spaff_luceat_lux_vestra_BSB wrote: »
    MargaretYakoda wrote: »
    Spaff_luceat_lux_vestra_BSB wrote: »
    sunrise611 wrote: »
    1BadAssGranny wrote: »
    I will be leaving soon. Looking for a program that can be run on a PC. Any suggestions?
    Without the newsfeed, all there are is ads that I have no interest in. Thanks MFP, enjoy your oblivion

    I like that idea myself for counting calories. I might just create a spreadsheet for this. I started that project a while ago, in fact, but need to revisit it. It would be great to find a software program for the PC that is compatible with different OS. But, in lieu of that, a spreadsheet would work. I knew someone who once did it the old-fashioned way with a pen and paper and lost weight.

    Try Loseit...it's very much like MFP...try it on your computer first until you get accustomed to it

    Does LoseIt have a newsfeed?

    Yes it does

    I am not seeing it on the app.
    Do I need to use the website?

    I found groups there.. do I need to have some friends before I can see them on a newsfeed?
  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 1,450 Member
    edited July 1
    MargaretYakoda wrote: »
    Spaff_luceat_lux_vestra_BSB wrote: »
    MargaretYakoda wrote: »
    Spaff_luceat_lux_vestra_BSB wrote: »
    sunrise611 wrote: »
    1BadAssGranny wrote: »
    I will be leaving soon. Looking for a program that can be run on a PC. Any suggestions?
    Without the newsfeed, all there are is ads that I have no interest in. Thanks MFP, enjoy your oblivion

    I like that idea myself for counting calories. I might just create a spreadsheet for this. I started that project a while ago, in fact, but need to revisit it. It would be great to find a software program for the PC that is compatible with different OS. But, in lieu of that, a spreadsheet would work. I knew someone who once did it the old-fashioned way with a pen and paper and lost weight.

    Try Loseit...it's very much like MFP...try it on your computer first until you get accustomed to it

    Does LoseIt have a newsfeed?

    Yes it does

    I am not seeing it on the app.
    Do I need to use the website?

    I found groups there.. do I need to have some friends before I can see them on a newsfeed?

    @MargaretYakoda - yep, once you add some friends, you or they can write on each other’ newsfeeds on Lose it.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,808 Member
    edited July 1
    The friend list is still there via the website: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/friends
  • daria0919
    daria0919 Posts: 1,127 Member
    edited July 1
    Kimberly_Harper wrote: »
    First Fitbit takes away challenges (I don't use Fitbit anymore) and now this. We can complain all we want - they won't change it. Fitbit didn't roll back and there were thousands of complaints when I last checked. This won't either. Especially if it is the free users who are complaining.

    @Kimberly_Harper I too stopped using Fitbit because they took away the challenges!! Even the challenges that were just for myself that were long hikes were fun!
    I turned off the app update on my iPhone hoping the newsfeed lasts a bit longer. Some of my friends turned off their update as well. Will see how long the Newsfeed “stand off” lasts.
  • cessnaholly
    cessnaholly Posts: 780 Member
    edited July 1
    And just like that it is gone.
  • KyleAnn1
    KyleAnn1 Posts: 2 Member
    edited July 1
    I depend on the newsfeed for accountability!! Without it, I will go elsewhere to log my food, water, and exercise
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,321 Member
    JamieS74 wrote: »
    Double posted on another thread

    Well as far as I am concerned, Mfp has dug their own grave!!
    I am getting used to LoseIt and am liking it. I went ahead and paid for a year, which I would have down with Mfp had they offered to keep the news feed. Yes with LoseIt there are some annoyances for Android users. But I a liking how the logging foods and goals work! I have set up weight, water, steps and a fiber goal!! I also use the intermittent fasting timer! And I LOVE the social part of LI!!! I think eventually I will be really happy there

    Can you outline the social aspect of Lose-it please?
  • JamieS74
    JamieS74 Posts: 111 Member
    rileysowner wrote: »
    JamieS74 wrote: »
    Double posted on another thread

    Well as far as I am concerned, Mfp has dug their own grave!!
    I am getting used to LoseIt and am liking it. I went ahead and paid for a year, which I would have down with Mfp had they offered to keep the news feed. Yes with LoseIt there are some annoyances for Android users. But I a liking how the logging foods and goals work! I have set up weight, water, steps and a fiber goal!! I also use the intermittent fasting timer! And I LOVE the social part of LI!!! I think eventually I will be really happy there

    Can you outline the social aspect of Lose-it please?

    You need to add friends which is done by email, or if you join the Mfp groups on LoseIt you can add friends when you click on their profile. It takes some getting used to as the Android app version needs some work. You have a newsfeed for groups and one for friends. You see their posts and exercises and can comment on them. It's a work in progress but similar to Mfp. The web version is more user friendly when getting used to the site all together. It's a great community of people so far! The issue with Android is sharing links, which is how people share photos through Instagram, Google photos and Amazon photos. You can share your lube links as well...except for Android. We can click on or share links unless we use the web version...hope this all make sense
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,321 Member
    JamieS74 wrote: »
    rileysowner wrote: »
    JamieS74 wrote: »
    Double posted on another thread

    Well as far as I am concerned, Mfp has dug their own grave!!
    I am getting used to LoseIt and am liking it. I went ahead and paid for a year, which I would have down with Mfp had they offered to keep the news feed. Yes with LoseIt there are some annoyances for Android users. But I a liking how the logging foods and goals work! I have set up weight, water, steps and a fiber goal!! I also use the intermittent fasting timer! And I LOVE the social part of LI!!! I think eventually I will be really happy there

    Can you outline the social aspect of Lose-it please?

    You need to add friends which is done by email, or if you join the Mfp groups on LoseIt you can add friends when you click on their profile. It takes some getting used to as the Android app version needs some work. You have a newsfeed for groups and one for friends. You see their posts and exercises and can comment on them. It's a work in progress but similar to Mfp. The web version is more user friendly when getting used to the site all together. It's a great community of people so far! The issue with Android is sharing links, which is how people share photos through Instagram, Google photos and Amazon photos. You can share your lube links as well...except for Android. We can click on or share links unless we use the web version...hope this all make sense

    Thanks. I will have a closer look at LoseIt.
  • Niki_Fitz
    Niki_Fitz Posts: 951 Member
    edited July 1
    Here to agree and support! I’m done with MFP now without my newsfeed and connection to friends. I’ll keep hoping and checking to see if it comes back. If you’re listening, MFP, you lost me.
  • mandylanerocks
    mandylanerocks Posts: 100 Member
    edited July 1
    I have been an MFP member since 2011!!! I have used it to lose over 60 pounds and have been an active user on and off again throughout the years. I was VERY upset when you guys took away the barcode scanner and gave it to premium users only. I have stuck around and continued my health journey due to my friends and connections I have made on the community forms. I don't share my fitness journey on other social media platforms!! Why would you take away one of the helpful tools from this app?
  • cupcakegirl81
    cupcakegirl81 Posts: 2,033 Member
    edited July 1
    I've been here over a decade. One of my fave parts is talking to my friends about new lifting programs, or changes to diet or health issues. I like asking for advice and I like sharing accomplishments. On the Newsfeed! To not see it, feels like my friends have been taken away. I loved cheering them on, their achievements, their workouts. Very frustrating!
  • spider_mark51959
    spider_mark51959 Posts: 2,869 Member
    edited July 1
    @resiaks come over to lose it. Has the social features mfp is abandoning. Good food database. Take some getting used to but at least 50 plus of my friends migrated over and many made instagram accounts too for fitness
  • spider_mark51959
    spider_mark51959 Posts: 2,869 Member
    edited July 1
    @cupcakegirl81 check out Lose it. Web version is easy to get around plus there’s a newsfeed. App is good too, but a little harder to find things
    Web for connecting, App for logging food and exercise
  • mjglantz
    mjglantz Posts: 508 Member
    Bring it back!!!
  • mjglantz
    mjglantz Posts: 508 Member
    edited July 1
    Hope the powers that be are reading all this and bring back the newsfeed.
  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 1,450 Member
    edited July 7
    Machka9 wrote: »
    AnneGenevieveS wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    That's all your streak means. It doesn't mean you've logged food or exercise or anything. It just means you've opened MFP and left it open for 10 years. Is that fact really so important to you?

    weird and rude comment

    Yet true!

    I lost interest in the streak when I discovered that it didn't track days we logged food or exercise and only tracked days we had MFP open for even a few seconds.

    Maybe the OP did log. Maybe they liked the commentary on it from friends. Maybe it was a support that they appreciated.

    It obviously matters to the OP. What’s your investment in negating everyone else’s opinion?
  • BronzeScorpio1111
    BronzeScorpio1111 Posts: 132 Member
    edited July 1
    Please bring back the News Feed
  • weafrank
    weafrank Posts: 4 Member
    edited July 7
    Bring newsfeed back!! It has really bummed us out.

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