Lose it.com vs MFP

Kimblesnbits
Kimblesnbits Posts: 321 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
So I stumbled upon the loseit.com app while browsing the app store. It's also free like MFP and has similarities so I was wondering if anyone else had tried this one! It got good ratings in the app store.
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  • rydn4h2o
    rydn4h2o Posts: 255
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  • Miss_Chievous_wechange
    Miss_Chievous_wechange Posts: 1,230 Member
    I could never cheat on MFP. lol
  • arc918
    arc918 Posts: 2,037 Member
    I could never cheat on MFP. lol

    Word! I just can't quit you...
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    LoseIt.com thinks I can lose 1/2 a pound on 1798 calories. My MFP maintenance is less than that. Seems like a big difference!
  • poustotah
    poustotah Posts: 1,121 Member
    I will only leave MFP if all of my friends leave and all of the support forums go and everyone that has lost more than 1 lb on here will go.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    LoseIt.com thinks I can lose 1/2 a pound on 1798 calories. My MFP maintenance is less than that. Seems like a big difference!

    They may take into account planned exercise, whereas MFP assumes no exercise, which is why your exercise cals get added back here.
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
    I see this as a win win. You can log calories on one and if you are about to go over BAM 2000 extra calories on the other without going over!
  • Gabriall
    Gabriall Posts: 101 Member
    which calculation for basal metabolic rate does it use? does it take into account activity levels during the day? MFP uses Miffen St Joer which i used long before I used MFP calculating it manually and the MFP values seem to be in line with that and worked for me the last time.
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    The Lose It food database is not as comprehensive as MFP's. I found myself having to manually add a lot of things I ate, and that gets tedious after a while.
  • bshedwick
    bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
    Seems to be a bit higher calorie-wise for me over at Loseit.com I'm sticking with MFP

    It also looks like the database of foods is vastly larger over here. Another reason to stick with MFP.
  • mindy14456
    mindy14456 Posts: 552 Member
    I have a couple of friends that have gone to that site, but I am happily staying with MFP :)
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Seems to be a bit higher calorie-wise for me over at Loseit.com I'm sticking with MFP

    Is this because they base your calories on TDEE including planned exercise? MFP ignores your planned exercise, which is why it adds them back in for you to eat. either way it should get you to roughly the same place, as long as you burn near what your goal burn is.
  • Kimblesnbits
    Kimblesnbits Posts: 321 Member
    I see this as a win win. You can log calories on one and if you are about to go over BAM 2000 extra calories on the other without going over!

    Oh that's just horrible!!! Hahaha!
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I didn't tell it I was planning to exercise. I looked around the site for a minute and couldn't find anything saying exercise was included. Of course, I literally looked for one minute so I could have missed it.

    As much as I would like to think that MFP is too low, I know that I have lost 8 pounds in 8 weeks by following the calorie goal it gave me, so it must be correct for me.
  • Tujitsu56
    Tujitsu56 Posts: 392 Member
    This is hilarious, haha.
    I see this as a win win. You can log calories on one and if you are about to go over BAM 2000 extra calories on the other without going over!

    Oh that's just horrible!!! Hahaha!
  • taraatwood
    taraatwood Posts: 57
    I love MFP! wouldn't switch bc I like it here.
  • HindsFeet12
    HindsFeet12 Posts: 1 Member
    Yes, I logged into loseit.com and it said I should have 2069 calories a day versus 1720 on MFP. There are also not the same amount of food choices. I tried to reenter my food for today, and only a fraction of the food was in there. On the plus, I like their reports A WHOLE LOT BETTER, but since my friends are on here, and they don't have the same extensive food database, I will stay with MFP. I do hope their reporting gets better though!
  • SuddenlyPickles
    SuddenlyPickles Posts: 88
    The Lose It food database is not as comprehensive as MFP's. I found myself having to manually add a lot of things I ate, and that gets tedious after a while.

    Yes, this. I used Lose It for about six months before I discovered MFP. I'd never, ever go back...
  • nucknfutz1145
    nucknfutz1145 Posts: 1
    I agree lose it doesn't have the extensive database as MFP. The reason the base calories are higher with lose it is because they take your RMR and multiply it by 1.45 to account for daily activities such as showering, driving to/from work, talking, etc. I guess they figure most people either won't bother with the calories burned for these activities, or wouldn't think to include them.
  • patrickhays2
    patrickhays2 Posts: 1
    I am completely new to MyFitnessPal, but I've been using Loseit! for the last year. This is my first day on MFP, so I'm just getting know my way around.

    So far, I like Loseit's web interface better, but MFP's app interface better.

    I've noticed that there is a stark difference between the calories Loseit! suggests and what MFP suggests. MFP is ridiculously low. This really threw me off, because following Loseit's has been spot-on for me.

    The food database never bothered me for whatever reason. I like having to hunt down what I am eating and find out what's inside. In comparison to Losei!, I find MFP's food database a little overwhelming.

    I'll have to come back with more thoughts next week.
  • Smiling_Sara
    Smiling_Sara Posts: 203 Member
    Seems to be a bit higher calorie-wise for me over at Loseit.com I'm sticking with MFP

    Is this because they base your calories on TDEE including planned exercise? MFP ignores your planned exercise, which is why it adds them back in for you to eat. either way it should get you to roughly the same place, as long as you burn near what your goal burn is.


    MFP ignores planned excercise? How come it asks me un my fitnes goals how many times i plan to work out?

    I am new to MFP as well. I have tried lots of calorie counting sites. Had lots of sucess with my daily plate before they changed it all up, then tried lose it, now MFP. It does seem like you can eat lots more with lose it, but I'm not sure why. I do not belive it is because they are incorporating exercise already, becuase when you input your activity it adds it back to what you eat as well.
  • meliaah
    meliaah Posts: 13
    Lose it tells you when you're going to lose the weight by, provided you follow the projected calorie intake and exercise appropriately.
  • bluberrygoo
    bluberrygoo Posts: 222 Member
    I have the loseit app, but I quit using it after a week.
  • Slice1
    Slice1 Posts: 193 Member
    I've been using loseit for a year now. I was/am very attached to it.
    I just joined MFP this week and I love it here...trying very hard to abandon Losit, but the food counter on this site is different, and it tells me that I'm going to weight more than what I weigh now in 5 weeks from now....I don't get it.

    So I might continue using losit for my food tracking, but use MFP for tips, tricks, motivation.
  • firedragon064
    firedragon064 Posts: 1,082 Member
    I like loseit report better.
  • TiffanyW1014
    TiffanyW1014 Posts: 599 Member
    I used LoseIt before I found MFP. I used both for a while but I have since left LoseIt. I like MFP so much better the food data base is so much better here and I like the set up better.
  • TwoSpirits
    TwoSpirits Posts: 25 Member
    Yeah...I've been checking it out too...just stumbled across it tonight and then googled it and found this message board. It looks pretty good to the eye...from first glance and looking at the screen shap shots...it seems to look more user friendly and something that is right there on your phone. The MFP app is basically a link to the actual webpage. However, the biggest thing I saw with loseit! is, did you notice how much it weighs? It will take up 14M of space on your phone...my phone doesn't even have that much space to try it out...which is probably a good thing because I would also feel like I'm cheating on MFP...lol
  • The_Dude
    The_Dude Posts: 171 Member
    Yeah...I've been checking it out too...just stumbled across it tonight and then googled it and found this message board. It looks pretty good to the eye...from first glance and looking at the screen shap shots...it seems to look more user friendly and something that is right there on your phone. The MFP app is basically a link to the actual webpage. However, the biggest thing I saw with loseit! is, did you notice how much it weighs? It will take up 14M of space on your phone...my phone doesn't even have that much space to try it out...which is probably a good thing because I would also feel like I'm cheating on MFP...lol

    The comment about the ap is phone dependent then. The iphone ap is a true ap, it doesn't just take you to a web page.
  • dizinns
    dizinns Posts: 5
    lose it has me set at 1545 calories per day and MFP has me set up for 1200 calories per day. I am still using both trying to figure out which one I like best but I am really shocked at the difference in calorie per day from each... so far I did lose it for a week and did not lose 1 lb but I didn't gain either....
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I just did a test run with Lose It. They do add in exercise, and their numbers are overstated just the same as MFP. To lose .5 pounds a week, there is only a 20 calorie difference (MFP is higher).

    Also, I notice they have a free version, but other plans are paid.

    I like MFP because they treat me real nice. :bigsmile:
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